In the end, it doesnt matter. We all die
My justification, which is rather selfish, is that Id rather die thinking my soul, even though unrealistically, gets to be reunited with loved ones. Truthfully, God romanticizes death and the afterlife which I really dont mind following. I dont read the bible, or the koran, or any organized religion texts. All I think is that there is a God and that souls carry on to some form of afterlife.