Is God Just, or is he a petulant tyrant?

Question

Is being born again the only way to go to heaven?The reason for this question is simple, How can a God be considered Just if he allows a person like Hitler into his paradise (assuming a last minute repentance and acceptance of Jesus as a personal Saviour) And tosses a Mother Teresa or a Ghandi into hell for not being born again? Makes no sense to me

Answer 1

Are unicorn's hooves black, or are they gold colored? Is being a virgin the only way to ride a unicorn? The reason for this question is simple. How can a question like yours make the presumption that there's such a thing as "God" when that's the first question that needs to be investigated... scientifically, without any of that cheating you call "faith," which is basically another name for circular reasoning.

Answer 2

I would like to think the creator is just. After reading the bible...well, it certainly makes one wonder. Born again means nothing to me. I don't believe in hell. And what I find to make no sense is why would a being or collective of beings create mankind only to think we are a total disappointment and banish us to some eternal damnation? I didn't ask to be here. If I'm not good enough then that's a reflection of what made me. If we are a regret like it said in genesis then why the drama? I seriously hope god is more than man has portrayed it in religious books or I will be the one who will be very disappointed.

Answer 3

Jesus came to earth to personally invite you to be with him in heaven as his bride. Everyone will pass before GOD and I believe Jesus too. They will be judged rightly because GOD can see all the facts. If you do not know the law then you are not under the law.
GOD has made a way. GOD has made one way. How many ways do you need? If he made two you would want three. You know about Jesus you state it in your question, so the answer is GOD is just and he is waiting for your choice. So.... What is it?

May GOD richly bless ya.

Answer 4

What a great questions. I am going to keep checking back to see all the angry born-agains justify the judgement they THINK God bestows upon humanity. They are wrong. Fortunately for all of us, God isn't as petty and judgemental as humans. Isn't it convenient that God happens to send to hell all the people these sort of "Christians" hate?

Just to show this sort of judgementalness played out on the web pages of Yahoo, look below to see all the thumbs down and misguided commentary of all these so called "Christians." Notice how I put that in quotes. Real disciples of Christ are not fanatical God peddling hate filled people who set up arbitrary spiritual caste systems meant to separate the masses from themselves to falsely elevate their existence.

The truth: God is so awesome not a single one of us even remotely understands Him, including how he sees us. How dare we assume we know! Do you really think God judges humanity the same way you do? Come on! He created us in his image, which means he probably gets us on a level we have never experienced, not the pedestrian limited perspective of our little disagreements.

And for Pete's sake, don't cite the Bible. That text has been so manipulated it is a wonder it still reads as cohesive sentences. And don't call yourself a biblical expert when everything you have learned has been from some people leading your Bible study who are actually housewives and accountants. They are not Biblical Scholars!!!

Answer 5

Yes Without repentance, water baptism in Jesus' Name, and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, then you cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven. This was the message given to Nicodemus in John 3:3-5

Answer 6

God is indeed just. His own righteousness will not tolerate any sin. For all have sinned and come short (sinned) of the Glory of God. The just reward for sin is death (separation from God). Therefore the wages of sin being death, all deserve to die. The Grace of God makes a way for the repentant sinner to come to a right Relationship with God and avoid the judgment that is inherent with sin. That Grace came packaged in the human incarnation of God Himself, Jesus the Christ (annointed one), who chose willingly to pay our price for us that we may have eternal life with Him. Thus by trusting God through his Son Jesus Christ we have atonement for our sin and eternal life with Him.

Answer 7

I regretfully say that you know nothing about justice like me and all other people. We imagine about justice in our limited mind, so we deny God, but we still fail to find anything on earth in accordance to our concept about justice. Any time we suffer or seeing other people suffer, we say God is unjust. In case we have no belief in Him, we say our father is unjust or our society is unjust.
If we wanted to acquire anything, we should learn first about it. When you go to buy diamond, I don't think you will do it with complete ignorance. When you go to buy justice, which is billion times more precious than diamond, why you refuse to learn about it. Or you just want to criticize the believers and have no interest to beautify your soul with justice?
Everything on earth and elsewhere is a great mystery which man must discover with his God-given rational sense; he should not sit in darkness and vainlessly make condemnation against it.

Answer 8

this is the secret to the christian religion, all lawyers go to heaven. if you repent at the last minute you're free, since you found the loop hole in christian belief you can kill and eat babies for perverse pleasures

Answer 9

Actually, it does not need to make sense to you. You haven't qualified as God yet.
Try "Watchman" in Ez.
http://www.biblegateway.com/

Answer 10

I'm glad that it makes no sense to you...humans should not place human foibles onto a supreme being. human short-sightedness does not apply.