then please explain how this is morally just?
please explain how moral, earnest truthseeking skeptics would go to hell.
answer in length, please, if you wish
2007-01-15 14:57:53 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't really believe in Heaven. And, just because you are a different religion doesn't mean anything. The other side is a lot more complicated than the typical religious types would have you belive. What is important is being a good person, being kind to everyone, trying to improve your self and lead a good life.
2007-01-15 15:02:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
I can be brief.
We have free will to believe as we wish.
If you will not go as far as to believe in the creator of all life then why would you be surprised if he didn't want to be with you?
You get exactly what you expect. A life of around 80 years or less with everything you have accomplished. Of course if you are already aware that life may not stop there and that there may be a place where you live separate from GOD and still do not want to go as far as to believe then it makes perfect sense and GOD will gladly grant your desire.
Lets say you go to your son or daughter and say "Tonight you can have spaghetti or McDonald's happy meal?" And s/he says "That's not fair! How is this morally just? " What would you do then? Probably the same thing GOD is going to do.
2007-01-15 15:09:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
"All sin and fall short of the glory of God"
We all sin, lie,cheat, steal, lust etc.
How can a just God allow us to enter heaven with sin. He won't. The only way is through the price that was paid by his son Jesus.
"There is one mediator between God and Man, Jesus"
Who is moral? Who is just? Who is earnestly seeking the truth? Is there an ultimate truth? "Our good works are as filthy rags to God"
"I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the father except through me"
We sin, no sin in heaven, Jesus took on our sins on the cross so we could go to heaven. This is the difference between Christianity and other religions. We know our works cannot get us in heaven. We aren't good enough, can't EVER be.
God bless you brother in your search for truth.
2007-01-15 15:07:56 · answer #3 · answered by Jeanmarie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is no one without sin, including earnest truthseeking skeptics. Only one can take that sin away and replace it with holiness; Jesus Christ. Unless you believe in Jesus, you will stand before God and be judged for your sins.....and will be unable to enter heaven because of them.
2007-01-15 15:05:53 · answer #4 · answered by Esther 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If you're a true skeptic, what does it matter? Since you believe in neither. As a skeptic the desire to live a moral, earnest truth seeking lifestyle, is your choice, not something you do in fear of eternal damnation or for hope of salvation.
2007-01-15 15:05:27 · answer #5 · answered by Old guy 124 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Adam & Eve are ruled by the former testomony, which outlines distinct guidelines/criteria for grace only because it became previously the time of Jesus, delineated by the recent testomony. even as Jesus arrived he became the mediator between God and guy. as a effect, Christianity as all of us understand it on the prompt includes salvation by conception in Jesus Christ's resurrection. besides the undeniable fact that, previously Jesus, guy might want to promptly talk with God. So technically, there became no such ingredient as salvation. besides the undeniable fact that, Adam & Eve likely predicted the creation of a Messiah in the destiny because they walked with God.
2016-11-24 20:26:51 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they were seeking the truth, it couldn't get any easier. I bet you yourself have heard the truth. We all have life and have been given the chance to have eternal life if we so chose. This is God's planet, and for eternity we have to live in peace together. God isn't going to allow evil and hate to destroy eternity in peace and love for everyone. The Holy Bible teaches us to love each other and live in peace with each other. Jesus Christ said himself he came to give us life and life more abundantly.
John 10:10 I come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. - Jesus Christ
You say that they are moral, Do you know the heart of man? I say with God, that without being reborn, man's heart is dark and is capable of all forms of wickedness.
1 John 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
God said, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God". Romans 3:23
Jesus said this in John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me"
2007-01-15 15:40:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are earnestly seeking the truth you will find it.
God loves you so much that he says seek and ye shall find. Knock and the door will be opened.
He gave his son for your sins and he died on the cross so you wouldn't have to.
Morally just? If you have morals and read the Bible you will only have to ask him in your heart. The Holy Spirit will do the rest.
Read the Gospel of John
God Bless
2007-01-15 15:23:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I used to ponder about that question as well. I ask myself how come on an island where there is no exposure to the Christian religion would you be put through an eternity of hell just because you didn't even have a chance to be exposed to it at all. A youth pastor at a camp i went to put it this way. No one deserves to get into heaven because of sin. We are lucky to have believed in Christ that he died on the cross because the sins of men, and that only through him we should not perish. Its not that its unfair for them to go to Hell, its unfair for us to get into heaven. Hell is a place without God. I am not one to question why God does these things, or why he wants complete faith, I just can since in my heart that comforting feeling i won't go to hell because i do believe in him.
2007-01-15 15:10:42 · answer #9 · answered by James 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you have been listening to a Bubba preacher. They like to quote Paul so that they can ignore Jesus.
Jesus gave us the clue to a taste of Heaven on earth and a specific prerequisite to getting into the physical Heaven.
"Forgive others for their mistakes. If you do not forgive others, then your father in Heaven will not forgive you."
Heaven is a place of and for harmony-loving people. If you hold a grudge against anyone, then you are not a harmony-loving person. It is as simple as that.
(Satan Believes in God and Jesus, does that make him a Christian?)
2007-01-15 15:06:23 · answer #10 · answered by MrsOcultyThomas 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋