Here’s something to consider. Who was the first to say why to God? A demon. The effects produced by the first ‘why’ were the loss of innocence in Eden, the ruin of many souls began. There is really no evil in the world which does not carry the mark of “why” to it. “Why” is the destruction of divine wisdom in souls. When God gives us a command, and we respond with why, it shows our defiance of his soverignty over us. I can imagine those in hell, to make them restless for eternity, “why” will forever, torment them.
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must it be life and blessings with Him only? Even though He is the giver of those things, He can still give them without being there. What of the whole notion of doing good and expecting no reward?
The real rewards are coming in the next life.
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Giving gifts just because. He does that now with us on earth, He could do that for an afterlife. But why not?
Remember God’s response to Job when he was complaining about his circumstances?
Job 38:1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind: 2 “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me.
4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
6 On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone,
7 when the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 “Or who shut in the sea with doors,
when it burst forth from the womb;
9 when I made clouds its garment,
and thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 and prescribed bounds for it,
and set bars and doors,
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?
12 “Have you commanded the morning since your days began,
and caused the dawn to know its place,
13 that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth,
and the wicked be shaken out of it?
14 It is changed like clay under the seal,
and it is dyed
a] like a garment.
15 From the wicked their light is withheld,
and their uplifted arm is broken.
16 “Have you entered into the springs of the sea,
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
18 Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
Declare, if you know all this.
19 “Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
and where is the place of darkness,
20 that you may take it to its territory
and that you may discern the paths to its home?
21 You know, for you were born then,
and the number of your days is great!
22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
23 which I have reserved for the time of trouble,
for the day of battle and war?
24 What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,
or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
25 “Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain,
and a way for the thunderbolt,
26 to bring rain on a land where no man is,
on the desert in which there is no man;
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
and to make the ground put forth grass?
28 “Has the rain a father,
or who has begotten the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb did the ice come forth,
and who has given birth to the hoarfrost of heaven?
30 The waters become hard like stone,
and the face of the deep is frozen.
31 “Can you bind the chains of the Plei′ades,
or loose the cords of Orion?
32 Can you lead forth the Maz′zaroth in their season,
or can you guide the Bear with its children?
33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?
Can you establish their rule on the earth?
34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
that a flood of waters may cover you?
35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go
and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who has put wisdom in the clouds,**(“
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=job 38&version=RSVCE#fen-RSVCE-14418b”)]
or given understanding to the mists?
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37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
38 when the dust runs into a mass
and the clods cleave fast together?
39 “Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40 when they crouch in their dens,
or lie in wait in their covert?
41 Who provides for the raven its prey,
when its young ones cry to God,
and wander about for lack of food?
this goes on for 3 more chapters. Job 39-41
And after that scorching rebuke, :coolinoff:Job is humbled :bowdown2:
Job 42:1-6
As we know God restored everything to Job beyond his wildest dreams
Job 42:6-16 
It’s good to do what God wants
But thankfully, he is good, so no need to torture myself with these questions (sigh of relief). It’s tragic that God willed that I would be snatched from nonexistence knowing full well I would not do well in either life (this one and the next). What’s not to be liked about God? But enough with wishful thinking, I’m the unwilling inhabitant of God’s territory, he is the boss, I can do nothing but say, “Yes, kind master”.