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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most Christian think of it like a cartoon. At least from what I can tell. Nobody actually seems to believe Peter is at the gates, but it is sometimes fun/useful to pretend that is what happens instead of trying to figure out what the judgement day really means (we often think of that like a court room with God as the judge and jury, but the scripture is not clear and so it isn't really any more correct that Peter at the gates)

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't speak for Catholics but most reformed protestants (evangelicals) will be being taught their sins are already washed away and any judgement for the 'saved' after death is only about their quality of walk with god and quality of reward in heaven, it's not a heaven/hell judgment. That's only for the 'unsaved'.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Fascinating. Classism, in heaven. Work yourself to death so that you can enjoy a better neighbourhood of heaven than your neighbour.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Mormons have three tiers of heaven. According to some, even Hitler would make it into the lowest tier. I'm not sure what you'd have to do to actually go to hell, which is supposedly just lonely infinite darkness away from the presence of God.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not sure what you'd have to do to actually go to hell,

Be mormon, then say mormonism is false. It's their only unforgivable sin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Ex-mormon, the canon is that to go to "outer darkness" you need to have perfect faith in god, like you know he exists as you know your dog exists, and still deny him. So practically the only people on earth eligible to go there are those who've actually seen him or have been sufficiently convinced by one of his angels or miracles, or otherwise witnessed some heavenly shit like that that sheds all doubt, which is why Hitler probably didn't go there. Also now that I'm remembering this, the "outer darkness" isn't really a place, you just get shunned by god (light being a metaphor for god and truth)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

hell, which is supposedly just lonely infinite darkness away from the presence of God

So, "days ending in a Y"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I mean, sure, you could argue we're already there.

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts 1 points 1 month ago

"But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first."

However it's obtained it's something very hard for the well resourced and powerful to do. Jesus anticipated it's the "very least" in this life who have the capacity to be recognised as "first" in the Kingdom.