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Four possibilities about an afterlife (that is affected by the actions/beliefs in this life):
- You don’t believe, and you are correct
- You don’t believe, and you are incorrect
- You do believe, and you are correct
- You do believe, and you are incorrect
From a pragmatic, r/agnostic-tier standpoint, each of these has the same probability of being the case.
Options 1) and 4) lead to the same thing–the eternal nothingness that atheist/nihilist faggots really, really seem to hope is the case for some reason. So if there’s no afterlife, then whether you believe or not, it doesn’t matter–into the void you go, and on the infinite timescale, it’s like you never even existed and nothing you thought or did mattered.
However, option 2) has far worse implications and option 3) has far better implications than the others, and this is where it gets interesting. If you obstinately choose not to believe, and you live your life accordingly, then you’re in big trouble–condemnation awaits. Likewise, if you choose to believe (and live accordingly), then you are rewarded and can enjoy eternal life, something we can’t really comprehend in this mortal form.
So to boil it down, you can either believe and have a 50/50 of nothingness or eternal life, or you can not believe and have a 50/50 of nothingness or eternal condemnation.
Of course, it’s really not that simple when it comes down to it. In the end, this life is a test of the soul, and God decides what to do with each individual afterward. (Or maybe it’s just a fairytale, but is that risk really worth taking?)