For the theists and atheists. Why do you try to prove to other people that your right? Just let them be. I don't have anything against atheist as long as they don't judge me by my religion. I'm a deist and i believe that the bible isn't really the true word of GOD. I live by it's morals but i don't believe in miracles. I believe that atheist can go to heaven. It's just how they live. God loves you no matter what. I don't care if you guys say that there is no God. But remember that if there is one, He loves you. God is our father. A good father wont let their child suffer.
2007-03-16 14:43:08 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I wasn't trying to prove anything. i wasn't saying that my beliefs are right. I'm only sharing my beliefs. You guys don't have to start finding flaws in my question then start ranting about it.
And that's right I am a kid. I'm only 15.
2007-03-16 15:00:54 · update #1
Deists typically reject supernatural events (prophecy, miracles) and divine revelation prominent in organized religion, along with holy books and revealed religions that assert the existence of such things. Instead, deists hold that religious beliefs must be founded on human reason and observed features of the natural world, and that these sources reveal the existence of one God or supreme being.
2007-03-16 15:02:54 · update #2
No one knows everything. So everyone should stop acting like they do.
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2007-03-16 15:40:55 · answer #1 · answered by krystal. 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because God commands Christians to do that very thing.
1 Peter 3:15 But in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; 16 yet do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
As to your "belief" that anyone can go to Heaven, you may be sincere in that belief but you are sincerely wrong. If that was the case then Jesus came to earth and died on a cross for nothing. You might believe that it's safe to cross the street but if there is a truck coming that you didn't see that doesn't make your belief correct.
Personally, I choose to believe Jesus when it comes to matters about what happens to a person after they die.
John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
2007-03-16 14:49:58 · answer #2 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians try to tell you about Christ because it's what he said we should do. And because it would be nice to bring others to heaven. We are just tryin to care about others.
Your question is insightful, and I respect you way of life. But how can you write-off the things Jesus said as being unimportant. Do you believe God is perfect? If he is, how can we be with him despite our human imperfections. Have you ever felt jealous. You can't be with God and have that feeling. Ever get mad at anyone? The list goes on...How can we be with God in his perfection, with our imperfections. Jesus said he was sent to bridge the gap between our imperfections (sin) and Gods perfect love. Give it some more thought. You need Gods forgiveness to get to heaven, and his forgiveness is called Jesus.
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2007-03-16 14:55:23 · answer #3 · answered by GoodGuy53 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reason we try to explain our beliefs is that we are bashed by others for it. And I am speaking for atheists and Christians alike. We both like to bash each other, generally speaking. Don't criticize me for my "fierce generalizations." I don't bash others for their beliefs. Anyway, we are seen as stupid for what we believe by the other groups and we personally think we are not stupid for believing it, so we try to convince others that we are not stupid and that we are right. That is why. Some of us do it in a disrespectful manner. I personally like to keep things cool. I like your point of view. If there is a god, then deism would definitely be the religion I follow. Too bad I don't. lol
2007-03-16 14:50:47 · answer #4 · answered by Dido 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Christ is the way the truth and the light...no one comes to the father EXCEPT through HIM. I recently saw a sign at a church with words that REALLY spoke to me. "To be ALMOST saved..." (or kinda on the fence) "...is to be totally lost" Atheists cannot go to heaven. BTW I'm a 15 year old Christian. I try to prove others wrong because if I don't they will go to hell.
2007-03-16 15:23:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheist will stand before God in the Great White Throne Judgment, but they wont stay long.
Just remember if your wrong and I have spent my life believing in a Jesus who died on the cross that I might live when I die I have lost nothing. But If I'm right and you choose not to believe you have lost eternal life.
2007-03-16 14:49:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Uh, if I remember right... A deist is one who believes that god set the wheels of creation in motion, but just lets it go and isn't involved in our lives on a personal level. Not to be a jerk, but some of your statements don't exactly sound deistic to me.
2007-03-16 14:51:44 · answer #7 · answered by Eldritch 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A good father does not, but if the children choose to suffer, what then. Are you wiser then the bible, have you disproved it, and if so whats your theory? GOD loves all, and lets us choose death or ever lasting live, its really up to us. If he had it His way, we would all go to heaven and not suffer on earth, but the choice is really ours.
2007-03-16 14:49:39 · answer #8 · answered by Victor V 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree that I don't have to defend the Gospel
It is fully capable of defending itself
the rest of you testamony tells me that you have never actually read the book
Jesus, God's only Son suffered for me
it is faith that we belong to God not of works lest any man should boast, dude it's in the book, read it
2007-03-16 14:51:30 · answer #9 · answered by firechap20 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its because of the misunderstanding of what Jesus is all about.
Your post about who will go to heaven and how they will get there is proof in point.
2007-03-16 14:46:49 · answer #10 · answered by TenJac 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋