22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24 And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’.
27 And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house— 28 for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”
Faith is a choice. People don't believe because they can't believe but because they don't want to believe.
The arguments they use to explain why they don't believe are excuses, not real reasons.
That's because faith is a matter of the heart, not the head.
This "Life" experience we were born into, the physical world and its rules, the unseen world and its rules, the on going story we have to figure out, along with a body and inner experience that is totally unique to each of us, is such an interesting set of challenges.
It feels like logging in to the most advanced and amazing role playing beyond 3D/total immersion video game, with a storyline/theme, multi-levels and challenges, various skills and things to acquire, damage, stories within stories, traps, consequences, you name it, including an ultimate prize to win the game.
The catch is, you have to figure it out all by your self, and you only get to play one time.
And, not everyone starts at the same place. You could start with all the advantages or none at all or with some major handicaps that put you well behind everyone around you.
It's a very interesting challenge, not a game at all.
And, with the dark side working against your every step, it's just hard to know for sure what is going on and what things really mean until "GAME OVER", when you sit down with the Programmer and go over how you played the game and where you go for the next level.