I was raised LDS and while I no longer practice any religion I still think the Mormon concept of heaven is an interesting one.
(Imma skip some of the finer details here for clarity - but I’m happy to explain further if anybody has questions.)
Mormons believe that (almost) everyone goes to heaven - eventually. Upon death, evil people go to Hell until they repent their sins. After truly repenting and recanting their hateful ways, their soul ascends to heaven. The LDS concept of Hell isn’t one of physical tortures - Hell is simply a perfect understanding of your sins - your own shame and regret, from truly understanding the pain you inflicted upon your spiritual siblings.
So ol’ Adolf would be left to stew in a celestial timeout, alone with the weight of his sins - from every petty insult to the pain of every child slaughtered by his command. Damned to remain there until he is truly, utterly sorry. Not the false sorrow seeking to relieve the pain of a guilty conscience, but the harrowing sorrow that comes only with the true recognition of one’s own responsibility and the willingness to do anything required to make amends and never sin again.
Any Hitler who emerged from Mormon Hell would be a very different person from the one who went in.
[Digression: regarding “almost” everyone going to heaven - if you want to be truly eternally damned in Mormon theology you have to follow a simple, two step process.
Have a “perfect knowledge” of God - e.g. meet Him face-to-face.
Act against Him anyway.
Mostly it’s Lucifer and his minions that qualify. Maybe Judas Iscariot too. Such souls are damned to “Outer Darkness” from which there is no release. Still not a place of fire and brimstone though.]
I was raised LDS and while I no longer practice any religion I still think the Mormon concept of heaven is an interesting one.
(Imma skip some of the finer details here for clarity - but I’m happy to explain further if anybody has questions.)
Mormons believe that (almost) everyone goes to heaven - eventually. Upon death, evil people go to Hell until they repent their sins. After truly repenting and recanting their hateful ways, their soul ascends to heaven. The LDS concept of Hell isn’t one of physical tortures - Hell is simply a perfect understanding of your sins - your own shame and regret, from truly understanding the pain you inflicted upon your spiritual siblings.
So ol’ Adolf would be left to stew in a celestial timeout, alone with the weight of his sins - from every petty insult to the pain of every child slaughtered by his command. Damned to remain there until he is truly, utterly sorry. Not the false sorrow seeking to relieve the pain of a guilty conscience, but the harrowing sorrow that comes only with the true recognition of one’s own responsibility and the willingness to do anything required to make amends and never sin again.
Any Hitler who emerged from Mormon Hell would be a very different person from the one who went in.
[Digression: regarding “almost” everyone going to heaven - if you want to be truly eternally damned in Mormon theology you have to follow a simple, two step process.
Mostly it’s Lucifer and his minions that qualify. Maybe Judas Iscariot too. Such souls are damned to “Outer Darkness” from which there is no release. Still not a place of fire and brimstone though.]
That’s sounds amazing!