Do we go to heaven if we aren't able to decide?

Question

Babies all go to heaven since they can't decide for themselves.
Developmentally deficient adults go to heaven since they can't decide for themselves.

What about when I'm asleep, or unconscious? I can't decide during those times either. Is it better that I die during those times?

Answer 1

Another answer said that those people are unable to decide. I would like to add they have never been able to decide between right and wrong, so they are innocent.

If, on the otherhand, someone who is able to decide has an accident and are rendered mentally incapable (or dies), then that person's condition remains in whatever state they were in before they were injured (killed). If someone was saved, if they had decided to follow God, then they remain in that condition. If lost, they remain lost. Either way, their decisions have already been made. We are not promised a future of endless opportunities to repent.

When you go to sleep, your condition remains the same as it was just before you went to bed.

Answer 2

Your right children and mentally challenged people will go to heaven not because they weren't able to decide but because they haven't hit the age of accountability yet. In other words they don't really know the biblical differences between right and wrong. But if your an adult and you are asleep or unconscious at the time you die because you have reached that age of accountability you won't go to heaven if you haven't chose Jesus as your Savior, since you have already had an opportunity to make your decision.

Answer 3

First thing is how do you know that they go to heaven?
If you are providing this answer from your religion, then you should also know that will do make decisions day and night.
So i would not know how sleep counts, but i know that while sleeping you cant be going to heaven or hell, it is your actions that have accummulated all this time till the point of death, that will decide if you would be in heaven or hell.

So maybe sleeping is blank mark in your life. Or maybe when you are sleeping you actually do die, and you do give reports, but you cant remember anything because you only remember the last minutes of your dreams.

You know that there are some people living on machines, their heart and so , but it is just a function , they are actually dead, their spirit is not there. This should be a question:)

Answer 4

There is no such thing as heaven, and there is definitely no such thing as deciding where to go.

When you die, two things happen. Either you are reborn - as a lower creature if you have given in to too much temptation in life, or as another human, near all the relatives you lived with. Or, you merge with the universal consciousness, realising that we are all one, and there is no duality in life.

If you are thinking about God or meditating in your last moments, you have very high chances of salvation. However, at the last moment, you will always think of that thing to which you have been attached the most during life. That is why a life of prayer is very important - you should be most attached only to God.

If you die in your sleep or while you're unconscious, you do not realise that you are dead and you become a ghost for a few years.

Answer 5

It isn't really a question of whether or not you "decide". Its based more on whether or not you are able to be held accountable for your actions. Babies do not know right from wrong, or whether to believe in God or not. A fully functioning adult knows the difference and therfore will be held accountable for all actions taken while here on earth and when the day of judgement comes each individual will be judged based on their lives lived while on earth.

Answer 6

Nobody can enter Heaven without having their sins covered by the blood of Jesus. Indecision is not an excuse.

Answer 7

Death is inevitable. The thief on the cross knew when his would occur, but we can not predict our own. After his death, the crucified criminal went to live in paradise with Jesus. Some of us will also live eternally in God's presence. But others will experience everlasting torment, forever separated from Him.
If we receive Jesus as our Savior, our penalty for sin is paid. We are adopted into God's family, and Heaven is our eternal home. If we reject Jesus, we remain alienated from the Lord and under condemnation for our sin. We are destined to experience eternal judgment. God won't accept any of man's excuses because there is no acceptable defense for unbelief. (Acts 4:12)
Become part of God's family today. Acknowledge your sinfulness, and express your faith in these words:
"God, I have sinned against You. (Romans 3:23) I've followed my own way and refused to give You the right to rule in my life. (Romans 3:10-12) I recognize I am separated from You and cannot rescue myself. I do believe that Jesus Christ is Your Son. I accept the truth of the Scriptures? that His death on the cross paid my sin-debt in full. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) And I ask You to forgive me of my sins. (1 John 1:9) By faith, I receive You, Lord Jesus, as my personal Savior from this moment on."
If you just spoke those words to God, then, like the thief on the cross, you have received salvation? a gift of God's grace. The heavenly Father welcomes every person who comes to Him through His Son, regardless of background, age, or current situation. Through Jesus, the right to enter paradise is yours!

Answer 8

If you already prayed the sinners prayer and accepted that Jesus died for our sins You are Saved therefore Yes John3:16

Answer 9

You have committed the only unforgivable sin. Rejection of the holy spirit.you had a chance when you were awake.

Answer 10

There is no heaven, it's a myth. This is one of the things I hate about religion, it's all about who wins the golden ticket to the Angel Factory.

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