According to Christianity you have to repent for your sins.But some people die too young while others die old.This means that all people have not the same chances to go to heaven right?Is this fair?
2006-10-12 11:56:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Nothing about Christianity is fair ... I basically think it's pretty ridiculous ... I mean come on ... you're supposed to baptize a child so they are washed of their sins ... what sins could a child possibly have ... it's all a bunch of cult activity if you ask me.
2006-10-12 11:58:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 9⤋
Modern Christianity is lacking. Studying it can lead to the correct path, but strict adherence tends to lead its followers astray. Following the teachings of Jesus Christ is the path that most Christian churches do not emphasize. By getting caught up in false rules and artificially created doctrines, they stray from the teachings that are at the heart of being a true follower of Christ.
"A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." (John 13:34) That is all that is important. If you do this without fail, you have repented in attitude for anything you may have done or failed to have done. A truly contrite spirit accomplishes forgiveness.
2006-10-12 12:34:48 · answer #2 · answered by Candidus 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Here in America I feel fairly sure that everyone has had the chance to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
My brother died at age 26 and he had plenty of time to repent.
2006-10-12 13:07:37 · answer #3 · answered by drg5609 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well, it all depends upon what denomination of Christianity you belong to. there are so many different variations and interpretations.
what i have been taught from the Bible is that every baby and child goes to heaven until they get to the point when they know right from wrong. it is at that point when the children, who ask God to forgive them of their sins and ask him to be a part of their lives, will go to heaven when their die no matter when it is in their lives. then, the children who do not make that decision will go to hell when they die unless they do ask for forgiveness and God to be in their lives.
now, the questions that go unanswered are the ones that are to build trust in God. we can't know everything, because then it wouldn't be faith-based, but fact.
to answer your question about people's number of chances... if we all had the same number of chances, wouldn't you behave horribly until your last chance to repent? it would be more fun to do that. without having the same chances and not knowing when you will die, it makes you want to live every moment as if it were your last. it is good in every way, but especially makes you not want to sin.
Christians have to trust in God a whole lot because there are a lot of unanswered questions, but it is like that in most religions. hence, that is why there are so many!
EVERYONE needs to learn to be respectful of other people's religions and their choice to believe in them even when they do not agree with them. it is so annoying when people complain about how Christians are hypocrites and hate how they shove things in people's faces, but then they do the same thing towards Christianity when you asked a simple question.
2006-10-12 12:14:13 · answer #4 · answered by christy 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
There are two things you are not aware of. to better understand you need to see a bigger picture, The law of cause and effect,what you put out is what you get back(KARMA) and know that you are the LIFE of the body,spirit,you lived before you had this body and will continue to live after it is gone. look at the history of humanity and you can see that we have evolved spiritually along with Physical evolution. GODS CREATION IS EVER EXPANDING.
2006-10-12 14:18:42 · answer #5 · answered by Weldon 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Islam has not extra to coach its "Truthfulness" than the different superstition, Christianity secure. fact in the non secular experience isn't at risk of reason, and can't be "proved." "faith" is a considered necessary of the vulgar devotees of the Abrahamic religions, and actually quantities to the acceptance of dogma as "genuine" with out grievance, examination, verification, or the different valid technique of attempt. people who're extra stepped forward in what could be spoke of as the mystic fact of religion understand that it has no longer something to do with the style of "literalist" interpretation of scripture - no longer something certainly to do with activities that would or won't have transpired centuries in the past. Jesus and Mohammed are just about beside the point save insofar as they have left us records of their very own very own attainment so as that we'd learn from their successes. or perhaps then, one guy's meat is yet another guy's poison. It does not inevitably save on with that what worked for them will artwork for us. Dogmatism is the muse of all non secular evil! be conscious the responses to this question from "non secular" human beings. you have claimed that Islam is genuine and "Cristianity" is misguided. Christians, of direction, have claimed precisely the different. I declare that it is not even mandatory to p.c.. factors in this debate between childlike mentalities. there is "fact" in all faith, besides the undeniable fact that it style of feels to continuously lie in precisely those factors that "non secular" human beings overlook approximately, on a similar time as insisting on the inessentials, and demonizing all people who disagree.
2016-12-26 17:47:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well.... God has a plan for all of us. If somebody went to hell, he/she still got a chance to go to heaven. They could repent it there and say sorry to God for all the mistakes he/she have done.... And they can reincarnate,too...
According to Hinduism, every living being is an eternally existing spirit (the soul or the self). Upon physical death, this soul passes from one body to another in accordance with the laws of Karma and reincarnation.
Reincarnation, literally "to be made flesh again", as a doctrine or mystical belief, holds the notion that some essential part of a living being (or in some variations, only human beings) can survive death in some form, with its integrity partly or wholly retained, to be reborn in a new body. This part is often referred to as the Spirit or Soul, the 'Higher or True Self', 'Divine Spark', 'I' or the 'Ego' (not to be confused with the ego as defined by psychology).
In such beliefs, a new personality is developed during each life in the physical world, based upon past integrated experience and new acquired experiences, but some part of the being remains constantly present throughout these successive lives as well. It is usually believed that there is interaction between predeterminism of certain experiences, or lessons intended to happen during the physical life, and the free-will action of the individual as they live that life.
This doctrine is a central tenet within the majority of Indian religious traditions such as Yoga, Vaishnavism and Shaivism (from Hinduism), and also Jainism and Sikhism. Many modern Pagans also believe in reincarnation as do some New Age movements, along with followers of Spiritism, practitioners of certain African traditions, and students of esoteric philosophies. The Buddhist concept of Rebirth although often referred to as reincarnation differs significantly from the Vedic based traditions and New Age movements in that the "self" (or soul) does not reincarnate.
2006-10-12 12:00:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋
If you have never heard the true gospel about Jesus Christ, you will not be held accountable for what you dont know. Jesus Himself said it is better for someone to never have heard the Gospel then to have heard it and reject the truth.
You must first believe in the One the Father sent, and then you will want to repent.
2006-10-12 11:57:47 · answer #8 · answered by NOIZE 4 · 5⤊ 5⤋
The work is done. Our sins are paid for!
2006-10-12 13:26:32 · answer #9 · answered by STONE 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
GODS grace covers a miltitude of sin.
he knows what isi n our heart.
2006-10-12 12:50:47 · answer #10 · answered by angel76 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋