So, what do you think all us Christians are affraid of?
That there is nothing after death. No reward for suffering on earth. No punishment for the evil. No redemption for the not-evil. That our consciousnesses just vanish. No reunion with loved ones.
It's not that I'm afraid to die and become nothing. I'm not worried about that. I prefer to live life like there is a God. That way, if, when I die, I find out He doesn't exist, what have I lost? Nothing. But if I live life like there isn't a God, and I die and I found out there IS, in fact, a God... well... I'm kinda screwed, then, aren't I?
It just seems more logical that way.
And it's not a choice born out of fear of hell or the unknown. I wasn't born into a Christian family, nor was I raised in a home with a Bible. I discovered Christ on my own. No one came to me and waved a Bible around and scared me into getting saved. I reached a point in my life where I was spiritually inquisitive. I studied Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Islam, even TM. But I decided Christianity was the route for me.
Also, I consider "suffering on earth" for Christ a reward in itself. I'm not expecting to receive any gifts in heaven. And I definitely don't think I'm wasting my life being a Christian (not that you ever said that).
