If there is a god will I go to hell?

Im not sure, I belive in (a) god. If there is a god will I go to hell, even if I'm a good person, just for not beliving in him or her, I'm not sure but that seems a little wrong?

***Father, Son, and Holy Ghost == Male***

...really? All three of them, huh? Tell me, exactly which part of 'holy ghost' denotes masculinity? Hmmm?

***cap, the Bible is all about honoring God, our Creator by worshipping Him, keeping holy His ten commandments, and loving others.***

Uh huh... which one? The Jewish God or the Christian God?

***Why not show a little mature mentality and stop insulting God.***

I'm not insulting anyone, I'm simply asking questions, and YOU are starting to act like the stereotypical Christian: defensive and snappy. How disappointing...

Besides, the bible proves nothing. Its a book, written by men, and canonized by men, during a male-dominant time period. THAT is why the book says God is male. Because MALES wrote it.

Oh, and you avoided the questions again. You've been doing that a lot.

it depends on different peoples beleifs I think that if you don't worship him or beleieve in him you will go to hell

That depends on your beliefs. No one can answer that question for sure, because obviously no ones died, gone to heaven/hell, talked to god, and come back.

I believe that as long as your a good person at heart, if there is an afterlife, it will be good for you. Plain and simple. Innocent, good people won't be punished for something petty like that. The god I believe in only cares whether you're a good person, and not an evil evil soul at heart.

The bible says that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. He has provided a way of escape, for the penalty of sin, and that is thru his own son, Jesus Christ. He offers salvation, to whosoever will.

However, to be saved, one has to first believe and understand that he has sinned, according to God.

The problem exists in our not understanding what a holy God considers sin.

How about reading the book of John, in the New Test. and ask God to help you to understand his word, it is spirit inspired, and that same spirit helps us to understand it, when we ask.

Our righteousness is not good enough to get us into heaven. Else, Jesus died in vain. If we could have made it by ourselves, why did he have to suffer and die?

Because God is holy, and his law demands perfection. Jesus was the only man that lived up to his expectations, thereby exchanging himself, for us.

He ransomed us, back to God, from which we had fallen.

God wants us all to live with him in heaven, but, it has to be thru the blood, there is no other way.

I think that if there was (is) a God and there was (is) a Heaven and Hell, and that if he (or she) is a good God, that it would make sense that good people would not go to Hell. I say, Just be a good person and hope for the best.

exactly Kat, my beliefs to a T. The one thing that's going to be annoying about this thread, is that the religious nuts are going to tell this poor girl 'Yep, the bible says if you don't believe in god, your going to hell' or even worse, the super christians are going to say 'If you don't believe in god, are jewish,muslim,mormon, or anything other than Christian, you're going to hell'

I hate when people spew their beliefs to other people as if it were a fact for EVERYONE.

I would love to see an intelligent christian(I know they exist) just ONCE say something like:

'Well according to the religion I believe in, blah blah blah' instead of just saying 'yes you are going to hell' or 'The bible says this this and this, so you will go to hell if you don't do that. The girl straight up says she's not sure if she believes in god, but doesn't say what religion she was brought up as, so just assuming she's christian/muslim/jewish is very wrong. I would be offended ;-)

This is what I know to be true: God being pure cannot even look upon sin - man, even in his very best state is a sinner - on judgement day, either: your sins are covered by the blood-shed sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross (salvation and only salvation - being a nice person isn't good enough - even at our very best, we are but filthy rags), and remembered no more or they are not (your sins are not covered) - where God's great love comes into play is, He provided a WAY (Jesus) for us not to perish and live in Heaven with Him (He certainly didn't have to do this but did because He loved us so) - if you read carefully John 3:16, this is exactly what it says - each person will either accept or reject, you must decide for yourself and yes, it's so important, it has eternal consequences - He Loves you and wants you to accept God's free gift to man - Jesus...Take care !!

Suppose for a minute that there is indeed a god out there that has the ability to reveal itself to you in a meaningful way, but has not done so. What does that tell you about the nature of this god?

Obviously, it either doesn't care whether or not you believe, or would prefer that you didn't.

The typical response to this argument is that it's somehow a violation of your free will if it were to reveal itself to you unequivocally. But that doesn't make any sense, because you can not make a free will choice if you are unsure whether or not you even have a choice. In fact, the only way to make a free will choice is to be both informed and uncoerced. A real god that cared about such things would not only reveal itself to you, but then allow you a consequence free choice whther or not to follow it.

Further, it makes no sense that such a being would even care whether or not you believed in it - or care about anything at all. Concern is an animal instinct.

The Lord does not reveal Himself to us physically yet because it isn't time to do so. He loves us all so much that He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to save us so we can live with Him thru eternity.

I have never heard of what toadly said here: 'The typical response to this argument is that it's somehow a violation of your free will if it were to reveal itself to you unequivocally.' You are right, it doesn't make any sense toadly.

Christians know they have a choice, because we are well informed as to whom God is, what He desires of us, and what His laws are. We know God loves us, will protect us, wants us to be with Him in the kingdom, and sends the Holy Spirit to teach and guide us. God has never and will never force anybody, ever...

God is not an 'it' and to imply that God is an 'it' is a direct insult to us as Christians and, most importantly, to God Himself. So, please stop calling God 'it'.

We are not to judge God. His ways are higher than the stars in the sky. His reasons why He has not revealed Himself to us is because sin has not yet reached it's fullness yet, but is almost there. When it is He will come. Probation is closing...be ready, be ready, be ready!

God gave His all for us. He wanted to show us how much He loves us, so He sent Jesus, His only begotten Son to this sinful, darkened world to show us the way. Jesus knew He would be tortured and hung on a cross, but He came anyway, because of His great love for us.

Our Creator is a God of pure love. He will do everything in His power to save as many as He can, but we need to be open to His leading thru the Holy Spirit. If we allow God to draw us, He will teach us, and we will be saved.

Please do not listen to Satan, who tells you lies to make God look unfair, unjust, and an evil god. Do not allow those who belong to Satan trick you into believing lies about our loving Father.

In these last days right before the Lord's second coming, Satan and his evil people will be working over-time to trick you into believing that our Creator is evil, and Satan is the good one, when it is the other way around. God is pure goodness and love where Satan is pure evil. Open your eyes and seek God while He can still be found.

Please do not listen to those who put God down because all they want to do is keep you out of the kingdom of God.

The reason it seems a little wrong is because it is wrong. Stop and think about what you're being told right now, mainly from the Christian point of view. If we are saved by grace, if we are saved not because of any merit on our part, but by the death of Jesus, and if faith is simply accepting what Jesus has already done, why is there an expiration date on his mercy and love? Why does his death become of no effect once a person ceases to breathe? Is it that God and Jesus are too easy to believe in, once you've tasted the punishments of hell? Then what is the point of the punishment? You're also being told that those who ask these kinds of questions belong to Satan. Just think about that as well.

Questioning the existence of a god, and an afterlife is perfectly natural. Do not let fear of hell influence your decisions. The church has been using hell as a tool to scare people into conversion for centuries. Hell is a manmade concept, and is something that no person on this board or anywhere else has ever seen or experienced, and therefore knows for sure even exists.

If you have more questions about hell, I suggest you read the book 'The History of Hell' by Alice Turner. You'll see where the people who wrote the Bible got their ideas about hell, Hades, Sheol, and Gehenna, as it's referred to in the Bible.

In my religion, I believe that if you don't trust in Jesus as your savior, you will not go to heaven. and God does care whether you belive or not, becuase yes he could show himself providing proof that there is a God(same way Jesus could have saved himself on the cross, but he didn't, because he loves us), but He wants us to believe in Him without having to see him, it's easy to believe when you physically see something.

'The reason it seems a little wrong is because it is wrong. Stop and think about what you're being told right now, mainly from the Christian point of view. If we are saved by grace, if we are saved not because of any merit on our part, but by the death of Jesus, and if faith is simply accepting what Jesus has already done, why is there an expiration date on his mercy and love? Why does his death become of no effect once a person ceases to breathe? Is it that God and Jesus are too easy to believe in, once you've tasted the punishments of hell? Then what is the point of the punishment? You're also being told that those who ask these kinds of questions belong to Satan. Just think about that as well. '

but His death does become of effect when a person ceases to breathe, if you believe in Jesus, you'll go to Heaven, and if you don't then you'll go to Hell, having faith in Jesus greatly effects what happens after your last breath.

apparently, God and Jesus are not too easy to belive in, because there are so many people who don't believe in them. once you taste the punishments of hell, there's no coming back, that's the point of the punishment, it's eternal.

Dont forget, there are still many cultures in the world that have never heard of Christianity, nor share any monotheitic system of beliefs. So why would God condemn these people when the circumstances prevent them from knowing about him?

'but His death does become of effect when a person ceases to breathe, if you believe in Jesus, you'll go to Heaven, and if you don't then you'll go to Hell, having faith in Jesus greatly effects what happens after your last breath.'

That was my point. According to Christian beliefs, we all have until our expiration date to make up our minds about Jesus. Which would make God's love conditional and his salvation exclusive.

'apparently, God and Jesus are not too easy to belive in, because there are so many people who don't believe in them. once you taste the punishments of hell, there's no coming back, that's the point of the punishment, it's eternal.'

Punishment is, by legal definition, temporary and reforming. If hell is eternal, that would make it cruel and unusual punishment, which doesn't speak well for the Christian God.

captainassassin said 'Dont forget, there are still many cultures in the world that have never heard of Christianity, nor share any monotheitic system of beliefs. So why would God condemn these people when the circumstances prevent them from knowing about him?'

God would not send people to hell if they've never heard of Him or Christianity. God has written His laws on our hearts to let us all know what is right and what is wrong. There are good and bad people all over the world and even those people who have never heard about God. So, if a person chooses bad, they'll go to hell unless they repent and turn from their wicked ways and do good.

It has nothing to do with what you do as much as what you don't do. If you don't accept the payment given for you and live like you have accepted it. The Price has already been paid to keep you out of Hell. It's up to you.

VERY true pipet! God bless!

I'm sorry you found the use of the word it offencive but, in some religons gods are feamale.

these people scare me...

you know what, I belive if your a good person you'll go to the right place.

And quit implying that im a christian, I never told anyone what religion I grew up in so id get an answer based apon all religons.

***I'm sorry you found the use of the word it offencive but, in some religons gods are feamale.***

I don't really understand why this is such a sensitive issue. God made BOTH male and females, and they were created in God's image. I doubt God would be gender specific, and what would God have sexual organs for anyway?

***God would not send people to hell if they've never heard of Him or Christianity. God has written His laws on our hearts to let us all know what is right and what is wrong. There are good and bad people all over the world and even those people who have never heard about God. So, if a person chooses bad, they'll go to hell unless they repent and turn from their wicked ways and do good.***

So what happens to the people that don't know him? How will they be judged?

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orion stated that 'God is not an 'it' and to imply that God is an 'it' is a direct insult to us as Christians and, most importantly, to God Himself. So, please stop calling God 'it'.'

referring to god as an 'it' is no more of direct insult to christians than when orion stated
''Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.' (Aids? )' '
is a direct insult to homosexuals.

do unto others, orion...