I'm sorry but this dichotomy of heaven or hell, reward or punishment, accept or reject, good or evil makes no sense to me at all. Human beings are simply not like that. Noone is purely good or purely evil. So where do you draw the line? Weigh me up in the celestial scales at Judgement Day and suppose I almost, but not quite, tip the balance into the Heaven category?
"Sorry, but 49% good isn't quite enough. We have high standards here, you know. Off to the other place. Pity, if only you'd tried a bit harder... What's that? Not told what the pass mark was? Unfair? Come on, you have to admit you were warned it would be tough. Not coveting your neighbour's ass, and all that bit about graven images, O.K., I admit I threw those things in just to make it a bit less off-putting, but you must have realized some of the other things would require real concentration. The adultery one has proved to be the real killer...
Whaddya mean what about a pro-rata punishment? 51% of eternal damnation?? You must be joking. It's all or nothing, matey. Sorry. Next, please..."

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