yes. ive considered it however, thats where the faith comes in. If your faith is strong, God will show you things that will prove to you beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is here.

I will be fair, and though I'm an athiest, will answer my own question - Well, what if I'm wrong? First of all, there's going to a very very large person who is very, very angry with me. (Don't assume its the god of your religion - I may be considering if I'm wrong, but I'm not considering who specifically is right) I would, in all likelihood, be severely punished by this being, By either being sent to "hell" of whatever sort and tortured for eternity/till I've been punished fully for my sins, or banished to limbo or oblivion. Possibly, as I do try to live a good and plesant life, whatever being it is might invite me into whatever "heaven" is applicable, Because when/if I meet with this being, mark my words, I will not cower, nor will I bow. I will cowboy up and say "Sorry, (name of god), just not enough evidence. My apologies.", and then discuss punishment - and Let's face it, there would be a discussion, you can not tell me that your invisible friend is so kind, loving and generous if he or she is willing to send me to eternal torture/oblivion for the few, small petty things I have done. That's a very general outline, if you want religion specific, just ask.

I'm Agnostic, so I have some sort of twisted faith in not being sure. I've been wrong about a lot of different things in my lifetime. If I'm wrong, well, not much I can do about it. All I can do is live my life as the best person I'm able to be, and if some sort of Deity doesn't accept me, mistakes and all, well, then I don't really want to deal with that anyway.

If I, as a Christian, am wrong? So there's no heaven and no hell? And i have lived a good life and treated my fellow man fairly and with love? There's no real downside with how I lived my life. Implications: None. SO there's no heaven? OK. There's nothing? OK. Karma is right? Well, I treated people nicely. I'm good.

So...say nothing happens after you die, and you lived your life as a good person...Is that a bad thing? Besides, you'd never know you were wrong, because if nothing happens after you die, you won't have time to think..."Shit, I was wrong". You'll be dead, and there'll be nothing left to think that thought.

If I am wrong then nothing. But if God and I are right. then it is definetly a different ball game.

Question to YOU: Have YOU ever considered the thought "What if I'm wrong?" and the implications and RAMIFICATIONS of what would occur if you were?

I have nothing to lose by having faith. I live my life so I can have the best life while I'm alive. It's such freedom not having to carry baggage around with me. Maybe that's why Catholic's have confession.

The Apostle Paul said that if the resurrection of Jesus Christ did not take place then Christians are the most wretched of all people. If it were to be falst then I am wretched! But it is true!

Of course I have. Thankfully, most other world religions are a little more lenient than Christianity. Most don't care by what name you call God, as long as you believe he/she/it/they are there. Many even attest to the belief that "all the gods and goddesses are one", and in some way by teaching of the Virgin Mary, you're teaching of the Earth Mother, and such things. There are far too many similarities in many world religions for me to deny that this very well may be the case. That there IS, in fact, one god or group of gods that has shown themselves to Man in many different ways: that Jesus is also Viracocha is also _______ (insert other bearded, robed god here). I have no problem believing that Christianity has taken "thou shalt have no other gods before me" to the utter extreme in saying that all other gods by all other names can't POSSIBLY be correct. What we call a "mushroom" in the USA they call "kinoko" in Japan. Being called "kinoko" doesn't make it any less a mushroom. If, at some point, after I die, I am standing at some pearled-gate after passing through the Field of Reeds beyond the Summerlands, and Peter and Buddha are standing together arguing over who gets to hold the keys today... and if they tell me, "Okay... we can let you in now, or you can have another go at Earth, whaddya say?" I won't be terribly surprised. And I'd probably take the second (third? ninth?) go at Earth. I really like it here. And if all of this is bollocks and there's nothing at all after death but a grave full of worms, I won't be conscious to know about it. So, nothing lost.

Wouldn't be the first time. For the sake of argument, let's say I am. What's wrong with fantasizing about something that brings meaning to my life? Why should anybody care WHAT I believe if I don't impose my belief upon anyone else?