Give a rational explanation(not Bible verses) why a Nazi murderer can reach heaven,but not the Jewish victim?

Question

This assumes that after the war the Nazi has repented, and has accepted Christ.

Answer 1

There's no rational explanation for a believe which hasn't been confirmed.
Now, if we are talking fantasy, if there was a heaven, the Jews have their own idea of it. Why would they care if a Nazi went to Christian heaven or not?
Besides, wasn't he a Jew? Jews had accepted Christ, not as their Messiah, but as a Historical figure. So, there you go they have two ways to get to the so called "Heaven".

Answer 2

I once engaged in a discussion with my sister and niece about just that subject. They insisted that, if Hitler was a Christian and sincerely repented and professed his belief in Christ, that he would indeed be welcome in Heaven, while the "infidel" Jews whom he exterminated would be condemned to Hell. As an agnostic, there was no way that I could accept such an absurd and cruel concept. The debate was quite heated and I found myself becoming angry -- a ridiculous position for an agnostic! So I desisted in arguing with them and have never done so since; that was many years ago. They remain Christians and I remain agnostic. In my opinion there is no rational explanation that a deity with any sense, intelligence, and compassion would allow Hitler into heaven nor condemn nonbelievers of any persuasion to hell simply for their inabilities to accept a specific dogma! I think that a conscious entity possessing the ability to imagine and produce a Cosmos would not then be petty, narrow-minded, and vengeful!

Answer 3

Here's one:
The God of the Christians, Jews, and Moslems evolved out of a primitive, legalistic, and despotic mediterranean deity who rewards those who make the correct sacrifices and follow his rules, and condemns anybody who does not. How much you suffered in life, how you die, or what you do towards your fellow man is irrelevant as far as salvation is concerned. Under Christianity you could kill a million people, repent at the last second and acklowledge Jesus' sacrifice for your sins, and still go to heaven. But of course, an outspoken atheist or pagan who lives a moral and benevolent life but refuses to accept that god will go straight to hell or will otherwise fall upon great misfortune and deserves it. Interesting, isn't it.

Answer 4

there is a general understanding that in a war situation killing is not always murder. some of those nazi's werent any more thrilled about the haulocost than the jews were, but they were forced to act in certain ways in order to save their own lives and the lives of their families. i do not believe that murder is okay, but just because a jewish person was killed because of his or her ancestry, does not automatically mean that he or she was a good person before hand. if someone is a bad person, and is killed unrepentedly, than that person does not deserve heaven. if a nazi was forced to act against his will and regretted his actions, i do not feel that he should be punished for acting on his basic instinct of protecting his own life and the lives of his family. i do not think that peoples religions matter at all in their salvation, just their faith in god and in humanity and the way they lived their lives

Answer 5

You just answered your own question. .he repented and accepted Christ.

Of course, the only way he can really reach Heaven is if he honestly meant the repentance and truly accepted Christ and upheld the lifestyle that Christ expects you to.

Answer 6

why can't you atheists get it through your thick skulls that no sin is bigger than God's grace and that if you TRULY repent for your sins and accept Christ, you will enter heaven.
why does the jewish victim have to be assumed to be wonderfully perfect and not going to heaven just because he/she was killed by a nazi? what about jews killing jews?

Answer 7

Does this also assume the Jew has not accepted Yeshua as his Messiah?

The Bible is clear that to transgress in one portion of the Law is the same as transgressing in all matters. If this is so, then to be a Nazi and commit war crimes is a sin not any more worthy of hell than to simply reject Jesus as the Messiah. This is because God is a holy God and it does not matter to Him if you commit one sin, or a million. He cannot abide your presence because His holiness would destroy you.

That is why Jesus had to die, because nothing you could do could save you from God's wrath, no matter if you are German, Jewish, or any other race.

Answer 8

who ever said that a nazi is going to heaven and not the jewish victem? how does it assum that? i dont believe that it is possible to go to heaven if you brutally murdured people. not even if they suddenly went, oh ok i accept Christ now.

Answer 9

That does not make sense. Accepting Jesus does not equate to following his teachings and that is waht must be done. Still you see th eoutside picture but you cannot and are not reading the hearts of both these people. The heart and willingness to serve God will kind of decide what happens between both individuals. God is the last judge and his judgements are rightoues so know one knows who will be going where as we do not have the ability to be God and execute his judgments.

Answer 10

Well if the Nazi was truely sorry and did his best to admend his sins. If the jews person lived a horrible sinfulled life and didnt care abotu anything and didnt follow God's laws (613)