Theists: would you view the truth?

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Ignorant: Very interesting, thanks for your answer.

I'll probably come back to more points later, but for now:

You say you do things to experience the afterlife somewhat. Does it work? What do you feel?

Do you think this could all be a placebo effect? You said you'd stop if the stories weren't true, so presumably you'd expect this knowledge to ruin the experience. From this point of view, why take the risk of finding out for sure and maybe losing those feelings?