i am by no means an expert but i do believe in god. sometimes it is natural for any thinking person to question that and examine the alternatives but for any man to preach or pretend that there is one or the other is presumptuous and nothing more. no one alive will ever KNOW for certain. we'll just have to wait and see. a personal journey, if you will. that is something that the religious and the atheist both have in common. it's all an assumption until death or maybe never. who knows?
there is one thing though, that is certain. balance and equality exist in all things. the deepest, most extreme joy, satisfaction, ecstasy, beauty, love, etc. cannot possibly exist without the most awful and vile fear, hatred, pain, suffering, torment, torture, isolation, etc. although i don't expect many to share this view i would likely sacrifice some of the most good to spare my human brethren and myself the worst of the worst. i don't care who you are, i wish what could be the most extreme version of 'hell' on no one, period.