No. You're not going and neither am I.
The question didn't ask whether you are going to heaven, did it? Of course you're going to burn in hell. We all are, assuming such a thing exists. The question merely asked you to show your knowledge of theology, or at least make a pretense of having some knowledge thereof, sort of like we all do when it comes to public policy questions. If we can all pretend to be public policy experts, then why not pretend to be theology experts as well? I think that it's an interesting question.
My guess is that Usury is a construct of the Medieval Church, and it probably explains why so many Spanish and other European Jews have names like Silver-something and Gold-something, since the concept of Usury-as-sin wouldn't have affected them, contractually, at least with their god. Somebody had to be the lenders, and that naturally would fall upon those whose moral appetites would be unaffected by the rambling and arbitrary edicts of the Pope. Getting back to the basics of monotheistic theology, where does it write that engagement in filings of note automatically results in a fall from Grace? Ernest studies such things--as did Supersoulty and jmfcst back when they posted here--and I think it would be interesting to hear from people who think about the ramifications of such questions as these.
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