Duality is the foundation of existence.

At the very least he could show up every now and then to let us know he's there and still maybe cares.  I don't recall anything in the bible saying God would never physically manifest.  An all powerful being should know how our brains work.  There's mention of testing, but there's also "Ask and you shall receive"and a ton of other questionable notions just on this. 

Suffering and struggle are natural in life. For thousands and thousands of years our ancestors lived harsh lives of survival hunting and gathering. This makes up 90-95% of modern homo sapiens existence. Why? Because there were no gods there. There were no gods watching the previous millions of years as multiple extinction events occurred.

Gods are fabrications of the human mind. A mind capable of creating all sorts of wondrous fantasies. We can see thousands of gods across cultures that attempt to explain night/day, seasons, love, death, etc. We can read countless fantasy tales in modern times from Middle Earth to Westeros. In our arrogance upon becoming the dominant species on this planet we thought ourselves special and that the gods we'd created would think that as well.

The world is imperfect because it was not made for us. Like every other species we fought to survive and procreate our species. As we achieve greater comfort we view vestiges of the past as barbaric or cruel. The universe is utterly indifferent to us as it was to the millions of species that died out or are dying out.

I don't blame gods any more than I blame any fictional being for its flaws. The responsibility of our actions lies with us. For all our faults I have seen humanity's capacity to improve, grow, and learn from itself to make a better world. We still have so long to go, and shall see in coming centuries if we live up to our promise or fail the challenges that present themselves. All I know is there will once again be no gods there to determine that outcome.

Doesn't exist imo.

I read those articles... and the second one is one of the most warped things I ever read.  One of god's creations is just fucking over billions of people, who are essentially powerless against him, and he's just like.  "Meh fuck it.  Fend for yourselves.  But I'll throw you a bone, and sarifice myself to myself.  Just believe that really hard, and I'll let you out of the torture chamber my guy made... eventually..."

That's a god people (at least the ones who agree with that site) are willing to worship?  How is it possible to believe that and still worship god?  Holy fucking balls man.  That's like watching a parapalegic someone get skinned alive by someone you could easily beat the shit out of, while you're  sitting with a baseball bat just watching and saying, "well if I just stop every person who tries to skin you alive, you'll never learn."

I blame the Apple for everything. lol!

Well the logic is so that on the day of judgement we cannot say why are we going to hell if we did not do anything

I don't know how to tell you this, but let's just say, you might as well argue about santa being extremly efficient only in rich countries. Same thing.

Isn't it about time people outgrew this religious nonsense?

The user was warned for this and other posts - VXIII.

Because of Free will.  People choose what to do, and being evil (selfish) makes things easier. 

And you have the wrong idea, is not about controlling your child, it is about guiding him, and teaching him with the example.