Mentions several desires that humans naturally have, but the Bible forbids them. He argues that a just and loving God would not allow people to have evil desires, while at the same time telling them that they will be punished for acting on them. Throughout the story, Twain also makes comparisons between the nature of God and that of people. It suggests that God lacks empathy and tenderness towards humanity because he punishes everyone equally. On the contrary, man punishes only those who are responsible for any wrongdoing. One example, used by Twain, is when God destroyed the earth, but saved Noah, along with his family and a number of animals, in the ark. Twain chose to focus on those left behind. He plays with readers' emotions by providing startling images of people helplessly crying out for God to save them. He writes of the “laments” of “…the multitude of weeping fathers and mothers and frightened children who clung to wave-washed rocks in the pouring rain and raised imploring prayers to an All-Just, All-Forgiving and All-Merciful Being who had never answered a prayer...". He also uses obvious sarcasm to argue that God doesn't care about them and will continue to ignore their pleas. Twain used the same example to suggest that God not only allows bad things to happen to people, but does so intentionally