but you dont forgive them, do you go to hell?
2007-09-18 23:52:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, because Heaven and Hell don't exist.
God is just a superstition. When someone "finds" God, they are really just expressing an emotional tie they've developed with the concept of God, and their wish that they are somehow forgiven and will get a reward when they're dead.
In reality, that's just a superstitious belief. When we die, we're just dead.
2007-09-18 23:59:57 · answer #1 · answered by nondescript 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think a lot of people misinterpret what it really means to forgive. Forgive does not mean "forget." Only God can do that. If someone killed your child let's say, could you ever truly forget that? Of course not! But you could learn to forgive. In other words, forgive means to learn to put it behind you, and not hold a person accountable anymore. It can be done with God's grace. I never said it was easy, but if it were not possible, Jesus would not have commanded us to do it.
2007-09-19 07:20:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always said If Jesus can find favor in someone to forgive them then who am I to not to also forgive them, Before I retired I had a woman get mad at me at work, for no reason whatsoever, Yes she claimed to be a Christian, This was on a friday, On Monday she said she was sorry & I say sister, you are forgiven, If Jesus can forgive you, then who am I not to forgive you, By this when I did retire, she told me that she appreciated the way I lived my life in front of her.
2007-09-19 07:00:14 · answer #3 · answered by birdsflies 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It seems that everyone's focus is on heaven or hell. The focus for Christians ought to be on our relationship with God. Hidden resentments (unforgiven grievances) damages that relationship.
Christians constantly sin. We disobey God by not forgiving and we have to ask for forgiveness for not forgiving.
2007-09-19 06:58:51 · answer #4 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No whether or not you go to heaven is based on the grace of God not by your works including the one you mention forgiving.
2007-09-19 06:59:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not exactly, but the Bible states, that if you forgive those who trespassed agings you, God will forgive your trespass. If you do not forgive them, you will not damage them but yourself. Ask me, I know!
2007-09-19 06:59:09 · answer #6 · answered by confussie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No that is not bible, do you? oh wait your already going, want to change that? email me
2007-09-19 07:02:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋