Let's just for a moment consider the fact that the Heaven and Hell concept is real.
If Mother Theresa did not know Jesus, and if someone happened to preach to her about him and God and show her the bible and all, and she still decided to follow her faith (whatever it may be ). And presumably still doing what she does best. Being the embodiment of Love. Giving care and love for all. Washing a leper's wounds. Helping the needy.
Would her soul burn in Hell?
Even after, being the selfless soul that she was. Even after being the epitome of Love.
Christians, all i need is a yes or a no answer. I do not need verses from the bible. All i need is an answer to the question.
If she had been from another faith and had refused to accept JC, would her soul burn in Hell?
2007-10-07 17:51:56 · 19 answers · asked by sabrewilde666 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
She very well might have been an atheist at her time of death, her writings revealed that she at times doubted the existence of a deity, and in the popular model of God actions don't really matter do they? Hitler could be flying among the angels right now if he repented his sins while Ghandi is frying in hell.
Nevertheless, both the belief and actions archetypes of an afterlife are seriously philosophically flawed.
Belief, as has been proven many times through global and national statistics and child psychology studies, is almost always based on the environment is raised in, the further the indoctrination goes in childhood, the less likely it is a child will question their religion in which they were indoctrinated anytime in their lives. In example, those born in most places in Asia will almost certainly be a Hindu.
The works method has its own set of problems. Sure, many people do evil things in this world, but does that make them evil? Do you know what kind of screwed up conditions most criminals grow up in? The old nature vs nurture discussion. If you had the same genes as these people, and went through all of the experiences that shaped who they are, you can't say you would not be doing the exact same things.
A large portion of the prison population is black; does this mean that black people are just somehow more prone to committing crimes and harmful acts against others? No, it means that unfortunately there is still a much larger percentage of black child growing up in very poor, often abusive conditions, without many positive role models in their lives. Fortunately, this trend is starting to change for the better, as is the over representation of blacks in the criminal justice system.
Mix in mental illness with this, many of which can actually be brought on by traumatic experiences (an actual physiological observance), and you have a whole other set of problems.
The only after life that could possibly match with the laws of the human condition and the universe is the state of mind approach, made popular by Buddhism, which is a atheistic religion based on natural laws, so talk of a God is not necessary here.
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2007-10-07 18:01:55 · answer #1 · answered by Jett 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A good question -
I am a Hindu. Though mother Theresa was a Christian I accepted her. I have seen her personally a few times about 3-4 decades before and had the opportunity to talk to her. She served for the Poorest or the Poor in the Gutters of Calcutta. She never saw Christianity there and saw only people's suffering. She never preached any faith.
Let us for a moment imagine, if she has gone to Hell or Heaven Hindu Gods, I am sure she will get the respect there also, because Gods know her sacrifice for the humanity.-
2007-10-07 18:10:31 · answer #2 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Please understand that Mother Teresa served humanity, she did not serve on the basis of caste or religion. The wounds of lepers that she cleaned were irrespective of caste or religion. Hers was a pious soul that had incarnated in a human form on earth to teach a lesson in compassion and self less love to humanity. Such souls are highly evolved and are beyond the concepts of religious beliefs, heaven or hell. Mother was sent to earth by God and she was God's very favorite, she could not burn in hell even had she been of Hindu, Buddha, Islam, Jew or any other faith. She was of Christian faith that never came in her path of serving humanity rather her faith helped her in her mission. Mother was not an ordinary human being.
2007-10-07 19:14:32 · answer #3 · answered by crewsaid 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.
We all do not have the same paradise. We all do not have the same rewards in Heaven.
It is not egalitarian.
And as for hell, if you read Revelations, you will see that Satan was killed in the lake of fire. Once that happened, there was no need for all that fire.
Now, hell is a place where souls go to be washed clean repeatedly until they are in a better state. There is no more burning, only washing.
I can back that up with scripture but you asked me not to.
2007-10-07 18:03:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If MT had not known Jesus, through no fault of her own, there's little doubt that she would also be in heaven today.
God is love, and love is just another word for charity.
So, all things considered, ANYONE who departs this earthly existence with at least some charity remaining in their soul is not likely to be judged to hell.
2007-10-07 23:17:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have no idea. Just because she was Catholic doesn't mean that she didn't have a personal relationship with Jesus. If she didn't, even though she spent her life helping the poor and sacrificing so much, the truth is that she is in hell. Also, it's an insult to me that you would say that Catholics are "heretics," even though I'm Protestant. They simply don't realize the truth of Jesus, and that you need to accept Him, or else everything is done in vain. Please don't do that again.
2016-04-07 10:31:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes according to Christians but no according to the bible read the book of Acts 24:15 and see the categories of people to be resurrect it.
2007-10-07 17:58:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mother Theresa lived a good live and was loved. That's the heaven she made. On earth. I don't buy the afterlife jazz.
2007-10-07 17:55:53 · answer #8 · answered by 354gr 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
According to some Christians, she IS burning in Hell, so why do you ask this as a hypothetical?
http://www.freepres.org/pamphlet_details.asp?teresa
http://www.challies.com/archives/articles/the-myth-of-mot.php
2007-10-07 18:00:13 · answer #9 · answered by Nandina (Bunny Slipper Goddess) 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mother theresa was a christian... she believed in jesus christ.. how ignorant you are protestant!!! her soul is not in the hell.. the hell is only for those who are evils in this life... and you are so judgemental with that aptitude... the catholic church is christian too..
2007-10-07 17:56:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋