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It is certainly false that the Christian religion is ambiguous as to what happens after death. As a Christian, I can assure you that the Bible gives details in many places as to what happens after death.
Here are some verses that may be relevant (I'll leave you to look them up on your own if you wish):
Hebrews 9:27
Revelation 20:11-15
Luke 16:19-31
There are many others, but those are some basic ones. Basically, when you die, if you are a Christian you will go to heaven, which is described indepth in Revelation 21. If you are not a Christian you will go to hell, which is described in Luke 16:19-31.
It is, in fact, more complicated than this, but that's basically it.
This thread is very interesting to me, as you might imagine since I am a Christian. I have been reading an awesome novel by Ted Dekker called "Blink" that deals with some of these same issues of free will.
One of the main things I think we need to remember is that if there is a God, then as somebody once said (I think C.S. Lewis), we can no more comprehend Him than an earthworm can comprehend a man. When we try to understand Him in human terms (without using the Bible), we're doing a great exercise in futility.
Obviously, this discussion is not about God per se (God as described by Tolkien as Eru), but I think it has bearing on it. I HOPE it does, anyway; I hate to ramble on and miss the point, and I've done it before!
Finally, I love the new word "omnitemporal." Kudos to Selmo!
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