Disclaimer: It's best you didn't read this if you're easily offended. I'm not trying to be incendiary. I am not mocking anyone’s religion, just their behavior and the double standard they perpetuate. That said, tread cautiously.
Two teenagers are about to graduate from high school. One, John, is a good Christian boy. The other, Jude, is an atheist. Following the many-worlds hypothesis, we will analyze the alternate universe that branch off when they graduate.
Jude loses his job due to his addiction to alcohol and partying. He cheated on his wife with several different women while intoxicated. Well, no wonder, right? He tried to fill the God-shaped hole in his heart with an addictive substance, but in reality there is no other true cure for emotional malaise than God Himself.
Naturally, he does not believe in sin, which means that he doesn’t care whether his actions are moral or not. Why care about what’s right and wrong if there is no God? After all, our innate sense of morality comes from God Himself. Atheists don’t have that morality. They think their actions don’t matter. After all, if you believe there’s no afterlife, you’re just gonna do whatever you want with the life you have, right? And if you think you came from apes, you’re just gonna act like an ape.
John loses his job due to his addiction to alcohol and partying. He cheated on his wife with several different women while intoxicated. It is clear that John was led astray by the devil. Because all men are born imperfect into a sinful nature, the devil exploited this. I’m sure John loves his wife very much because he is a good Christian man. It certainly is not his fault he cheated on his wife. John is a prayer warrior and Satan did everything he could to knock him down. And let us remember the Lord's words: let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
Jude grows up to be affluent and lives in a large mansion. Clearly, he is storing up his wealth so he can make the only life he thinks he has seem meaningful. Like the story in the Bible, he stores up riches for himself, but when the Lord returns his riches will be rendered meaningless. He probably loves his money and uses it to fill the hole in his heart that yearns for God. He hates God, because the Bible says that one cannot serve two masters: you cannot serve God and money at the same time. Clearly he chose money because he doesn’t want to be accountable to God and turn his life around. He wants to live in sin. He most likely obtained his vast wealth by back-stabbing and stomping on others. After all, he is an atheist, and without God having morals and sympathy for others is impossible. All he cares about is his own benefit because he believes there is no God to serve. He is selfish and shortsighted. Remember, though, that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven.
John grows up to be affluent and lives in a large mansion. The Lord has blessed him with the fruits of his labor. After all, what you reap is what you sow: John was selfless and dedicated his life to serving God, and God paid him back for it. He clearly paid his tithe and reaped the benefit from his godliness. Of course, God loves all the impoverished Christians too. It’s okay for John to be rewarded with vast wealth for his loyalty and it is also normal for some of God’s people to remain in poverty despite their loyalty. The poor might be more devoted to God and might have pleaded with him repeatedly to help them. But God has put them there so that more affluent Christians, like John, can help them.
Jude grows up to speak publicly about his atheism. He shares his opinions with others. Well, that’s no surprise. He’s a God-mocker. He doesn’t want to take up the cross and follow Jesus’s path because he wants to live in sin, so he’s taken on hating God and mocks Him openly. Let us remember that as the Bible says, God shall not be mocked. He will be sorry the day Christ comes back to set up his kingdom on Earth. He will praise God then after he has seen His mighty power, but he will be punished because he foolishly did not believe before he saw any concrete evidence. He is a bigot; why does he even care what other people believe? He should just keep his arrogant, bigoted opinions to himself and let people believe in God if they want.
John grows up to speak publicly about his Christianity. He shares his faith with others. He is the hands and feet of Christ. He is part of the Great Commission mandated by the Lord. The Lord will reward him for sharing his faith with everyone, even with those who politely decline, because he has given them a chance for God to save their souls. He is a sagacious, shrewd servant of the Lord, living his life in the way that God would want. He is free to condemn every other religion as false and demonic; this way he will set people on the right path and teach them about the one, true religion. John is a warrior missionary for Christ and will earn a special place in the afterlife for updating his Facebook status to Bible verses to spread the good Word.
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