Suppose God Almighty showed up in low orbit, gigantic and undeniable, and spoke such that everyone alive heard His voice in their heads in their language, and He said:
"Guys, I just thought I'd drop by and clear up a few things. There is such a thing as good and evil, and for what it's worth I think you should do good and avoid evil. But when I organized the Universe I didn't put in a heaven. When you die, that's it. You're gone. I'm eternal--you're not. No heaven, no hell, no punishment, no reward.
"Now there is a hell, so to speak, in the span of your lives. Haven't you noticed that bad guys are never happy? That's the elegance of my design. As is the heaven of a life well spent.
"Sorry if this requires some revision in your various Good Books, but that's the way it goes. I'll check back in a billion of your years and see how things are going. 'Bye."
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So--what do you think would happen then? Knowing that heavenly reward/punishment was off the table, what would religious people do?
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