If you don't...?

Question

do anything wrong or bad in your life yet you don't do anything good or right...like you're pretty much neutral, then do u go to heaven or hell or what?

wait this isn't about me i was just wondering what would happen...sorry for the confusion

by the way i will not be choosing a best answer because that would mean for me to judge ur beliefs and i believe that is wrong...i believe that would be blasphemy because even if i dont agree you still maybe right. who am i to decide that

Answer 1

Would it be moral or ethical to sentence a person to a labor camp for life if s/he had committed no crime? Most would say not.

Christians like to claim that belief in Jesus is essential to enter into heaven. But what if the person had never heard of this Jesus? A lack of belief surely could not be seen as a crime, in that case.

Given the stipulations in your question, I would have to conclude that any moral, honest God would have to take your acts-free person into heaven. Otherwise, His sense of justice would be a sham.

Answer 2

Neutral in this life. Impossible. St. Paul says that the sinner (and we are all sinners) sin at least 7 times a day. (Metaphor that we are not innocent and do sin even if onlly in our heart).
To be totally neutral in this life is not to live life at all. Life is a battle, a struggle, between good and evil. Jesus condemned the person who sat on the fence. Fence sitting is not a life worth living. The fence sitter refuses to enter the battle of life. But you can't sit on the fence for long.
When we go to work, our jobs are a struggle. We meet people who like us, don't like us, etc. How do you deal with all these different situations that come our way? We can't ignore them all.
A neutral way of life is no life at all. Impossible in this life.

Answer 3

The Word is pretty specific on the 'fence rider.' What a great way to go through life. Be good and don't do anything bad? Be neutral? Sounds like a real copout. You can't ride the fence and then expect all the benefits of Heaven. That is the deception of the enemy. To keep you on that fence. Sooner or later my dear, you are going to have to make a choice. You can't serve the world and God too.

Answer 4

In the Christain faith Hevean and Hell are not about how good of a life you lived. The Christain fiath says God is NOT a small minded book keeper who ways your life according to your deeds. Heaven is where people who have a relationship with God go when they die. Sin seperates us from God so he had Jesus redeem sin though his death that anyone no matter what type of life they lived could seek God and have a relationship with him. Anyone who has a relationship with God is going to heavean. That is the entery requiments for heaven and hell in a hand basket.

Answer 5

"When the mind begins to become still, we then begin to truly see it. When you first try to stabilize and pacify the mind, initially it will become very busy because it’s not accustomed to being still. In fact, it doesn’t even necessarily want to become still, but it is essential to get a hold of the mind to recognize its nature. This practice is extremely important. ... Eventually you will find yourself in a state where your mind is clear and open all the time. It is just like when the clouds are removed from the sky and the sun can clearly be seen, shining all the time. This is coming close to the state of liberation, liberation from all traces of suffering. ... The truth of this practice is universal. It isn’t necessary to call it a religion to practice it. Whether one is a Hindu or a Moslem or a Christian or a Buddhist simply doesn’t matter. Anyone can practice this because this is the nature of the mind, the nature of everyone’s mind. If you can get a handle on your mind, and pacify it in this way, you will definitely experience these results, and you will see them in your daily life situation. There is no need to put this into any kind of category, any kind of "ism." Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche

Answer 6

It seems like everyone does some amount of good in their life that counts for something with God. I know there is a scripture (Rev.3:16) that says lukewarm people will get spit out. I don't think that is a condemnation, it is a reminder to get your life in order and start doing some good and lean on God for what you need.

People that are cold won't care what God or anybody thinks anyway. I don't think that twisting people's arms to make them convert is considered righteous. I think it is better to show people who you are and what you stand for with your example towards the world and let others be.

Answer 7

On Judgement day many people will tell God "but I did your work" and God will reply "Depart from me I never knew you"

The only way to Heaven or Hell is through Predestination it has already been decided before the start of time.

Answer 8

It's not at all about what you have done, it's about what Jesus did for you, His death to take the place of your sin on the cross.

If you want to go to Heaven, you must choose Jesus. If you don't choose anything, you have chosen not to be with Him. There is no in-between.

Answer 9

If you don't develop a relationship with God before you die, you will go straight to hell. Sorry. Living a "good" life without the saving knowledge of Christ doesn't exempt you from the eternal torment of hell.

Answer 10

I believe you reap what you sow. In other words, you are rewarded in proportion to the amount of good you do. Love (in both heart and action) is an essential attribute for those who will end up living with God.

Read this parable of Jesus (Luke 16:19-26):
19 ¶ There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he [the rich man] lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

The rich man never took pity on Lazarus. He was not filled with love. This is the "great gulf" that divided him from the righteous. All people who dwell in heaven with God will be full of love.

1 Corinthians, chapter 13 explains that there is no personal attribute more necessary to salvation than the attribute of brotherly love (or charity). Faith, in the absence of charity, does not qualify one for heaven. (You can read it here: http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_cor/13 )

God bless.