Can God exist and still grant ATHEISTS entrance into HEAVEN?

Question

If God made any of these wacky religions, then the answer is obviously no, because all those religions hate the f*** out of Atheists.

But take the theist view. God exists, but was smarter than the author of this crazy religions and had nothing to do with them. If God exists, and he made no religion, then its at least possible he doesnt care whether you believed in him or not.

I mean, in moments of insecurity, I care about whether everyone likes me, but imagine your perfect...doesnt that imply absolutely no personal sense of hurt simply because some poor little human doesnt see enough evidence for you existance?

Maybe such a God would even respect Atheists more than stupid religious wackos, claiming he wrote books to stupid to even be the scribble of a modern day child.

Of course, he would ove humble agnostics the most.

Answer 1

Take Pascals Wager...

"Pascal's Wager," so-called because it was devised by the brilliant Catholic philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), is an apologetics method in the form of a wager aimed at getting atheists and agnostics to consider the possibility that God exists and that there is a heaven and hell. The beauty of Pascal's Wager is that it is an appeal to the chief God worshipped by atheists; their reason.

Pascal addresses his argument to the typical man of the world who regards making money and amusing himself, not as a means to an end, but the real purpose of existence. Even if he refuses to consider his ultimate destiny, Pascal maintains such a man cannot avoid wagering about it. In practice, he must stake everything on one of two propositions, either (A) that there is a purpose in life (God made us for life with him); or (B) that there is not. Man cannot refuse to wager for by doing so he implies that there is no purpose in life.

Under one guise or another, human selfishness is always urging man to stake everything on "B." Pascal tries to show that it is far more reasonable--even from the viewpoint of self-interest--to stake all on "A." If you bet everything on "B" and "A" is the truth, you lose an eternal good. But if you stake all on "A" and "B" is the truth, you lose only a few temporal pleasures.

Pascal describes the thoughts of the typical man in these words: "I know not whence I came or whither I go. I only know that on quitting this world, I shall fall forever either into nothingness or into the hands of an angry God (Heb. 10:31) . . . And yet I conclude that I should pass all the days of my life without bothering to inquire into what must happen to me. Perhaps I might find some solution to my doubts, but I do not want to take the trouble . . . I intend to go forward without looking ahead and without fear toward this great event, facing death carelessly, still uncertain as to the eternity of my future state... (Pensees III, 194). . . . In other words, Pascal thinks it is not merely a moral tragedy but an intellectual blunder to wager on "B," that is, to refuse to recognize a purpose in life. He feels sure the typical man would soon have faith if he renounces pleasure. At least he should search for the truth. "According to the doctrines of chance, you should search earnestly for the truth, for if you die without worshipping the True Cause, you are lost. 'But,' you say, 'if God had wished me to worship him, he would have left me signs of his will.' Indeed, God has done so (Rom. 1:18-21; 2:14-16); but you ignore them."

Answer 2

I do not believe God really appreciates "religion". I do believe in a divine creator, which "I" call God. There are a lot of religions and so many different beliefs, and many paint "God" as something he/she is not. I personally believe religion may have been created to help keep control over society. Please don't confuse my answer as "God" and "religion" being the same thing! I believe a lot of religion is misleading. I've been involved in many religions and churches throughout my life. I've been saved and baptised. Although, I do believe we are "ALL" a part of God and we cannot be seperated from him, even if we wanted to! I believe we will all go back to God in the end...good or bad. If we believe God is perfect, and we are a part of God (perfect), we are also perfect in his eyes. If you invision us (all the souls in the universe) as making up the "Body" of God, he is not going to say, "oh, my finger is bad, I will cut it off". If he is perfect, his finger is perfect too! We are pefect in his eyes. He says, separating us from him, is like seperating air, and it cannot be done!

Answer 3

I, as a Christian, personally believe that God judges each person's entrance to heaven based on how each person lived their lives by their own moral beliefs. ie if you believe that drinking tea (a silly example, but just hypothetical) is immoral, then you must abstain from it. If you then still drink tea, you are sinning. If you don't believe there's anything wrong with tea, then there is no obligation to abstain. This does not mean that a person can do anything they want- it's according to what you truly believe, not just what you want it to be. Therefor, if you believe in something (whether it be athiesm, agnosticism, Christianism etc) and you live your life by your own beliefs and moral codes, then I believe God will judge you to be a moral and good person, thus allowing you 'into heaven'.

Answer 4

I would have to say that if there was some guy called "God" he would like a lot of Atheists more. Many Atheists have searched for that "God" guy using all of the religious texts available and found them to be insufficient. We didn't have actual evidence of that guy to critically analyze, so we analyzed what people said to be it's works. Obviously these works are not the works of any guy named "God". Atheists are looking for the truth. What ever the truth is they will find it. If this truth is God so be it.

Answer 5

"Jesus loves the little children...all the little children of the world...."

I believe God exists. And I believe He loves each and every one of us. I do wonder, sometimes, how He manages to continue to be patient with us, especially the religious fanatics who are so full of hate!

I am a Christian. I am a Christian, because I am fascinated that God could love this insane human race enough to climb down out of heaven, live out His life as a man, and then willingly die for us. Amazing!

But, if that kind of God is to be my example, then who am I to hate, or to judge anyone else?

(ESPECIALLY those humble agnostics!! Gotta LOVE them!)

Answer 6

how can God respect someone who don't believe in Him?
If you were mocked by people who said you don't exist, would you be willing to associate with them?
If you showed up and proved your existences and yet found ways to deny you, would you continue to force feed your existence?
Try getting a job when they don't believe you exist.
Try getting a place to live if no one believes you exist.
If people want to love God for who He is, so be it.
If peole choose to ignore this, then so be it. Welcome to free will.
But are you willing to die for your belief or nonbelief?
There have been Christians that have been persecuted and martyred for their belief in God. If this was false, would it really be worth the effort?
God loves all so much that if those don't want to believe in Him, He will allow it. The problem is brought up, though...
Would they come to heaven if they believe He don't exist? This would contradict ALL they believed, and their lack of proof.

Answer 7

Salvation is a gift from God by His grace and will alone, and is available to everyone, even atheists.

By the time we stand before God though, there will be no more atheists :)

Funny story; http://homelessheart.com/three_men.htm

Answer 8

Yes I believe that Atheists will go to Heaven. God loves us all even if we don't believe he exists.

Answer 9

God respects everyone's views. but i think He's more worried about people believeing in His Son than people believeing in Him.

Answer 10

this god that you are talking about is made up inside your brain ,this way everybody would have his own version of god, and the real God is totally different .