Snarky Tom's Rants, Raves and Ruminations

Now that I have caught your eye, I promise that I won't be like the 10 o'clock news and promise the film footage of an amazing story just to make you watch for 45 minutes and then give you a 15 second meaningless blurb to make you regret the 45 minutes you just wasted of which you will never get back again. I will deliver...sort of. Be forewarned my opinion on the following may get you pissed and want to break off communications, un-follow me or disown me (if you are family). In my opinion, there are religions whose beliefs go beyond rational thinking. However, that doesn't stop any of them from having billions of followers. Let me illustrate. In Abrahamic religions, the view is generally held that one goes to hell or heaven depending on one's deeds or faith while on Earth, or predestination and Unconditional election , or to the intermediate state to await the Resurrection of the Dead . In most denominations, heaven is a condition of reward for the righteous to ...