The choice of axioms presented is in fact part of the argument. It's very easy to pick a set of axioms from which your desired conclusion will logically follow.

The choice of axioms presented is in fact part of the argument. It's very easy to pick a set of axioms from which your desired conclusion will logically follow. Gödel was not discussing a hypothetical; he was arguing that an afterlife actually did exist, which relies on the axioms he presented applying to the real world. If you disagree with those, everything that comes after that step in the argument is irrelevant.