Claim. The heavenly standard of filial piety requires offering not just earthly life but eternal life; anything less is the satanic-world standard of patriots and virtuous women.
Elaboration. SMM stratifies: “A wife who sacrifices her life for her husband is called a virtuous woman. A filial child sacrifices his life for his parents. A patriot sacrifices his life for his country. However, from the heavenly standard, loyalty and filial piety are fulfilled when you offer your eternal life” (CSG 14.3 §1, 9-108, 1960.4.24). The argument is that “even in the satanic world, there have been many patriots and virtuous women… Yet God’s dignity cannot be established if the standard for being a patriot and a virtuous woman is the same as in the satanic world.” The Bible’s “love God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind” is read as the eternal-life version of the same demand. Filial piety in the heavenly register is total — covering both lives, not just the physical one.
See also. csg-filial-piety-is-finalized-at-death