What will u prefer?

[Tobby17]

Ok i really have no preferences when it comes to religion but let's look at 4 options here. What will u do in each of these?
1) God doesn't exist:- So we christians decide to be good, holy and worship him and at d end of d day, after dying we find out he doesn't exist
2)God does exist:- But only muslims are going to Heaven, and Christianity was a nonsense religion afterall
3) God exist but there is no Heaven but hell:- So all believers will remain in dis earth after rapture but all unbelievers will go to hell.
4) God exist but there is no Hell but a Heaven:- So while all believers will be raptured to heaven, while all unbelievers will remain in dis earth with d spoils..

 

[G4JC]

1) Aithiesm
2) monothiesm (allah)
3) Agnostic/modified conditionalism?
4) annihilationism

I choose 5.
5) God exists. There is a heaven and a hell. Due to conditionalism, those who repent of sins through Christ, ask forgiveness, and are born again are raptured or die and go to heaven. Those who do not believe go to Hell. Earth is meerly a short time to make that eternal choice, up or down.

 

[Tobby17]

1) Aithiesm
2) monothiesm (allah)
3) Agnostic/modified conditionalism?
4) annihilationism

I choose 5.
5) God exists. There is a heaven and a hell. Due to conditionalism, those who repent of sins through Christ, ask forgiveness, and are born again are raptured or die and go to heaven. Those who do not believe go to Hell. Earth is meerly a short time to make that eternal choice, up or down.

lol. I gave only 4 options. Anywayz, no 5 does look like a catchy option too

 

[waterboy6515]

Well if you're going to add option 5 then I definitely take that one.

 

[Thomas60]

In each of these scenarios, the answer is only found out after we die. How could I change if my knowledge of the present doesn't?

Or, assuming we know the given option is true in the present, I would not change my belief system (bar the believing in a God bit for 2,3,4), although in a wierd case, how could there be any unbelievers for options 2,3,4. Perhaps resentful to God in some cases, but would understand why people might change the way they act for fear of the consequences, even if they don't consider it moral, i guess after-life consequences would have to be taken into account in earthly morals.

Or if the question is to gauge our reaction after we die.. perhaps hypothesising some 'judgement/transition phase' where we realise what is the case first, before sent to the after-death fate, then:
1) no change, unsurprised
2) I'd have a low opinion of God.
3) I'll be darned, there was one after all. Low opinion of God for distributing eternal torture. Technically I'd suddenly believe he exists though.
4) I'm not sure. Instinctively i'd be thinking on what basis are people selected for heaven, and also confuse my value system for life on earth.

 

[FallingAlex]

1) Aithiesm
2) monothiesm (allah)
3) Agnostic/modified conditionalism?
4) annihilationism

I choose 5.
5) God exists. There is a heaven and a hell. Due to conditionalism, those who repent of sins through Christ, ask forgiveness, and are born again are raptured or die and go to heaven. Those who do not believe go to Hell. Earth is meerly a short time to make that eternal choice, up or down.

Actually the Christian God falls under monotheism since there's only one god. Also "aithiesm" is spelled this way:atheism

(I think I'm being annoying right now)

 

[Tobby17]

Actually the Christian God falls under monotheism since there's only one god. Also "aithiesm" is spelled this way:atheism

(I think I'm being annoying right now)

God is a person, Jesus also a person, and the Holy Spirit also a person. How can you call christianity Montheism when there are practically like 3 Gods. I'm not against Christian believes, and i believe in only 1 God though.

But the problem is how to argue against those who believe Christianity is Polytheism

 

[FallingAlex]

God is a person, Jesus also a person, and the Holy Spirit also a person. How can you call christianity Montheism when there are practically like 3 Gods. I'm not against Christian believes, and i believe in only 1 God though.

But the problem is how to argue against those who believe Christianity is Polytheism

But even if you believe in the holy trinity doctrine, aren't they all just one entity in three forms?

 

[InitialConditions]

Ironically, option 1 is unfulfillable for humans. If we die, we won't know if there is a God or not. We won't know anything. That's annihilationism. You don't continue to think at all. Your conscious mind, your very existence, is over. How can you know there is no God after death, if you cannot know anything? If there is no God, then the instant we die, that's it. You won't ever notice anything again for eternity. You won't notice time passing, nor how cold it is, nor how sad you are... a Void. Imagine a Void. Now imagine a Void in which you do not exist, to contemplate, respond to stimuli, or notice anything at all.

For too long, humans have tried making it so that Death isn't as permanent as they believe. They haven't gotten their mind around the concept that when they die, they won't even have souls to notice the passing of time with. It's like falling asleep, but with no dreams, no sense of time, nothing. Your perception is erased.

Now, the above statement is purely atheist. This all occurs if there is no God. Since I believe there IS a God, the only thing I ask of him is that he continues my conscious existence. That's all I ever want. To have an eternal existence beneath God. That would make me happy.