I’ve been debat­ing gay mar­riage rights with my uncle on Face­book. He recently replied with a bit about how lov­ing it was of God to cre­ate the world for us, and ought we not obey him and his detes­ta­tion of homosexuality?

Here was my reply (just under the 800 char­ac­ter posted item reply limit!):

“Hi, I’m God. I cre­ated this world for you. It’s com­plex, I admit. There’s plea­sure, there’s pain. Your pur­pose won’t always be clear. But I think it’s pretty cool.

“The thing is, there are some prob­lems. See, some of you will do every­thing right and die. Some of you will do every­thing wrong and live. Also, some of you will want to do harm­less things, but if you do them, you’ll go to hell, i.e., two men sleep­ing together. If you’re inter­sexed, you’re screwed.

“And some of you will do things that will harm lots, and I’ll praise you for it! For exam­ple, those gays I men­tioned? Don’t treat them the same. I know, they’re not hurt­ing any­one, but it’s just wrong, okay? They deserve to suf­fer more than you do.

“No, I won’t tell you why, it’s not impor­tant. It just is. Look, if you’re hav­ing a hard time, it’s not my fault. 

“Oh wait! Yes it is! 

“Look, just fol­low the rules. If you do, you get eter­nal hap­pi­ness. If you don’t, you’re screwed. Good luck!”

This is sadism, not love.