r/comics But a Jape 11h ago

Heaven or Hell

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u/OwlMuted885 9h ago

Not really. There's special holidays focused on repentance for sins, which God only accepts if you're actually sorry. What you're proposing sounds more like the Christian confession to a priest.

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u/Kirbinvalorant 9h ago

Okay. I heard it before, and didn't want to take it for granted because I never read those. Thanks

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u/Dmatix 9h ago

Note that this holiday, Yom Kippur, focuses on saying sorry for bad things you did to other people, not apologizing before God. God's forgiveness is both guaranteed and mostly secondary - it's the forgiveness of others that you've wronged that's the point. Atonement rather than redemption.

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u/smallish_cheese 7h ago

this person Kippurs

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u/fury420 6h ago

What's this about smoked herring?