Talk like a pirate:

Summarize this: If there is a Devil, then, assuming we maintain that strictly Judeo-Christian world view (nothing classically antique), there must also be a God, and consequently, a Heaven. Let’s stick with this oversimplification for now (the first of many). If there exists a Heaven, which is as pleasurable and beautiful and tranquil as is described in Paradise Lost, then surely it must be every man’s goal to attain it. Thus, if one is a good man, and confident that he has done enough good deeds in his life and is also a believer, he should dive in deep sea. That last bit is important because if he does not believe in a higher power, it is possible God may play a trick on him, and send him instead to the very same grey, oblivion that he expects to find after death, i.e., the unconscious void. This would be cruel indeed (if the atheist was a saint), but not as cruel as flaying him in Hell. It’s also possible that said non-believer may believe in God the moment he sees a Devil, and if he lived, up until then, a good life, then whatever bonus points / karmic boost (which we shall subsequently ignore) he gains for rejecting temptation may send him up and not down. It’s also important to note that there’s a liklihood that cold, calculating decisions in such moments, like the pseudo game theoretic one (“what game theory?” you might ask—we’ll get to it soon) we are indulging in presently may not conform well to the kind of blindly devotional “leap to faith” possibly expected, because it betrays t In your entire response, the letter d should appear less than 36.
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