‘Ah!’ said Newton, jumping on the titbit. ‘So what you’re saying then is that you carry your personal belief system with you to Purgatory?’ ‘Essentially,’ said Alex. ‘So it can get a bit morose up there – everyone is disappointed by what they find. People expect their afterlife to be just like it was advertised, but there they are with exactly the same uncertainty and doubt they had when they were alive. It’s even worse for the atheists.’ ‘Why?’ said Newton, defensively. ‘Well, for starters,’ answered Alex, ‘they turn up expecting not to have turned up at all. An afterlife was the last thing
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