By looking at John and Mary, can you see how John’s worldview might lead to feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness, and despair? Life would be no more than “a tale told by a madman, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” (William Shakespeare, “ Macbeth” ) Mary’s view, on the other hand, could give her a sense of purpose and hope. While such differences do not prove, or disprove, the existence of God, such beliefs, or lack of beliefs, do affect how you and I face each new day. Every day we live is either one day closer to death and eternal nothingness, or else one day closer to everlasting life of one sort or another. Imagine a piece of chalk the size of a telephone pole [50-60 feet tall], and a chalkboard hundreds of miles long. Pretend you take that huge piece of chalk and draw a thin line that goes and goes and goes — until the chalk runs out. Think of it as a timeline representing eternity, except with eternity the
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