I have often wondered whether the Christian response to the difficulties of life — namely, the resurrection, the afterlife, the treatment of an inherited spiritual disease through the allowance of suffering, etc. — is a complication of theism or a consequence thereof. As the years have gone by, the more it seems right to think that Christianity is what is likely given the existence of God. I cannot defend this claim fully, but a brief sketch with an accompanying reflection, I think, would be appropriate. Given that it’s Easter.