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7/23/2025, 2:40:02 AM
>By being born into this world by forces outside of your control you are being scrutinized and tested by an all-powerful, all-knowing force.
>There are only two outcomes: eternal life in paradise, or infinite agony and endless conscious torment.
>The creator has left instructions on how to achieve the former and avoid the latter, however these instructions are just one among many, each with their own adherents throughout the world.
>To make things even harder the book containing the instructions on avoiding the eternal torture chamber have been interpreted in different ways by different competing subsets of the same general faith
>People who have never heard of these instructions, or existed before these instructions get a special pass out of the torture chamber if they lived a good life, or maybe not, we don't really know.
>And people around the world who were born into cultures that heavily promoted one of those other competing religions can be saved if they lived a sufficiently moral life and believed in god in a different way, maybe, we're also not sure about that and it's just speculation.
>If you happened to be born in the modern era instead of as a god-fearing serf in the middle of 12th century medieval Europe you also have to ignore the perfectly reasonable materialist explanation for the origin of the Universe and the human species
>You have anywhere from 0 to around 100 years to sort out this issue depending on factors both inside and outside of your control. Good luck.
>There are only two outcomes: eternal life in paradise, or infinite agony and endless conscious torment.
>The creator has left instructions on how to achieve the former and avoid the latter, however these instructions are just one among many, each with their own adherents throughout the world.
>To make things even harder the book containing the instructions on avoiding the eternal torture chamber have been interpreted in different ways by different competing subsets of the same general faith
>People who have never heard of these instructions, or existed before these instructions get a special pass out of the torture chamber if they lived a good life, or maybe not, we don't really know.
>And people around the world who were born into cultures that heavily promoted one of those other competing religions can be saved if they lived a sufficiently moral life and believed in god in a different way, maybe, we're also not sure about that and it's just speculation.
>If you happened to be born in the modern era instead of as a god-fearing serf in the middle of 12th century medieval Europe you also have to ignore the perfectly reasonable materialist explanation for the origin of the Universe and the human species
>You have anywhere from 0 to around 100 years to sort out this issue depending on factors both inside and outside of your control. Good luck.
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