Quote from achilles28:
Sin is a thorny subject.
God created Satan and Man knowing each would fall and their eternal afterlife spent tortured in Hell - a place He created before Mankind knowing most humanity would end up there.
Christians devise all sorts of creative rationalizations to justify Hell, and even that most humans willingly "choose" it.
The facts are - if the Judeo-Christian account is true (and I know it is) - God created spirits He knew beforehand were destined for Hell, but did it anyway. But still loves them. But will burn them, regardless.
Thats brass tax. A contradiction of such profound implication, to humans and to God. But perhaps God is above it all. He seems to think so. Which again, has terrifying implications for us.