I have faith in God and in a hereafter. My desire to believe in an afterlife is driven by pure selfishness. You see, I don't want to die and find out the atheists are right, because I won't be able to be pissed off about it. Better they should die and find out they are, well... nothing. And I think if you don't pad your bet with a healthy dose of belief in God, salvation, and an afterlife, you either get what you ask for, or you come back as a fly nibbling dung off some elephant's... well, you get the idea.
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