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Just imagine if God made life on Earth like Heaven. What would be the point.
 
That's a better question when it's flipped.  What's the point of not making earth like heaven?  Why make people bother to (earn? receive the gift? worship? whatever) their way into a paradise during an 80 year blip for an eternity of bliss?  Are our lives like a reality TV game for god?  Is He kind of a supernatural Bob Barker?   

It is abundantly clear to me that God isn’t a democrat or progressive...

Thank you.  

He didn’t create utopia on earth and some people can’t seem to comprehend that if He had, there would be no reward for belief and faith other than life on utopia.

The fairy tale game show:  "Come On Down!"

I honestly hope that one day God impacts Fuzzy’s and Pitch’s lives in a profound way they neither can no longer deny His existence.
 
I do, too.

Something like stage 4 cancer cure for a family member they love dearly.
 
Oh, that's what you "honestly hope" happens too us?  People like you make lament that Hell isn't real.  That's happened to me several times - it didn't cause me to discard reason and logic.  

Something that can’t be explained by doctors or science.
 
You don't think cancer can be explained by doctors or science?  You really do live in the Dark Ages.    

If he wanted to, he could have designed a universe, with completely different laws and physical properties where none of this was even an option.

If you want to litigate, then rape is not in the 10 commandments.
 
It's an open and shut case.
 
Adultery and coveting (women) are.
 
Right.

I think horse sense was more common back then.

You think rape is a recent social phenomenon?  Back when they copped off children's hands for stealing, and husbands could behead their wives for bearing them a daughter?  

Which brings us to "slavery".  Ahh, the layers of translations and interpretations, the changes in society, the ethos, the mores, etc...
 
Conservatives are only capable of nuance at the strangest times, usually when they're rationalizing their indefensible belief system.  

In some form, I'm not sure God *is* opposed to slavery
 
Depends on what the definition of *is* is, right?

What is a "slave" anyway?
 
Someone who is owned by another person as property.

Is it possible to have a slave(s) and treat them within the confines of the 10 commandments?

Yes, which is why the 10 commandments are such a joke.

Is it tragic to work directly for food, clothing and shelter?
 
Well.  God may not support slavery, but you're clearly open to it.

Or is it more sensible to work for booze and cigarettes and let the taxpayer pay for the rest?  Or maybe just not work at all.  Who's the "slave" in a welfare system?  The taxpayer.  Me.  You.?

And there you have it - the conceptual foundation of the GOP's appeal, our daily reminder of the ideological mating call of all conservatives:  WELFARE!

Happy slaves.

Another comical, moral oversight by the authors of the Bible.  

I'm not saying to make earth like heaven.  I'm asking why God would design the earth/universe in such a way that his people are consistently being killed by natural events: earthquakes,  tornadoes, floods, droughts,  tsunamis, etc.