The teachings depend. Some will say He's all-accepting, and others will say the smallest mistake condemns you to a life in Hell or an eternity of retribution.
It'd be nice if the former were true, but then there'd be no point in making a distinction between good and evil, huh?
[ her emotions give the equivalent of a little shrug because she doesn't do the motion physically. ]
That's more of a human concept. [ good and evil doesn't really apply to her when she has to capacity to do both in equal measure, in the name of love. ] But it sounds like you're more of a believer that people will be condemned to Hell.
[ that fear, strange or unnatural.... she won't react or comment on it. today, we respect terrible feeling privacy, for now. ]
Believing in your eventual eternal damnation doesn't sound much better than believing in nothing, but if you believe you've done so much to deserve it...
[ crawls back too many days later but you can ignore me.....
that makes lambda smile a little. even if he's being sardonic, she still addresses it like she would anything else. ]
Why do so many people think being a monster is so wrong? Monsters aren't without reason. Would you be so without reason if you didn't believe in Heaven or Hell?
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He'd forgive, if I'm to believe the teachings, but I'm also not one who believes in this god.
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It'd be nice if the former were true, but then there'd be no point in making a distinction between good and evil, huh?
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That's more of a human concept. [ good and evil doesn't really apply to her when she has to capacity to do both in equal measure, in the name of love. ] But it sounds like you're more of a believer that people will be condemned to Hell.
Do you think you're going to Hell, Wolfwood?
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[ And therefore, he's largely bound to human concepts. ]
Yeah. All the way down.
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[ she doesn't understand, and he can feel it. ]
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[ It's just difficult to not, when he's been raised in it, but he's really not sure how to phrase it.
That, and a dull pulse of something strange and unnatural. It almost tastes like fear. ]
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Believing in your eventual eternal damnation doesn't sound much better than believing in nothing, but if you believe you've done so much to deserve it...
[ well, it isn't her business, is it? ]
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[ It's sardonic, as he often tends to be, but this one a little bit especially so. ]
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that makes lambda smile a little. even if he's being sardonic, she still addresses it like she would anything else. ]
Why do so many people think being a monster is so wrong? Monsters aren't without reason. Would you be so without reason if you didn't believe in Heaven or Hell?