Is the fate of their soul any different from yours?
What about truly good people of other faiths? If they have followed the teachings of their faith, will they have eternal salvation?
And what about those who die at a very young age, or for some reason having never been exposed to the Gospel message? Do they get some sort of special treatment from God?
2007-09-20 15:20:26 · 11 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We all end up in the same place, but not by necessity. I adhere to the views of Gregory of Nyssa.
2007-09-20 15:26:37 · answer #1 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is the bibles point of view and not my own.
ALL people are judged for the deeds they have done in this life.
They only have one shot.
There is a judgment of Christ called the Great White Throne Judgment.
ALL people of the earth will be judged by Jesus Christ.
All their works are written down in 2 books.
One is for those that have not accepted the blood atonement of Jesus to their lives, the other is for those who have.
Those who have not been covered by the blood will be judged according to the Law, i.e. the ten commandments.
Those who cannot pass the law will not be allowed to stay in Christs presence and go to the place that is reserved for the devil and his angels.
It does not matter what your faith was, nor your religion, whether you think that you are good or bad or whatever.
If you die too young to have anything to repent of, you are saved by proxy. If you never heard the gospel message, you get judged by the law.
Every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord of all.
And you can take that to the bank!
2007-09-20 22:41:03 · answer #2 · answered by plowmscat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the Bible, all people have the same outcome at death.
(Ecclesiastes 9:5-6) For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten. 6Â Also, their love and their hate and their jealousy have already perished, and they have no portion anymore to time indefinite in anything that has to be done under the sun.
Then they have the prospect of being resurrected. God remembers us all, even though in death we do not exist. The bible describes it as being 'asleep'
(Psalm 13:3) Do look [upon me]; answer me, O Jehovah my God. Do make my eyes shine, that I may not fall asleep in death,
Also Daniel 12;2...Acts 7;60, 13;36...1 Cor. 7;39
As to the resurrection...
(Revelation 20:12-13) And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and scrolls were opened. But another scroll was opened; it is the scroll of life. And the dead were judged out of those things written in the scrolls according to their deeds. 13Â And the sea gave up those dead in it, and death and Ha′des gave up those dead in them, and they were judged individually according to their deeds.
Their 'deeds' are not what they did in their past lives but what they do,how they react, to God's new system.
Their death 'paid' for any sins they committed.
(Romans 6:23) For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.
Wages is full payment. death is full payment for sins.
so at resurrection, our 'slate' is clean.
this belies the thought of any sort of 'eternal punishment'
2007-09-20 23:05:03 · answer #3 · answered by pugjw9896 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the bible, anyone who isn't a christian goes to hell. Jesus says, "I am the way, the truth and the life, no man comes to the father but by me." That seems pretty cut and dried to me. This kind of hatred and contempt for non-christians is just one more reason why I refuse to have anything to do with their religion.
2007-09-20 22:34:38 · answer #4 · answered by Jensenfan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a Christian by any means, but according to Dante's Inferno, pagans and the unbaptized are just beyond the very threshold of hell. I'm guessing this is where other religions would fall in the Christian view of hell.
2007-09-20 22:31:06 · answer #5 · answered by chrismc30590 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Non-Christians go to Hades to await judgment. The young go to Paradise to await judgment. Those who have never heard the Word are judged by their knowledge. Anyone who has a religion but does not repent and turn from sin go to Hades to await judgment.
2007-09-20 22:30:24 · answer #6 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, accually if Non-christians do not except christ before they die, They will go to hell. Truly good people or not, You must except Christ to go to heaven. I do not know aobut dying at a very young age, People may have their speculations but no one really knows.
2007-09-20 22:33:09 · answer #7 · answered by ca_license_pl8t 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
from my point of view everyone gets a chance to believe in Jesus. Everyone.
2007-09-20 22:33:47 · answer #8 · answered by sisterzeal 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They will go to heaven, of course. That's why Jesus died, so everyone could get into heaven, regardless of their sins.
2007-09-20 22:27:10 · answer #9 · answered by mandy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
refer back to Ya to Q&A.
2007-09-20 22:52:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋