Do the mentally challenged have a free pass to Heaven?

Question

This goes for the mentally retarded and clinically insane....If they aren't in their right mind to begin with...how can they choose for God to be in their live's?

Answer 1

heck yes they do... sucks for the rest of us....

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fudge whats with the thumbs down?? you have something against retards??? you *******.

Answer 2

The Bible does not specifically say whether or not mentally ill people go to heaven. I believe that anyone who is not able to make a decision for salvation is covered by Christ’s death. This is similar to how it is commonly believed that children are automatically taken to heaven when they die until they reach the point in which they are able to make a decision for or against Christ. David had a child die, and he comforted himself with the thought, “Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me” (2 Samuel12:23). David knew that he would see his child in heaven one day. From that statement, we can assume that babies and young children were, by God's grace, covered for salvation by Christ’s death.

I would “guess” that mentally retarded people are “covered” by this principle as well. The Word of God does not specifically say this, however. Knowing the love, grace, and mercy of God, this would seem consistent with His character. I would say that any person who is mentally challenged to the extent that he could not believe in Christ for salvation - that person is saved by the grace and mercy of God.

Answer 3

People who are either mentally-challenged/disabled or who live in other countries where they might not have the opportunity to know or hear about the Gospel of Jesus Christ will not be held accountable because as the scriptures say, "for they know not what they do."

But of course, when they enter the spirit world after death, they return in perfect form. The mentally disabled are then able to think, know and understand for themselves the Gospel and can then choose to accept it or not. Same for those who've never heard of Jesus Christ during their earthly life.

Once again, as the scriptures state, the Gospel of Jesus Christ will be taught in the afterlife and if they accept, they then need to be baptized to enter the gates of Heaven. This sacred ordinance must be peformed on Earth, of course, referred to as "baptisms for the dead."

The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints is the only Church in the entire world that performs this ordinance. The Apostle Paul spoke to the Corinthians about this ordinance and the Galatians as well when he spoke about geneaology and those individuals and ancestors of theirs who've passed away and were never given the chance to hear the Gospel. Paul poses the question: "shouldn't WE then be baptized for the dead?"

Answer 4

WHEN IS PARADISE?

Isa.45:18; 65:17; 66:1,22,23; 2Pet.3:13; Rev.2:7; 21:1-5 [ ALL MADE NEW ];

Heaven is for the heavenly of the new heavens, the earthly is for the new earth. Matt.5:3-9;

Answer 5

God meets a person where they are at. We are held accoutable according to the amount of revelation given to us--small or great. The average person here on Yahoo! is more accountable because of the opportunity to know and learn the truth. Whether thy seek it out or not will be their own fault or benefit.

My 2 year-old daughter knew more about God than many of my intellectual adult friends. God is not limited by mental capacity. God is usually limited by prideful intellectualism.

Answer 6

I wouldnt call it a pass but if thats what youd like to call it. God knows if they know right from wrong and are able to grasp it. If the person is not able to then he is of a little child and will go to Heaven. Peace out..............

Answer 7

The way one gets to eternal heaven is by thinking of God or his representative (Christ, Mohamed, Prabhupada,etc.) at the time of death. If one doesn't think of the above, then they will come back in one of the 8,400,000 species of life, depending on their consciousness at the time of death. For more understanding on Karma and Reincarnation, hell, heaven, and Universal truth go to harekrishnatemple.c Read Bhagavad Gita As it is By Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada

Answer 8

There's hope for the worst, Thank GOD.


Luk 8:27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in [any] house, but in the tombs.
Luk 8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
Luk 8:29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
Luk 8:30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
Luk 8:31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
Luk 8:32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
Luk 8:33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
Luk 8:34 When they that fed [them] saw what was done, they fled, and went and told [it] in the city and in the country.
Luk 8:35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
Luk 8:36 They also which saw [it] told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.

Answer 9

Heaven is a place of no suffering, grief or any other diseases. A Christian must heal them thru the holy spirit!

Answer 10

There is no Heaven, so it's not something I have to spend a lot of time thinking about.

Answer 11

They still have the responsibility to do the best they can with what little they are given.