Let's see.
Live a normal, everyday life and be rewarded by kowtowing to the insane idiot that concocted the system in the first place (no, not you, Mystic)
or
Live an unnaturally extended span in which I get to solve all humanity's problems, at the end of which I get to be tortured forever. You don't specify "hell" but it's reasonable to assume that's what you're aiming for.
Option A would seem the least painful, fear of pain being the stick of choice for any self-respecting religion. But could I rest in peace knowing that the world still had problems which I had the chance of solving, had I not chosen the selfish route? Probably.
Option B, then, is touted as the more honourable avenue, sweetened further with inducements such as being hailed forever as a hero. Yet I sense that I am being railroaded into opting for this less self-serving fate. I don't like being manipulated like this very much. Of course, it depends on who's doing the manipulating and what part of me is getting the manipulation.
So: I get to solve all humanity's problems, yes? Well, one of the biggest problems that has plagued humanity since forever is death. So, I could make that my life's work, then I wouldn't have to face getting tortured. Concordant with that, I would solve the problem of the "heaven" and "hell" apartheid once and for all. Organise a mass jailbreak and resurrection, shut the institutions down forever. Just think how much of a hero I'd be then!
I might even get an invite to the true heaven of Losty's bedroom.
Live a normal, everyday life and be rewarded by kowtowing to the insane idiot that concocted the system in the first place (no, not you, Mystic)
or
Live an unnaturally extended span in which I get to solve all humanity's problems, at the end of which I get to be tortured forever. You don't specify "hell" but it's reasonable to assume that's what you're aiming for.
Option A would seem the least painful, fear of pain being the stick of choice for any self-respecting religion. But could I rest in peace knowing that the world still had problems which I had the chance of solving, had I not chosen the selfish route? Probably.
Option B, then, is touted as the more honourable avenue, sweetened further with inducements such as being hailed forever as a hero. Yet I sense that I am being railroaded into opting for this less self-serving fate. I don't like being manipulated like this very much. Of course, it depends on who's doing the manipulating and what part of me is getting the manipulation.
So: I get to solve all humanity's problems, yes? Well, one of the biggest problems that has plagued humanity since forever is death. So, I could make that my life's work, then I wouldn't have to face getting tortured. Concordant with that, I would solve the problem of the "heaven" and "hell" apartheid once and for all. Organise a mass jailbreak and resurrection, shut the institutions down forever. Just think how much of a hero I'd be then!
I might even get an invite to the true heaven of Losty's bedroom.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
