A good man? ( Archived) (610)

EXACTLY! Doesn't it make a mockery of heaven and hell that a person who helps hundreds, thousands is consigned to hell while a Christian who has only ever helped himself and, maybe, those few around him is rewarded with heaven? If Mother Teresa had been an Muslim/Hindu/Agnostic/whatever, even aethiest! do you think God would have judged that as more important than all the good works she had done?

All the 'born agains' gone into hiding? So come on then what is the Muslim view on whether the 'good man' will go to heaven or be sent to hell?

did my best to clear it up lol

Yes you did, but don't you see how it makes the choice of heaven and hell a mockery? Mother Teresa goes to heaven, a dead cert but if she had a double who did EXACTLY what Mother Teresa did but wasn't a Christian she goes to hell? I don't see justice? Do you? I mean do you honestly believe that a just God would allow that?

So Jesus was wrong when he spoke to about the Good Samaritan was he? He praised the Samaritan as a 'good man' in spite of his position in society, his religious beliefs, he suggested all Christians should emulate this man and then God says "No, you're not a Christian, you're not coming in?" Is Jesus wrong? Are you saying that a bad Christian is a better person than a good man? (or woman?) Because if you are I suspect I'm going to meet a better class of people in hell, aren't I?

You're evading the question! I've noticed a lot of Christians do that!

So the implication of that is that doing good is important. Why? If the only entry requirement for heaven is membership of the Christian faith, why is Jesus saying that doing good is important. Heaven and Hell are supposed to be about good and evil, how can somebody who does good things with his life be classed as evil? Are we all condemned as evil SIMPLY because we do not believe in God?

And you believe that is right do you? So you believe babies who die without ever having the chance to make a choice will end up in hell SIMPLY because they never got the opportunity? Do you thing God is bound by the scriptures? That God cannot act outside the scriptures? If so what happened to the God of justice? of charity? of fairness?

A Hindu legend says we were all once gods. But eventually we
abused our powers. Brahma, the chief god, decided to punish
us by taking away our divinity. Brahma called a meeting of the
other chief gods to figure out where to hide our holiness. One
god suggested hiding it deep beneath the earth. “No,” Brahma
said, “man will just figure out a way to tunnel miles below the
surface.” Another god suggested hiding our holiness at the bottom
of the ocean. “No,” Brahma responded, “man will just
learn how to dive to the seabed.” A third god came up with the
idea of placing our divinity on top of a towering mountain.
“No,” Brahma said, “man will just climb every tall mountain on
the planet until he finds it.” Stumped, the other gods told
Brahma they gave up—there didn’t seem to be any place to
hide our holiness and keep it out of our reach. “Wait,” Brahma
said with a smile. “I’ve got it. We’ll hide man’s holiness deep
within himself—he’ll never think to look for it there.” Since
then, we’ve spent ages digging below the earth, diving to the
sea floor, and climbing tall mountains, looking for something
that’s already within us.

Let's suppose I am married to a wonderful woman. She keeps everything in excellent order; gives me backrubs; makes the most fantastic meals, praises me for working hard, accompanies me on camping/fishing trips, in short does good, nurturing things for me many times daily. Then one day she says, "I don't like you in the least. In fact, I don't love you. IN FACT, I don't believe you or believe in you". In spite of all of the beautiful things she has done, I am crushed. None of it matters if she feels that way about me. Does this answer it for you? please think about this...

You the man, Conrad..