Religions say that if you do not follow their religion you will go to hell, Does this mean we are all going to hell because we do not believe in the religion.
I.E: A Muslim is going to hell for not believing in God and A christian is going to hell for not believeing in (name of god)??
2007-09-07 04:32:20 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Good answers people.
It was just a bit confusing as to think we could all go to hell for not believeing in the right god.
2007-09-07 05:09:18 · update #1
Apparently we are all going to hell then because you'll never get 6.6 billion people to agree.
2007-09-07 04:41:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
for the record, most major religions, excluding buddhism and hinduism, believe in a singular god. the major difference between christianity and islam is that muslims dont believe that jesus was the son of god, and judaism doesnt believe that jesus rose again, or that he was the son of god. but as to whether or not we're all going to hell, there is only one truth, and that was that jesus died, and rose, to save you from death(hell). its not a matter of going to muslim hell if your a christian, or buddhist hell if your a jew. if your not a christian, and believe that jesus died to save you, you are going to hell, where you will burn forever, apart from the One that made you.
2007-09-07 11:45:49 · answer #2 · answered by laird 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't worry about it. Most religions don't even believe in a Hell.
2007-09-07 11:43:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody is going to hell the way you believe it to be. Here is the low down on hell.
What Really Is Hell?
WHATEVER image the word "hell" brings to your mind, hell is generally thought of as a place of punishment for sin. Concerning sin and its effect, the Bible says: "Through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned." (Romans 5:12) The Scriptures also state: "The wages sin pays is death." (Romans 6:23) Since the punishment for sin is death, the fundamental question in determining the true nature of hell is: What happens to us when we die?
Does life of some kind, in some form, continue after death? What is hell, and what kind of people go there? Is there any hope for those in hell? The Bible gives truthful and satisfying answers to these questions.
Life After Death?
Does something inside us, like a soul or a spirit, survive the death of the body? Consider how the first man, Adam, came to have life. The Bible states: "Jehovah God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life." (Genesis 2:7) Though breathing sustained his life, putting "the breath of life" into his nostrils involved much more than simply blowing air into his lungs. It meant that God put into Adam's lifeless body the spark of life—"the force of life," which is active in all earthly creatures. (Genesis 6:17; 7:22) The Bible refers to this animating force as "spirit." (James 2:26) That spirit can be compared to the electric current that activates a machine or an appliance and enables it to perform its function. Just as the current never takes on the features of the equipment it activates, the life-force does not take on any of the characteristics of the creatures it animates. It has no personality and no thinking ability.
What happens to the spirit when a person dies? Psalm 146:4 says: "His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts do perish." When a person dies, his impersonal spirit does not go on existing in another realm as a spirit creature. It "returns to the true God who gave it." (Ecclesiastes 12:7) This means that any hope of future life for that person now rests entirely with God.
The ancient Greek philosophers Socrates and Plato held that a soul inside a person survives death and never dies. What does the Bible teach about the soul? Adam "came to be a living soul," says Genesis 2:7. He did not receive a soul; he was a soul—a whole person. The Scriptures speak of a soul's doing work, craving food, being kidnapped, experiencing sleeplessness, and so forth. (Leviticus 23:30; Deuteronomy 12:20; 24:7; Psalm 119:28) Yes, man himself is a soul. When a person dies, that soul dies.—Ezekiel 18:4.
What, then, is the condition of the dead? When pronouncing sentence upon Adam, Jehovah stated: "Dust you are and to dust you will return." (Genesis 3:19) Where was Adam before God formed him from the dust of the ground and gave him life? Why, he simply did not exist! When he died, Adam returned to that state of complete absence of life. The condition of the dead is made clear at Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10, where we read: "The dead know nothing . . . In the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom." (New International Version) Scripturally, death is a state of nonexistence. The dead have no awareness, no feelings, no thoughts.
The rest of this great article is right here! http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2002/7/15/article_02.htm
2007-09-07 11:43:20 · answer #4 · answered by Kevin 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Religion is the chaos produced when a varied set of views attack each other. All religions claim to be in "SOLE" possession of God. See why they cannot agree?
2007-09-07 11:46:24 · answer #5 · answered by Premaholic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The idea of saying someone is going to hell is unloving.
The Bible does not support that choice.
The Bible speaks of having life or not having life.
Existence or non-existence.
A fiery hell of torment is an idea invented by certain religions based on fear and hate.
Some have tried to show the Bible supports it, but it definitely does not.
Avoid such religions.
2007-09-07 11:40:26 · answer #6 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
religious believers can't prove their own religion's beliefs...
how are they going to answer something that would make them think???
Go beyond religion; DO this:
Create Your Relationship with Our Creator
and have UnConditional Love and Peace in Your Life.
2007-09-07 11:48:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My belief of God is that if you are a good person, but are ignorant to the fact of God and Jesus, God will be forgiving. I personally think it's unfair to exclude certain people who are good people because they are ignorant to the presence of God and Jesus Christ.
2007-09-07 11:48:24 · answer #8 · answered by Mrs. Bear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think so you be good without believing in any religion
2007-09-07 11:43:08 · answer #9 · answered by stevie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
religion should only be about one's personal connection with spirituality.
any path that needs scare tactics for recruitment/retention, in my opinion, has serious flaws.
2007-09-07 11:41:26 · answer #10 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋