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No, this is a very bad misunderstanding of the term.

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05551b.htm

Eternity in its proper sense belongs to God alone; human beings sharing in "eternal life" will experience time differently. Even the angels experience "aeviternity" which is unique to their kind.

https://www.newadvent.org/summa/1010.htm#article5



Could be; I'm not too literate on this, I'm only retelling what I understood directly and this could be very limited. I just wanted to point out that "eternal life" is not going to be the same life we have now, only endless. It is very different and, speaking of boredom, definitely not boring. Boredom is an invention of mind.


> Boredom is an invention of mind.

Yes? Are you saying in the afterlife we'll be mindless?




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