What evidence is there for the existence of an all powerful deity and why are billions of people afraid of it?

Obviously many people are convinced that an all powerful deity exists, but I ask where is the evidence for it’s existence? Furthermore, these people seem to be terrified of this deity, thinking it will hurt them, if they don’t follow it’s every command. Well, I for one fear no one, including deities! IF there is a deity, and I find it to be unfair, and cruel, like a dictator, I will take it down! Whose with me!?

Theists: How does your deity let you know if you have crossed the line from faithful follower to zealot nut?

We’ve all read the news stories about folks like Scott Roeder, Marie Moore, Eric Rudolph, Jan David Clark, Dena Schlosser, Andrea Yates, the Hutaree, etc.

Most if all of these folks probably started out as simply faithful religious people who wanted to do the right thing in God’s eyes, But somewhere, something went terribly wrong and they became dangerous, deranged religious zealots.

If you crossed that line, would your deity let you know? If not, how would you know? How do you know you haven’t yet?

Is a deity without a doctrine like a ship without an anchor?

Does the doctrine maketh the deity? So without the doctrine, the deity is formless and the best people can hope for is mystical deism, right? And mystical deism is not enough for people; people are inherently irrational and they’ve been conditioned into believing a bunch of nonsense…they want the doctrine of nonsense! They want the delusion! They want the stories of men living inside fish for 3 days! They can’t handle ordinary reality, right?