Samsara would suit a just, loving god's purposes better than Heaven and Hell.

"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star." -Friedrich Nietzche It's OK to be a little insane as long as your heart's in the right place. It's never OK to be evil though, especially if you're a god who is not subject to temptation and conditioning. But really I don't believe in an insane personal deity that's trying to understand himself, so why am I saying this? Unlike you, I don't believe that perfect fulfillment is metaphysically necessary, because I have absolutely no justification in doing so. Look around you: Perfect fulfillment evidently just ISN'T, and that's a brute fact. Sin exists here, so fulfillment can't be perfect ANYWHERE, for ANYONE. Not even God. Therefore we are here to fulfill a real, ultimate goal. If Hell is eternal, then sin will exist somewhere for all eternity and perfect fulfillment will have been an illusion altogether. Unlike your theology, my twisted theology predicts the end of sin and the ultimate triumph of God. God, the perfectly fulfilled personal deity, couldn't have created the world. I tend to agree with the scientific community that in the beginning, there was a singularity in which all mass-energy was absolutely separate from all space and time. In the beginning, there was nothing but empty, unfulfilled BEING: complete and utter separation. In the end, there will be neither space nor mass-energy for they will be one (heat death). There will be no separation, and therefore complete fulfillment. Needless to say that I'm drawing a parallel between the physical and the spiritual: I'm a Nondualist. It's atrocious for a person who calls himself religious not to believe that ultimately, everything is One in principle. The Soul is the most powerful conceivable thing, for it is eternal and actual, and it will overcome all obstacles to realize the state of perfect fulfillment (God), in the end. We have to stop sinning and grow up: it's our Buddha nature. Our job as the Soul is to come to the ultimate realization. This is why faith in God alone cannot buy you eternal bliss. The ultimate realization is the Law of God, which Jesus states clearly in Mark 12:31. It's not enough to love God, you must love everyone as much as you love yourself to attain to the Ultimate. There must be no ego, no sense of separation. I've never met a Christian who is this way (but to be fair, I haven't met anybody who is this way). Doesn't mean it's not going to happen. It is going to happen: that is my faith. You misinterpret me when I say that we are of the same substance as God. I don't mean that, as parts, we are equivalent to the whole. I merely mean that We are Soul. God is fulfilled, Absolute Soul and the ultimate goal and realization of infinite love. You say that we are not like God, but He disagrees with you (Psalm 82:6) (John 10:34). It's not as hard as you think it is for the Soul to realize Love. All it needs to do is be present and it shall be pure. In the words of a Buddha impersonator (who has, nevertheless, written something beautiful and true), "If we could see the miracle of a single flower CLEARLY, our whole life would change." We humans have not fulfilled our potential and made the Realization yet, so we are not God in the sense of being all encompassing, all loving, and completely fulfilled, so it's no surprise that we sin. We cannot ignore the first noble truth: Life is Dukkha. There IS suffering and sin. This is not a reason to hate sinners, nor is it a reason to inflict suffering upon them. Don't fight fire with fire. Sinners are already burning themselves down. They ARE in hell, and yes, they are building bad karma, but they're not going to eternal suffering. We must help them to help themselves up, out of the hole. I know its tough, but it's our job. Love is cleaning poop with a smile. Imagine if mothers didn't change their babies' diapers with a smile, but with contempt and yelling and great reluctance, and therefore sometimes didn't do it at all. I know that poop looks and smells just awful, but unless you clean it with a smile, you're only making things worse for everyone. When we have made the Ultimate Realization, there will be no sin and any sin of the past will be just that, of the past. It'll be like water under the bridge and we will be able to clear our Conscience, forgiving Our Self as the collective for sin that came from ignorance, craving and aversion as individuals. There will be no individuals, no ignorance, craving, nor aversion, nor will there be sin. We'll really put it behind us. God loves you (the Soul, the true Self) more than you can imagine, and He is patient enough for you to realize the timeless Apex of eternity, grow up and take on His legacy of boundless love. My twisted theology is based only off the principle of infinite, patient, boundless love, while you base your correct theology off of arbitrary, corrupt dogmata created by humans motivated by hatred and self-interest. I think I've said enough. Thank you for a very stimulating debate.