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If we're talking about Christianity, the bible says all you need is to believe that when Jesus died your sins against God were forgiven. It doesn't say anything about going to heaven or hell based on how good you were. In fact, it explicity says that going to heaven is not based on "works".


Its a bit more complex and varied: Christian universalists believe everyone is saved, some (albeit small) churches believe only a few people are.

A lot of people are not Christian, nor belong to any other religion, but have a vague belief in a God and many of those do believe good people go to heaven. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moralistic_therapeutic_deism


Both Catholics and Orthodox Christians (collectively making up the majority of Christians) would strongly object to this comment.


Not Christianity, but similar ethos.

At my age, it’s kind of vital to have a Purpose, so there’s that…




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