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October:

--- Quote from: Ellie ---I have a question for those with a philisophical background:

Can an N go to heaven? One of the 10 Commandments is "Love thy neighbor as thyself". If an N cannot love anyone else, even his own child, how can he possibly obey this commandment? And forgiveness is one of the main teachings of the bible. But an N can find no room in their hearts for forgiveness.
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My answer to this one, thinking of my mum, is no.  For the simple reason that she will not be able to see that it is there.  I imagine her sitting on a bench outside the pearly gates complaining about the grass being too long, or the weather too hot, and not seeing eternity just beside her.

I don't believe in hell or eternal damnation, because they are absolutely impossible if God is love, but I do believe that we create our own eternity while we are here on earth, and if you are able to see other people and their needs and love them here on earth, it will be the same in eternity.  If you can only see yourself and how unhappy you are because things are not what you want them to be, then that is how you will always be.  Imo.

It is not that they are barred from heaven, or damned, or anything like that.  Just that they will not be able to see that it is there.  Just as they cannot see us.

Cathy

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