10-13-2016, 08:08 PM
(10-13-2016, 10:18 AM)Au165 Wrote: Disagree. With religion you are provided a chance, maybe for some not great, but a chance to "live" forever in an awesome place.
Well it depends on what the person believes. There are many Christians who believe in heaven and hell and that to get to heaven you have to "truly repent of your sins and follow God". For many Christians this is quite the conundrum because we sin daily and never really know if we've been "good enough" to get to heaven but try to have faith that we will get there, and so the possibility that we could end up "missing the mark" and going to hell scares us. Not every Christian believes this way, but many do.
Quote:The idea of the lights simply going out is enough to terrify most, and it is what pushes many to magically believe in god right before they die. They want to make a last ditch effort just in case there is something other than nothing.
That's not necessarily true. A person can make a death bed confession because in their dying moments they think "Oh crap..... what if God actually is real?.....What if I am going to be judged?.....what if I am actually gonna go to hell?" As for how many actually do this or do what you said? That's all speculation.
