We can all agree that we are going to die one day. Each day we live is one day closer to our death. Each decade that we live, we mourn the deaths of our loved ones. Death naturally becomes a topic people shun away from. And because people choose not to think about death, they give very little thought to an afterlife.
Can we then, also agree that there is going to be an afterlife or there is not, once our heart stops beating? Let us assume that we cannot be certain of what happens after we die. If there is no afterlife, will the people that believed that be able to gloat or get any other perceived satisfaction from knowing they were right? No, because if these people are right, we will cease to exist the moment we die. If there is an afterlife, these believers are better off because they are prepared. The people that did not believe in an afterlife will have a hopeless start in the next phase, because there will be consequences for living by the standards of this material world.
Logically, if someone is looking out for their best interests, the choice is to believe in an afterlife. You may ask, "It seems silly for me to believe in an afterlife, because of a fear of Hell*, for if so, then I'm not a believer." The Lord will do whatever it takes to get you onto the right path. He is always chasing you like a hound of heaven, you just have to look for him.
Can people that believe in afterlife still do bad things? Yes. Can people that do not believe in an afterlife still do good things? Yes. But each is better off knowing the Truth.
*Hell is not fire and brimstone. Hell is separation between our soul and God.
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