DocM
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Look at it this way, Antonios. If you are born, and your spirit desires that you need to learn certain lessons about love, being a good person, and doing the right thing, then you may agree to be born, to use your free will, and have a chance to act correctly.
The further we stray from love and service to others, the more we may be "blowing it," so to speak, and head toward what is called evil on earth (that which is in the opposite direction to love and God).
If someone uses their free will to committ horrible acts or selfish indulgence, then when they die, they find they are no closer to their spiritual goal of love and a unity with God. If you believe in guides and helpers, then it is said by many new agers that we have those on the other side, and are given opportunities to plan our earthly existence out to eventually "get it right." Free will allows those who think negatively to continue to do so after death, and those "evil-doers," may be in self- imposed hells (you judge yourself it seems).
So, in answer to your question, I have not heard of reports of a wisened old man on a throne condemning one to hell or elevating another to heaven. We are here, alive at the present moment to learn certain lessons, and evolve. If we succeed, we may continue to evolve until we merge with the divine. If we fail, any suffering incurred is by our own thought/action and there appears always to be opportunity for us to redeem ourselves after a time.
Matthew
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