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Probably not a great forum thread question, since religious topics are typically frowned upon in the general forums (reserved more for "private" chess.com clubs and chess.com blog posts if discussed), but I'll give my personal beliefs, since asked:

1) As a Christian-believer, I realize the negative consequences of sin and how humanity has been impacted by it. I know that God (willingly through his grace) sent his one and only son Jesus to pay for our sins (dying on the cross), so that we may have everlasting life in heaven (in the presence of God) after we die our physical life here on Earth. 

For the Christian believer, the focus is greatly on sharing the Christian beliefs to the world (as the Bible instructs Christians to do), so that they have salvation as well. The Christian goal of life is much about waiting for the day when Jesus returns (Christians view this physical returning of God as returning from heaven to Earth as Jesus has already resurrected after physically dying on the cross). 

This narrative may sound bold when first heard, but I know this to be the truth of what has happened historically. I do not wish to turn this forum thread into a religious topic (or debate), but I'm happy to share my beliefs, evidence, personal life and so on with those who would like to message me on chess.com: curious to hear more about Jesus (who is God; The Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit) or simply any open-minded people who are interested in listening to my beliefs.

2) Before our personal life, or you mean before human life in general? Before our personal life, we didn't physically exist yet, so ask your parents what life was like back then If you mean before human life in general, the early chapters of Genesis (first book in the Bible) describe this. 

3) After our physical life on Earth, we physically die. Our physical body decays back to dust - disintegrates as we were created by dust and will return to dust (atoms in science confirms this as we can track the process of atoms in anything living or non-living). 

However, what happens to our physical (Earthly) bodies is not the same as what happens to "us" our spirit/our soul. 

If the person was "saved" (salvation), then they will live in heaven for all of eternity in the presence of God (Bible mentions a few descriptions of heaven). If the person was not saved (rejects the truth about God and rejects the gift of everlasting life in his presence in heaven), then ultimately they will live out the rest of eternity in hell instead (Bible also mentions a few descriptions of hell). This is greatly why Christians are so eager to share their religion with others, we hope to convert these people so that they may be "saved" and go to heaven as well. 

Reading the Bible, going to church, sinning less and less (as we aren't perfect we can't prevent sin entirely on our own) and things like this are all things Christians should do and want to do, but even these things can NOT "earn" our salvation into heaven. We don't become Christian by going to church alone etc. To become "saved" and secure everlasting life in heaven, we must simply believe in our hearts (some people like to verbally say it out loud ceremonially, but verbal isn't required) that Jesus is God and accept that he died on the cross to pay for our sins. We must realize how he his God and how God is sinless and therefore able to pay for all our sins sufficiently (simply believing Jesus was a "normal guy" who lived on Earth isn't sufficient as his personal sin would get in the way if he was just a normal person like us and not God).

p.s. I bolded a few parts just to visually break up this long post into sections

lol This is a funny one

"To make others happy" sounds nice, but insufficient as any atheist, agnostic believer, etc. would easily be able to point out. If we go by the narrative of God not existing (and sin not existing or no need to be saved from our own sins), then there is no point to life at all because once we die, nothing worthwhile remains. 

Say we made one person happy in our life and then we die, so what? That one person is happy for a little while, but then what? That person will eventually die (physically) too and then the result is the same as if happiness wasn't spread. 

This is different from the Christian fundamental orientation about everlasting life and the need for salvation (being saved from our sins in addition to sharing Christianity with others so others may become saved too).

The belief that God doesn't exist (or no need for saving humanity from our sins) is a pretty meaningless existence in my opinion. Perhaps the agnostic believer enjoys the thought of no responsibilities, or obligations (including morally), but simply accepting that nothing in life matters is too dark for my liking and luckily I know that isn't the truth and God does exist.

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