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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As I just told my gf, you would NEVER see this kind of crap in the traditional Catholic community (including eastern Catholics). The “mainstream” community, as the article terms it, is something else.
Poll by Pew. Yeah... no. I’m sure it’s bad, but Pew would slant it as much as possible. You certainly cited the apt verse.
That belief reflects their narcissism.
Most of those Protestants and Catholics will be joining the atheists in Hell.
Luk 24:47 It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of His name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: ‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’
The first part is said, the conditional part, not so much.
Why would anyone who doesn’t believe in God care about going to heaven, anyway? What *is* heaven to them? (Me? Got
Jesus as my Lord and Savior…so I am a happy soul!)
Protestants from historically black and evangelical churches were more likely than mainline Protestant Christians or Catholics to express belief in Hell.
When was the last time one heard a sermon on hell?
Don’t forget 1 Cor 15:1-4. The Gospel by which you are saved.
A thriving, growing organization for thousands of years. Leftists tore it down in less than a century.
Looks like Joe Biden is batting 1.000! 7 for 7...
Yep...the ultimate procrastinator’s dream. Wait until the end and then drink the koolaid at the last minute..
Just remember. There is false assurance of salvation and there is real assurance of salvation. The Bible speaks to BOTH.
RC denies real assurance of salvation
P tends to miss the idea of the false assurance.
The narrow gate. It’s simple but too many never seem to find and accept it.
John 14:6
King James Version
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Amen!
There is no such thing as a born-again Christian who is actively sinning or God is not God and his Holy Bible doesn’t mean what it says!
Of course not. For Protestants belief it is by Grace of God alone that one enters heaven. The article lies about that by omission and the fact they also believe that one must believe in God for them to accept God’s Grace.
Not a theological argument on here— but there are a LOT of Christians who think that Heaven can be gained by ... GOOD WORKS— because they really don’t like themselves and have done awful things in their lives, and are used to “make it up” with God— no Scripture describes this, but a lot of clerics push it because it benefits them in this temporal life. Lot of money to be had by the “guilt” generated.
Sounds like Oprah is at the Pearly Gates now.
“And YOU get to go in!”
“And YOU get to go in!”
God is also just. And he doesn’t owe anyone salvation.
Everyone knows that you cannot enter Heaven if you are not vaxxed. St. Fraudci says so.
Even a Trump supporter?
Mene[e]: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
27 Tekel[f]: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
28 Peres[g]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
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