SomeBritishDude said:
I've read His Dark Materials and loved it. Im going straight to hell.
I've been wondering about that saying... Straight to hell.. Is there an other way? A beautiful tour of what you did not get into, like heaven? Maybe even visit purgatory to meet the people who were slightly less horrible than you? Is the tour guided by Jesus? God should open a travel agency..
On topic, though, it depends on God, or Allah, or whichever of the religions has it right (assuming any do and the real creator of this world isn't a 3-legged fish-plant who has tea with butterflies on a lovely Xquizelr-afternoon, or it's simply all poppycock and there is no afterlife. Wouldn't that be mighty dull though?). If said deity is an ass he(or she, or it, but for simplicity's sake, he) will tend to not forgive people and carry grudges and such. If he is as loving kind and benevolent as they claim he is he will probably be blinded by his own benevolence and let everyone into heaven. If he's just some kind of authority figure, punishing folks based on reasoning not unlike many people's fathers, then who knows, Manson could be up there, talking trash about Mother Teresa who is burning down in you-know-wheresville. Or not. Depends on how drunk dad, er, God is.
Disclaimer: None of the above is meant to in any way offend anyone. If you do feel offended by the contents of the post, please be assured that they are in no way meant as such. Well, maybe the last three sentences..a little.
