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by tonis2 1778 days ago
In Catholicism and some Protestant traditions, you will enter into a state of Purgatory, (or purgatory-like phase) after death where you are cleansed of sins. This could potentially take a while.

This should be written in the devil contract, like how long do I need to stay in purgatory...

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Depends on your sins, wouldn't it? Murder would be one term, but working for an digital ads company, developing dark pattern UI, or social media companies would be at least half of eternity.
Is eternity countable? I really want to know what I am in for, ya know. Plus, depending on the properties of the eternal manifold, maybe I can perform some useful closed timelike computation while there and use that to get rich when/if I return.
It's countable. But you can always add 1.
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in
I believe the correct term is “countably infinite”