Pony (pony)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jul-12 11:40:37 UTC
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@hakupony Sort of, yes. I believe our agency is truly free, but the concequences of our choices are fixed. It differs from torture inflicted by others in that it's much more a spiritual internal punishment htat we bring on ourselves.. like if we play wrecklessly with fire we'll get burned. In this case, though, it's more like, we'll have knowingly and in full awareness of the consequences chosen not to obey God's will, and thus condemned ourselves to a lesser existence. (I believe we can neither be saved nor condemned in ignorance.) That lesser existence is called Hell by some, but there's a different view of it in my religion. We believe "spirit prison" is the closest thing to hell, and that afterward, depending on our progress, we inherit one of multiple possible new and immortal states. The least of these states was described by Joseph Smith as being so wonderful that men would kill themselves to get there. The greatest of these states is to be exalted like God.
