will this guy still go to heaven?

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  • DixieNDixieN Posts: 351
    I don't think there is a heaven or hell, so I don't think he's going to do anything but die and rot like the rest of us. But, in the meantime, he might have some serious remorse, if he has any conscience at all.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    He won't go to heaven because i don't think heaven exists.
    I don’t believe in god because nobody has proven his existence.

    When i was little i believed, because it seemed to be the safest path. I was raised Catholic and and looked at it this way..

    If you believe in god and he exists, you get to go to heaven.
    If you believe in god and he doesn’t exist, nothing happens.
    If you don’t believe in god and he exists, you go to hell.
    If you don’t believe in god and he doesn’t exist, nothing happens.
    writersu wrote:
    God protects the weak and the young I have been taught.
    I respect your views but don't agree. If, your god is real, how does he choose who to protect? Some kids live. Some die. What's the criteria you have to meet to be 'worthy' of being saved.
  • writersuwritersu Posts: 1,867
    Pj_Gurl wrote:
    He won't go to heaven because i don't think heaven exists.
    I don’t believe in god because nobody has proven his existence.

    When i was little i believed, because it seemed to be the safest path. I was raised Catholic and and looked at it this way..

    If you believe in god and he exists, you get to go to heaven.
    If you believe in god and he doesn’t exist, nothing happens.
    If you don’t believe in god and he exists, you go to hell.
    If you don’t believe in god and he doesn’t exist, nothing happens.


    I respect your views but don't agree. If, your god is real, how does he choose who to protect? Some kids live. Some die. What's the criteria you have to meet to be 'worthy' of being saved.


    OK so all kinds of people get what they don't deserve; beleivers and non beleivers. But what I mean is that those who hurt innocent people will get judged for their behavior.
    I will never understand why some things happen to people. That is where my faith is tested time and time again. And sometimes it doesn't pass the test.
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    Pj_Gurl wrote:
    He won't go to heaven because i don't think heaven exists.
    I don’t believe in god because nobody has proven his existence.

    When i was little i believed, because it seemed to be the safest path. I was raised Catholic and and looked at it this way..

    If you believe in god and he exists, you get to go to heaven.
    If you believe in god and he doesn’t exist, nothing happens.
    If you don’t believe in god and he exists, you go to hell.
    If you don’t believe in god and he doesn’t exist, nothing happens.
    ...
    I heard this decades ago when I was going to Bible study as a teen and saw the hypocracy of the Church, it's leaders and it's followers.
    This logic tried to convince me it is in my best interests to Believe in God (Jesus)... JUST IN CASE He exists.
    I said, I'm sorry... I can't believe as a Cover My Ass contingency. And if you are the type who would believe, 'Just in Case'... what does that tell me about you? What does it tell you about yourself.
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    writersu wrote:
    OK so all kinds of people get what they don't deserve; beleivers and non beleivers. But what I mean is that those who hurt innocent people will get judged for their behavior.
    I will never understand why some things happen to people. That is where my faith is tested time and time again. And sometimes it doesn't pass the test.
    ...
    We shouldn't blame or credit God for that. It is chance... probability and outcome. If you place yourself in potentially dangerous situations, there is a greater probability that you will experience danger.
    Con men getting away with stuff has nothing to do with God. They are simply men who can recognize human weaknesses and pery on them and have no remorse.. for whatever reasons.
    ...
    We just WANT God to exist so they don't get away with it. We want God to exist so O.J. doesn't get away with it.
    Truth is... there's a chance that O.J. will get away with it. And it is beyond our control.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    NMyTree wrote:
    Not believing is the only thing, unforgivable.

    :D:D


    Sheesh, just typing that out illustrates it's absurdity ....it's lunacy.

    not true. suicide is unforgiveable as well. you cant ask forgiveness for killing yourself. not that i would ask... but apparently thems the rules.
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    I heard this decades ago when I was going to Bible study as a teen and saw the hypocracy of the Church, it's leaders and it's followers.
    This logic tried to convince me it is in my best interests to Believe in God (Jesus)... JUST IN CASE He exists.
    I said, I'm sorry... I can't believe as a Cover My Ass contingency. And if you are the type who would believe, 'Just in Case'... what does that tell me about you? What does it tell you about yourself.
    It's ok cosmo, i already said i don't believe anymore. (not sure if that last comment was directed at me or not sorry) I was just a little kid, wanting to please my parents. I was innocent, hadn't been exposed to things that made me question faith and i absolutely believed pretty much anything a grown up told me. As you do.
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    Pj_Gurl wrote:
    It's ok cosmo, i already said i don't believe anymore. (not sure if that last comment was directed at me or not sorry) I was just a little kid, wanting to please my parents. I was innocent, hadn't been exposed to things that made me question faith and i absolutely believed pretty much anything a grown up told me. As you do.
    ...
    Sorry. No, it was not directed at you.
    It was said to those people who tried that voodoo logic on me as a teen.
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    catch22 wrote:
    so much thinly veiled prejudice here.

    as to the subject at hand, i find it interesting the violence and hatred in here. i've noticed something in movies and tv and books these days. we've become totally desensitized. murderers, fraud, whatever. it doesn't scare us anymore and it doesn't disgust us and there is a mountain of excuses and rationalizations for all of them. crimes against children is all that's left. think about this next time you pick up a thriller about a serial killer or watch a tv show or movie about someone who is supposed to be some embodiment of evil. 9 times out of 10, they'll throw child abuse in there, because nothing else shocks us anymore. it's the last bastion.

    not saying this guy doesn't deserve it, just saying there's something wrong with a culture that treats ted bundy as a celebrity and wears t-shirts for him and will only muster moral outrage when it's something like this involved.
    Aint that the truth. Please stay, I like your posts.

    That is all..
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    chopitdown wrote:
    Matthew 7

    "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

    21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'
    Bingo. We've got a winner!
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  • dunkman wrote:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7596168.stm

    he's a vicar with over 55,000 pics of children. now obviously he is a sexual deviant of the worst kind... but he also believes in god... am i right in saying that he goes to heaven under the whole belief in god loophole that most death-row prisoners try?
    ummm.... wasn't he suspended from the church and positions and all?

    do i believe that love is big enough to forgive even the most heinious crime... including unbelief in God? yes, i do.

    point is... what's it to anyone about what happens in someone else's afterlife? the important thing is the dude is paying for his crimes... it's what believers and unbelievers can agree on.

    my bet is his convictions in God weren't very "strong", if you will... and i'm also guessing he's not "right with God" and he's most likely not going to heaven. if he is going to heaven than that would mean that he's done away with all of his perversions... as in 100% complete and clean.... without "blemish"... that requires a strong amount of faith, which most people now these days, even christians do not have, as obviously this dude didn't have any.

    there's that scripture that says, "blessed is the man who walks not in the counsil of the ungodly nor stands in the way of sinners nor sits in the seat of the scornful but his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law does he meditate day and night."

    i highly and even most highly than the pope himself, believe that this dude didn't meditate in the law of the Lord regularly. ;)
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  • Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    We shouldn't blame or credit God for that. It is chance... probability and outcome. If you place yourself in potentially dangerous situations, there is a greater probability that you will experience danger.
    Con men getting away with stuff has nothing to do with God. They are simply men who can recognize human weaknesses and pery on them and have no remorse.. for whatever reasons.
    ...
    We just WANT God to exist so they don't get away with it. We want God to exist so O.J. doesn't get away with it.
    Truth is... there's a chance that O.J. will get away with it. And it is beyond our control.
    i dont' want god to exist... i need god to exist.
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  • acsdata wrote:
    Satan believes in God and Jesus, so just believing doesn't matter.
    hahaha
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    ummm.... wasn't he suspended from the church and positions and all?


    ummmmmm... . yes.

    and that makes a difference how?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    know1 wrote:
    Is forgiveness a bad thing....whether it's in regard to people or in reconciliation to God?

    I guess if you all want to harbor resentment against the guy for eternity, that's your prerogative.

    And yes - I believe the answer is that if the person repents of their sins, God forgives them. It's not up to you and I to determine that.


    So everything is forgivable, except not believing?

    Or is it, everything is forgivable is you repent your sins?

    Is not believing a sin?

    This should be good.
  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    acsdata wrote:
    Satan believes in God and Jesus, so just believing doesn't matter.


    You say that as if it is fact.

    Have you spoken to Satan, lately? Did he tell you he believes in Jesus and God?

    Has God materialized in your bedroom and sat down for a little chit-chat with you, lately?

    Please do tell.
  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    not true. suicide is unforgiveable as well. you cant ask forgiveness for killing yourself. not that i would ask... but apparently thems the rules.

    Says who?

    God told you this?
  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    writersu wrote:
    God protects the weak and the young I have been taught.

    I see no evidence of any of that in the real world. Would be nice. But the weak and young are vicitimized every single day and God is no where to be found in their protection.
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    Abuskedti wrote:
    Forgiveness is devine.. I am all for it. It is condemning the whos who in muslim humanitarian efforts to an eternity of suffering that is bad.

    If you believe Jesus would send all muslims to hell for not worshiping him.. then Jesus is a fucking ass hole.


    People don't condemn people to an eternity of suffering.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    NMyTree wrote:
    So everything is forgivable, except not believing?

    Or is it, everything is forgivable is you repent your sins?

    Is not believing a sin?

    This should be good.


    I believe everything is forgivable except not believing.

    But you didn't answer my question: Why not forgive? Is it better to forgive or to harbor resentment and feelings of revenge?
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    know1 wrote:
    I believe everything is forgivable except not believing.

    But you didn't answer my question: Why not forgive? Is it better to forgive or to harbor resentment and feelings of revenge?


    sounds like a total egomaniac then...

    man: but i saved 14 puppies from a fire, donated all my body parts to help cure cancer, received 11 nobel peace prizes, gave away all my clothes to homeless people, taught all of africa what a fucking condom is!!! so can i get in?

    god: no...

    man: why not???

    god. you didnt believe in ME!!!! oh hi Adolf... 3rd door on the right... see you at the barbecue later.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    dunkman wrote:
    sounds like a total egomaniac then...

    man: but i saved 14 puppies from a fire, donated all my body parts to help cure cancer, received 11 nobel peace prizes, gave away all my clothes to homeless people, taught all of africa what a fucking condom is!!! so can i get in?

    god: no...

    man: why not???

    god. you didnt believe in ME!!!! oh hi Adolf... 3rd door on the right... see you at the barbecue later.

    An egomaniac to me is somebody who thinks that God is explainable (maybe even controllable) by our own human knowledge, logic and reasoning.

    In other words, someone who thinks that the creator of everything should be able to be totally understood or must be a farce.
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  • chopitdownchopitdown Posts: 2,222
    dunkman wrote:
    sounds like a total egomaniac then...

    man: but i saved 14 puppies from a fire, donated all my body parts to help cure cancer, received 11 nobel peace prizes, gave away all my clothes to homeless people, taught all of africa what a fucking condom is!!! so can i get in?

    god: no...

    man: why not???

    god. you didnt believe in ME!!!! oh hi Adolf... 3rd door on the right... see you at the barbecue later.

    how come every debate about is someone saved always turns to Adolf, and his seemingly perfect lock on being in heaven?? It seems the only person who anyone really believes is in heaven is Hitler. Nevermind the verse in Matthew that says there will be many who say they know God, but really don't.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    know1 wrote:
    An egomaniac to me is somebody who thinks that God is explainable (maybe even controllable) by our own human knowledge, logic and reasoning.

    In other words, someone who thinks that the creator of everything should be able to be totally understood or must be a farce.

    egomaniac: A person obsessed with their own (supposed) importance.

    so saying you must believe in me.. kinda fits the criteria.

    what you described didnt.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    chopitdown wrote:
    how come every debate about is someone saved always turns to Adolf, and his seemingly perfect lock on being in heaven?? It seems the only person who anyone really believes is in heaven is Hitler. Nevermind the verse in Matthew that says there will be many who say they know God, but really don't.


    its for comic value as i couldnt think of another genocidal maniac whose first name is instantly recognised.... i mean i could have put some hillybilly who shot a black man in the name of the Klan but it doesnt have the same clout.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    Why do everybody speak about god all the time ?
    Why has god to do with the fact that this guy is a motherfucker ?
    Do you all believe there's a god who decides whetehr you go in heaven or in hell ?
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Julien wrote:
    1. Why do everybody speak about god all the time ?
    2. Why has god to do with the fact that this guy is a motherfucker ?
    3. Do you all believe there's a god who decides whetehr you go in heaven or in hell ?


    1. makes a change from Ames or Klausen posters
    2. well he was a member of the Church dude... doesnt that strike you as kinda weird? plus he was a childfucker not a motherfucker
    3. no... but others do.. and those people believe that god will put people into hell if they dont believe in him... even Ghandi
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    know1 wrote:
    I believe everything is forgivable except not believing.

    But you didn't answer my question: Why not forgive? Is it better to forgive or to harbor resentment and feelings of revenge?

    Oh, I believe it's always better to forgive. Harboring resentment and animosity just festers more hate and tears one apart. Your're not being true to yourself and allowing yourself to be the best you can be, if you're harboring hate and resentment.


    So YOU believe everything is forgivable except not believing. So you think that's the way God operates, right?
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    know1 wrote:
    I believe everything is forgivable except not believing.

    But you didn't answer my question: Why not forgive? Is it better to forgive or to harbor resentment and feelings of revenge?


    ok then... why doesnt god forgive those who didnt believe in him?


    surely he's just building up resentment and hatred for not just one person... but many millions...
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    dunkman wrote:
    egomaniac: A person obsessed with their own (supposed) importance.

    so saying you must believe in me.. kinda fits the criteria.

    what you described didnt.

    No - what I'm saying is you think your own personal knowledge, experience, reasoning, etc., is so advanced that you think you can explain away God based on what you know. In other words, you're equating or putting yourself above God.

    That fits the definition of an egomania precisely.
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