You know where I will be going to after I die? You know where you will be going to after you die?

Question

Remember Pascal's Wager? The bet had casted, we have to wait and see who wins and who loses.

Well is it not better to be safe than sorry?

Which is safer? Atheism or Theism?

Answer 1

You have convinced me. If I am wrong, I will go to hell and I know it. I am no longer an agnostic atheist. I must find religion. I shall be a Branch Davidian instead. Then again... that guy from California who made the men eunuchs and then had everyone O.D. to get on a spaceflight to Heaven (sounds a bit like the Scientologists), you know who I mean, he looked like Charles Manson - well, I forget the name of their group but they'd be my top favorite as a religion.

Behold yonder hillside, I have foundeth God and he ith no thucker.

Answer 2

Jesus Christ spoke about the condition of the dead. He did so with regard to Lazarus, a man whom he knew well and who had died. Jesus told his disciples: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest.” The disciples thought that Jesus meant that Lazarus was resting in sleep, recovering from an illness. They were wrong. Jesus explained: “Lazarus has died.” (John 11:11-14) Notice that Jesus compared death to rest and sleep. Lazarus was neither in heaven nor in a burning hell. He was not meeting angels or ancestors. Lazarus was not being reborn as another human. He was at rest in death, as though in a deep sleep without dreams. Other scriptures also compare death to sleep. For example, when the disciple Stephen was stoned to death, the Bible says that he “fell asleep.” (Acts 7:60) Similarly, the apostle Paul wrote about some in his day who had “fallen asleep” in death.


The Bible teaches that the dead “are conscious of nothing at all.” They are not alive and have no conscious existence anywhere. The account of Lazarus confirms this. Upon returning to life, did Lazarus thrill people with descriptions of heaven? Or did he terrify them with horrible tales about a burning hell? No. The Bible contains no such words from Lazarus. During the four days that he was dead, he had been “conscious of nothing at all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5) Lazarus had simply been sleeping in death.
The account of Lazarus also teaches us that the resurrection is a reality, not a mere myth. Jesus raised Lazarus in front of a crowd of eyewitnesses. Even the religious leaders, who hated Jesus, did not deny this miracle.

Think about this too: If Lazarus had been in heaven for those four days, would he not have said something about it? And if he had been in heaven, would Jesus have made him come back to earth from that wonderful place? Of course not!

Yet, many people say that we have a soul, and they say that the soul lives on after the body dies. They say that Lazarus’ soul was alive somewhere. But the Bible does not say that. It says that God made the first man Adam “a living soul.” Gen. 2:7, Adam was a soul. The Bible also says that when Adam sinned, he died. He became a “dead soul,” and he returned to the dust from which he had been made. The Bible also says that all Adam’s offspring inherited sin and death too.

The Scriptural teaching of the resurrection, however, is not compatible with the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. If an immortal soul survived death, no one would need to be resurrected, or brought back to life. Indeed, Martha expressed no thought about an immortal soul that was living on elsewhere after death. She did not believe that Lazarus had already gone to some spirit realm to continue his existence. On the contrary, she showed her faith in God’s purpose to reverse the effects of death. She said: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” (John 11:23, 24) Likewise, Lazarus himself related no experiences of some afterlife. There was nothing to report.

Clearly, according to the Bible, the soul dies and the remedy for death is the resurrection. You enjoy the best sleep ever, until Jesus resurrects you, sometime in the future.

Answer 3

Nowhere, there have been literally thousands of deities created throughout history. We know that religion first evolved as polytheistic to explain natural weather phenomena. Monotheistic religions are rather new compared to pantheistic and polytheistic religions. There has never been any evidence to suggest that anything supernatural created or guides the universe, or that we experience anything after death.

I do know one thing though, if a deity existed that chose people's destinations based on which religion they chose, I would not want to worship him,. even if all evidence did not point against his existence.

Answer 4

You are not going anywhere !!
ref. Job chap 7 verses 9, 10 says; As the cloud is consumned and vanishes away; So he that goeth down into the grave shall come up "no more" to his house (or anywhere else) neither shall his place know him anymore. Fini

Answer 5

Oh, they know. They know all too well. That's why they try to forget it with their "which god" and "drink" and "that's stupid" talk.

But I know for sure where I'm going after I die. I'm going to the rapture mothership. I don't rely on evidence and reason like crutches.

Answer 6

Do you really think Pascal's Wager makes sense?
Let's hope you're worshiping the "right" god...

Answer 7

What if you have placed your belief in the wrong God? Hoe do you know which is the "right" religion? You gamble too. You are not "safe".

Answer 8

I know where both of us are going. To a hole in the ground somewhere. End of trip. Last stop.

Answer 9

Yeah, be sure and send me a note from the afterlife and let me know how right you were.

Answer 10

Sure 6 feet under.

.....and food for the worms.