but I (in ALL my imperfection, yet made in 'God's Image') could not stand by and see someone suffer and die. And why? To prove a point to someone I could wipe out anyway? I think not.
Bravo! This is the same conclusion I've come to within the past few years. What kind of rabid beast would this alleged god have to be to let things come to this? Why would he make us all guilty for the "crime" of Adam and Eve? Why would he require Christ to suffer and die in order to forgive us for our sins rather than basing forgiveness on our works?
The whole things sounds like a load of crap. If he is real, he's DEFINITEY playing games with us. There's no love behind any of it. It seems that such a being would be using us for entertainment purposes only, because if he truly loved us he would not, under ANY circumstances, allow us to suffer over a trivial bet.