300 Foxes and a Donkey's Jawbone
God's ultimate goal is a place which is perpetually light, where there's no impurity or corruption, and where he has fellowship with sentient beings. But he isn't going to make anyone be there unless they want to be there.It's very helpful to know that the universe has a purpose because it helps us to understand the broad narrative. It's also useful to know that there's a reason for this purpose because it shows us the big picture.
Why did God create the universe? The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything: God created the universe so that sentient beings with free will could make a choice between light or darkness, life or death.
There have been times in our life when we didn't know what to do. Or perhaps we knew what to do but we didn't know how to do it. Or maybe we knew what to do but we just didn't want to do it.
Hell is the default outcome. The entire world is going to be destroyed. God has offered us a ticket off this doomed rock to be with him for eternity in a new heaven. All we have to do is believe in Jesus Christ.
What are the logical implications of "God can't lie?" Total destruction of the popular science (SciPop) paradigm. Figuratively we're going to do to SciPop what Samson did in Lehi with a donkey's jawbone.
What is creation the verb, not creation the noun? The act of creation. Maybe we should say creating? Where does creating start? From nothing? Or is it the transformation of one form into another?
If the truth about God is self-evident, as we're told in Romans chapter 1 and which is confirmed by Hypothesis 16, what's the significance for atheism? Atheism isn't intellectually viable.
The reason for hell is: the temporary storage of the accumulated impurity and corruption which is inherent in creation. It's required for the purification of creation.
WHY did God Create the Universe? God created the universe so that sentient beings with free will could make a choice between light or dark, good or evil.
Let's be very clear about a key aspect of the Matty's Paradigm premise: The fall of man isn't the fall of creation: the universe was created in a fallen state, the fall of man was when Adam and Eve realized the truth.