Most people chose "B"
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Which person deserves to go to heaven the most? Choose from this list?
A. A Christian who does good to get a reward in the after life
B. An Atheist who does good for the sake of mankind
C. One who has sinned (murder, rape, ect.) his whole life but always asked for forgiveness
D. One who does good just in case God is real
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2007-10-09 09:15:16 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I plan on a death bed confession myself.
God can let you be evil your whole life, just as long as you find him before you die. Live a little Christians. (anyway)
People should do things because they want to, not because Jesus or God tells them they have to.
I agree people who do it because they want to are better people, and are the ones I would want to keep if I were God
2007-10-09 09:21:22 · answer #1 · answered by Parrot Bay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the sense that an Atheist IS AN UNBELIEVER than NO, he or she should not be able to enter the kingdom of Heaven, but God is such a loving and merciful God, even to unbelievers, if they are heavy laden, burdened, at death and call upon his name and accept him in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, he/she shall be delivered and able to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. So with that explanation, YES an Atheist as an unbeliever now, who becomes a believer later or at anytime in his/her lifetime when calling upon God's name ... YES, he/she will be able to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven!! ... Great question!
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2007-10-09 16:20:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nobody deserves heaven, period!
Christians believe heaven is a free gift of God's grace. True Christians should be humble because they really deserve hell, but Christ paid for our sins!'
Christianity has nothing to do with how "good of a person we are" because we all have sinned whether you want to admit or not. Christianity is about the death and resurrection of Christ for our sins.
2007-10-09 16:17:58 · answer #3 · answered by Stephanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By Atheist, I assume you mean Atheist to the Judeo-Christian god.
I would say B, obviously. Doing good works for the sake of others is much less of a selfish act than good works for your own salvation.
2007-10-09 16:21:01 · answer #4 · answered by Moonlit Hemlock 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well it comes down to your values. Do you think a person who claims to be christian but is a horrible person deserves to go to heaven over a good person who had a valid reason not to believe in god?
It is the people who think otherwise that scare me. That is a god I want nothing to do with that is for sure. I don't really think an omnipotent being would care so much for our praise.
2007-10-09 16:18:08 · answer #5 · answered by alana 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
it is my understanding that atheists do not believe in heaven, so I rather doubt any of them will go there. I personally believe in another level of existence both before and after this life, so I don't plan on being in heaven either.
2007-10-09 16:24:59 · answer #6 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want to inflict "heaven" on an atheist? I mean, if it really is nice, sure, B. But I haven't seen a grounds map or an activity schedule yet. It might not be all it's cracked up to be.
2007-10-09 16:20:34 · answer #7 · answered by skepsis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The problem is most practitioners of both organized religion and atheism who mouth off on this site, are pompous pseudo intellectuals who think they have some superior knowledge the other is too stupid to grasp.
2007-10-09 16:22:31 · answer #8 · answered by Dr 8'lls 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
atheists do good because it is beneficial to all including themselves yes but, we also do "evil" in the eyes of "church goers" by denoucing the "lords" existance so if the dogma of " whatever you hold true on earth i'll hold true in heaven" is true we are breaking mans laws and in turn the "lords" laws.
2007-10-09 16:20:38 · answer #9 · answered by ChristopheMinnik 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B. Atheist
2007-10-09 16:19:52 · answer #10 · answered by whitepaperbag 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋