The idea of an otherworldly revenge for earthly sins has always stirred a storm of emotions and deep contemplation about the fate of humanity.

Eternal Torment: How Sin Shapes the Soul's Fate

The idea of an otherworldly revenge for earthly sins has always stirred a storm of emotions and deep contemplation about the fate of humanity. From early childhood, many believe that a person who is immersed in sin and gives in to lust will, after death, face eternal torment due to the loss of all earthly passions. The absence of physical and sensual pleasures becomes a source of unquenchable agony, as the soul, enriched by sinful deeds, is deprived of any opportunity to satisfy its desires again.

At the core of this idea is the notion that all earthly enjoyments, no matter how trivial they may seem, become a heavy burden for the soul when they are not counterbalanced by true virtues and repentance. Committed sins, like destructive stones, can sink the soul if not accompanied by sincere acts of mercy. Moreover, even the slightest drop of consolation or joy—a drop for which the sinner so longed in life—proves to be unattainable in the otherworld, where familiar comforts and pleasures are absent. Such a person finds themselves before fate, forced to endure eternal torments caused by unfulfilled passions and inner emptiness.

This vision of heaven and hell does not so much demonstrate the cruelty of ultimate justice as it prompts each individual to consider that the soul chooses its own fate. If it is filled with darkness, incapable of containing light and goodness, then hell becomes a kind of mercy for an unprepared heart. Ultimately, this is not God’s punishment but the consequence of a life filled with unbridled indulgence in worldly passions, leading to the self-destruction of the soul. Thus, the notion of eternal torment serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of weighing one’s actions and bearing responsibility before oneself and one’s eternal destiny.

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What do believers think happens to a person after death if they have committed many sins?

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Believers maintain that the soul of a person who has been drowning in sin throughout life faces eternal torment after death. According to one source, suffering arises precisely because after death, a person loses the ability to experience the carnal pleasures that once nourished their soul in the earthly realm. The text from file link txt states:

“What then is eternal torment? It is that a person who lived in sin can no longer indulge in sin beyond the grave, because, first, his soul is separated from his body, and second, there are no sinful pleasures there: neither debauchery, nor drunkenness, nor sensual indulgence, nor condemnation—nothing with which to satisfy the soul. Every sinner fills his soul with sin. The debauchee may sin and be momentarily at ease. But after death, the debauchery continues to tear him to pieces, to shreds—yet how can one persist in sin when there is no body? Or consider one accustomed to lavish feasts who constantly thinks about what to buy, prepare, and plate up. And then such a person dies, opens his eyes—and finds himself in another world. There, there is neither a marketplace nor a supplier, no familiar faces, no special, delicious sausage—nothing of that sort exists. How is he to live? And so the suffering from unfulfilled lust begins. And this suffering is eternal, for there will never again be any substitute for sin. That is what eternal torment consists of. And it is quite evident that it is not God who punishes the person, but the person punishes himself. He has corrupted himself and reaps what he sowed in his soul.” (source: link txt)

Another source, from file link txt, reinforces this picture by describing how even the slightest earthly pleasure, compared to “a drop of honey,” becomes the cause of eternal remorse and torment:

“But no! What is done cannot be undone, and the unrepentant sinner will never forget his sins! They will eternally torment his conscience; he will endlessly repent in them, but to no avail; he will shed tears forever, but they will no longer wash away his sins—in fact, they will rather further ignite the flame of torment... In hell there is no room for repentance: the gates of the heavenly kingdom have already been closed and will remain shut for all eternity! Poor sinful soul! What have you done to torment yourself so terribly? In what have you sinned that you suffer here eternally? — ‘I tasted a drop of honey, and for that, I am tormented eternally!’ — says the sinner.” (source: link txt)

Furthermore, these beliefs include the idea that not only mortal sins but also the accumulation of numerous non-mortal sins—if not atoned by sufficient virtues—can burden the soul to the extent that it is consigned to hell. File link txt provides a comparison: one major mortal sin is like a heavy stone capable of sinking the soul, while many minor sins, if not lightened by continual repentance, can act in a similar manner.

Finally, one source (file link txt) emphasizes that if a person’s soul is filled with darkness and is incapable of containing anything holy, it essentially chooses its own fate, ending up in hell—a state regarded not so much as punishment as a kind of mercy for a soul unprepared for the Heavenly Kingdom.

Thus, the general belief is that for a person who has committed many sins, the future after death is a state of eternal torment—marked by suffering due to an inner void, an inability to satiate the soul with earthly pleasures, and the heavy burden of unatoned misdeeds.

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