I'm so glad you mentioned this early in your article. It always bothered me, even as an adolescent and before I became more spiritually conscious/awakened, that Christianity teaches that God is Love but still willingly sends many people to eternity in hell for a lifetime of less than 100 years of life on earth with a rap sheet of "sins" as the justification. Added to that, God creates all people but only a small fraction of the population are the chosen ones. Hmmmm? Your comments on Butler's inability to look at what's obvious is a very keen point to make.