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Palador ChibiDragon had this to say about Punky Brewster:
it does make sense. It shows that she's not A or B (Catholic is just a variation on Christian). She does believe in something, so it eliminates E. She knows what she believes, so that eliminates D. And, it suggests that she's not C, as if she was she could just have chosen C.It answers the question asked, does it not?
Actually, it avoids answering the question. It's not like there's only one choice left after eliminating Christianity, after all.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
Though I feel I owe no allegiance to any supreme being, I believe that through the faith of their believers, gods come into being and their faithful will either go to their version of heaven/hell/reincarnation. Gods can fade out if their believers all die out or lose their faith, and new gods can arise if enough people start believing in them. If you believe in a mauve bunny that showers Viagra across the world every third Tuesday as your supreme being, that bunny exists, at least for you.
For me, I trust in the strength of my own soul, and that I must keep up its integrity against the forces, internal and external that would damage, destroy, or taint it. Everyone else also possesses a soul, which can be filled with either light or darkness, or a mixture of the two, with one dominating at a specific time. Depending on which element is the stronger throughout the course of their life(though you can reform later on in life), both in actions and thought, will determine their reward/punishment upon death.
However for me, I have no idea of what to expect upon death. I place a lot of trust in science, but the whole "that's it, there's nothing afterwards" scares me like nothing else. I'd like to believe in reincarnation and past lives, but I simply don't know. As nobody(nobody proven, lets not get into the whole Christ deal, as I'm not too sure about Him) has ever come back from death, its the one thing that can never be known in a world where I can learn just about anything. Therefore, I shall do anything I can to avoid death, except when it would save either my country, my family, or my friends. A heroic sacrficie holds something somehow...significant to me. I can't explain it, but it strikes a chord. Maybe something from a past life? 
I really started it when I saw all the little things God does, things that seem like little conincidences, but add up when you realize them all.
Test done. Everyone who posted above me is less than pond scum.
