ideologyhunter
Contributor
An 'evil god' couldn't very well provide an afterlife characterized by eternal joy, so that entire function of religion wouldn't work for anyone who assessed their god in that way. I can't imagine believing in life after brain death, let alone eternal life, but for those to whom this is a precious belief, it requires a Heavenly Father who is described in I John as, simply, love. He's got all your dead relatives up there too, maybe sitting at a golden picnic table. Can you take your pets? Sure, why not. God, the ultimate invisible BFF.