Truth 2
Eternity exists
In "Mere Christianity," the brilliant author C.S. Lewis wrote that as humans, we have desires - desires which are able to be fulfilled. For instance, you feel hunger - well that's okay, because there's something called 'food' which you can eat. You get thirsty - and that too is natural, because there are things like water which can fulfill your thirst.
"So what?", you may be asking. "What on earth does that have to do with eternity?" Lots! Because when one takes a look at both past and current civilizations, we see that all people everywhere have the desire to live eternally. But why? We only have desires for things which can be in some way fulfilled. Not many people have the desire to smack themselves in the head with an iron - nor do many individuals long to shove knives into their own eardrums. The reason that we don't have such desires is because there is no fulfillment which our body needs resulting from such idiotic actions.
However, when we look at every civilization - & span the vast pages of history - we find a very remarkable thing: almost every person, in every culture, greatly longs for life after death. And not only do they long for such a thing, the majority also believe it exists in some fashion.
So as C.S. Lewis pointed out, if basically all people everywhere have this same desire, that must mean that somewhere such a thing actually exists. For once again, we only have desires for things which have fulfillment. Sure, we can dream about what it would be like if we could fly, or have 30 hours per day, but those are just private wants which differ greatly from person to person. But regarding eternity, we find that every person on the planet greatly longs for - and more often than not, truly believes in - some kind of life which is eternal.
As Lewis pointed out, if we can't find the fulfillment to such a desire here on earth, the most probable explanation is not that it doesn't exist... it's that it exists elsewhere.
Truth hurts us, but lies kill us
remember eternity
