When Mary-Ellen was asked why she was a practicing witch, the answer she gave surprised the questioner. She said, “As a child, I was raised in a hellfire and brimstone-spitting church. I was told God would burn people—even old people and little children—for as long as time should last. I decided that if that’s what God is like, I’d be better off without Him!” Mary-Ellen wrestled with a commonly-asked question: “Would God really do that?”