If Heaven exists, who gets to go?

Question

For example, what happens to people who live their entire lives in remote corners of the world who have never heard the name Jesus Christ.

Answer 1

Heaven does not exist, so you will not be going.

Answer 2

They go to Hell. I have continually contemplated this question with never a fair answer. They always get screwed over and go to Hell without being given a choice to know Christ at all. That is unfair. How is a God supposed to be unfair? He is omnipotent and should be able to do everything? Also this excludes animals, further pushing the human superiority as believed in the time of Jesus and Romans and all... but that is disappearing now with new facts as easily seen through examining evolution and the human genome. To get to Heaven, one must believe in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit and all those things they present in the Bible... repent your sins, etc. If anyone else has a good response to how this can be fair... please tell it, since I still cannot see how it is fair or just.

Answer 3

South Park says Mormons are the right answer. Tehehe...

Ummmm...I think smart Christians say that people who have not had the opportunity to know Jesus Christ will be saved at the gate. However...my opinion? IFFF there is a heaven, good people go. But I just think there is an afterlife - no heaven and hell. My fiance believes in reincarnation, so no afterlife....We have a bet riding on it...too bad we probably won't be in the position to collect once we find out the truth ;)

Answer 4

Heaven is God's home. You are going, if you are a friend of God. If you're a member of His family. If you hate God or reject Him, He cannot let you in. He is a just judge and He would be a liar if He let all people in. God doesn't sin, so God doesn't lie.
Like that person said, if you reject God and never accept Him, you will not go for sure.
I've even heard something about how the more you hear about Jesus and the more you reject Him....you may have a worst Hell. It was in relation to the scripture that talks about going through the fire and depending on what you've done while on Earth. I forgot what scripture, but the teaching stuck with me. It makes me pity the people that are adamnant about not believing in Jesus but insist they have a relationship with God.

Answer 5

Xtreme, actually, what you, or I believe is fair or just is irrelevent, as neither of is is omnipotent--only God is. Therefore, since we are finite, and He infinite, who are we to judge justice against Him? God, by definition, is just. Therefore, if we see him as unjust, we must be wrong, as we are simply the created, not the creator. We may be clever in some ways, but God has wisdom far beyond ours.

To answer the original question, those that are right with God go to Heaven. As we all sin, there is only one way to be right with God, and that is through accepting that Jesus paid the price for our sins against God on the cross. As such, if you accept Christ's gift of paying the price for our screw-ups, you are assured a place in heaven.

Ok, that's a vast oversimplification--but it's the best I can do here...

Answer 6

All people go to heaven. The Hindus can go, The Catholics can go, the Jews and the Muslims can go. It just depends if you lived a virtuous life on the terms presented to you since you are not guilty for not knowing the law of God if you have never known Jesus or God in that matter.

Answer 7

The only rational answer is that everyone gets to go. What would the restricions be and where would you go otherwise are interesting questions, but if there is a heaven, i am assuming there is a god, and if there is surely god knows what a bad job he has done with the world in letting billions believe the wrong thing due to his inactions. He would owe the people.

Answer 8

who gets to go to heaven? those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and confess with their mouths and hearts.

what about those in remote corners?
there will be no one that will stand before God one day and say "I didn't know" everyone will know about God..everyone! this is why God sends missionaries out. so far they have gone everywhere except for all regions of China, because of strict rulers, but they are slowly closing in.

Answer 9

Where GOD communion exist there heavens must come.But never desire to go to heavens.Your good deeds help you to move towards GOD.When we die we remains the same what we are we do not become angel.Well you should have desire to know GOD then you will find HIM and when you will find GOD then you will not bother about heavens.Jesus says that heavens is not in sky it exist in our hearts.Heavens is inside us.For not a single moment GOD is away from us.Well if a man do not know the name of Jesus he must believe in some other GOD.If you believe in Jesus or some other form of GOD then u believe in one universal GOD and GOD is one.JESUS, BUDDHA all are one.If a person do not believe in GOD sooner or later he will believe.Do not search heavens search GOD.

Answer 10

When an Evangelical died and met St. Peter at the Pearly Gates St. Peter decided to give him a tour of Heaven.

As they flew around heaven he showed them the Jewish, Catholic, Navaho sections of Heaven.

The evangelical looked at St. Peter and said "I had no Idea that Heaven was so deversified".

Then St. Peter told the Evangelical "To be really quiet when we go into this next section".

The Evangelical asked, "Why is that?"

St. Peter told him "This in the Evangelical Christian Section, they think they are the only ones up here."

Answer 11

There's one of the problems I have with some Christians; they say there is only one way to get to heaven and it's got to be their way. And that differs with whoever you ask. I know people that have been just about perfect; taken care of others, worked hard all their life, given of themselves freely, etc. But ask some and they will say they don't know certain things, so they will go to hell. Whatever! These people may not go to the bible heaven, but they will be just fine elsewhere.