_number8_@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoShouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?message-squaremessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1315arrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square163fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarescoobford@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 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.
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoSuicide is only a sin, so it would theoretically be forgiven. Problem is you must atone for your sins before death, and there no way to atone if your dead by your own hand.
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.
Suicide is only a sin, so it would theoretically be forgiven. Problem is you must atone for your sins before death, and there no way to atone if your dead by your own hand.