Dear Forum Members
I'm new to this forum and I would like to share something with you that has preoccupied my mind for some time now:
Premise 1: There is a God.
Premise 2: There is an afterlife, the quality of which will depend largely on how I worship this particular God during my lifetime.
Premise 3: Worshipping other Gods than the one and only real God will negatively affect my afterlife.
Premise 4: There are/have been thousands of religions wordwide worshipping thousands of different Gods in different ways.
Conclusion: If, as a believer, I accept Premises 1-4, my chances of worshipping the one and only real God are very small and this may severely compromise the quality of my afterlife.
What are your thoughts on this? Is there a way out of this conundrum for believers? Or is there a flaw in the argument?
Best regards
Ian
I'm new to this forum and I would like to share something with you that has preoccupied my mind for some time now:
Premise 1: There is a God.
Premise 2: There is an afterlife, the quality of which will depend largely on how I worship this particular God during my lifetime.
Premise 3: Worshipping other Gods than the one and only real God will negatively affect my afterlife.
Premise 4: There are/have been thousands of religions wordwide worshipping thousands of different Gods in different ways.
Conclusion: If, as a believer, I accept Premises 1-4, my chances of worshipping the one and only real God are very small and this may severely compromise the quality of my afterlife.
What are your thoughts on this? Is there a way out of this conundrum for believers? Or is there a flaw in the argument?
Best regards
Ian