2007-07-30 08:56:59 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I heard from a Christian on this site that the majority of Christians throughout the entire history of Christianity have believed this. They believe you don't have to accept Jesus to get in.
2007-07-30 08:58:00 · update #1
Jesus is the Only way to Heaven, only by his passion, death, and resurrection can the whole of humanity be saved. I also trust in God's mercy and his fair justice of those of other religions. God bless.
2007-07-30 09:00:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm not sure what kind of Christians have responded to you but you can only get into heaven by accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior and repent. There is one other way, if for some reason you have not been exposed to the good news of Jesus Christ then you will be judged based on the kind of person you were on earth. (It's in Revelations)
2007-07-30 16:06:59 · answer #2 · answered by Got Questions? I've Got Answ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christians believe that Jesus is THE sure path...HE gave us directions on how to live. If we follow HIS path, we can get into Heaven. But, we also believe that The Father is the same God as the God of Abraham. Abraham believed and God made His covenant with him. If Abraham could be saved without knowing Jesus, we should also be able to conclude that by following God, so can others also be saved.
2007-07-31 15:51:36 · answer #3 · answered by guppy137 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't read that being said by anybody. And what history are you relying on? Certainly it wasn't the history involving the Inquisitions. And certainly it wasn't during the time of the Gospel in it's early stages.
So I guess it would help us to know what you are talking about if you supplied a source.
Because I am looking at you kinda funny right now.
2007-07-30 16:06:42 · answer #4 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well if that was true than why do christians even have to be christians?
and so no that answer truthfully is no and if they told you that as a christian then they need to study the word more often and people say that just so they feel better but in the end see what happens! i reccomend dont wait until then
2007-07-30 16:01:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Haven't seen that myself. Maybe I should look harder. Actually, that's not a biblical concept. People, according to scripture, must come to the Father by Jesus. Followers of Christ, by definition, are Christians so non-christians, by definition, would be those who do not follow Christ.
2007-07-30 16:02:17 · answer #6 · answered by starfishltd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know how any Christian who has read the Bible would think that you don't have to believe in Jesus to get into Heaven. Can you please give examples of what you are talking about?
2007-07-30 16:00:29 · answer #7 · answered by Jbuns 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...not exactly sure about that! I do know that unless you truly accept Christ as your personal savior, you cannot get into heaven! Even if a person has sinned their whole life and never accepted Christ...even when they are on their deathbed and at that moment before they pass away, if that person accepts Christ whole-heartedly, they will go to heaven.
2007-07-30 16:13:11 · answer #8 · answered by Linda M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not really. In Dante's Divine Comedy (sometimes known as the Inferno, but that's only one part of it), he deals with the idea of good people who lived before Christ and therefore couldn't get into heaven. That was written in the early 1300s.
2007-07-30 16:01:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure if that's correct, though I do think that the majority today believe that. It's official Catholic doctrine, so there's most of Christianity right there.
2007-07-30 16:00:24 · answer #10 · answered by Minh 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think part of the confusion is that anyone can say they are a Christian. Lots of people say they are Christian just because they live in America or something.
Jesus said Himself that he was the only way, so I don't know where he/she got that information.
2007-07-30 16:04:05 · answer #11 · answered by MikeM 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋