He was not saved. He was an admitted atheist.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=27748478
Does is seem just that such a wonderful man would be tortured for eternity simply for failing to believe a bunch of patent nonsense?
2006-09-05 03:52:14 · 30 answers · asked by lenny 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am quite sure that Steve had chance after chance to accept what Christ had done for Him. But, if He rejected the message and never accepted God's gift of salvation...then yes, he is in hell now. But we do not know what happened in the last moments of his life. Maybe God reached him. The important question is this: Where are you going when YOU die? If you died today, do you know that you would go to heaven? Have you accepted God's message or do you reject it each and every chance you get?
2006-09-05 03:58:04 · answer #1 · answered by Dead 2 Self 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
The MySpace page was NOT Steve Irwin's page. It was created by someone else POSING as Steve Irwin. Don't believe everything you read.
In 2004, Larry King interviewed Steve Irwin, and Steve said,
"God put me on the planet with a mission. My mission is to educate people about conservation." An atheist would not have said that. See the source link that provides Mr. Irwin's exact quote.
2006-09-06 17:40:15 · answer #2 · answered by ibelieveinjesus123 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if Steve Irwin was an admitted atheist, then he has passed into nothingness. He did not believe in Hell and his beliefs are what he took to his grave.
Your idea of hell is a Christian invention to control the population and keep the church in a position of power.
There are so many other religions in this world, how can you say that Christianity has it right? Maybe the Buddhists do, or the Jews, or the Pagans, or "God Forbid," the Muslims. If there is eternal damnation for not believing in the "right" religion, Billions of souls are experiencing buyers remorse.
2006-09-05 10:58:13 · answer #3 · answered by Hockey, Guns & Beer 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Thank 'god' there isn't a god so vile. That man was more morally active in the world than I dare say most of us here, myself included in that 'us', regardless of religious beliefs. He had the conviction of his courage and the courage of his convictions. If there is an afterlife, he is enjoying it. Since I cannot know for sure, I refuse to entrust it to the beyond -- I can keep his ideas alive by trying to live them and remember them.
It's the best tribute anyone can give to a man who lived the life he found sacred and died doing what he loved with all his being.
Steve Irwin may be dead, maybe there's an afterlife, maybe there isn't -- but keep his idea alive and he'll never be gone. He made us laugh, he made us think, he made us feel. In a world increasingly more and more 'adult oriented', his every effort was appropriate for all ages and was a bright shining beacon of cleanliness in living and purity in spirit in an increasingly dark world.
Requiem in pax, Steve, you will be missed, but your ideals will live on; your family, friends, and fans will see to it... by crickey.
2006-09-05 11:01:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are those who would like to see the term "Christian Mythology" achieve some popularity. Those of us who know Christ and His Holy Spirit as well or better than we know our dearest friends and loved ones (Jn 14:17) will always be here to bear witness that Jesus is no myth but a living reality today.
But no Christian should dare to judge another man's eternal fate (Lk 6:37) By the world's standards we are certainly no better than anyone else, and many of us (myself included I'm afraid) are much worse. When Jesus, God Almighty in the flesh, came to Earth he did not come to judge men, but to save them (Jn12:47).
Certainly no system of theology and no man should stand in eternal judgement of Steve Irwin, that popular environmentalist and entertainment personality any more than we should stand in eternal judgment of any of our fellow men and women. It is exceptionally callous and unfeeling to speak so personally of someone who has just died. Surely this is a matter strictly between that man, who will be dearly missed, and the God of the Universe.
But for those of us who remain. I tell you do not believe me for I am only a man like you. But listen to my testimony and ask and seek God to show you Himself if it is true. True that Jesus Christ is God come to earth, crucified for the sins of man, and raised up from the dead so that all who receive Him may have life thoughout eternity and the power and fellowship of the Holy Spirit today.
2006-09-06 21:18:53 · answer #5 · answered by louisrose 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He is where he is. His life reminds us that we should be zealous and passionate while we are here, and his death reminds us that our time here is very temporary. If it makes any of us feel better to elevate him to something more than a man who lived and died, we will do so. If it makes us feel better to damn him to hell because we will think better of our own fate, we will do so. We should reach out and touch others and chase our dreams and passions as he did, living each day as if it were our last. When it comes time for our curtain call, we all may have to answer for how we lived and what we stood for. That is his fate. If what happened to Steve, either whilst he lived or how he died, affects us somehow, and inspires us, or chills us - then he died to some effect. I don't have the power to send him one or way or the other, I just pray for his family and loved ones, that they may find strength and peace in how he lived his life.
2006-09-05 12:04:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Although I don't know what Steve Irwin's religion/beliefs were, that myspace site wasn't done by him. However, as to your point about christians thinking he's in hell, I would say that we need to keep in mind that only fundamentalists think that. Other christians -- the less vocal -- view the bible and jesus' teachings much differently (less literally).
2006-09-05 11:02:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Accordingto Christian mythology, yes. However, I don't believe that God necessarily follows the rules that were invented by humans who wrote the Bible. If there is a God, then Steve Irwin is wrestling crocodiles in some swamp somewhere right now.
2006-09-05 10:57:17 · answer #8 · answered by Landon H 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
yeah according to the myth of religion if you do not believe in god you go to hell and yet god is all-loving. Hmm how can someone who is ALL-LOVING send someone to hell? Kind of breaks the window of this god being ALL-LOVING.
on a side note
Steve Irwin did great things and did more good deeds than 100 churchs filled with so called christians..
2006-09-05 10:57:47 · answer #9 · answered by gwad_is_a_myth 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Christians do not dangle the keys to the kingdom. God does. I believe that it is easier for you to go to heaven if you are saved yes, but I believe God has more compassion and forgiveness for a genuinely nice person that was confused on the politics of religions. I honestly believe that God called him home.
2006-09-05 10:55:15 · answer #10 · answered by Rae 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋