well me, you, joe down the street will either believe what GOD says about this matter, or you chose something ells you like better, or sounds better to believe.. this is true with all of the question you will face in your life time..
Hebrews...9..27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment
seems simple enough to me but then I believe that a GOD my GOD who has the power and knowledge to create everything that is from nothing has the power to preserve HIS word though the age's in spite of any or all mans efforts to corrupt the truth... I am kinda funny that way, but my GOD is in control of all HIS creation, and at all times HIS will is done on earth as it is in heaven...