God was totally and absolutely understanding to forgive everyone for their sins and allowed everyone into Heaven regardless of their screw ups. Even if they didn't follow Bibilic procedures. So Heaven would be filled with Jews, Muslims, Gays, Marilyn Mason and his band along with the Billy Graham types just like it is down on Earth. Would you be bummed out?
2006-12-20 03:42:43 · 18 answers · asked by Laughing Man Copycat 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That sounds wonderful to me!
2006-12-20 03:56:43 · answer #1 · answered by Desultorious 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If that were to happen, first God would not have needed Jesus to come down and die on the cross and suffer a painful death, there would be no point to His death. And that was God's plan all along. Why do you think the word salvation is used? What are we "saved" from? Hell of course. Jesus is the only way to Heaven...just as the Bible says, just as He DID come and die on the cross and he rose again so that those who believe will have eternal life through Him.
So this is not a "what if" question---it just goes to show that you really hope there is an alternative when there isn't. You want something that will please you, and still let you live in sin and do whatever you want, yet still be allowed into God's Kingdom...and as God has made a way for us to be with Him, only through Jesus ( John 14:6) --yet people are still stuck on themselves and will not see the love God has given to us through Jesus Christ.
John 3:3 says "Unless you are born again you cannot see the kingdom of God" --born again in the Spirit of God, once again, through Jesus Christ- repentence and forgiveness of sin...
2006-12-20 11:55:13 · answer #2 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOW!!! I'm not a Christian (quite the opposite) but I really really like this question!
There are some incredible social implications to a question like this. Thank you for the insightful perspective!
To be fair, I'd better give you an answer as well. If (and that is a HUGE "IF") I, being a Satanist, went to heaven, I'd be elated! I'd like it as much as the next guy- I just don't believe it's real. Still, you wouldn't hear me turning it down if I were standing there looking at it.
Even so, I'd probably try to take the place over. Old habits die hard. :D
2006-12-20 11:51:02 · answer #3 · answered by B SIDE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, why would I? And as a reverend, I don't believe Gay people are going to hell for being something they are born into. I really doubt a lot of people are going to hell. If you really read the bible, in an accurate translation, you'll understand that we will all have a last chance. Some non-canonical texts also states Jesus preaches to the dead, so in the end, what do any of us know? Only a lunatic claims they hall all the answers and they are dangers to them selves and others.
2006-12-20 11:45:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem with your question is that most of the people you mention will not want to live with God. Hell is a place of mercy really. It may sound bad, but it's a lot better than living with a just God under a consciouness of all your unrepented sins.
Cool pic!
2006-12-20 11:50:40 · answer #5 · answered by Save the Fish 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your confused...as most of you anti-Christian rhetorists are on this site. We all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. It is not your "screw ups" that keep you from Heaven (as we all have and continue to do)...it is your fellowship and relationship with the Lord that gets you there.
2006-12-20 11:51:18 · answer #6 · answered by Bathroom Graffiti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I wouldn't. God knows the true heart of a person. If these people's hearts are right with God, He will certainly know that. Most often, however, a person's "walk" with God in this life demonstrates their heart's content. It's not for anyone to judge. I'll leave that up to God.
2006-12-20 11:47:44 · answer #7 · answered by Lorie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! Because that is the desire of every true Christian! FOR everyone could go to HEaven,.... what do you think we are trying to tell you guys when we speak about God and how you could go to heaven.
2006-12-20 11:59:33 · answer #8 · answered by Gdschild 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marilyn Manson??? EEEK!
No i would be glad. I have friends and family that do not believe.
But alas, this isn't the truth. God does not force himself on anyone. If they don't want to be in heaven with him he says, "ok"
2006-12-20 11:50:56 · answer #9 · answered by Jeanmarie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Matthew 20
1"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. 2He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3"About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4He told them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.' 5So they went.
"He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. 6About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?'
7" 'Because no one has hired us,' they answered.
"He said to them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard.'
8"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.'
9"The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius. 10So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12'These men who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.'
13"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius? 14Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
16"So the last will be first, and the first will be last."
2006-12-20 11:46:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's the way God made it to be, but because adam and eve not everybody will be in heaven
2006-12-20 11:49:06 · answer #11 · answered by NONAME 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋