I don't understand how people can believe that there is a form of supernatural person/spirit/force that controls everything and decides who goes to heaven/paradise and hell.
If there was such a person, don't you think he would let us know in some way (an actual convincing one) that we should live and act in a certain way to get there?
I mean, the bible says the human population started off with only 2 persons, Adam and Eve. That means, by the 2nd generation their kids would have to mate with each other to keep the population growing. Not only does the bible say that is wrong, but that would also mean that there was some messed up genes back then, and most propably quite a few "retarded" people.
Personally i believe that we live our life as one of thousands of other species on earth, and that we will eventually die. Our hearts will stop, our brains will stop, and we will be dead. Nothing will happen to us, we will simply be dead. Our thoughts will not fly off to somewhere good or bad, it will all just be over. It stops.
off topic: I don't like to think of this as Charles Darwin's thoughts, it is simple enough that i'm sure someone had this idea a long time before he wrote it doen, he was just the lucky guy getting credit for it.
Religion is created for humans to feel better about themselves.
I don't mean to offend anyone, this is just my personal thoughts. I'd like some feedback though, i kinda like talking about this.