Do Christians really think Billions of Buddhist are going to hell?

Question

If so, hell should be somewhat peaceful with that many people meditating all the time.

Esteban - I'm pretty sure Buddhist have heard about the gospel of Christ.

Answer 1

It is a sad thing to believe in a God who would not love all of His children equally.

Answer 2

As mentioned in the Bible, God set aside proper venue for those who died and didn't hear about the Gospel of Christ, to have a chance and be converted.

Answer 3

Jesus said the way to Heaven and His father was through Himself. Christian's believe the only way to Heaven is through Christ. we don't like the thought of it, but yes, Buddhists will go to Hell. it's sad to think about that, and thats why there are Christian missionaries all over the globe spreading God's word.

in Hell you are in too much pain being away from God to meditate. you sit there in agony because the Devil has you now and you are in the only place without God.

Answer 4

Dear Bhuddist Man,

Not all Christians believe all these people are going to hell, in terms of being punished for laws they knew nothing about. What would be considered "hellish" by all who die are the thoughts of having their spirits being separate from their bodies. And it's rather obvious this perception will also get to all christians as well, because the bulk of them also cannot cheat death of its mechanisms.

The more accurate term of what happens to all spirits after we die, or separate from our bodies, is that they go into a different state than what we see with these physical eyes. This state is known as the spirit world. According to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons), there is a section where the "less" righteous are, and a separate section where the "more" righteous are.

Before the death of Christ, the division between the two was not crossable. However, upon his death, Christ's spirit visited the spirit world and came to the more righteous spirits first. There, he talked with the likes of Abraham, Moses, Noah, and other great and noble spirits and taught them his Father's Gospel, plus how to teach it.

He then broke the barrier between the two parts of the spirit world and commissioned those spirits he taught to travel to the other parts of the spirit world in his name and teach the gospel to the others. This would grant these souls a chance to hear the gospel again, minus the worries of being fired from a job or getting killed over it.

What's very interesting is that this could allow different types of people showing up on both sides of that border, whether they be Bhuddist, Christian, Jew, or even Muslim. But whatever good principles they had in life, they would retain such things in the next life. If in the spirit world, they hear this message about Jesus Christ and how they can have a living descendant be baptised for them as a proxy in a Latter Day Saint temple, some of those dead people may choose to want this. Last time I checked though, there wasn't a reliable phone connection to our ancestors in the spirit world.

So for these reasons, plus others too numerous to mention, the Latter Day Saints feel that it is very important to find out who those ancestors were and just do their temple work for all of them. It's a very unique blend of christian principles tied in reverence for one's ancestors. These times when LDS temples dot the earth, more and more people want to grant their ancestors essentially the same priveliges that they are receiving right now by being a member of the LDS church.

Do these LDS members know if someone in their family line wants these same blessings? They often get a spiritual confirmation in their hearts that are associated with this peace you spoke of. They don't always get that spiritual confirmation immediately, but that's normal. But I've heard of plenty of stories where these people have felt a feeling of thanks and gratitude from someone from the other side after they did their baptisms and other holy ordinances.

So, in regards to the original question of christians thinking billions of bhuddists going to "hell", I'd say that not all christians believe that way. One denomination in particular, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, who believe that a spirit's tenure in hell can be a temporary one, if people can find a dead person's identity through genealogical research and do that individual's temple work, including proxy baptism. Because such things are done in behalf of the dead, the dead have reason to rejoice, because they have living descendants who have a desire to try to rectify this situation.

And out of all the opinions of what spirits go through after this life, this perception from the Latter Day Saints to me sounds the most merciful and christian of all. Condemning someone to hell when they never got a chance to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ just sounds so unfair. Granting at least another chance to hear Christ's gospel while in the spirit world, that sounds more like how Christ operates. Christians know that Christ is forgiving, so that forgiveness explains this concept of the spirit world and its purposes to me.

So my question to you is, how many of your ancestors are wanting to be baptised as Latter Day Saints? How do you confirm this?

Thanks for letting me share.

Sincerely,
Alvin R.

Answer 5

I would rather be in hell with Buddhists and bad-a$s rock stars than with fundie Xians. Eternity is supposed to be interesting.

Answer 6

No, not necessarily. There are plenty of good Buddhists around whom I'm sure will make it into heaven. Why wouldn't they? God ultimately decides these things - not us.

Cheers :-)

Answer 7

As you can see most Christians worship a old book, of God they know nothing, shame really.

Answer 8

It depends on what you mean by "think".
Many believe that, but they certainly don't think it through. It's a horrifying proposition that any stable individual would oppose out of principle.

Answer 9

Gee, we only believe it because that is what God says in the Bible.

Answer 10

Yes.