I like that, Tracy.

Maybe you missed your calling!



>There is only a problem if you accept that there is only one heaven. Maybe Jesus' statement 'In my Father's house are many mansions' is an allusion to many heavens. What if there are many heavens and each religion leads its souls to a different place? Given the propensity for those of differing religions to argue, it is probably better if God created a place for everyone and those places were not the same. Perhaps all Christians go to the same heaven as Jesus but the other religions have their own heaven. Since the Bible is written by men (inspired by God) and men are fallible, who knows if they got it right or not? Afterall, it is written in the scriptures that it is not man's thoughts but God's breathing while men were borne by the Holy Spirit. The only source to base that on is the scriptures and those interpretating the scriptures.
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>>>>> If they did not trust in Christ's work alone to save them - then yes - they ended up in Hell. If they did trust in Christ's work to save them - then they are in Heaven.
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>>>>>Thank you for answering.
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>>>>>If I could possibly ask you, for one second, to indulge me, to believe (if even hypothetically) that your body and soul belong to you and only you....how do you feel about that???
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>>>>>That millions of people were experimented with, burned, tortured, and killed - because of their beliefs...and then after they died, for their troubles, they spend all of eternity in hell and all that comes with it (as the Bible describes). How do you feel about that?
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>>>>>For my own sake, it's an academic argument, I don't believe in heaven and hell. But I'm curious to hear your opinion on it.
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>>>>I think that is horrendous that people were burned, tortured and killed - because of their beliefs.
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>>>>However, I know that each one of them either rejected Christ or believed in Him. That choice - and that choice alone is what determines their eternal home. This is something I am 100% comfortable with.
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>>>Wait a minute!!! And their murderers, the Christian Nazis went to heaven, if they confessed their sins, blah-blah-blah?
>>>If that's the gist of your belief then you're not worth the argument/discussion. All the millions of poor people who lived before JC, and never had the benefit of His teachings, went to hell regardless. For that matter, all the BILLIONS of people who STILL don't receive it, i.e. people of other religions, who don't have this "choice", go to hell. What heaven is an exclusive Christain club?
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>>I would doubt that the Nazis were Christians (although I cannot see into their hearts and cannot really know.) They did not exhibit behavior consistant with the Christian beliefs.
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>>The millions who lived before Jesus had the testimony of the many OT believers who professed a belief in the coming Messiah (Jesus.) Those who believed in that promise are in Heaven today.
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>>Yes, Heaven is an exclusive Christian place. Only those who place their trust in the work of Christ will be there. Other religions who refuse to accept Christ will not be there.