and you dissapear in the twinkling of an eye, and your car veers off the freeway, and lands on the house where a coven of witches is spell casting for world peace, killing all of them,
just what would that mean, anyway. Would you have to go to hell, then as a murderer? Or be rejoiced In Heaven, for doing a good deed?
2007-03-26 18:22:49 · 24 answers · asked by Big hands Big feet 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It never fails. whenever I have a "real question" about something I would like peoples input about, I get just a couple of answers, if that. But If someone just wants a lot of answers, Just ask some contriversial question about religious beliefs, and WHAM! a whole bunch of answers ! and some people get quite angry about it!
2007-03-26 18:41:52 · update #1
Seems to me it wouldnt be your fault at all by that point, since you had no intention of doing it.
And how can witches cast a spell for world peace anyways?
2007-03-26 18:26:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Someone has been reading too many Left Behind books. lol
The rapture will probably not happen quite like it does in those books. You can do as much looking at Revelation as humanly possible, and still guess wrong to what it literally is going to describe. Following the pop culture notion of disappearing into nothingness and transporting to heaven is a little too literal a translation, if you know what I mean.
Religious discussions aside taking the task at hand. Killing anyone whether they are witches or a priest is a sin. However, Christianity believes in the forgiveness of sins, so you are pretty much off the hook. Now, if you were in no way shape or form in control of the event in question, I doubt you would even really have to be held responsible for it, but even if you were, forgiveness saves you. So you will be rejoiced in heavan, but not for doing a good deed, but for finding the right path to salvation.
2007-03-27 01:32:44 · answer #2 · answered by jbship628 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Those who are rapture will be in heaven before the car hits the witches (you weren't even there, how did you kill them?).
2. If you where going to be taken in the rapture, you've already been guaranteed entrance into heaven (so you wouldn't go to hell anyway).
3. As far as being rejoiced. . . for what? The car veered into the witches when you wheren't in it. In what sense did you do it?
4. That's not even murder, it MIGHT be considered manslaughter (aka accidental death).
2007-03-27 01:29:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What an absolutely heinous, hurtful, bigoted attempt at humor. I wonder, had you stated "lands on a house where a family of Jews were celebrating Purim," would it be as funny for you? Do you suppose that would be a heaven-worthy good deed as well?
Clearly, you have a lot to learn about Pagan people and families, as well as good taste.
2007-03-28 12:45:54 · answer #4 · answered by dubhbuanaim 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The origins of the doctrine of the rapture are hotly debated. The Orthodox, mainline Protestant, and Roman Catholic churches, which represent the majority of Christians worldwide, have no tradition of such a teaching and reject the doctrine, in part because they cannot find any reference to it among any of the early Church fathers and in part because they do not interpret the scriptures the way that Rapture-believers do.
Live long and prosper
2007-03-27 02:31:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For Petesake and the 9 billionth time this type of "Rapture" where people just disappear and the world goes on IS NOT part of Christian doctrine.
It is a recent invention (less then 200 years old) from Scotland attached onto by evangelical non denominationals that fall outside of the accepted Christian doctrine as agreed upon by the World Council of Churches and the World Council of Reformed Churches.
By the way Magi, The pretribulation rapture was created in Scotland in the early/mid 1800s. (I believe the historians of the Theology department at Notre Dame are up enough on their Christian History of theology to give accurate information on this). And no matter what you think of the World Council they are the ones that vote and agree on accepted Christian doctrine. The bible does not teach pre tribulation or mid tribulation rapture, ratherr a POST tribulation rapture at the end of the world.
2007-03-27 01:29:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Actually, there's already case-law for that situation. The wicked witch's heirs v. Dorothy of Kansas. She ended up not only being acquitted of any wrongdoing, they gave her the remaining valuable belonging to the deceased - her broom.
So I guess we'll be rejoicing in Heaven, AND we get all your stuff to boot!
2007-03-27 01:33:43 · answer #7 · answered by teran_realtor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There will be no rapture. That is not in the Bible. It is a dream of a 15 year old British girl , which was converted into a doctrine by a pastor named John Nelson Darby in 1830. It was not preached before that by any Christians
2007-03-27 01:31:19 · answer #8 · answered by jemayen 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Simple. You would be in heaven, but not for the deed that was done, because you didnt do it. You said yourself that you weren't in the car, there-go it is not your fault. If you are not behind the wheel or in control, how can you be to blame? The vehicle was out of control, plain and simple.
2007-03-27 01:28:36 · answer #9 · answered by Stahn 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you are worried, maybe you should accept God into your heart before the Rapture. Ask forgiveness for your sins. You won't have to worry about car accidents, planes crashing etc due to the drivers/pilots disappearing...I'm sure it will happen! Let God take away the worry!
2007-03-27 01:29:44 · answer #10 · answered by debrenee211 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋