Tenets
The paths that SOULs take through the afterlife depend largely on the tenets of the SOULs' belief systems. Depending on these tenets, a SOUL may visit a single fate structure or it may be rewarded/punished for multiple sins or virtues. Tenets also determine whether a SOUL will visit only Heaven, only Hell, or both, as well as whether that SOUL will reincarnate after it has received its final reward or punishment.
The different tenets are given abbreviations, which are defined below.
- NAAAists believe that there is No Afterlife At All. They have no effect in death beyond lowering the entrance rate.
- AAAAists believe that there is Absolutely Always An Afterlife; every incoming SOUL is an AAAAist.
- HAHAists believe that Heaven And Hell Await; that is, that they will go to both Heaven and Hell to be rewarded and punished.
- HOHOists believe that SOULs will go to Heaven Or Hell Only, and not both.
- OCRAists believe that Only Cloud Realms Await; these SOULs believe only in Heaven and not in Hell.
- OPRAists believe that Only Pit Realms Await—they do not believe in Heaven, only Hell. This is, understandably, the least popular tenet.
- SUMAists believe that SOULs Undergo Multiple Afterlives. These SOULs believe that, depending on where they are going, they will either be rewarded for all the virtues or punished for all the sins at some point (or possibly both, if they are also HAHAists).
- SUSAists believe that SOULs Undergo Singular Afterlives. These SOULs believe that they will be punished or rewarded for only a single sin or virtue.
- ALFists believe that the Afterlife Lasts Forever, and that SOULs are never reincarnated.
- RALFists believe that Reincarnation Always Loops Fate; that after SOULs have received their final reward or punishment, they will be sent back to the Planet to try again.
Each SOUL believes in some combination of these tenets, which determines how one will travel through the afterlife. For example, a HOHORALFSUSAist would go only to Heaven or Hell, would be punished or rewarded at one fate structure, and would then return to the Planet via reincarnation. A HAHAALFSUMAist, on the other hand, would travel to both Heaven and Hell, would be rewarded/punished for each sin and virtue at various fate structures, and would then permanently inhabit the fate structure that it visited last.
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