_number8_@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoShouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?message-squaremessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareShouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?_number8_@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square73fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremac@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoDidn’t the Bible state that suicide is grounds for not getting into heaven?
minus-squarescoobford@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoThe bible considers it a sin, but sin doesn’t keep you out of heaven if you’re Christian, you basically just have to try and do better. The Catholic church decided it was a mortal sin, and because you didn’t have time to go to confession afterwards, you would go to hell. That’s a drastic oversimplification, but it is kind of the root of it.
Didn’t the Bible state that suicide is grounds for not getting into heaven?
The bible considers it a sin, but sin doesn’t keep you out of heaven if you’re Christian, you basically just have to try and do better.
The Catholic church decided it was a mortal sin, and because you didn’t have time to go to confession afterwards, you would go to hell.
That’s a drastic oversimplification, but it is kind of the root of it.