Well, the fact is I'm Buddhist. I give other religions their due respect, and I respect people who believe something that I personally don't agree with. But Buddhism has no eschatology. There truly is no beginning and no end - no creator gods, either angry & jealous or compassionate but ready to send you to hell forever and ever. But there is a rich cosmology of gods and beings in non-human realms, there are heaven and hells and everything between. But every single one of the beings, seen or unseen, are subject to the same conditions of cause and effect as well as to - change. I have no doubt that if Mohamed believe in a heaven with 72 virgins, he'll go to a heaven with 72 virgins, and if Catholic Chris believe he's going to heaven to be with Jesus, he'll go to heaven to be with Jesus. Genocidal maniacs who lie, cheat, and steal probably go to a hell realm. However the operant condition is change - everything changes everywhere - there is no "forever." As far as eschatology, yeah, I believe that it is in the realm of possibility that some malevolent entity could come to earth and wreak havoc be it a Messiah or space aliens or Cthulhu. Do I believe this dispensationalist clap-trap that if the right conditions are created by man that <enter an entity here> will come back to Earth and send the "good" people to heaven and throw the "bad" people - including non-believers - into pits of hell-fire forever? No. Any entity who is like deserves to be tossed into hell-fire themselves. Cause and effect: you can create suffering for others then skip by it yourself. So I give all religions there due no matter who crazy I personally may think they are - other people believe and faith is the key.
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