12-30-2008, 10:59 PM
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| WC's Resident Redneck | Re: Athiest in Heaven?
Quote: | I believe that if there is a heaven, it's the actions you take over the course of your life that dictate whether you get in or not. I don't think that you have to label yourself one way or another to gain admission.
If the words of the New Testament are 100% truthful, the quote listed above ("I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”) does not necessarily mean a person needs to call themselves a "christian" to gain admission to heaven. This is because you can follow the teachings of Christ without labeling yourself a christian.
Jesus's teachings were about living a life full of love, caring, forgiveness, and so on. Everybody can live such a life, whether they be Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Atheist, Agnostic, or any other religion. Love and thoughtfulness are not attributes that are exclusive to christians.
My belief is that if we are judged by God, he will take into account our actions more than the label (Christian, Jewish, etc.) we chose. | It is appealing to look at it that way but it is simply not what the Bible says. Titus 3: 5-7
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
__________________ There'll be no sorrow there, no more burdens to bear,
No more sickness, no more pain, no more parting over there;
And forever I will be with the One who died for me,
What a day, glorious day that will be. |
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