buddah, ghandi, charles darwin, richard dawkins, thomas edison, james watson, christopher reeve, susan B. anthony, lance armstrong, charles schulz, mark twain.
the people i have just mentioned are very caring and magnificant people who are all athiests accept for buddah and ghandi. i have researched all these people. and are you christians trying to tell me that these extraordinary people are in or will go to hell for all of eternity just because they choose to think differently even though they are caring, warm, and very giving and insperational people.
but these people in the list below are in heaven because they thouroghly followed in christianity and devoted there lives to there rilegeon and recognized jesus christ as there lord and savior, and admit to coming short in the glory of god?
Hitler, charlamagne, crusaders, dick cheyneyn george bush senior, george bush junior, john ashkroft ( beleives calico(sp) cats are the messengers for the devil) child molesting preists.
2006-12-12 12:10:22 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
are you telling me the first list is going to hell and the second list will be saved???
2006-12-12 12:11:12 · update #1
I have no idea if those people are in hell or not. It's not up to me to judge them. But the bible does say that the only way to Heaven is through faith in Jesus Christ.
2006-12-12 12:17:16 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No Christian or otherwise can tell you who will be spending eternity where. The Christians you mentioned also do not show Christian "fruits"
If you need to know what the fruits are, they are as follows : Gal 5:22-23 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
And this is what happens if they do not have good fruits: Matthew 3:10 The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
So you make assumptions about things you know nothing about and I dont think ANYONE thinks "child molesting preists" are Christians except for non-christians
2006-12-12 12:17:08 · answer #2 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God will judge the entire world from beginning to end in equity according to His Word -- not the word of men. I am sure that Almighty God rests much easier tonight because of your home work regarding who should and who should not be "saved".
The fact of the matter is that it is not men who choose God but God who makes His choice of men. It is clearly stated in God's Word that Christians should be known by their fruits and not their profession alone. How should you "judge" your lists; on the fruits or on the performance?
The bottom line is that the choice to think differently and lip service confessions are not really issues. Most of the people you have named are dead and their outcome is in the hand of God; who alone looks upon the hearts of men.
The question is not about them but about us. The character you have now is all that you can take to the other side. If we die tonight what will we be taking with us? Only the very life of Christ can pass through death and survive. Hell cannot hold a heart where the love of God has been shed.
As for those who say they are saved; it is written that not every one who says "Lord, Lord" shall enter the kingdom of heaven. Further those that violate children by age and by belief would, the Lord said, be better off covered by an ocean of water. Even then they will not escape.
2006-12-12 13:18:16 · answer #3 · answered by Tommy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all it is never mans place to judge who is in Heaven or Hell. Only God knows the heart of a man. So unless you are God you can not say for sure who is where. I hope Tom Edison went to Heaven, I read the story of his life and really enjoy his story. Anyway, Some of the people you speak of are not even dead. We don't play those games with the souls of people. I think I know what is bugging you, that a person can commit a terrible crime and then just say,"Oh Jesus forgive me". No, that is not sincere. God knows the lies of our lips. He also, is very clear about the punishment of hurting children. These people will be judged by a just God and pay for their crimes.God will not be mocked.
2006-12-12 12:23:19 · answer #4 · answered by angel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As an atheist, they do not believe in a heaven or hell and therefore are not concerned with an afterlife. As a believer, we do not begin to judge the hearts of our fellow man. We bellieve that there is one way to eternal life and that is through the saving grace of Jesus Christ. We should only focus on our relationship with Christ and not others.
2006-12-12 12:26:33 · answer #5 · answered by polly j 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There will not be one person in Heaven that is not saved.
There will not be one person in Hell that is saved.
It does not matter who we are, or what we do, or have done. What matters is this.
We must be born again. We must repent. We must accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior.
We all can say this or that. But, God made the rules and the plan of salvation. It was his son Jesus who die on the cross for man kind.
I have accepted Jesus into my heart. Praise God I'm saved.
Hope you and your family have a great Christmas.
2006-12-12 12:26:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think everybody goes to heaven eventually, but that the top list will get there faster and the bottom list will have to spend a few years in purgatory.... Child Molesting Priests have a few centuries and Hitler has eons, but eventually they will get to heaven.
That is what I think, feel free to disagree.
However, you are kind of unfair since you are listing only the good atheists/bhuddists/hindus and listing only the bad christians.
2006-12-12 12:16:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a few points I would like to make in response to this question. First, you are assuming that based on what the first groups deeds or works look like that they are "good", and that the second group is "bad", this idea goes against scripture, because we are not judged by works but by our heart and ONLY Jesus judges our hearts, which leads to my second point. You are using your own judgment to decide what is "good" and "bad", and then you try to apply it to God's standard of "good" and "bad", there is a strong distinction to be made there. If we are going to seriously look at how to get into the Heaven of the Bible, we need to look to the Bible for the direction on how to get there, not our own judgments.
2006-12-12 12:27:44 · answer #8 · answered by master_tedsu 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To answer your question, yes and no. Christianity is built on the foundation of giving your heart to the Lord and following him all your days. Even though these people might have done extrodinary things, it will be Jesus' decision on judgement day of who he chooses to let in to his heaven, not to necessarily say they wont and not to say that they will. But then for people like Hitler, who killed millions of Jews, will never make it through the Golden Gates of Heaven.
2006-12-12 12:16:23 · answer #9 · answered by volleyball4life 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no way a Christian can say that ANYONE is going to Hell (I'm Catholic). And though certain people- Hilter among them- aren't likely to be in Heaven, I can't condemn anyone to Hell. Despite what others see, God sees the soul and the will and He judges by that. But God is the one who finally judges, not us.
2006-12-12 16:17:58 · answer #10 · answered by Terial 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋