Sorry I'm still on The Implications of severance and religion. Because Innie Burt has a different faith from Outie Burt. The only God Burt G has ever known is Kier, the only doctrine is the handbook- which he broke. By the circumstances of the world he lived in he is a capital 's' Sinner. He cannot beg forgiveness - from Kier or anyone else. He cannot atone. He was punished with non-existence for holding a man's hand and he is gone now. Is he judged by the doctrine of God or the doctrine of Kier? In either case, does he actually make the cut? Is his soul only released once his body dies or is he already in whatever afterlife Outie Burt hopes is waiting for him?
Do you think Burt Goodman prays for his Innie? Do you think he fears he's damned them both to hell?