mes at night where I have thought about it for at least two hours and what I was pondering began to scare me. My thoughts were based on one main idea – if there is no God then there can be no afterlife. We are taught in school that after life we are forever reign in heaven or suffer in hell eternally. This belief drives us to be more like Jesus Christ and his father. If we lead a good life on earth then we will enjoy all of life’s pleasures in heaven with God, but if stray from the more serious of the Ten Commandments then will suffer with Satan, the fallen angel and all of his minions. Say for instance that this was not the case and in fact there was no God, and therefore no heaven or hell. What scares me is what happens when you die – if there is no afterlife then when you die there is nothing. You can try to describe this nothing, this black void, but unfortunately you have to experience death to see if there is an afterlife or not. Even though you would not be able to feel or see anything the thought of not being alive and being able to enjoy all of life’s pleasures to their fullest extent is what makes me and I am sure others nervous. If I were to die I would probably have wanted to go back and change all that I had done wrong in my life. I would regret having a close member of my family die and not have been on good terms with that person, those are the times when faith needs to be the strongest because it helps you to pull through. With the reality of God theoretically one could make amends with their family member in the afterlife and eternally live in peace. These are all ideas and concepts that come with the firm belief in God, and through this belief you can live forever with God in heaven. My view on death is not uncommon and I believe that there are many people everyday who face problems with their faith and it can be solved. People like me believe that their faith can only be reaffirmed through a v...
