Christians, please explain something to me?

Question

So this Heaven/h**l thing.. what gets one in one place, and how does it all work? I don't mean, "you be good you go to heaven" and all that...I want to know WHY.. Who's controlling all this? Why?

I'm Atheist, btw.. I'm just very interested to know

Answer 1

To believe in Jesus. To believe in the God who thought of you, created you and loves you, with all of your heart.  God is so called "controlling" this.

Someone who does not believe in Him..when they would have had so many chances to accept Him on earth, does not deserved be with Him, in His presence for enterity.  They deserve to be forever separated from Him in h**l.  None of us on earth, Christian or otherwise, can say who will or will not go to Heaven, we just know what God has told us we should do...which is actully very simple to do.

Answer 2

The world is full of deception.  It wants you to believe that death and dying is natural for you.  But it's not.  Mankind is heir to an eternal order, but through deception something has displaced that order.  So you come into the world inheriting a lower natural order like the animals, stamped with the word "perishable" and you will die according to it unless, of course, something has the key to pull you out of your one way path to your demise.  You come into existence through no power and intelligence of your own, and a power beyond you will kill you.

Now the rest is up to you to find if it is given for you to discover truth and the real nature of your being and destiny.

Answer 3

The above "Christians" make me sad.

Answer 4

Wow this is a long explanation. God is ultimately in control of everything. He is Holy and perfect. Those of us who don't meet His standard go to h**l. Then Christ come in and gives the imputation of righteousness to those that believe in Him as the only way of Salvation. That is the VERY short version. Questions, let me know.

Answer 5

It is all in the hands of God. Christians believe Christ died and rose to save us from our sins. That means if we follow certains conditions we will go to heaven. But those conditions can vary from denomination to denomination.

The way I learned it in Catholic school, if you go to, well the Devil's place, you send yourself by your sins. Most Catholics believe you can be denied going to heaven by committing "Mortal" or serious sins and then dropping dead before you get to confession. That would take a long time to cover just what mortal sins areand it's been a while since I was in school. If you have not committed a mortal sin, you are in the state of sanctifying grace and will go to heaven if you die. To be sure to be in the state of Grace Catholics are supposed to go to Confession.

Most Non-Catholic Christians believe that if you believe in Jesus as your savior and die you will go to heaven (be saved).  If you do not accept Jesus then you will go to h**l no matter what kind of life you lead.

One of the big differences I have noticed between Catholics and other Christians is that Protestants will say that Catholics do not "accept Jesus" Catholics do, just express it less often or fervently. It is accepted that if you are Catholic you accept Jesus as your savior and have since childhood, not just after some particular event. You do not have to go around saying it, from the way I remember. If you don't  accept Jesus, you are not a Catholic to start out with.

I basically believe if you are good you will go to heaven. I believe in God's mercy and never wish anybody to go the other direction, no matter what they have done. In the end it is God's call. I don't say Non-Christians or anybody like that will go to h**l, because they might be saved before they die and we do not know it.

Jesus said "only through me can you be saved" (I might have the wording off a little) Except for some passages in Revelations that I do not understand, there is no description of heaven in the Bible, or very few.  

Answer 6

I think u already know the answer.........

Let me play your game...

If you admit you are a sinner and confess in prayer to Jesus Christ and ask His forgiveness, then invite him into your life telling him that you believe he died for you. Finally tell him you believe in Him and ask Him to come into your life.  Then U will go to heaven.

Its pretty simple but I guess you knew that already!

Answer 7

First of all, there is no h**l as most proclaimed "Christians" would have you believe. Given that fact, there are 3 possible outcomes for all humans.

1) You go to heaven. Why? To be a co-ruler of God's Kingdom (government) along with Jesus. Co-ruler over who you ask?

2) Those who remain on earth to live forever in the restored paradise that was God's original purpose.

3) None of the above. You are simply dead. God would not put anyone in a place of eternal torment.

God is in control of this and gets to choose who goes where.

Answer 8

Hi,

God is controlling all this. If you are atheist,

there is now way to explain this to you.

Just remember, you have a choice now.

You won't later.

Answer 9

Jesus is the ONLY WAY into heaven, and to avoid being sent to eternal h**l. Only Jesus is sufficient payment for our sins.

All the good deeds in the world won't pay for even one of your sins. Either Jesus pays for your sins, or you pay for your sins in eternal torment in h**l, and there is never any way out, eternally. That is the choice before you.

The truth is that the only way to be saved and to get into heaven and avoid being sent to eternal h**l is by believing in faith alone that Jesus, who is God, died for our sins on the cross and rose from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). Believe this and you are saved!

Please pray now: "Jesus, please forgive me of my sins. I believe that You died on the cross for my sins and You rose from the dead. Thank You for eternal life!" You will be in heaven with Him forever when you die :)