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Do other religions go to hell?

RiverDad said:
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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You know what. I would LOVE to know what ancient being, diety, god, GOD, or whatever, initiated and planted the seed in mankind to make mankind look upon them as "GOD.". Not all this religious, make believe mumbo-jumbo.

I really regret mankind's inability to record and pass down history without taking a crap on it first.

I bet it was an extra-terrestrial. I know that sounds crazy, but when it comes to religious belief, crazy is necessary. LOL
 
X Factor said:
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."
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Exactly.
 
Captain America said:
You know what. I would LOVE to know what ancient being, diety, god, GOD, or whatever, initiated and planted the seed in mankind to make mankind look upon them as "GOD.".
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My money is on evolutionary adaptation. The mindset is seen within a lot of people. It changes form, but it's there. We see it in how Liberalism is constructed. We really see it strongly in Environmentalism. They've removed God and substituted some other sacred principle and then copied the religious template over. Original sin, redemption, penance.
 
Goshin said:
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.
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I don't have all the answers. Just most of the questions.
 
Captain America said:
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?
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Judaism at the time did not hold that there was only one god, just that their god was supreme over all the others. Exodus explicitly states that plagues fell on the Egyptian gods as well as the people. I recited that every year on Passover growing up. That kind of absolute monotheism is actually pretty modern. And even then, Christianity and Islam have a lot of demons and djinns and other minor supernatural creatures. They're essentially just lesser gods. In fact, as it was proselytizing its way through Europe, Christianity explicitly adopted gods from other cultures and turned them into various demons. The main depictions of the devil are just a straight lift of the Greek god Pan. Judaism at the time had a similar position toward gods like Ba'al. They were lesser and they were evil, but they were still powerful supernatural beings that could just as rightly be classified as gods. There isn't exactly a concrete definition for what a god is.

To the OP, I've been explicitly told by posters on this site that I would be in hell for all eternity upon my death, specifically for being an atheist. They seem positively gleeful about the idea, and it always comes with a tone of smugness. Won't I be sorry for being so stupid as to not just be like them? That kind of position doesn't seem to be particularly rare among the faithful. Prominent atheist writers receive declarations from devout Americans every day that they'll be burning forever. I can't imagine how much Pete Stark was told that he would be tortured forever for his atheism.
 
There is no eternal hell.

Gehennah, means destruction, i.e. Death, not an eternal Places of conscious torture.
 
DashingAmerican said:
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.
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The way it was explained to me was this: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16


The idea being that if you don't believe (reject), then you don't partake in the eternal life thing. So in other words it is a choice.
 
The only path to heaven is through Christ. If you don't accept Christ as your lord and saviour then you're damned. I know Mormons believe people can accept Christ postmortem, but I'm not sure of the other churches.

As an atheist, I plan on getting baptised by Mormons after my death just in case I'm wrong.
 
DashingAmerican said:
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?
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I don't believe that to be the case. I do know plenty of Christians who do believe that, as I was raised in a devoutly Christian home, and I do think that many of the Christians are moderating that opinion somewhat these days, but would bet it's still relatively common.

My own tendency is to think that whatever a person believes, happens, even if only transiently, and until the part of the person which survives death, acclimates somewhat to its new environment.
 
DashingAmerican said:
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?
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Not according to the Catholic Church and we hold the largest Christian membership with over 1 billion adherents.

I can't speak for individuals though and different christian denominations.
 
Del Zeppnile said:
The way it was explained to me was this: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16


The idea being that if you don't believe (reject), then you don't partake in the eternal life thing. So in other words it is a choice.
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Jews don't believe that John 3:16 ever happened. Are "God's chosen people" going to hell?
 
DashingAmerican said:
Do people that believe differently, i.e. Buddhists, go to hell for their beliefs?
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Not for a person's beliefs, no, but for behaviors. God holds the righteous atheist in higher esteem than a corrupt believer. Some go to hell for a short time, some for a while, some for a very long time, but in the end God saves everyone, even Lucifer.
 
“Say : O ye that reject Faith! I worship not that which ye worship, Nor ye worship that which I worship. And I will not worship that which ye have been wont to worship, Nor will ye worship that which I worship. To you be your Way, and to me mine. (The Noble Quran, 109:1-6)

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and Allah knows, while you do not...
 
Do murderers go to hell?

Yes.

Well what if a 10 year old is pressured by her parents into having an abortion (or some other mitigating circumstance exists)?

Well there are exceptions to the rule.

Do non-Catholics go to hell?

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Goshin said:
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.
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Really, none? Not John 14:2 "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you."
 
I'm gonna take you ALL to church!

 
Paschendale said:
Judaism at the time did not hold that there was only one god, just that their god was supreme over all the others. Exodus explicitly states that plagues fell on the Egyptian gods as well as the people. I recited that every year on Passover growing up. That kind of absolute monotheism is actually pretty modern. And even then, Christianity and Islam have a lot of demons and djinns and other minor supernatural creatures. They're essentially just lesser gods. In fact, as it was proselytizing its way through Europe, Christianity explicitly adopted gods from other cultures and turned them into various demons. The main depictions of the devil are just a straight lift of the Greek god Pan. Judaism at the time had a similar position toward gods like Ba'al. They were lesser and they were evil, but they were still powerful supernatural beings that could just as rightly be classified as gods. There isn't exactly a concrete definition for what a god is.

To the OP, I've been explicitly told by posters on this site that I would be in hell for all eternity upon my death, specifically for being an atheist. They seem positively gleeful about the idea, and it always comes with a tone of smugness. Won't I be sorry for being so stupid as to not just be like them? That kind of position doesn't seem to be particularly rare among the faithful. Prominent atheist writers receive declarations from devout Americans every day that they'll be burning forever. I can't imagine how much Pete Stark was told that he would be tortured forever for his atheism.
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Monotheism, does not mean nothing else can be called a god. It never has, it means only one entity may be worshiped exclusively as god, and is the creator of everything and supreme moral authority and so on.

There was no such thing as Judaism prior to the Return from exile in the 400s BC, the majority of the hebrew bible talks prior to that. Before then, what People Call Yahwehism WAS a monotheist religion, HOWEVER, Yahweh as a God was worshiped by People who also worshiped other Gods, but the temple cult, was always exclusivist.
 
Many paths, one destination. There is no eternal hell.
 
RogueWarrior said:
difficult to prove either assertion
too bad most religions don't feel that way.
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None of it can be proved. The best way is to be brave enough to live life with peace, love and understanding for all people, regardless of what or how you believe. Easier said than done, at least for me. But, I keep trying.
 
RogueWarrior said:
difficult to prove either assertion
too bad most religions don't feel that way.
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Buddhists aren't terribly worried about proof in an empirical sense. We prove or disprove the truth of what we are taught ourselves, every day and internally. It's very liberating, not having an orthodoxy that you HAVE to believe. You yourself simply KNOW when what you're doing is helpful or destructive. You don't need telling, you just need encouraging to follow the path your own conscience is telling you is correct. How simple is that? And how tough?
 
Paschendale said:
Christianity explicitly adopted gods from other cultures and turned them into various demons. The main depictions of the devil are just a straight lift of the Greek god Pan.
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Not a chance. Christianity has its roots in the Old Testament and in a historical individual named Jesus Christ.

Pagan roots are always claims, but not one of those who claim it can show the who, what, where, when, and how it was allegedly lifted from paganism.
 
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