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Phat Member  Posts: 18350 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Drewsky writes: No. Not at all. I've always wondered this. If the way to heaven is through acceptance of Jesus into your heart, the alternative being damnation, what happens to all non-Christian peoples of the earth?I was told as a child that those people chose to live in ignorance of God and therefore deserved Hell. Phat writes: What about "seek and ye shall find?" IMHO, people do not find God. He finds them. Anyone who honestly seeks God will find Him and will not need to be indoctorinated by a religion in order to get a backstage pass to Heaven! I personally believe that Jesus, as God incarnate, IS the Way, but I also believe that anyone in the world who seeks with an honest heart will inevitably encounter Christ on this path. Obviously, the best possible scenario is that only one religion is truly right and the rest either innacurate or plain wrong. And the odds of even that are low. Consider the endless permutations of most religion's holy texts over time.Phat writes: Its not that there is one right religion. Its that there is One God who loved the world and sent His Son (Incarnate)...but words cannot define this communion. You will know in your heart when your seeking is on target! So why do people choose one religion over another and defend them to the death, when obviously most of them (if not all of them) are wrong?Phat writes: Indoctorination. As for myself, I found God through His impartation of Spirit...however...this was reinforced by Religious dogma...so I was understandably confused about what people wanted me to do while remaining assured of God in my heart. Im still sorting this out!  When a sweet 11 year old Buddhist dies, does he go to Christian hell for not believing in Christ? IMHO, when this child dies, he/she will meet Jesus at that point and would have no reason to reject Him. Its Organized Religion that turns people off to Christ---not Christ Himself! This message has been edited by Phat, 02-04-2006 08:38 AM
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