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Quote by: Kamehameha34  I don't know what will happen after I die, so I will make the years I have the best I can. |
You owe it to yourself to find out. There are resources everywhere. Study all religions and every foundational principle the various people of the Earth stand upon and choose for yourself which one you will believe in or follow. And if you disagree with all of them, then make up your own. But be absolutely certain you are making the correct decision and are choosing truly.
The Bible teaches that if Jesus Christ be lifted up, then all men will be drawn unto Him. What does it mean to be lifted up? It's a metaphor explaining the act on the cross, but also it is the revelation in ones own mind about what His life meant, why we needed Him, what His truth is, why we are here, and all of the rest He has explained to us.
And why does this work? Simple, He created the system. He holds its keys. He knows a man. He knows a man's heart, and His way is the true way despite all "evidence" (which is really "appearance") to the contrary. The bottom line: you cannot come to the foot of the cross, look into His eyes, behold an understanding and walk away from Him without knowingly walking away from the truth. And if you choose to do so, you are choosing a life lived apart from God (apart from Jesus Christ), and that is the very definition of what it means to be "damned."
The life lived here in the flesh is not our final destiny and it is not all there is. The Bible describes us seeing things as "through a glass, darkly", meaning it's not close to what will be there in eternity. There is no doubt, there are rewards and riches and pleasures and reasons why it is desirable to seek after much here in the flesh. Sin feels good. Pleasure feels right. All of our flesh and blood senses tell us that we are okay. But all of it, all of it is transient, fleeting and it does not last. In the tick of a clock it will be over and there will be nothing left except our choices and the decisions we made as a result of those choices.
What Christians seek is an ever-lasting, forever-loving, never-wanting, always-caring life lived with Jesus Christ (which is to say, with "truth") forever, and therein lies the greater "prize".