In Neil Gaiman's Sandman universe, people end up where they expect to end up. If you think you've sinned and you believe in heaven and hell, you go to hell. If you believe in reincarnation, you will be reincarnated. If you believe in ancient Egyptian gods, Anubis weighs your heart against a feather on a set of scales. And so on. So all of these things are constructs of human imagination, and that makes them real. I like that thought.
Since we're all sharing, I was raised Eastern Orthodox, but by a parent who's very liberal and doesn't believe that God would judge anyone for loving other people. The church she attends has a gay deacon. It's strange and sad that some people interpret scripture through a lens of hate, while others do so through love. Still, I do think my mother struggles with me 'rejecting the way God made me' by being transmasc. Everyone has limits, I guess. I'm personally agnostic.
Hehe, we're turning your comment section into a theological discussion, tim.