There's a 5th option (and probably a 6th, 7th, etc.). The universe is not a wasteful place, and all the energy that makes up our "souls" is recycled and used again. It may not be used as a whole or even all at once, but it is reused again somewhere else by somebody else. I always thought that heaven and hell would be very crowded places, espeically if you read the Old Testament versions of what is supposed to go on there. As I've gotten older, I've found myself drifting more towards forms of Budhism and reincarnation since that makes more sense to my view of the universe. Then again, I'm one guy out of 7 billion on a planet circling an insignificant star in one corner of one galaxy. What do I know?
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