They too will experience inexplicable love and compassion. In fact, the likelihood for them to go through the same experience with believers is that they believe and practice charity, compassion and love same like believers. They would likely have no problem to cross over. There chances are better for them compare to those who think only for themselves. The only difference as compared to believers, Atheists will be humbled more for the spiritual hospitality accorded to them. They would experience more love and compassion because they are the least full.
Isn't God has showed more love to his lost son than the one who is always with Him(The parable of the Lost Son)?
2007-02-15 12:53:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
BTW spiritual world is not the exclusive territory for believers. We have known well we(Theists and Atheists) are all made of the same spiritual image of God.
2007-02-15 13:00:25 · update #1
Bad Liberal, you know what I am thinking right now? People like you will be humbled and short sighted believers will be in a big shock.
2007-02-15 13:10:00 · update #2
W J, after that physical death and the connection of the soul to the body is not yet severed, Atheist's soul would realize its error. Enough time to adjust and accept its error. Wouldn't be it enough time for a son to understand and return to the Father?
2007-02-15 13:16:18 · update #3
Thanks for thinking of us, but there is no heaven. You're all worm food when you die same as me. Live long and happy, healthy lives, everyone.
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And you know what I am thinking right now? There is no heaven. Not outside the fantasies of the desperate. I feel quite humble enough thank you, knowing that my unimportant life will be over forever with my death. As I say, thanks for your concern. But it's not required.
2007-02-15 13:04:52 · answer #1 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have seen this tactic in political arenas. Ask a question with a supposition, then depending on the supposition being maximum ideal (which it isn't), make wild assumptions till the reader forgets that the supposition isn't maximum ideal. Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh use this tactic each and each and every of the time - make a wild supposition and assume it is actual. communicate for 10 minutes about it, bypass to break, and are available back nonetheless performing like the supposition is actual (it is isn't), and maximum listeners will ignore that you're making a wild assumption. also, Karl Rove gadgets up this throughout the time of telephone polling throughout the time of political campaigns, to make wild and unfaithful accusations look actual. It would not paintings once you understand the trick.
2016-12-04 05:51:47 · answer #2 · answered by winkles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Non-believers no matter how good they can be in this life & world would never do good in the afer life, and never do good in this life to rewarded in the after life, they dont worship what put them here in the first place, they wont do the things and deeds which belivers who r true to their relgion do, they live in arrogance, ignorance, they think this life is an eternal one, but everyone , everythign dies eventually, as i said good non belivers can be good in this life, but so can belivers and the belivers will do the things which know their God askes of them whereas Aththeits will NOT, even if belivers do bad but are belivers and have faith, they wnt be punished enternally, Atheits of whome some are good people even beter then some belivers will always back down from believing, no matter what good they do they wont do the good which can get them to heaven.
2007-02-15 12:59:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
the difference is in the parable of the Prodigal Son,the son came to realize that he had done wrong ,humbled HIMSELF,and returned to the Father,who watched for his son to return,and when he saw him coming ran to him,had compassion on him and restored him.Here we have once again the hinge of repentance.it is appointed to man to die,and then the judgment.
2007-02-15 13:04:38 · answer #4 · answered by W J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that God actually likes people who use the critical thinking skills that he gave them.
Christians will say in the same breath that "only God knows who will go to Heaven" and "I know you're not gonna get into Heaven like that."
2007-02-15 13:02:09 · answer #5 · answered by Eleventy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Atheists deny God exists. The bible says that the fool has said in his heart there is no God. The prevailing attitude of the atheist is foolishness, because the Almighty God does exist and to deny that he does is like saying anything else that they would admit was foolish, such as "I don't need air to live." or something like that.
2007-02-15 13:01:41 · answer #6 · answered by hisgloryisgreat 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
You can assume, imagine,explain, deny, reckon, and even justify anything and everything that you like. But in the end none of it is going to matter to God. If you do not believe in agreement with the Bible then all of your works will be in vain. Imagine that.
2007-02-15 13:01:58 · answer #7 · answered by Heaven's Messenger 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Jesus Christ stated: If you deny me in/to the world than I shall deny you to my father, the only way into heaven is through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now my ? to you. If you set down a few very simple rules to anyone that wishes to enter your house as a guest and people came to your door after breaking/ignoring all your simple rules and wanted to enter ANYWAY?
2007-02-15 13:01:09 · answer #8 · answered by S.O.S. 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
God doesn't care how "good" a person is.........they are still filthy rags in their sin!!............If they don't Accept His gift of grace Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior to cleanse them of their sins, they are hell-bound and will perish in the lake of fire!!
2007-02-15 13:08:31 · answer #9 · answered by SLEDGE 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋