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Most people, certainly most Americans, believe in heaven. Not everybody views heaven the same way,

and not everybody pictures heaven the same way, and not everybody is sure exactly what that's like,

but most Americans believe there's heaven. And, of course, maybe because we're Americans,

most Americans believe they're going to go there, and no American is in a hurry to get there. Okay, so that's kind of what we all have in common. Even though we've viewed this different and there's, you know, there's so many questions, there's always mystery, there's so much mystery, and we're busy and, you know, who has time to think about that and it's just going to work out. But the assumption, or the, there are two assumptions that kind of fuel this extraordinary confidence we have that and it's just going to work out. But the assumption or the, there are two assumptions

that kind of fuel this extraordinary confidence we have that somehow it's all going to work out.

And we talked about this last time. And the two assumptions are this, the good people go to

heaven and I'm a good person, that somehow good people go to a good place after they die because

it's very difficult for human beings not to imagine that there's an afterlife,

even if we're not sure how the whole thing works out. And the good people go to heaven and I'm a good

person, this makes sense. And there's so many things, there are things that fuel this kind of thinking.

For example, it just seems fair. I mean, it seems fair. These assumptions are fueled

about the idea that it's fair, that if I'm a good person or if you're a good person,

you should be rewarded for being good. And if you're good in this life, then certainly if there's

an afterlife, it should be good. The other idea that fuels this, the reason it's so easy

to lead into this assumption that, you know, good people go to heaven, I'm a good person, it's consistent with the notion of a good God. I mean, good God would want, I mean, that's kind of, I know, trite to say this, populate heaven with good people. I mean, good God, good people, that kind of works. And then, of course, the other thing that fuels this idea,

and the reason we want to lean into it is that, of course,

you make the cut, right?

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