There are only three possibilities – the first is that we are basically on our own – the second is that there is a Creator, He gave us a bunch of instructions, that if we follow it… whether in this world or the next… maybe both, or one of them – we will have a great life! and the third is, that the Creator created us- He gave us free choice, He also gave us General guidelines, and effectively the purpose of these guidelines is not the reward and Punishment… rather its ability for us to develop… and as time itself, hence Our Lives, which is a Consciousness within time is infinite – so too both His instructions, and our growth