Resolved: If God exists, God would have sufficient reason to send people to hell

This is my first debate. In this post, I lay out the preliminaries and rules. Main Entry: hell Pronunciation: \ˈhelFunction: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English helan to conceal, Old High German helan, Latin celare, Greek kalyptein Date: before 12th century 1 a (1) : a nether world in which the dead continue to exist : hades (2) : the nether realm of the devil and the demons in which the damned suffer everlasting punishment —often used in curses or as a generalized term of abuse b Christian Science : error 2b, sin {1} For this debate, the definition of Hell will be 1 a (2). In Professor James Hall's course for the Teaching Company, Philosophy of Religion{2}, Professor Hall observes that in most religions, "God" generally designates some force, entity, being, or process that is affirmed as a proper object of human worship. Therefore, "God" is not a name; it is a title. For example, the name of the supreme deity of Christianity is Yahweh; the name of the supreme deity of Islam is Allah. The followers of such deities believe that their deity deserves the title of "God". Therefore, proving Yahweh or Allah's existence does not resolve the issue; although Yahweh and Allah are called "God", this does not mean that deities that send people to hell actually deserve the title "God". In this debate, God is defined as a deity with the following attributes: 1. Worthy of human worship 2. Aseity (non-contingency) 3. Transcendence (transcending the material world; supernatural) 4. Omnipresence (being causally active at and watching over every part of the material world) 5. Omnipotent (all-powerful; able to do anything that is logically possible) 6. Omniscient (all-knowing; able to know anything that is logically possible to be known) 7. Morally flawless/perfectly good 8. Just 9. Righteous 10. Merciful 11. All-loving 12. Eternal 13. Creator of the material world Now that we got that out of the way, here is my argument. A semantic principle, which I will call p, says that in order for a descriptive concept to have sufficient meaning, there must be possible instances in which such descriptive concept does not apply; there must be possible instances in which some logically opposed concept does apply. Let's take the description "round" as an example. If there were no instances of straight edges, then "round" would become a meaningless term. It follows from this principle that someone described as good would not act in the way evil people do. For example, for the statement "Hitler was a good person" to be true, Hitler could not have done evil things. When one takes into account p and the definition of God, 5 propositions follow. p1: A morally flawless being would not torture anyone for any period. p2: A just being would not punish one eternally for the sins comitted during a brief lifetime, but would proportion the punishment to the offense. p3: A being that is righteous would not punish anyone eternally for unavoidable lack of belief. p4: A merciful being would not be unforgiving forever to those who've offended it. p5: A loving being would not bring about and perpetuate the suffering of those it loves. Therefore, I contend that it is logically impossible for God to send people to hell. It follows from this that God cannot and therefore would not have sufficient reason to send people to hell. I also contend that my opponent must give an adequate reason for God to send people to hell. It is possible that Hitler had a sufficient reason for committing genocide, but without knowing what that reason was, it is not rational nor plausible to believe such a claim. My opponent holds the burden of proof. To conclude, it is more plausible that God would not have sufficient reason to send people to hell than God having sufficient reason to do so. Sources: {1} "Hell." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009. Merriam-Webster Online. 25 August 2009 <http://www.merriam-webster.com...; {2} Hall, James. Philosophy of Religion [underlined or italicized]. The Teaching Company, 2003