I suppose the remark about laughing that you posted is because once the non-believers die they will go to hell while the true
Christians go to heaven?
If only born - again
Christians go to heaven, then the piles of suitcases and bags of human hair displayed at the Holocaust Museum represent thousands upon thousands of men, women, and children suffering eternal agony and the hands of angry God.
Why does a good Buddhist go to hell, but a bad
Christian go to heaven?
Not exact matches
So,
to be plain in my answer: if both hetero and gay couple are
Christians and they die living out that life - style, I believe they will NOT
go to heaven.
My niece once asked, which was correct -(1) when a
Christian dies, they
go to heaven right away or (2) do they stay in the grave until Jesus returns
to earth?
Let's say there is a hetero and same sex couple, both equal in every way, both born - again
Christians, they do all the same things are are the type of congregants pastors dream about; are they all
going to heaven or is one
going to hell or are they both
going to hell, why or why not?
To Christians: Q3) To those considering Jesus being the Son of God: Do you feel as being more special as if you were as sons of God and that what ever you do good or bad you will not be held accountable for but rather will go straight to the heavens, paradise directly with out any judgment or any punishmen
To Christians: Q3)
To those considering Jesus being the Son of God: Do you feel as being more special as if you were as sons of God and that what ever you do good or bad you will not be held accountable for but rather will go straight to the heavens, paradise directly with out any judgment or any punishmen
To those considering Jesus being the Son of God: Do you feel as being more special as if you were as sons of God and that what ever you do good or bad you will not be held accountable for but rather will
go straight
to the heavens, paradise directly with out any judgment or any punishmen
to the
heavens, paradise directly with out any judgment or any punishment?
sam stone... The Great Commission demands that
Christian go out... Matthew 28:18 - 20 «Then Jesus came
to them and said, «All authority in
heaven and on earth has been given
to me.
After all, «Good people
go to heaven after they die» is one of the tenets of Moralistic Therapeutic Deism that sociologist
Christian Smith identified in his omnibus study of religious youth in America (Soul Searching).
Most
Christians don't understand how others might see it as hate when they make the claim that their
heaven & heII exists and that those not invited
to heaven are
going to go to heII
to be tormented and tortured for eternity and the only way
to salvation is
to accept their God as your Lord and Savior... They think
to themselves that they are just trying
to help by condemning those they dislike and who don't worship the same way they do, but that doesn't change it from what it is, «hate filled».
Who is
going to heaven,
christians, jews, mormons or muslims?
The new pope stated atheists could
go to heaven, contrary
to most
Christians telling us we will burn in hell for all eternity simply for using critical thinking.
Christians do not then force others
to believe anything, but rather
go to their homes as Jesus commanded his genuine disciples to do, seeking to discuss, reason and hopefully teach them about our Creator, Jehovah God and his kingdom, for Jesus said just before he ascended to heaven: «Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations... teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you.&raqu
go to their homes as Jesus commanded his genuine disciples
to do, seeking
to discuss, reason and hopefully teach them about our Creator, Jehovah God and his kingdom, for Jesus said just before he ascended
to heaven: «
Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations... teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you.&raqu
Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations... teaching them
to observe all the things I have commanded you.»
So could you honestly say that you don't think anyone has ever become religious, especially much later on in life as the end isn't far off (and even statistics that common sense would tell you should trend the opposite way, ie, someone who's
gone 70, 75 years not believing in god or
heaven, decides then
to become a devote
Christian?
Christian churches spend millions on travel
to places that are 95 % Catholic (think Mexico & Costa Rica) because despite the fact that these people have known and prayed
to Jesus their whole lives, they still aren't
going to heaven because they didn't say the magic «Jesus save me» chant.
First and foremost in the thinking of these Next
Christians is the rediscovery that the gospel is not just about evangelism so people can receive eternal life and
go to heaven when they die (cf. pp. 66, 192).
-- like the Republican evangelicals who all think their church is the most
Christian, the most right, the only ones
going to heaven yet ignore the real teachings of Jesus by judging others, ignoring charity and the needs of their community, not understanding when the Lord's Prayer begins with «Our» Father — the «Our» is not just white people.
So here is my question, more for the religious than anyone else: If you know you will
go to heaven because the doctrine your foliow says you will (i.e.
christians declaring jesus is their lord and savior, or muslims believing in Allah and Muhammed) then why is there any sadness at a wake or a funeral at all?
Joseph Ratzinger had answered from the
Christian perspective precisely the question that Pope Francis» homily raised (if less reverently) in some circles of skeptics yesterday: If non-believers can
go to heaven, why bother with faith at all?
Dallas Willard puts it this way: «For most American
Christians, the gospel is about getting my sins forgiven so I can
go to heaven when I die.»
Usually, even a non-
Christian knows something about the earth, the
heavens, and other elements of the world... Now it is a disgraceful and dangerous thing for an unbeliever
to hear a
Christian, presumably giving the meaning of Holy Scripture, talking nonsense on these topics... How are they
going to believe these books in matters concerning the resurrection of the dead, the hope of eternal life, and the kingdom of
heaven?
I especially do not understand the meddling on the part of
Christians who would tell you that they believe aborted fetuses
go to heaven, anyway.
Besides that, in
Christian theology fallen angels do not
go up
to heaven in the end, but down
to the other place.
In the meantime, Mike and Michelle, (who are
Christians, as evidenced by a previous conversation in which they urge Joe and Jane
to abstain from the aforementioned drinking of alcohol and having sex),
go straight
to heaven, where they are told by Jesus (the church pastor) that they are finally home for eternity.
By «old conviction» do you mean that maybe many more people do
go to heaven even though they may not be
Christians by our standards or understanding?
I think the point of the cartoon was that there is a belief among most
Christians (Catholic and Protestant alike) that there is something special about Jesus the man that is other - worldly and
goes far beyond just a man with a good message — and if you «take in» Jesus then you get certain special privileges (like
going to heaven).
I think that this phenomenon illustrates NT Wright's point that «a massive assumption has been made in Western Christianity that the purpose of being a
Christian is simply, or at least mainly, «
to go to heaven when you die.
Some
Christians are more offended by the idea of everyone
going to heaven than by the idea of everyone
going to hell.
Almost all
Christians have some sort of idea that
heaven is
going to be one long, unending church service.
I even asked one time, how do you know that
Christians will
go to heaven?
Even if they attempt
to explain away «No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in
heaven nor the Son, but only the Father» (Mark 13:32), they can not explain away that most every
Christian, theologian, scholar, and prophet from the first Century until the Nineteenth Century all believed that the church would
go through the Great Tribulation and not escape through some secret rapture that would leave the world paralyzed.
and... is
going to come and kill all of the unrighteous and send them
to an «eternal fiery hell» while he and all the «good / believing»
Christians are whisked off
to «
heaven.»
If your a
christian you get
to sin as much as you want and still
go to heaven because you believe.
So I wish
to make it very clear I am
going to ask a questions
to LEARN not
to argue: What does the story of the Isrealites and the manna from
heaven mean
to you personally, as a «conservative»
Christian?
They taught that they were the only
Christians and that only people in their denomination were
going to heaven.
First, not all
Christians believe that all babies
go to heaven when they die.
The «
christian view»
goes something like this, «there is a benevolent sky daddy who made some arbitrary rules that include condoning slavery and stoning unruly children
to death, and if I don't follow these rules, I burn in hell for all eternity... unless I ask for forgiveness at some point before I die, then all is forgiven and I live in
heaven for all eternity, even if I'm a baby rapist!».
To Christians: Q3) To those considering Jesus being the Son of God: Do you feel as being more special as if you were as sons of God and that what ever you do good or bad you will not be held accountable for but rather will go streight to the heavens, paradise directly with out any judgment or any punishmen
To Christians: Q3)
To those considering Jesus being the Son of God: Do you feel as being more special as if you were as sons of God and that what ever you do good or bad you will not be held accountable for but rather will go streight to the heavens, paradise directly with out any judgment or any punishmen
To those considering Jesus being the Son of God: Do you feel as being more special as if you were as sons of God and that what ever you do good or bad you will not be held accountable for but rather will
go streight
to the heavens, paradise directly with out any judgment or any punishmen
to the
heavens, paradise directly with out any judgment or any punishment?
We are all
going to heaven NOT because we are some super human
Christian like you are but simply because Jesus died on the cross for us and we rejoice in that sacrifice!
Only
Christians fetuses
go to heaven, the rest are just SOL.
@one sad
christian don't you know that only pastaforians
go to heaven.
As long as we think that the word «salvation» refers
to forgiveness of sin, eternal life, escaping hell, and
going to heaven when we die, we will always be confused about whether or not
Christians can lose salvation.
I like
to tell my friends that the LDS faith is the only
christian faith you can disagree with and still
go to heaven.
«If the only benefit of being a
Christian is that you get
to go to heaven, most unchurched people don't care,» McConnell said.
Whereas, lukewarm
Christians would not feel convicted from their sins, and think that grace will cover it all, and that they're
going to heaven, but in reality, that's not the case.
If you are elect, if you are a
Christian, you are
going to heaven, no matter what.
I faced the same dilemma when I was a
Christians about whether I was
going to heaven or not.
I live my life as a
christian woman and YES, I know, beyond all shadows of doubt, my soul will be
going to heaven!
Like I'm basically saying I'm a
Christian and I'm
going to heaven and since you're not a
Christian you're
going to hell.
The orthodox belief that the dead
go immediately
to heaven to be with Jesus has sometimes caused
Christians to try
to not grieve, but
to rejoice.