There are several Christian and related groups who believe this. A common number for the ‘saved’ is 144,000. Not sure how this number is derived, I think by interpreting some passage in the Bible or the Apocrypha? Does anybody know? Apparently the rest of us can’t be ‘saved’, however virtuous we may be. Really doesn’t seem fair or just.
This was created by people with social anxiety because clearly it can't be heaven if there's too many people. (I am joking, from what I've seen those tend to be the most dangerous cults and the small number is used to keep a tight leash)
Considering how regional religion is, the idea that you have to be
this specific religion to be saved isn't fair or just in itself. Especially before globalization when it was quite concievable to go your whole life never knowing any christianity.
The very idea you have to be Christian to be good/saved is an excuse for bigotry and discrimination- amping that exclusion up just feels like a natural progression.
That's coherent enough in itself -- I meant that it's a problem if Minna's trying to show that the animals are in a spiritual desert because they rejected a connection with God. Because according to that comic, they didn't reject it; they weren't given a choice.
In my example it
does mean generations without god's guidance - so from the perspective of later generations it's a spiritual desert because god has never been present in their life.
So if that were the case then we may have come in towards the end of him doing other things before getting back to earth.
(I do not believe this is what actually happened within the comic)
I'm genuinely confused about who created this world because it seems like the answer is "not god" - so what was god doing before now? How was god created? Why has the lamb showed up now?
Why did the lamb think that after the trauma of starvation and neglect that the animals would magically get over it and not need emotional support? (
looks pointedly at the Hotakainens)
Why did the lamb think that just giving them abundance and immediately abandoning them was all it needed to do?
Jeez this just reaffirms how much the poor woman needs therapy. She honestly has all my empathy.