So from a general religious standpoint, lack in belief of a god = hell forever after you die, even if you're an agnostic since you aren't worshipping a God. Does that mean my pets are going to hell from a religious standpoint?
So some people will say that since they are non-human, they don't have a spirit or soul, which means they won't go to heaven or hell. I find that absolute BS because either you believe in spirits/souls or you don't. Humans aren't some magical non-animal being that just happen to be more special than everyone else.
This question can also be asked for babies who die of course, which I'm sure people have asked this but I've never seen any answers for it from theists. Alright so basically what I'm asking is since my animals aren't worshipping some God, does that mean when they die, they are going to suffer? Or do my cats and reptiles secretly have some bibles hidden around my room that they read time to time to make sure they, too, go to heaven?
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I have seen a theist respond to your babies question on the show "Big questions" or something in YT, acordung to him/her dont remember, if a child is a aborted the child goes to heaven because god "defends the defenseless".. But if a baby is like 3 months old and does not believe in god, he/she goes to hell.. I mean how could the baby believe, he/she doesnt have that type of mental capacity yet..
The Abrahamic religions put a lot of emphasis on just that: humans are special, made in Gods image and possessing an immortal soul. But then I have read several times how people left their religion when their priest told them that their beloved pet would not get to heaven...
Regarding babies...
If I'm not mistaken, I remember reading about a woman that was extremely upset about how the Catholic Church had changed their stance on this.
For years, she had mourned her baby that died during birth (or just before birth), tormenting herself with the image of her baby trapped in limbo.
Then suddenly the Catholic Church revised their stance on this, and said they now go to heaven. She was so upset how they had tricked her into believing that her baby was trapped in limbo for years, and wondered who the hell just makes up these rules. She left the Catholic Church after that...
Yea most people are just egoistic bastards, they only see reason when something hits them.
I finding it revolting that these kind of egoistic...people(cannot even insult the animals calling them animals) are such hypocrites.
They should be ashamed to leave their faith because of the wrong reasons.
I have no sympathy for these people at all, i do see that emotional traumas can trigger the recovery from the indoctrination but leaving the faith just because your church is corrupt is not the right reason.
You would just end up believing another church/religion it that was the only reason.
The problem is the faith itself, not the discomfort your church caused you.