Like St John? Whom we probably have millions of deaths to blame for? There was only one real Christian and he died on the Cross.
1. They did not believe with enough evidences made plain to them, they stumbled on their own pride or some other reasons like getting disappointed when asking money from God but did not get it. 2. Christian's purpose of life is not only in after life, but starts from now he/she receives Jesus as his/her savior.
@Saint -- That's what the texts say, not me. All I'm doing is labeling the behavior listed. God supposedly killed everyone in the world, that makes him genocidal. God supposedly hates homosexuals, that makes him a homophobe. God also(in "his" word) orders unbelievers and apostates to be killed, that makes him a tyrant. How else can he be classified other than by his actions. Swing and a miss. Not only were most atheists what you would call "true believers" but there's no evidence. Nice no true Scotsman fallacy though. You're still making the assumption of a higher purpose. Demonstrate it.
No, I won't. OK, OK, don't worry, I will. But I'd like to take this opportunity to promote "being buried" as opposed to "being cremated". It seems like the only way to pay back a room full of animals we eat during our lifetime.
You can choose not to believe, what we believe is not only in our minds, but in our lives, every aspects. there is no point arguing here, but the outcomes of you and me are different.
@Saint -- Sorry sweetie, we all meet the same fate in the end. Death is the end of all of us, and if there is something "beyond" death(besides rotting in a grave or being pollution in the air) it's highly doubtful that anything recognizable as "us" will experience it. Our emotions, thoughts, memories, experiences, and even our beliefs are all tied to various amalgamations of brainstates. No brain, no brainstates. No brainstates, no us. It's pretty simple when you really look at it. However unlike you I'm fine with this. One life is enough for me, "that it comes but once makes life all the sweeter".