I must say I am profoundly startled by the immense lack of thought given to the afterlife.  I am not speaking of Christians, but those who are non-believers.

I cannot comprehend some of the responses, quotes, etc I have received in regards to questions like “What do you think will happen if you die”

Some say “nothingness” - others say “well, i believe that everyone will go to one place.” or other variable responses.

The part that’s startling is that it *seems* so many believe that if they conjure up some form of thought about the afterlife, that it will somehow manifest for them.  They base their philosophies on literally nothing, only things they’ve “thought up” over the course of their lives.  They beg for absolutes in all other areas…won’t invest in STOCK A without the proper evidences of growth potential, blah blah blah.  They won’t vote for a political leader, go to a certain college, even begin a relationship with another person without some form of research or consideration on their part.  If they did, they’d be “illogical, irresponsible, stupid, etc” -
But when it comes to eternity, it becomes “willy-nilly, it’s all relative, anything goes”

Am I the only one that finds that insane?  Are they really that busy to not give a measure of thought to the logic behind that?

I have heard “Well I think this…” or “Well, probably this will happen…” or “I’m not sure, but maybe this…”

Do we settle for maybe, probablies or relative thought when it comes to other areas?

“Yes sir, you’ll probably, maybe get better if you take this medicine, I mean, I think maybe you will…maybe you won’t”

Of course not!  We want to know if we’re going to take the medicine prescribed whether we will recover or die.  We’ll spend money, and invest time and effort to save our lives by finding this assurance.

But the afterlife?  The Bible?  These people get to “re-write” it themselves, with “what if’s, maybes, probablies, i’d hope…etc”

Well…I hope, maybe, that you’ll consider, if you want, that there’s a sad piece of missing logic here…probably…