Not What It Was Supposed To Be (originally titled That Other Place)

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:09:01 +0000

The following story is a fictional account of where we’re supposed to go when we die. It was inspired by a radio-broadcast sermon I listened to back in 1987, titled “A Bird’s Eye View of Hell,” that was given by a renowned (though now deceased) moderately conservative preacher. As far as conventional theological concepts are concerned regarding comeuppance or the like in the hereafter for corporeal misdeeds, I don’t recall such punishment, let alone hellfire, mentioned during the sermon. Perhaps the following hypothetical version of Hell — and it’s one that’s very rarely held — is based upon a fairly revolutionary idea of victims who have crossed-over not perceiving or feeling any relevance of or personal need for such or any post-death penance to be suffered by their corporeal-realm perpetrators. Another notable theological alternative to a traditional Hell is held by some members of Church of Latter Day Saints, who believe that hellfire is actually applied in the form of burning guilt.