✦ Who's Going to Heaven?

The evidence

Every question, both sides, one verdict.

Fourteen questions, in the order the investigation runs. Each page lays out the strongest case for and against, then calls the verdict on the plain scale. Start anywhere.

01When you die, do you just die?consciousness is nothing more than the brain, so when the brain dies, the pers...Plausible, not established02What if nobody can know?the questions about God and life after death are permanently beyond human reac...Honest, not the end03Is there anything more than matter?reality includes something beyond the purely physical, and perhaps a mind behi...A live possibility04I'm good with God. Isn't that enough?a powerful personal spiritual experience can establish that a particular view ...Real, can't pick a religion05I'm a pretty good person. How good is good enough?being a basically good person gives you a reliable basis for knowing you are s...No way to know you passed06Don't all roads lead to God?the major religions are equally valid paths to the same ultimate reality, desp...Kind, but strained07What if we keep coming back?the human self passes through many lives governed by karma, and the goal is li...Serious, unverified08What if the problem is desire?suffering comes from craving, there is no permanent self, and rebirth continue...Insightful, unproven09What if God chose a people?the one God acted in history, delivered Israel, and entered a covenant at Sina...Real history, larger claim10What if the last word came through one prophet?the Qur'an is the literal, final revelation of the one God, delivered through ...Coherent, unestablished11Who did Jesus think he was?Jesus was a real figure who made extraordinary claims and was crucified under ...Real man, real cross12Did Jesus rise from the dead?Jesus was crucified, died, and was later raised, and his earliest followers en...Best explanation13What did Jesus actually promise?Jesus offered eternal life as a present gift, received by believing in him, no...A present gift14Why can't Christians agree?among Christians who all affirm Christ and grace, which reading of salvation b...Assurance is the fault line