What I mean by this is; if a rich person squanders all thier money and doesn't share any of it by donating to charity or any other worth while cause will they be judged in the end?
2006-07-07 23:16:18 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, because religion is a form of mass delusion...Hell is a fantasy.
2006-07-07 23:23:02 · answer #1 · answered by kit_roamer 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think that's quite a huge assumption/generalization, that rich people squander all their money and don't share any of it by donating to charity or any other worthwhile cause. Sounds like someone is being judged right here.
Heaven and hell are states of mihnd/conditions of being, not physical, up and down, places. The Hell of the Bible was an actual location outside of Jersualem, where the refuse was burned (the dump). When they warned about burning in hell, it was to scare them about the hell of the next world, using Hell (the dump) as a visual aid.
Our hell in the next world will be knowing what we should have done here, and didn't; and what we shouldn't have done, and did. Heaven is nearness to God, while hell is distance from Him--here, as well as in the next world.
I believe the Bible talks of it being easier for a camel to go through a needle than a rich man to enter heaven. There's another story about the King who was told to give up all his wealth to enter the Kingdom, and he immediately did. A poor beggar was told the same thing; but the poor beggar had only a dirty crust of bread wrapped in a kerchief on the end of a stick over his shoulder; and, since it was all he had, he just couldn't part with it. Guess who entered the Kingdom, and who couldn't due to his attachmend to the material world.
I think it is wise to keep our eyes on our own attachments, and not worry about anyone else's.
2006-07-07 23:34:03 · answer #2 · answered by GypsyGr-ranny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't, as long as they have accepted Jesus as their savior and they understand they are sinners and need forgiveness. Will they be judged? Certainly, we all will be. "Not sharing your money" might rank right up there with murder, who knows. But Christ died for all our sins, so that we can be forgiven. Why? Because "God so loved the world" (John 3:16).
I think rich and poor alike should share to help others. And not just money, but whatever they can do. I don't think we as a society or government should demand this of anyone, I believe that when you accept God's gift of salvation, when you invite Christ into your life and become filled with the Holy Spirit, that your heart is changed and you WANT to help others. Of course, we are all still tempted towards sins, such as selfishness, gluttony, and all those major ones, and we'll all fall prey to that temptation in one way or another, probably to some degree every day. But where is your heart? Do you accept that you can't be perfect, sinless, and therefore turn to Jesus? It's barely 6:30 in the morning and I've already made a few mistakes today. But I WANT to do right. And I understand that even if I try my hardest, I won't be perfect, but through Christ I will be forgiven.
2006-07-07 23:34:58 · answer #3 · answered by newbie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The works of Christians will be judged in the end (are you assuming this person is a Christian?). Not going to hell, but judged in other ways.
If you are asking if not sharing wealth is a sin, well, yes, and anyone who has read the Bible would know that. One verse I remember is (not sure if this is word for word), "He who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will cry himself and not be heard." Many, many, many times in the Bible selfishness and greed are condemned and generousity, compassion, caring and love are promoted.
God does not give us more than we need so we can just hoard it for ourselves.
...Imagine standing before God and having to give an account for what you did with what you were given.... We will all have to do that and even for the "moderately generous" that is a scary thought.
-Meg
2006-07-07 23:25:23 · answer #4 · answered by Meg 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “I assure you: It is hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven! Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” When the disciples heard this, they were utterly astonished and asked, “Then who can be saved?” But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
The question of the disciples seemed to intimate that most people were rich, and that therefore scarcely any could be saved. They certainly must have attached a different meaning to what constitutes a rich man, to what we in general do. Who is a rich man in our Lord's sense of the word? This is a very important question, and has not, that I know of, been explicitly answered. A rich man, in my opinion, is not one who has so many hundreds or thousands more than some of his neighbors; but is one who gets more than is necessary to supply all his own wants, and those of his household, and keeps the residue still to himself, though the poor are starving through lack of the necessaries of life. In a word, he is a man who gets all he can, saves all he can, and keeps all he has gotten. Speak, reason! Speak, conscience! (for God has already spoken) Can such a person enter into the kingdom of God? ALL, NO !!!
2006-07-08 01:01:31 · answer #5 · answered by poeticbloodlines 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For it easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
Luke 18:25
2006-07-07 23:19:58 · answer #6 · answered by quikzip7 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Rich" people work for their money just like everyone else. The poor are just as likely to squander their money as opposed to sharing it with someone even poorer.
2006-07-08 01:22:24 · answer #7 · answered by frwd52 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 7:21) NIV. It is not God's will that people should suffer in poverty while others who have money waste it uselessly.
24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." (Matthew 19:24) NIV
Joke:
There was a rich man who said to his wife, "When I die, I want all of my money to be buried with me." Years later, he died. True to her promise to him, at the funeral, his wife wrote him a check.
God bless!
2006-07-07 23:43:01 · answer #8 · answered by Me in Canada eh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope
maybe the less fortunate should go to hell for coveting someone else's money.
the "rich" have the right to decide for themselves to what "charity or any other worth while cause" they'll contribute, and they have the right to determine the criteria.
2006-07-07 23:20:00 · answer #9 · answered by My Big Bear Ron 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are miser,not spending money properly on their needs and not giving the share of poor then surely they would go
2006-07-07 23:20:05 · answer #10 · answered by Muhammad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋