Posted on 12/02/2021 4:25:41 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
More than three years after Pope Francis sparked a firestorm of religious debate by telling a young boy that his deceased atheist father might still end up in Heaven, a new study from the Pew Research Center shows a majority of Catholic and mainline Christians also believe people who don’t believe in God will go to Heaven.
Data for the study, conducted Sept. 20-26, was collected from a nationally representative sample of 6,485 U.S. adults.
Pew researchers decided for the first time to tackle deep philosophical questions like the meaning of life, the purpose of suffering and why bad things happen to people. The national study was released amid a backdrop of major life-changing events for many, most notably the coronavirus pandemic which has claimed millions of lives globally.
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Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
Near total ignorance of the Bible.
Okay, so if belief in God is not required, what is? The article didn’t say.
God is all merciful.
I guess all those Indians not fortunate enough to have been around at and after the coming of those Europeans, simply got turned away at the Gates of Heaven.
Sounds like Unitarians. Just be good. Of course I don’t have a high level of confidence in a poll of Christians by Pew.
Can I go to heaven if I put my faith in Brandon?
Do they get forced in?
Keep believing that if you really wish to.
God won’t be mocked. There won’t be any excuses on Judgement Day. Take it up with Him.
Jeremiah 29:13
And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
Matthew 7:7
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
“Arrogant” is haughty - He despises the proud.
Proverbs 6:16-19
16 There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
17 haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19 a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
The writing is on the wall sadly..
But a Covid jab is required.
I believe in God the Father, Jesus, the Holy Spirit. I am a sinner, every day. I pray for forgiveness every day. I know of Grace and Redemption.
Will i go to Heaven? I pray so.
But i also believe there may be a special place in hell for those non-believer Good People. Maybe it’s just like Death Valley in summer, not like regular hell (figuratively speaking). I don’t expect to find out. I expect there are people i know that will find out.
I pray for them, anyway. It only takes a minute.
The interviewer should limit his questions to Christians
“Will i go to Heaven?”
Romans 10:9-13
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.
13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Agreed!
Pray for these lost souls
Kind of like entering the Walmart.
“God is all merciful”
Even if you flaunt your sins before Christ and refuse to repent but say you are a believer in Christ?
“Once saved always saved” is the the quote that Lucifer loves because it leads to chaos and confusion which Jesus will condemn in the end despite the audacity of it all.
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