Many times, we try to evaluate the long-term effects of our decisions. Sometimes, we preface that attempt by saying, “In the long run, if we do this today, that may happen later.”
Another often replies: “But, in the long run, another alternative might take place.”
Sooner or later, someone will interject, and announce with a sense of profundity: “In the long run we are all dead.”
That often brings the conversation to a dead stop. It should not. First of all, it stops analysis and greater understanding. Second, it is a grotesque lie.
In the long run, we are all dead is utterly untrue. In the long run, our souls won’t be in our minds and bodies. In the long run, we won’t be at home any more. In the long run, we won’t be with our friends, family, and occupations.
But, in the long run, not a single one of us will be dead. Our immortal souls might be living in eternal joy with God in Heaven. Or, they will be living in everlasting agony in the fiery furnace.
But, not a single human soul will be dead.
Is “In the long run, we are all dead.” a lie? Yes. It is told for two reasons. It makes less intelligent people feel better about their intellectual inability to look ahead. And, it distracts us from thinking about our own immortal souls and where they will spend eternity.
Is “In the long run, we are all dead.” a lie? Yes. It makes less intelligent people feel smarter and distracts others from saving their immortal souls.
