Let's say I die, and my speculation that there is no afterlife is wrong. I'm standing at the pearly gates, and St. Peter is saying to the person in front of me: "You murdered. You raped children. You tortured your victims. But on your death bed, you accepted Christ as your personal savior. So, you're in!"
Then St. Peter says to me, "You honored your parents. You didn't murder. You didn't steal or commit adultery. But none of that matters because you never accepted Jesus as your personal savior. What say you?"
I say to St. Peter, "I admit my agnosticism, but it's very obvious now that God exists. But in life, God gave me a brain and free will. I used them. I found in using them that life could be lived morally and responsibly without Him. Is that a sin?"
St. Peter then says, "Yes! You might want to prepare for a big fall!"
I've read tons of questions and answers on here about this, and it appears that what I do in life is meaningless unless I accept Christ. True or not?
2007-07-08
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