The Test of Life

Today I was listening to the Bob Dutko show while he was arguing with a man named Dave Neimi (or something) who is the President of the American Humanist Society. They got into a huge debate about God and all of the exceedingly exciting conversations that build from such debates. This is when the perfect example dawned on me.

Okay, regardless of what they believe or others believe, what truth is, what lies are...According to our beliefs, and the beliefs of almost all other religions, there is something after life. Call it eternity, call it heaven, call it nothing...Call it whatever you would like. Okay, no LIVING human being has proof, and therefore doesn't KNOW, for certain, whether there is something beyond our lives; whether there will be eternity or heaven, we don't actually have PROOF of. However, I want you to look at it this way. The fact of the matter is, beliefs DO exist. Like it or not, there are people that have beliefs in eternity, right from wrong, punishment, etc. So if these beliefs exist we have to come to the understanding that, regardless of possibility, all of these beliefs have been granted, even in the smallest degree, possibility. So now that these beliefs have been presented you sit back and say, "Okay, these have now been granted the characteristics of possibility, whether I like it or not, they are now possible. So now, which one, if any, is the most likely or is backed up the most effectively by what we have proven and know to be true." This is the unfortunate reality of everything. I don't care what any of you think. The fact is, even the ancient beliefs in Zeus, Hercules, Hera, etc. are POSSIBLE, but how PLAUSIBLE are they? I will not say, "They are not possible," unless I find that another belief to be true. All religions are possible due to them having been brought into existence, however, which is the most likely to be true. From here comes my comparison.

In high school, each and every person who went through it had a teacher who said these words: "Even if you don't know the answer, put something down. It's better to try and get it wrong than it is to leave it blank." Okay, now this needs to be addressed. According to my beliefs there is no partial credit, there is a "right" answer and a "wrong" answer, but I think it's easy to understand what I'm getting at. The fact of the matter is, like it or not (a phrase I use because I don't care what you like...I care about what is true and beneficial for you to hear), because there have been beliefs brought into the spectrum of our reality we now are obligated to look at them once we become aware of them to put them to our limited, human tests.

First off, I think we can all agree that tests are a relatively decent form of judging what you have learned, experienced, etc. otherwise I doubt almost all schools in the world would issue them. So if we can agree that tests are a form of judging what we think we know against what is actually known then we are making progress. There are "right" and "wrong" answers to tests. We know this because, as we all have found out, in school if you put the wrong answer down...You get it wrong. If you leave it blank, you get it wrong. They don't say, "Oh you don't know...That's okay. I gave it to you because I can't punish you for not even trying. Even though I spent the past several weeks showing, proving, demonstrating, and teaching you this information, I'm not going to hold you accountable for it because you don't care enough to try or pay attention." Pretty basic concept. We have all experienced this.

Okay so here's the point. Life is a test. We live, we believe what we do matters, and when we die, we go into it not knowing, for certain, what it will yield. However, regardless of our lack of understanding or knowledge, there will be a test when we die. What will happen, where will we go, what will come? You don't know, others don't know, even I don't KNOW, but we all go into this journey with faith. I have faith I'm right, atheists have faith they're right (even though they deny it), and everyone else goes into this new found experience with faith. Here's the question: When you die...Do you want to turn in your test with a blank line, or do you want to study up, figure out which is the best answer by process of elimination, and then write it down? Those are your only options, I don't care what you say, assert, etc. You will face this test, no matter what we would like to assert, we will face the test, but how do you want to enter? Prepared with the Armor and blood of Christ covering you in the sight of the Almighty, or Naked with nothing except your blank line covering your soul. Those are your two options. Pick one, and run with it, but choose wisely.