A Brief Guide to Oblivion

Contents

• Pros & Cons of Oblivion
  • Advantages of Oblivion
  • Disadvantages of Oblivion
• Common Objections to Oblivion
• What Scripture says about Oblivion
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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Advantages of Oblivion

• You live here and now. The present is important.

Disadvantages of Oblivion

• You live here and now. You have no future.

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Common Objections to Oblivion

• I don't want to die.
  

  Most people don't. Something in us knows that death is deeply wrong.

What Scripture says about Oblivion

"The LORD preserves all who love him; but all the wicked he will destroy. " The Book of Psalms, Psalm 145, verse 20

Comment: Here Scripture presents oblivion as a possible option for eternity, but not the only option, and not a good one.

Scripture quote from the Illustrated Catholic Bible on CD-ROM, Harmony Media, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• Aren't people who believe in Heaven and Hell mean-spirited and judgmental?
  

  Not unless they're trying to get to Hell. Does believing in nothing make people kind?

• When people die, that's the end of them. Isn't it more honest to believe in oblivion, instead of some eternal life?
  

  Actually it's more materialistic. Calling something honest and something else a lie, isn't a scientific observation either -- it's a judgment.

• Isn't it impossible to know what is true and what is false?
  

  It just means someone does not like to think about consequences. The fundamental dogma of end-of-the-century American life is that you can choose whatever you want, and you never have to accept any serious consequences of your own choices. This dogma is the opposite of karma.

• Will our choices have consequences?
  

  In reality all our choices have consequences. What happens when people refuse to accept them, is that the consequences are hidden.

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