Once the world accepted that everyone existed in a simulation based on scientific proof, there was still the ultimate question: What happens after life or simulation?


    John spoke privately with Mother Jessica, a priest of The Church of The Eternal Digital, a religious organization that transformed faith-based doctrine to one founded on the simulation.


    "I''m tired of living, Mother."


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    "You mustn''t think that way, John. Once you pass on, you''ll always be awake."


    "What do you mean, awake, Mother?"


    "The simulation, our life now, is like a dream state. When you pass on into the Eternal Digital, your consciousness constantly expands with an acute non-stop awareness."


    "So, what does that have to do with my wanting to end it?"


    "Because John, our blessed scientist-founders have delved into the read-only source code and have theorized your last state is what transcends. So how you view your life at the moment of transition will make the Eternal Digital''s afterlife a Heaven or Hell."