former king of the pirates on Nostr: it’s not mentioned in the old testament and in terms of legal rulings it is ...

it’s not mentioned in the old testament and in terms of legal rulings it is considered impossible for any of us to know what it’s like while we’re alive. in terms of accreted rabbinic tradition, the beliefs describe a state of heightened closeness and connection to the divine

depending on who you read, it’s more of a spiritual or a spiritual + physical existence. there is a hell type place but that’s not an eternal punishment, it’s a place of purification before you can return to spiritual eden

maimonides said that gentiles who followed the noahide laws go there too. other traditions have different tiers of how good it gets based on your good dude score, to put it clumsily