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I cannot choose to exist or not.
Right.
Let proposition P1 = one can choose to exist or not.
Proof by contradiction:
Assume one can choose to exist or not. Before his existence, he was able to use his volition to make choices. This is absurd. His volition has not existed yet. How can he choose? The assumption is self-contradictory. Therefore, not P1 is true. One cannot choose to exist or not.
If no one can choose his existence, then why would God punish some people in hell?
Even though we cannot choose to be born or not, after we have existed, we are responsible for our actions. Alternatively, God may just annihilate a person's afterlife, instead of torturing him consciously over an infinite period of time.
u/Formal-Lie-1809:
Given that you already exist and are alive, you are responsible for your choices. This life is a testing place for everyone. It is best to use it to earn some heavenly rewards.
Right.
Let proposition P1 = one can choose to exist or not.
Proof by contradiction:
Assume one can choose to exist or not. Before his existence, he was able to use his volition to make choices. This is absurd. His volition has not existed yet. How can he choose? The assumption is self-contradictory. Therefore, not P1 is true. One cannot choose to exist or not.
If no one can choose his existence, then why would God punish some people in hell?
Even though we cannot choose to be born or not, after we have existed, we are responsible for our actions. Alternatively, God may just annihilate a person's afterlife, instead of torturing him consciously over an infinite period of time.
u/Formal-Lie-1809:
Job thought similarly at one time, 3:Sometimes i just wish i never existed.
Job wished that he were born dead.why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the light?
Given that you already exist and are alive, you are responsible for your choices. This life is a testing place for everyone. It is best to use it to earn some heavenly rewards.