Assume that his entire life, the atheist put his fellow man above himself, assume he fed the poor, comforted the sick and dying, championed the cause of peace. Assume we have someone who was baptized, lived their life in a nice house, looked at all the homeless and shook their head as they drove by, wanted to wage war on the godless infidels. Assuming there is a God--who would he want in the hereafter?
2007-12-07 06:05:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
both. God doesn't give up on us easily.
2007-12-07 06:08:20 · answer #1 · answered by phrog 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Could you boil that down to a question that can be answered? You have a long string of assumptions that are hard to connect to the question at the end.
"Assuming there is a God--who would he want in the hereafter?"
Who knows? That's part of the problem with religion in general. Gods never tell you what they want of you.
2007-12-07 06:09:16 · answer #2 · answered by tuyet n 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoever has the true love for God- No man can judge the heart- only God knows the true heart. However If this atheist did all these things- his judgment would be based on the light he has (knowledge of God ) --Everyone will have an opportunity to know about God- those that reject God will be rejected by God.
2007-12-07 06:16:23 · answer #3 · answered by darkness breeds 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Still attaching man's action to grace I see.
Your questions is moot since the actions of man do not predicate salvation. Faith in Jesus Christ is the basis of Christian salvation.
Regardless to the purity or imperfection of man's actions, grace through faith in Christ results in salvation. So the good actions of an Atheist or Christian do not win over the other in regard to salvation.
What I don't get is why some many atheists are here engaging the subject of God? Its like talking about purple people eaters... why bother. Don't you have better things to do?
2007-12-07 06:18:17 · answer #4 · answered by Consider_This 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll go with the way to much assuming. We already know that the god the bible portrays is not known for fairness or cares about the whole of humanity.
2007-12-07 06:09:38 · answer #5 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on your definitions. If you define God to be someone who rewards works ahead of faith, then of course the atheist in your example would be a strong contender to enter heaven. If you define God to be someone who rewards faith ahead of works, then the atheist just goes to hell no matter what a 'good' person he is by human standards.
However, if we cannot tell what is good by human standards, how do we know that God is good? Maybe god is evil.
2007-12-07 06:09:59 · answer #6 · answered by Skep 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elvis
2007-12-07 06:09:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about no we don't. What a complete waste of energy. Sorry but as an atheist I have better things to contemplate than this kind of rubbish.
2007-12-07 07:06:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is the same question as "can someone go to heaven if they never heard of Jesus Christ?"
I believe your first man would go to heaven and I believe that his actions are the definition of what God meant by "accept Christ as your savior".
2007-12-07 06:10:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The atheist of course. its not that you follow i certain religion, its that you follow what those religions are supposed to be teaching you. Comfort those in need of comfort, clothe the naked, feed the hungry, morn with those who morn, you get the picture right?
2007-12-07 06:10:42 · answer #10 · answered by nik 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assume it is not required that either one of them be chosen to receive salvation.
2007-12-07 06:10:42 · answer #11 · answered by sympleesymple 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋