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I think this brings into question the broader question of self. For example, if your dad married a different person, would you ewxist? Would it still be you, but only in a differnet form? If I continued to play baseball after the age of twelve instead of starting to do theater, would I be the same person today? I would argue that these two people would represent two different people, not totally different, but certainly as different as say me and my best friend. Thus these two people can be judged differently by God. Simmilarly, theres really no problem with having iccky1 and iccky3 go to heaven and iccky2 go to hell, since all are different people.
A better way to look at it might be identical twins. Same genetic material, smmilar basic upbringing, but certainly they make differnet choices and in some pairs one leads a good life and one a bad life.
I think the bigger problem multiverses poses is for the idea of the savior. If every possible reality exists, is there a reality where he was not killed? Is there a reality where he died in infancy? Are there realities where he never appeared, because, say, the human race died off a few thouseand years too early? Would his message have differed greatly if the Romans had never decided to expand beyond italy? Or does he appear under different circumstances in every reality, but delivering the same basic message and offer of salvation?
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