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Do other religions go to hell?

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This thread is not going to be critical at all, just inquisitive to satiate my curiosity.

This mainly a question directed towards people of the Christian faiths.

Do people that believe differently, i.e. Buddhists, go to hell for their beliefs?
 
Absolutely!

ANYBODY who doesn't believe exactly like me is doomed to the gnashing of teeth, a lake of fire and telemarketer's calling them on the phone for eternity.
 
Unless you're an ass who has to think non-believers go to hell for eternity to make yourself feel smug about your faith I fail to see how any could believe this.
 
I don't believe any good and moral person goes to hell, no matter what they believe.
 
Unless you're an ass who has to think non-believers go to hell for eternity to make yourself feel smug about your faith I fail to see how any could believe this.


That's it old Wiseone! Off to hell you go!
 
This thread is not going to be critical at all, just inquisitive to satiate my curiosity.

This mainly a question directed towards people of the Christian faiths.

Do people that believe differently, i.e. Buddhists, go to hell for their beliefs?

I believe the people you want to answere - the people who would say yes - will avoid this thread because they are cowards who hate nothing more than looking like bigots, even though they are.
 
There are three primary schools of thought among Christiandom.


1. "Those nations that forget God will be cast into hell"; therefore those of other religions are damned, if they never repent and accept Jesus.

2. People are not judged on what they were in ignorance of; we are only responsible for what we are aware of. Therefore those who grew up among other religions and don't know any better will be judged based on 'what they did with what they knew.' There is some scripture that can be used to support this argument, but it is a matter of much debate.

3. 'All paths lead up the same mountain.' This view doesn't really have any scriptural support to speak of, but enjoys a certain popularity anyway.


Take your pick. I don't know, that is for God to say.
 
Check out Russell Brand discussing who goes to hell, with the Westboro Baptist people.

 
This thread is not going to be critical at all, just inquisitive to satiate my curiosity.

This mainly a question directed towards people of the Christian faiths.

Do people that believe differently, i.e. Buddhists, go to hell for their beliefs?

This thread isn't going to be critical? Might look at a couple of the early replies. Lol.
 
Check out Russell Brand discussing who goes to hell, with the Westboro Baptist people.





Westboro is not representative of Christiandom in general, nor the Baptist denomination, nor anything really except Westboro itself... which we all know is totally brainfracked.

Just sayin'.
 
This is exactly how I was raised. Even the other Protestant denominations closely related to ours was going to hell. This is one of the concepts I had to work through before I came back to Church after several years away. I believe in a kind and forgiving God. I don't believe a kind and forgiving God would send a little Buddhist kid to hell cause he was born and died in the wrong place. I do believe if I woke up tomorrow and decided I was going to be Buddhist and died I would go to hell. I believe there are great people in all religions. I hope they go to heaven too.
Absolutely!

ANYBODY who doesn't believe exactly like me is doomed to the gnashing of teeth, a lake of fire and telemarketer's calling them on the phone for eternity.
 
There are three primary schools of thought among Christiandom.


1. "Those nations that forget God will be cast into hell"; therefore those of other religions are damned, if they never repent and accept Jesus.

2. People are not judged on what they were in ignorance of; we are only responsible for what we are aware of. Therefore those who grew up among other religions and don't know any better will be judged based on 'what they did with what they knew.' There is some scripture that can be used to support this argument, but it is a matter of much debate.

3. 'All paths lead up the same mountain.' This view doesn't really have any scriptural support to speak of, but enjoys a certain popularity anyway.


Take your pick. I don't know, that is for God to say.

I'll take Door #3.
 
There are three primary schools of thought among Christiandom.


1. "Those nations that forget God will be cast into hell"; therefore those of other religions are damned, if they never repent and accept Jesus.

2. People are not judged on what they were in ignorance of; we are only responsible for what we are aware of. Therefore those who grew up among other religions and don't know any better will be judged based on 'what they did with what they knew.' There is some scripture that can be used to support this argument, but it is a matter of much debate.

3. 'All paths lead up the same mountain.' This view doesn't really have any scriptural support to speak of, but enjoys a certain popularity anyway.


Take your pick. I don't know, that is for God to say.

One of my favorite lines in the movie Rudy was from the old priest. He said, "Son, as I get older I'm convinced of two things: there is a God and I'm not Him."
 
Well, I started this thread because a friend of mine from work is a staunch Pentecostal and doesn't back away from a religious discussion. So, today I asked him if people that believe other things go to hell because of their beliefs and used Buddhists for an example and his answer was a resounding yes. So, I furthered the discussion by asking if he believed that people that had no idea about God went to hell and his answer was no. So, I said, wouldn't you consider people that have grown up their entire lives believing this one way to be the same as people who have never heard of God. Therefore wouldn't go to hell. He of course didn't have an answer at the time. Sticking with people going to hell because of their beliefs I asked him, do Jews go to hell? Considering the don't believe anything in the New Testament and therefore don't believe Christ existed and yet they are "God's People."

So, it's just something I've been thinking on for the day.
 
In all honesty, I have encountered some Catholics that believe that accepting Jesus is not enough, you have to believe in the Church too and failure to do that leads to damnation. I mention that only to say that it does not concern me if people who have a different belief think I'm hellbound and I do wonder why something like that seem to bother other people so much. If it's not my belief, why should I care?
 
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Well, I started this thread because a friend of mine from work is a staunch Pentecostal and doesn't back away from a religious discussion. So, today I asked him if people that believe other things go to hell because of their beliefs and used Buddhists for an example and his answer was a resounding yes. So, I furthered the discussion by asking if he believed that people that had no idea about God went to hell and his answer was no. So, I said, wouldn't you consider people that have grown up their entire lives believing this one way to be the same as people who have never heard of God. Therefore wouldn't go to hell. He of course didn't have an answer at the time. Sticking with people going to hell because of their beliefs I asked him, do Jews go to hell? Considering the don't believe anything in the New Testament and therefore don't believe Christ existed and yet they are "God's People."

So, it's just something I've been thinking on for the day.


I've been asked the question about Jews (regular Judaism Jews, that is) and whether they go to hell for not accepting Jesus as Messiah, and my answer is "They're God's Chosen, so that's up to Him." :)


Call me crazy, but I've never ever claimed to have ALL the answers.
 
In all honesty, I have encountered some Catholics that believe that accepting Jesus is not enough, you have to believe in the Church too and failure to do that leads to damnation. I mention that only to say that it does not concern me if people who have a different belief think I'm hellbound and I do wonder something like that seem to bother other people so much. If it's not my belief, why should I care?


Depends on how much faith you have in what you believe, I suppose. As for me, my faith is in Jesus, not in any church, denomination, preacher or teacher.
 
I am reminded of a joke.

The Pope and the Dali Lama are having lunch.

The Pope says, "You do know that if you don't accept Jesus as your savior you will go to hell, don't you?

The Dali Lama says, "What about all the people who have never heard of Jesus?"

The Pope says, "God shall have mercy upon them."

The Dali Lama says, "Then why did you tell me?"
 
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I am reminded of a joke.

The Pope and the Dali Lama are having lunch.

The Pope says, "You do know that if you don't accept Jesus as your savior you will go to hell, don't you?

The Dali Lama says, "What about all the people who have never heard of Jesus?"

The Pope says, "God shall have mercy upon them."

The Dali Lama says, "The why did you tell me?"



I shouldn't have, but I LOL'd. :mrgreen:
 
This thread is not going to be critical at all, just inquisitive to satiate my curiosity.

This mainly a question directed towards people of the Christian faiths.

Do people that believe differently, i.e. Buddhists, go to hell for their beliefs?

Christianity is predicated upon foundation beliefs and foundation texts. There is a long, unbroken chain of people who hold faith with the Christian God which stretches from the present back to the very first day that God revealed himself to people. Think of it like an unbroken chain of evidence.

If God told those early believers that people who didn't believe in him went to Hell, then that settles the matter. He laid out the conditions and it's up to everyone who hears that message to comply with his wishes.

There are three problems.

1.) This is all hooey and God doesn't exist, or;
2.) There was a translation error between God's command and those Bronze Age people who heard the message, and ever since we've been following a message we don't really understand.
3.) There have been various reinterpretations of the message based on claims that earlier interpretations were faulty.

The truth is in there somewhere, the trick is in knowing how to find it.
 
I am reminded of a joke.

The Pope and the Dali Lama are having lunch.

The Pope says, "You do know that if you don't accept Jesus as your savior you will go to hell, don't you?

The Dali Lama says, "What about all the people who have never heard of Jesus?"

The Pope says, "God shall have mercy upon them."

The Dali Lama says, "Then why did you tell me?"

I guess that means the pope is Satan.
 
Christianity is predicated upon foundation beliefs and foundation texts. There is a long, unbroken chain of people who hold faith with the Christian God which stretches from the present back to the very first day that God revealed himself to people. Think of it like an unbroken chain of evidence.

If God told those early believers that people who didn't believe in him went to Hell, then that settles the matter. He laid out the conditions and it's up to everyone who hears that message to comply with his wishes.

There are three problems.

1.) This is all hooey and God doesn't exist, or;
2.) There was a translation error between God's command and those Bronze Age people who heard the message, and ever since we've been following a message we don't really understand.
3.) There have been various reinterpretations of the message based on claims that earlier interpretations were faulty.

The truth is in there somewhere, the trick is in knowing how to find it.

I agree that religion is built upon the religions that came before it and is forever evolving. When you speak of God first revealing Himself to mankind, I assume you are speaking of Ra, right?

Who was the first God? I imagine it would be the Sumarian God, right?
 
I agree that religion is built upon the religions that came before it and is forever evolving. When you speak of God first revealing Himself to mankind, I assume you are speaking of Ra, right?

Who was the first God? I imagine it would be the Sumarian God, right?

If you delve into the minutia of Hebrew Origins then we're living in a world with many competing gods and the battles that took place between the gods. Probably better for a different thread than this one. What we have before us is the end result of one tribe's victory and the rise of their god into GOD.
 
If you delve into the minutia of Hebrew Origins then we're living in a world with many competing gods and the battles that took place between the gods. Probably better for a different thread than this one. What we have before us is the end result of one tribe's victory and the rise of their god into GOD.

I always found confusing how a person can profess there is but one God, and profess that, that God commanded that they put no other God's before Him. I mean, if there was but one God, how could another God be put before him in the first place? Is God saying, "There may be a lot of gods, but I am GOD."

So, who are these other Gods? I mean, can't we give them their due as long as we don't place them on the top mantle?

And then other times I wonder who should be celebrated more. Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny?
 
I always found confusing how a person can profess there is but one God, and profess that, that God commanded that they put no other God's before Him. I mean, if there was but one God, how could another God be put before him in the first place? Is God saying, "There may be a lot of gods, but I am GOD."

It's a coherent position - it simply means that there is one God and the other gods are pretenders and false idols. God recognizes that humans are fooled by this and so he sets them straight.
 
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