>>21389817I believe the hope of eternal life would inspire people to seek an ideal that makes this world at least a bit more like the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 17:20-21 (KJV) And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.