What a convenient religion for the worst man kind has to offer!
2006-09-12 05:29:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If Jesus is in her heart, yes, she will go to heaven. There is no sin, save one, that God will not forgive.
Only the rejection of Jesus Christ is unforgivable.
2006-09-12 05:33:04 · answer #1 · answered by Linn E 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well, there are several separate pieces to this question; and I'm sorry, that's going to makes this a bit long. For a start, it would be helpful to know which religion you are talking about, as that is quite likely to affect the answer. But, judging by your tone and previous posts, I’m figuring you mean Christianity.
Then there is the issue of weather or not an answer should be looked for. Christians might point out that they’ve been given a command not to speculate on who gets into heaven. Specifically, there is a verse in Romans that says that human effort in this area can only detract from God’s sovereignty. The implication is that it is God’s province to worry about who is going to heaven, not ours. More generally, the doctrinal principal is that we should not try and judge the salvation of others.
Your question then involves how Christians determine salvation. A common misconception is that it has something to do with how much good or evil the person does; but it does not. If you think about it, this makes sense, a woman in a coma can accomplish very little for good or ill, and a person with certain kinds of mental disorder is almost certain to accomplish only evil. But they had no choice in these conditions. On a more mundane level, a man with a slight chemical imbalance or a bad tooth ache is much more apt to loose his temper, but this tendency isn’t his fault, is it?
So wouldn’t you agree that it seems nonsensical to send them to bliss or damnation on the grounds of actions which were only partially their fault? But that works in reverse as well: good deeds bear don’t necessarily a good person make.
But neither does salvation consist of some simple ceremony, prayer, or dogmatic assent: salvation is based on the central intention of a person’s will. Christians believe that a person has one truly central decision in this life, and that this decision is ultimately made at a level deeper than all of the biases and constraints I just mentioned. The choice is this: accept a place under God and obedient to his goodness, or place yourself first and follow your own way.
I could go on, as I’ve done a lot of thinking and writing about this, but my point is fairly simple: we don’t really know what choice people have made. We never really know what is in a person’s heart. We can tell what they say and do, but not their central motivation, and so our emphasis should be on loving them, not on judging them. I think this could be well applied by many religions: you can observe actions, but not true motivations--so you can see what a person does, but you can’t judge why they do it. It is sad how seldom this seems to be applied--by anyone.
So, to answer your original question concretely: Christians shouldn't give an answer, but would hope that both are saved, or one day will be.
Can I ask you something now? You may or may not have noticed that I've responded to a handful of your theology/philosophy questions (you chose a couple of my answers as best, so you might remember my av.) I was wondering if you'd be willing to chat a bit off of yahoo answers. I'm always on the lookout for somebody I can have interesting discussions with, and I'd like to try and field some of your questions, but I don't have the time to write long pieces for yahoo-answers too regularly now that classes have re-convened. You can contact me on my profile, or via e-mail (drwho_66@yahoo.com).
2006-09-14 13:29:05 · answer #2 · answered by Joseph 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Andrea Yates systematically murdered her children. She is going to Hell. I don't think Atehists go to Heaven or Hell; they just cease to exist when they die.
2006-09-12 12:38:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If she gets in I hope it is like a timeshare, people get screwed in those deals all the time!
2006-09-12 12:35:19 · answer #4 · answered by Katy_Kat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally think there are different levels of Hell like Dante said
2006-09-12 12:31:30 · answer #5 · answered by Tyler Durden 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
unfortunately Christians say yes
2006-09-12 12:30:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What if heaven is sold out?
2006-09-12 12:30:31 · answer #7 · answered by bonzo the tap dancing chimp 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, nobodys perfect.
Once again- stereotyping.
2006-09-12 12:31:56 · answer #8 · answered by Sgt Squid 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure is silly isn't it?
2006-09-12 12:34:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋