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Isn't most of the Christian ideology surrounding heaven and hell based more on Dante's Inferno than the actual bible?

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In general, not being a shitty person is strats.

However, doing specific bets on the true cosmology is probably a waste of time. A good authority won't care, and a bad authority isn't worth my time.

It was to give hope to people living thousands of years ago, the same way god's were created to give explanations to natural phenomenon that they couldn't understand, e.g. Thor as the god of lightning, which we can now explain using science.

The truth is, noone really knows what happens when you die, or what consciousness truly is. We know our bodies return to the ground and the atoms and elements that make up our body get reused - so in a sense we are all reborn.

My take on the whole thing is to believe in what makes you happy so that you don't fear the inevitable end. Try to find a religion, outlook or philosophy that means you aren't terrified when you die and that encourages you to be a good person when you are alive...just my opinion though.

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Look, there’s no way on earth I’m reading all that.

So.. congratulations. Or I’m sorry that happened to you.

See..heres the thing about afterlife. Its after life, so you dont have a working brain. Which means you cant perceive anything. So, sorry to say, death is the end of 'us' as we know it

Also, where are you getting 50-50 from?

Religions cant all be right...but they can all be wrong

This post does not belong in this sub, imo.

It just promotes religous ideas; it has nothing to do with scientific, technological or societal advancements or with any speculation about the future.

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Hi, unityofreligions. Thanks for contributing. However, your submission was removed from /r/Futurology.

> > SCRIPTURE AND INCARNATION SUPPORT EXISTENCE OF HELL AND REBIRTH > > Realize Atleast 50-50 Probability and be Cautious > > What will happen to us after our death? > > O Learned and Devoted Servants of God, > > ​ > > Scientists and atheists feel that death is a simple phenomenon of nature like stopping of a condemned old machine. The digestive system along with the respiratory system is like the condemned battery unable to generate the current. The oxygen from the respiratory system oxidizes the digested food in the digestive system generating the inert energy, which is supplied to different systems of the body like brain, heart, kidneys etc., The inert energy is transformed into a specific mode of work in each specific system. Such specific mode of work form of the inert energy in the brain and nervous system is called as awareness. If the generation of inert energy is stopped, the subsequent transmissions of inert energy into various modes of work are also stopped. If the systems are damaged due to old age, the damage of the system is also a coinciding factor. This results into the natural old age death. Sometimes, some important system may meet untimely damage and the dis-function of that system may affect the function of other systems leading to untimely death. > > Human body is like a factory containing various systems as machines. The long work may result in the wear and tear of the systems. Brain and nervous system is like the computer control room. The digestive system along with the respiratory system is like the power room. When the total factory like body is shut down, the death is declared. The information disk in the computerized control room is called as Jeeva or individual soul. The current from the power room is called as the Atman or Soul. When the factory is closed [death], what happens to the information panel of the computer room? The disk may lie idle in the factory along with the other systems, which are decomposed in long time. Scientists maintain this view and say that the individual soul also decomposes along with the other systems. This concept is generally expected in the natural way and there need not be any confusion. > > The whole confusion started with a practical aspect that is observed in the world in almost every country i.e., the concept of rebirth of the same individual soul. When the factory is closed [death], somebody has taken away the information disk from the factory [human body] and established it in a new factory [new body]. There are several cases of rebirths with perfectly verified information of the departed souls. > > How is the disk stolen from the old factory? > > Who has stolen this? > > Where is this disk present during the interval time? > > What happened to this disk in the interval time? > > These are the logical questions that arise on the observation of the proven cases of rebirth. > > The scriptures of all the religions say that the individual soul goes to hell or heaven to enjoy the fruits of its deeds for sometime before it takes a new body on this earth for a rebirth. > > Christianity does not agree with rebirth, but there is a version saying that Jesus also accepted the rebirth. Anyway, rebirth is a proven fact appearing before our eyes. The same individual soul takes rebirth in this world after sometime of the death. There need not be any discussion on this aspect. > > The debate is only about the issues in the interval period. The Scripture says that the soul goes to hell and heaven in the interval. Now, the doubt is whether this soul goes to hell and heaven or takes rest in some place in the cosmos? Since there is no direct proof for this affair in the interval, there is a 50-50 probability. A wise man will opt for the presence of hell and heaven because there is no harm if one takes precautions to avoid the hell. Nothing is lost by these precautions if the hell is absent. But, if the hell is present due to 50-50 probability, the negligence of precautions will result in serious damage. > > Regarding the proof for the existing place of hell in this infinite cosmic space, the 50-50 probability can be again applied i.e., I have not shown you the hell in this infinite space and at the same time, you have also not shown Me the absence of hell in this infinite space by taking Me up to the ending boundary of the universe. In such 50-50 probability, the wise decision will be to believe the existence of hell. If precautions are taken to avoid the hell, there is no loss even if the hell is absent. But if precautions are neglected and if the hell is really present, there is a serious damage. Therefore, the conclusion of all this scientific analysis is that the individual soul goes to hell or heaven for sometime and returns to this world for rebirth. Please note that I have not taken any mystic faith based on blind belief in this analysis and hence, all My dear friends, who are scientists and atheists, will adopt this view. > > Supporting Incidents > > To give support to the above story of the interval, there are some experiences of some people, who went up to the verge of death and came back. They said that they have travelled long distance in darkness and then light appeared in which a divine personality was seen. You may say that these are poetic fabrications of these people. It is again a 50-50 probability. It is better to accept their experiences, which coincide with the concept in the above scientific analysis. > > Another supporting point is that the human incarnation, which has proven the existence of unimaginable power through unimaginable events (miracles) also says that the concept of the scripture is correct. You must give validity to His saying, since the unimaginable event was proven by Him though demonstration. You may do away with the human incarnation by saying that the miracles are magic. However, the acceptance of the possibility of the scriptural concept already stands firm in the above scientific analysis. > > Hence, there is no harm in accepting the experiences of some people, scriptural descriptions and the messages of human incarnations supporting the scriptures, which are in line with the 50-50 probability presented in the above scientific analysis. Therefore, the final conclusion is that everyone, be it an atheist or a theist, should accept the rebirth, hell and heaven declared by the scripture and follow all the scriptural precautions carefully in this world. This concept rises in every mind in the old age since the death is near and hence, this concept is clarified removing all confusions. > > www.universal-spirituality.org > > Universal Spirituality for World Peace

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