[ArGee]

Fair enough. I believe that a good host would, in a friendly fashion, try to steer his guests around to the front door.

You are correct about one thing. I have already decided that I will have to rewrite the story correcting a problem.

There really is only one door. The people were sitting outside the wall, having drawn a door on the wall. They demanded the rich man turn their drawing into a door and then let them go through it.

Shalom.

[SupplySider]

But no guest would draw a door on a his host's home, much less demand magic to make it real. It seems the analogy has to be stretched awfully far to make the host's actions civil.

The underlying assumption that God orders eternal torture for men who make the wrong choice, does not fit with the with the kindly host analogy. Even the worst host in the world would invite a guest back after he apologized humbly and begged forgiveness for a year. How could Almighty God never forgive, even after trillions of years of sincere repentence?