Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoI have been told ever since I was a little shit that when you die you go to heaven first wait in line for St Peter to judge you at the pearly gates? Is this in the Bible? I thought god did judgingmessage-squaremessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareI have been told ever since I was a little shit that when you die you go to heaven first wait in line for St Peter to judge you at the pearly gates? Is this in the Bible? I thought god did judgingDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoI know just a hint in the Bible, not quite literal, more like a vague suggestion: “…will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.” https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1 Corinthians 3:15&version=NIV So the St. Peter part is made up and the pearly gates belong to something completely different. Just something that makes your way in quite difficult.
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago …the St. Peter part is made up… Which stands in stark lack of contrast with the rest of the bible.
I know just a hint in the Bible, not quite literal, more like a vague suggestion:
“…will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.”
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1 Corinthians 3:15&version=NIV
So the St. Peter part is made up and the pearly gates belong to something completely different. Just something that makes your way in quite difficult.
Which stands in stark lack of contrast with the rest of the bible.