"If you died today, you would probably go to hell"

 ChatGPT tells me: 

"The Mormon Church sees the Catholic Church as part of an apostate Christianity that emerged after the original church's corruption, though it respects Catholics as sincere believers in Christ. Conversely, the Catholic Church does not recognize Mormonism as Christian due to its differing theology, particularly on the nature of God, but values Mormons' commitment to family and morality, fostering cooperation on shared social issues."

Orson Scott Card is a practising Mormon, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). In his SF writing he wears his religion lightly, although his strong interest in ethics, values and morality shines through. In the Ender/Shadow series he portrays the recurring character of Sister Carlotta, a Roman Catholic nun who works as an agent of the Interstellar Fleet.

I won't give you the context of the following dialogue between Sister Carlotta and 'Bean' (Julian Delphiki) who is an amoral military veteran of Battle School currently on the run in Latin America: it would be too lengthy.

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Instead focus on the theme here: Sister Carlotta speaking to Bean - who selfishly cares only for his own survival, meanwhile despising that very drive as mere mammalian instinct.

“You keep thinking that death is the most terrible thing that can happen to a person, but to God, death just means you're coming home a few moments ahead of schedule. To God, the dreadful outcome of a human life is when that person embraces sin and rejects the joy that God offers. So of all the millions who might die in a war, each individual life is tragic only if it ends in sin."

"So why are you going to such trouble to keep me alive?" asked Bean, thinking he knew the answer.

"You want me to say something that will weaken my case," said Carlotta. "Like telling you that I'm human and so I want to prevent your death right now because I love you. And that's true, I have no children but you're as close as I come to having any, and I would be stricken to the soul if you died at the hands of that twisted boy. But in truth, Julian Delphiki, the reason I work so hard to prevent your death is because, if you died today, you would probably go to hell,”

Shadow of the Hegemon: Book 2 of the Shadow saga, p. 95.

In Shadow of the Hegemon, Bean is approximately 9-10 years old. Despite his young age, he is intellectually far beyond his years, one of the smartest human beings alive due to his genetic modifications, which also contribute to his emotional detachment and existential nihilism.

A well-taken point about life and death, I thought, regardless of your religious proclivities.