Yes, but god really loves atheists.

For anyone who knows anything about tbe story of Abraham, that guy would be locked up in a straightjacket in an asylum somewhere under heavy guard this day and age.

If i tried to torture and murder my child and claimed it was a test from god, im incarcerated for life. Abraham? Revered by millions. Gimme a break.

If there was any credible evidence that a God existed I would spend more time thinking about this.

One small point, Muslims do not believe that hell is for all eternity, only until you are cured or punished enough. Infinite punishment for finite sins is only in the Christian tradition.

Muslims accept Jesus. He is Isa in Islam
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The doctrinal straight jacket that forces a person of faith to condemn to many to hell if they believe the wrong thing needs to be pointed out again and again.

"So, I do wonder how believers can be so confident that their eternity is assured when the odds are so awful?"
Because
A) they have been terrified in to it by church, school and parents
B) They are willfully ignorant because of their need to be arrogant and to feel superior to others
C) They are too lazy to question or think about reality and facts
D) all of the above

More than half the people in the world think they are smarter than average. That can't be right, but they believe it anyway.

People waaaay back determined that there must be something making other things happen - droughts, plagues, weather etc, so someone had to be doing it. Hence the creation of "Gods". If the weather was shocking, appease the gods by (insert idea here) and of course, the weather cleared up, so it must have worked. Hellooooo religion.... Yes, I've often wondered how certain sects KNOW they are right and everyone else is wrong. And what's so great about heaven anyway?If I end up there,and have to obey 'The Lord' and it's all streets paved with gold and all that bollocks, I think I'd rather be in hell with the smokers, drinkers and (dare I say it) fornicators.... Would be a hell of a lot more fun(see what Idid there? LOL) - just sayin'

In the beginning before there was Islam, Christianity there was just the Jewish belief system, there was never a promise of an after life at all.
No heaven, no hell, just the grave. If you read the O.T. you'll find the phrases, if you do these things that I command you to do you will have a good life.
Never says anything about an after life. This is what you will in the first five books of Moses, also know as the Torah.

Perhaps if we just imagine this god doesn’t exist we save ourselves a lot of speculation and general busybodying!

Two artists paint a picture of a beautiful and overwhelming natural scene. Which is the correct one?

If you believe that one religion is the only correct religion then you are off course. Belief has nothing to do with it. People who fight over belief and disbelief are wasting time and making enemies.

The most rational response to the overwhelming implications of existence is one of shock and awe, along with appreciation and reverence.

It's fear and desperation, unable to cope with reality

It is not important which set of believer you come from. There are many different beliefs. The important and unlikely thing is that all these people believe their god will change his plan just for them and often they pray for him to do just that. It ain't happening.

About 3.7 billion people are suffering from disastrous cognitive failure. That does not surprise me.

This is awesome.

In light of overwhelming odds that ones belief is not the true belief and that the dogma and ideas behind that belief are superstitious and fictitious it must be said that people believe what they 'want' to believe. We all can choolse to believe something or not.

I question your statistics.....India, for just one high-population (a 6th of the world pop.) example, has myriad gods, China & Japan have high populations of which only a tiny percentage are Xian, and etc....

Some illogical atheist try to say that the "God" of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Israel) is fictional and unfounded. How does evidence like this get over looked?

Nobel Prizes[note 1] have been awarded to over 900 individuals,[1] of whom at least 20% were Jews, although the Jewish population comprises less than 0.2% of the world's population.[2] wikipedia

God later promises the land of Canaan to Abraham, and eventually delivers it to descendants of Abraham, the Israelites.[61] wikipedia

Genesis 12:1 - 3 The LORD had said to Abram, "Go from your country, your people and your father's household to the land I will show you. "I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

The nation of Israel exist.

As to Islam which is considered to come thru Ishmael the first son of Abraham, this is what is written as to what was said by Abraham well over 2000 years ago and has appeared to hold true even to today with everyone opposed to Islam .

Genesis 16:12 He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers."

Is hell mentioned in the bible?

Taking out of context/logical thinking, anyone can destroy a fictional fairytale. When reading little red riding hood, you don't take it literally, you know wolves don't talk. You can logically defer that the story teaches kids not to talk to strangers.

pretty good.

side-note that if the number really is 3.7bn people, then it is just under half the people on Earth, not just over half.