Posted on 11/18/2006 8:12:35 PM PST by Alex Murphy
Who does go to hell?
Many people don't believe in hell at all. Non-Christian faiths have their own take, of course. Judaism, the religion that birthed Christianity, teaches of the eternal nature of the soul, a divine judgment, and a mostly undefined "World to Come." But specifics are left up to God.
Islam is more like Christianity, with concrete traditions of paradise and hell. Who ends up where is a matter of how well the person submitted to God's will while alive. Hindus and Buddhists believe in karma and reincarnation, so the evil done in one life is atoned for down the road – a road on earth.
Modern Christianity has many answers to who goes to hell. On the one extreme are universalists who say that a loving God could leave nobody in eternal torment. On the other are strict Calvinists who say that God picked a small elect for paradise before the world was created, and everyone else is simply stuck in the Handbasket to Hard Times.
The Christian discussion generally starts with this passage from the Gospel of John: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
But how does Jesus decide who he'll take to the father – and who he won't? Not every Christian claims to have a straight answer.
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Excelelent chart. Think I'll steal that! Source?
Ewwww.....
Repent, repent before it's tooooo late.
Thankfully, that's one thing I don't need to repent of.
Aesthetic objection?
Actually, a flow chart, a poem, an icon, a Scholastic exercise in argument/counterargument, a dogmatic definition, a children's catechism answer, a bumper sticker, etc. can all be true, and must all be considered inadequate and limited, because they are different ways to express different aspects of the truth.
A flow chart can be true, but it's never exhaustive.
That sort of flow-chart has always bothered me, in that it could be interpreted to suggest Purgatory as a final destination ... which we know not to be correct. One does not go "to" Purgatory in the same final sense that one goes "to" Heaven or Hell. One goes "through" purgatory, as a possible road "to" Heaven.
Then go for the incense-scented chanting ... different ways of saying the same thing. ;'}
Smashing, brother. Thank you. Where'd ya find it? I've been looking for that forever...
While it may not appeal to everyone, that sort of chart can make the complex understandable
I used Wikipedia to find the "technical" name for the piece, and then googled for the image.
Until I saw the Bernini bust, I was partial to the icon, but after seeing that face....
Yeah. Thanks for searching, brother. Not finding it was driving me crazy
I don't believe in purgatory myself, but I do believe in Heaven and Hell.
I know many Churches now say there is no hell, but as a former Baptist,
I had fire and brimstone scorched into me for years!
34 posted on 11/20/2006 5:37:29 PM MST by ladyinred
I'm like you,
b'shem Y'shua
I believe that the blood of the "Lamb of G-d" is sufficient to cover all sins.
I also believe that both Y'shua and Rav Paul say any sin no matter how small
is cause for condemnation to Hell.
Only the Blood of Y'shua can save.
I am a "blood washed " sinner.
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