- I would have lived my life helping others because my fictional god demanded it.
- My behavior would have been bound to an old book of fiction, which sets impossibly high goals of goodness, and I would spend my life trying to live better because of it.
- I would have forgave others because my fictional god demanded it.
- I would have stuck with my wife when times got bad, because my fictional god demanded it.
- I would have been comforted at the passing of my loved ones because I believed that there was hope beyond the grave.
- I would have lived a life of purpose and meaning, due to my faith in my fictional god.
- I never would feel alone, because I believed my fictional god was with me.
- I never could feel hopeless, because my fictional god was my hope.
- I was part of a group of people who accepted me as a brother and loved me because our mutual faith in that fictional god.
- I would have developed closer personal relationships with people I would have otherwise never met or interacted with, all because our mutual faith in a fictional god.
- I would face my death without fear, knowing I'd close my eyes in death and see the face of my redeemer.
- And if I were wrong, I WOULD NEVER KNOW. As my last breath would escape my body, and the blackness would envelope me and I would simply cease to exist, all while believing with all my heart I'd see my loved ones and savior on the other side.
But, if I am right and you, dear atheist friend, are wrong and there is a God, then
- While you pride yourself in your wisdom, if there is a god, your wisdom is for naught. The very basis of all of your logic is flawed. All the deductions you have built your life on is also flawed.
- Your brilliant deductions based on the assumption we're nothing more than animals has hurt more people than you can imagine.
- You spent your life fighting against the Almighty Judge, and will be judged according to your works and found guilty.
- Your absolute certainty that you were so much smarter than us dumb Christians proved to be a fatal mistake. As you lift up your eyes in Hell, and you will KNOW YOU WERE WRONG, and will spend an eternity with that knowledge.
- For an eternity, you will reflect on how that you wasted your life on things that do not matter.
- For an eternity, you will realize that many of the others who you encouraged to abandon any belief in a saving god are condemned to eternal torment just as you are.