I feel that the narrative that Charlie did not get into Heven , because his deeds were superficial and done only in order to get into Heven is a terrible thought process
Now first, I am very sorry as this shit is discussed a lot and I know people are annoyed about the large uptick in Charlie’s inferno posts, but this shit has been annoying me for weeks and it pmo when I read MFs in insta reels comment sections talking about how he only did his deeds to get into Heven and that shit. Little rant over
The idea that because his actions were done not to be kind by itself but to get into Heven, fundamentally does not work.
The main problem with this idea is that it removes the good from the actions and only focuses on the motive behind it. Sure a majority of his routine is essentially worthless, such as the riding his bike when gas prices rose and never swimming in the ocean, but that does not take away from the deeds he has done, such as him going to church. From the information we gather from the song Charlie has done nothing to deserve hell and the motivation behind his actions should have no impact on the interpretation of his actions, the good he does such as the gifts and the showing of love to his wife still create a positive and good impact no matter the motivation. The good is still there no matter the motivation.
There should be no reason to deny someone eternal reward and dam them to eternal punishment simply because they did not do something out of the kindness of their heart, as it removes the impact their actions have had, while like essentially are worthless his actions such as riding his bike, while small improved the earth as a whole, ice cold showers also created the same impact, however with this interpretation it doesn’t matter what good his actions caused as in the end as he had the wrong motivation his actions don’t matter.
It simply feels like the interpretations I have seen, seem to remove the good the action cause in order for their own interpretation to be proven correct.
Idk this is just kinda me rambling, it has just been annoying me a ton, I feel like people just parrot a talking point without actually understanding it. I am also on heavy sleeping medication while writing this so I apologize if anything is misspelled or incoherent this along with my dyslexia do not help when writing a lot of my phone
If you have a questions or a differing opinion I would love to debate it with you after I wake up.
Again sorry for beating a dead horse Charlie’s inferno is spoken about a ton on this sub