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THE STORY OF MY LIFE: Will there be an Afterlife?

On Friday I posted  part 3 of  The Story of My Life .  This is the fourth and concluding portion, delving into what will come after I die. I am 99+% certain that death will bring me eternal gloom, or peace, depending on how I will end up feeling.  But I could be wrong, and most of my acquaintances have the belief that they will see me in Heaven.  Yet, with my current attitude, will this be possible? Let's begin with Christianity, which for  two millennia has been convinced that no one who refuses to believe in God and  The Bible  can go to heaven .  But eight years ago  Pope Francis  wrote an open letter with an ambiguous passage leading to speculation about the requirement of faith. Do only Christians go to Heaven? Classical evangelical doctrine holds that salvation comes only through faith in Jesus Christ, and that those without such faith will be condemned to hell. A number of texts are typically cited in support of this position. But only 31% of the world population is Christia