I know other Christians will say judge not lest ye be judged, but the only way to Heaven is through Jesus.
Open your hearts. Stop being so vain. Swallow your pride and give yourself to Jesus.
Do you agree?
2007-09-06 19:02:00 · 30 answers · asked by BadAdviceGuy 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have an open heart, I'm not vain & have little personal pride.
I will NOT subject myself to a faith that encourages Fundementalist Bigots that will not accept other faiths are as equal as theirs. I respect Xians, Budhists, Muslims Atheists (etc etc etc) Shame this is rarely returned..
I do not believe in Heaven or Hell - that's your Mythos not mine.
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2007-09-07 02:26:25 · answer #1 · answered by Rai A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, not according to Catholics and Orthodox which are the earliest churches. They both also agree that the only way to redeem yourself and enter heaven is through Jesus but they do not say non-Christians go to hell. They know that God knows.
Hell is the absence of God, the absence of His glorious light. Since His light can reach everywhere, hell or the outer darkness is obviously a mercy for evil-doers who cannot bear the light. In fact Jesus Christ Himself describes hell as the "outer darkness" and the Gospel of John chapter 3 states the same.
it means that evil-doers simply destroy themselves with their sins and stay out of the light.
Cockroaches scampering for the dark corner when you turn on the light is a good analogy.
2007-09-07 02:13:10 · answer #2 · answered by defOf 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No you are completely wrong.
Christ lives within each of us.
Much was changed to turn Jesus into a God.
He would be furious.
You worship a man and a book.
Christ is the Word and the Word was before the creation of the universe.
Jesus was a man but by Love he became one with God.
He taught us to do the same.
We can become Children of God he said so and died for that knowing his message would go out.
Even though it would be corrupted and abused by Rome it had to go.
He predicted that the Gospel would be taught throughout the world.
Later John predicted that in the last days an evil empire would rise up.
Find the truth in what Christ taught and join in the community of souls which is the bride of Christ but beware the earthly Church it is the image of the Beast that's been given life.
Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Never will I give myself to Jesus always will I give myself to Christ. Jesus would have it no other way. This false image of Jesus as GOD is anti-Christ and not what he taught.
2007-09-07 02:15:56 · answer #3 · answered by gnosticv 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
no , obviously you only see things through your point of view
'Open your hearts. Stop being so vain. Swallow your pride and give yourself to Jesus'
this obviously is an ignorant remark on non-christians. sure , i can assume most people are christians because they are born in a christian family , else i will see a big change in the distribution of religion.
since you or most people are born in christianity, your family and love ones are of christian faith and everything you said doesnt matter since they are most probably saved.
this doesnt hold true for a non-christian. similarly their families are of non-christian faith and that their love ones are also non-christian.
for him to convert would meant that he would have to believe that his love one is going to be burned forever.
it doesnt help that if he's grandparents who pass away arent christian too.
lastly it would be even more difficult to believe that childrens who are non-chrisitan and refuse to convert are going to be burn too.
it's not about pride
i have been trying to get this point across to christians , but to them , they just assume people hate jesus and thus remain non-christian
2007-09-07 02:06:08 · answer #4 · answered by Curious 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, one must 'take up their cross and follow Jesus". Do you do what Jesus said to do? Do you obey his commandments like he said to do in Matthew 23 when he said that 'all that the scribes and pharisees tell you to do, that observe and do." What about in John 14 when he said 'he that keeps my commandments, he is the one that loves me." If you love him, then you would call no man on the earth Father, nor Rabbi, you would obey all of the Mosaic law, except the sin offerings are now transferred over to Jesus. You would do all that is written. If you are not doing this, my friend, repent and start keeping all of the law. Repent if you believe in the wicked trinity doctrine. For there is One God, the Father, as Jesus called him in John 17, 'the One True God". Please go to www.heshallgovern.com for more truth and to see who the rabbi from Galilee really was and is.
2007-09-07 02:15:55 · answer #5 · answered by HaShem's servant 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well i doubt it.
SCIENCE IS ELIMINATING MODELS OF GOD BUT NOT GOD
Francis Bacon, the famous philosopher, has rightly said that a little knowledge of science makes man an atheist, but an in-depth study of science makes him a believer in God. Scientists today are eliminating models of God, but they are not eliminating God. If you translate this into Arabic, it is La illaha illal la, There is no god, (god with a small ‘g’ that is fake god) but God (with a capital ‘G’).
Surah Fussilat:
"Soon We will show them our signs in the (farthest) regions (of the earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness all things?"
[Al-Quran 41:53]
LOGICAL CONCEPT OF GOD
My first question to the atheist will be: "What is the definition of God?" For a person to say there is no God, he should know what is the meaning of God. If I hold a book and say that ‘this is a pen’, for the opposite person to say, ‘it is not a pen’, he should know what is the definition of a pen, even if he does not know nor is able to recognise or identify the object I am holding in my hand. For him to say this is not a pen, he should at least know what a pen means. Similarly for an atheist to say ‘there is no God’, he should at least know the concept of God. His concept of God would be derived from the surroundings in which he lives. The god that a large number of people worship has got human qualities - therefore he does not believe in such a god. Similarly a Muslim too does not and should not believe in such false gods.
If a non-Muslim believes that Islam is a merciless religion with something to do with terrorism; a religion which does not give rights to women; a religion which contradicts science; in his limited sense that non-Muslim is correct to reject such Islam. The problem is he has a wrong picture of Islam. Even I reject such a false picture of Islam, but at the same time, it becomes my duty as a Muslim to present the correct picture of Islam to that non-Muslim i.e. Islam is a merciful religion, it gives equal rights to the women, it is not incompatible with logic, reason and science; if I present the correct facts about Islam, that non-Muslim may Inshallah accept Islam.
Similarly the atheist rejects the false gods and the duty of every Muslim is to present the correct concept of God which he shall Insha Allah not refuse.
QUR’AN AND MODERN SCIENCE
The methods of proving the existence of God with usage of the material provided in the ‘Concept of God in Islam’ to an atheist may satisfy some but not all.
Many atheists demand a scientific proof for the existence of God. I agree that today is the age of science and technology. Let us use scientific knowledge to kill two birds with one stone, i.e. to prove the existence of God and simultaneously prove that the Qur’an is a revelation of God.
If a new object or a machine, which no one in the world has ever seen or heard of before, is shown to an atheist or any person and then a question is asked, " Who is the first person who will be able to provide details of the mechanism of this unknown object? After little bit of thinking, he will reply, ‘the creator of that object.’ Some may say ‘the producer’ while others may say ‘the manufacturer.’ What ever answer the person gives, keep it in your mind, the answer will always be either the creator, the producer, the manufacturer or some what of the same meaning, i.e. the person who has made it or created it. Don’t grapple with words, whatever answer he gives, the meaning will be same, therefore accept it.
peace
2007-09-09 14:41:31 · answer #6 · answered by afrasiyab k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.And it has nothing to do with judging.It is Biblical truth.We don't know if someone will repent at some future point so it is wrong to tell people they are going to Hell.But it is correct to say they are headed in that direction if not a Bloodwashed Christian soul.
2007-09-07 02:11:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that if you opened your heart, stopped being so vain, swallowed your pride and really really gave yourself to Jesus, you would never think to ask this question.
2007-09-07 15:04:49 · answer #8 · answered by philosophyangel 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Stop being vain? This, from someone who believes there is a special place for him after death? LOL
2007-09-07 02:14:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree Jesus is the only way to the father. but he also said many who claim to have served him he will not know. Many who say they are christian will be turned away with the words '' I do not know you'' we need Jesus in our heart not just on our lips.
2007-09-07 02:16:16 · answer #10 · answered by Mim 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋