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All of this is, of course, off-topic, but since the moderators are not responding, I will answer the questions.
And if, for example, a person killed his own kind, etc. But after some time, he admitted his wrongdoing. Should he be forgiven? Impunity is a terrible thing.
In this case, everything depends on the depth of repentance. If the situation is like that of Ivan the Terrible (we repent – we sin, we repent – we sin), then it will be difficult for the person to get to heaven.
Besides, if you want a very holy female figure, go to Catholicism and worship the Mother of God.
Why is there such a strong belief that the Mother of God is more revered in Catholicism than in Orthodoxy? After all, you can only revere more, perhaps, God himself: both in Russia and in Greece, the Mother of God is very loved, and temples are dedicated to her no less often, or even more often, than to Jesus.
By the way, who said that God is male?
Naturally. God is an immaterial being, so he does not have a gender.
Because women have always been considered vessels of lust and depravity, and God created man in his own image and woman only from his rib.
I think that by "rib" it was meant that a woman was created with the same genes, roughly speaking. That is, she was essentially the same being, the differences are minimal.
Well, this is my opinion, I usually don't prove anything to anyone, it's pointless. It's up to a person to believe or not. I personally just can't believe in it, for me it's like a fairy tale, or a legend.
This is a good position. But if you explain the reason for your faith/disbelief, then it is much better to clearly understand the position of the interlocutor, that's what I'm getting at.
I also really like reading about how people will burn in hell for gluttony, lust, and something else (that is, in fact, we will all be there), and yet God is merciful, hallelujah!
Regarding the fire, it is just a metaphor, and it is sad that people sometimes take everything literally. In general, hell is a place where there is no God, there is no his grace. And people, in my opinion, end up there not because they are being punished, but because their soul, due to sins, loses connection with God and even more than that – loses the desire for God. Besides, we should not forget that each of us has a conscience, and if here it can be dulled by passions, then in the next world it should flare up with full force, which will cause much more suffering than a deep fryer.