My Comment to Atheists (Part 2)

What Comes After Death?

Atheists are very intelligent. So intelligent perhaps, that I would be silenced after a short debate about the existence of God (but I would keep my God, thank Him I am divinely stubborn as a weed). I don't want to be blind that Catholics (and Christians) believe mysteries that cannot be answered by logic, and is unrealistic, and may not exist. It is a losing battle for me, but maybe we can skip the topic of argument for a while and talk about what people hate talking about: DEATH.

For everybody, DEATH is inevitable, and is the end of a person's life. Even if you escape from death many times, there will come a point when your body will cease to function by itself (unless you are an atomic robot).

For those who believe in God, DEATH is NOT PASSING AWAY. It is PASSING OVER. No matter how different religions see death as, there is what we call, life after death. Whether it is the Christian's Heaven, Purgatory and Hell, or the Buddhist's Nirvana, we rely on the principle of the reward of those who renounce evil. It is simple - if you want to die well and have a good ending, do good to others in your life. If not, it is the Highway for you.

Morrie Schwartz said this in Mitch Albom's book, Tuesdays with Morrie:

“Learn how to live, and you'll know how to die; learn how to die, and you'll learn how to live.”

This is true, in the fact that you will appreciate life more if you see where you want to be when you die.

What does this have to do with God? Well, probably, God governs death. Probably, maybe not. EVEN MORE PROBABLY, Heaven and Hell does not exist, and so God does not, too. PROBABLY ALSO, you may be right, and I am wrong about God, and you can enjoy your life as bad as you want to be. But let's put it in this illustration:

God, according to John, exists, and does good.
God, however according to Riley, does not exist, and wastes his life in vice.
Both die sooner or later.
If God does not exist, then both John and Riley get the same lot.
But if God exists, then John is saved. Riley, well, he was given the chance, but he did not take it.

Who do you think has more chances of a better lot?

This is not to scare you. I am not coercing anybody to become Christians. It is still your choice, and you have the chance.

end of part 2.

coming for part 3 - Who is the Church if There is No Salvation Outside It?