At the very core of existence lies a simple choice – no one said it more clearly than God our Creator, in the Torah / Bible: See I have placed before you the blessing and the curse, the blessing is if you will listen to me and (not that you will be, but) the curse, if you don’t; for we can’t have our cake and eat it too, you can’t drive off-road, over boulders, landmines and evil angry terrorists and expect to be miraculously saved