At the last minute, after murdering hundreds of thousands of people, but he prayed with all his heart to the Christian god for forgiveness - then by all counts does he get into Heaven?
What about atheists who have been molested by priests, attacked by fundamentalists, or have never even really heard of god and thus DENIES God, goes about life in a generally sinful way, and as such have never pays too much attention to the Bible. Does he/she go to Hell?
2007-03-02 21:33:11 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Please prove that a heaven and hell exist first! According to the various 'bibles' - forgiveness can come in many forms - regardless of the crime!
2007-03-02 21:35:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
1) If you seek forgiveness you will find it. In Isaiah 9:6 Christ is called "Mighty God". How can you require more than Infinite Grace?
2) Being persecuted is not a go-to-heaven-free card. You still have to get sanctification for sins. If you did that, you will be saved.
3) I would be worried about those priests that molest children or someone who kills in the name of God. They need repentance just as much as the most stubborn Atheist. The Atheist needs just as much forgiveness as the priest who does evil, but the priest may actually need it more because he is walking in darkness when he claims to be in the light. Thus he is not only a sinner but also a hypocrite abusing God's grace, and will not go unpunished if he maintains his wicked ways.
2007-03-03 06:04:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
People who do not conduct themselves in the way they should will never be entitled the right to join our Lord in Heaven. So what if a terrorist were to plead to God for forgiveness? It has to be done truthfully and from the heart. On second thought, can that even be possible? How can terrorists have the caring heart that our God desires us to have? How can they even plead guilty to God truthfully when they have murdered thousands of innocent people? How can it be possible that they, in their extremist state of mind, would plead for forgiveness from the Almighty God?
2007-03-03 05:39:00 · answer #3 · answered by JoZZ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God loves us and will never send anybody to "hell for eternity", maybe a couple of weeks, or a month, or years depending on what they did. Also- by saying Christian God you're stating that there are many God's out there- which isn't the case. Maybe you should just say God. And the bible is manmade so just trust your common sense when it comes to God. He loves us, and he would never punish us more than we deserve. And NOBODY deserves an eternity in hell. Also remember- one man's terrorist is another's patriot. God bless-
2007-03-03 05:37:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
In the New Testament Jesus states that He is the light and way and only through Him can one get to The Father. There is no other sin that we cannot be forgiven for but we are accountable for the life we've led.
2007-03-03 05:42:48 · answer #5 · answered by Debra D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes to both questions.
Reason is, that God is a very loving God, but He is also a very Holy God and He demands obedience from us. We all fall short of His glory and are all sinners. Because of this, our sins have to be repented to God through Jesus Christ, who died for our sins. Jesus paid for our sins on the cross. We are offered this free gift of Salvation through Jesus Christ if we choose to accept it. For the atheist, just because he does not believe in God and lived a life of bad luck does not exclude him from hell. We all deserve hell, just that it says in the Bible that we must be born again (saved) and the only way is through Jesus Christ. If anyone tells you that God is so loving that He would never send anyone to hell, it is very obvious that whoever tells you this is not saved and is lying to you. The Bible is the truth.
2007-03-03 05:50:38 · answer #6 · answered by Dakota Lynn Takes Gun 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Flying Spaghetti Monster saves everyone.
Ramen !
2007-03-03 08:03:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forgiveness comes from penitence.
That means that the terrorist would have to turn himself in and confess all of his crimes (all of them). Otherwise, how can he be taken seriously?
Do you think God doesn't know you're just playing a Tooky Williams conversion game to escape responsibility?
2007-03-03 05:38:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you really care? Do you have a religious bone in your body? You sound like your trying to sort out these rantings for some odd sect!
With a chosen id of Count Dracula tell us please are you afraid of the cross.
2007-03-03 13:49:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
great question.
The Christian answer (in essence) is: God doesn't give a rat's behind about humans, what's really important to Him is being surrounded for all eternity by a bunch of retarded sycophants.
2007-03-03 06:04:30 · answer #10 · answered by Brendan G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he was truely seeking forgiveness, and only God can know this then yes he would be in heaven.
2007-03-03 05:36:26 · answer #11 · answered by aroundworldsports 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋