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Question

I was baptized, received communion and confirmation but I still feel like its all B.S. The question is if all you believe is true in the end, then if I decide to believe it all once I'm on my deathbed will I still be accepted by your God and go to the heaven you all plan to go to?

Answer 1

You can't decide what to believe, your intelligence and common sense decides that.

Answer 2

As an experienced (and now agnostic) Catholic, I'd say that the "Sacraments of Initiation" are more about properly belonging to the Church than about "being right" with God. The Church at its best is truly the "people of God", but often it's not fully realized.

In the early days of Christianity, around the Third Century or so, Some people saw the sacraments as scary, "once in a lifetime" things. You got initiated, then screwed up, now what? So many held them off till the last possible moment. (This was one of the primary reasons for the development of the sacrament of Penance.) But that meant that people could be nominally associated with the Church, but do whatever they wanted, then hopefully straighten everything out on their deathbeds.

That's not the purpose of the Church. It's supposed to be a community that HELPS its members all live a Christ-like life. But some people can do that without a supporting community, and some communities do it very poorly, even counterproductively. In fact, in some Christian communities, the specifics of what you believe become far more important than how you act as a result of your faith. And actions become more about what is permitted or prohibited rather than what is right, just and peace-building.

If you feel drown closer to the Church later on, go for it. But right now I'd say don't worry about your club membership status, worry about your life. If it's all about you, you're hosed in any case. If it's about making the world more liveable for everyone, the stars on your membership card are mere decoration.

Answer 3

Catholic teaching on heaven isn't as black and white as that, but for the sake of argument, God accepts ALL. Even with the pope's recent comments (which aren't anything new), Catholic doctrine states that salvation is up to God and that we can't say for certain that any group is excluded.

So for your senario, part of it is going to depend on what you did with your life; another part is going to depend on your sincerity. In short, you aren't automatically damned, but none of us really get a one-way ticket to heaven either. (Well, maybe martyrs... gotta think about that one.)

Answer 4

Wow, another typical US Catholic. I know, I'm one also--agnostic right after confirmation. Anyway, technically, yes. But what if you don't get a chance, ie: you get hit by a bus and killed instantly before this change of heart and acceptance of God?

Answer 5

It's all about sincerity... God knows the intent of you heart... so if you go for the deathbed thing you better mean it... you cant fool God

Answer 6

That's a crisis of faith. I'm sure you didn't choose to receive those sacraments except maybe confirmation. You just gotta think it through and ask why you are questioning it.

Answer 7

i understand what you're saying, i went through the exact same thing. just because you don't beleive what you have been taught does not mean that you will not go to heaven. i beleive that heaven is what we want it to be, not what everyone thinks it will be. beleive in your own god and your own heaven and you will be happy in your own eternity. peace (:

Answer 8

There is no time limit on decisions until after death. Then it is to late.

Answer 9

That's the myth of christianity. They proselytize until death.

Answer 10

short answer: yes, if you really mean it.




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