• ⛓️‍💥@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    ontologically benevolent people

    Where are these people coming from though? Surely not Earth.

    Most protestant churches do not require a believer to be perfect or benevolent to reach heaven only that they have earnest faith in God/Jesus/etc.

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      Where are these people coming from though? Surely not Earth.

      Benevolence is a human concept measures by earthlings against the behavior of other earthlings. Earth is the only place it could come from.

      Most protestant churches do not require a believer to be perfect or benevolent to reach heaven

      I mean, YMMV by sect. But they all generally hold that some aspiration towards perfection is a requirement.

      Death becomes a means of unfettering the individual from infernal constraints and self-actualizing. The rites and rituals of the faith are about pursuing perfection and pointing yourself in the correct direction.