Faith in the End

When the end comes, how many of us will suddenly change the faith they have?

Those of us who have always claimed faith will try to prove just how loyal they were to their god by proclaiming to others. They will become the announcers on the street, trying to "save" others from the eternal darkness of the religion they have always claimed. They will become the people who try to force faith down the throats of others, pretending that their belief was strong all along.

Those of us who have always truly believed will feel safe and indifferent to the plight of those around them. "They should not have turned away" they will say to the less faithful. They will stop trying to become better people, convinced of their eternal happiness guaranteed by what they have done in the past.

Those of us who believe there is no greater power will suddenly realize some mystical calling and try to make up for their sins of non-belief. They will search too hard to find a sign from the greater power(s) and end up convincing themselves that they were chosen to be saved. One day they would be rejecting a faith in anything but what they see, and the next they would praying like no one has ever seen before.

Whether the religions of today are true, changing the way we act on the last day will have no difference. We are who we have always been. Do not become someone who you do not want to be now.