If I have a pure lifestyle, but I do NOT believe or accept God (Jewish, Christian, Muslim –it doesn’t matter), can I still get in heaven?
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If there is such a thing, I think moral value counts, one could refer to Noahide Laws if you were serious. they are called fellow travelers, people with moral value who don't come from the same religion. BTW, I don't agree with all the laws, but it's a interesting concept and answer to your question perhaps...but according to some... people go to "hell" even if they don't believe in it (hell) because they don't accept the doctrine of Jesus Christ....my advice make heaven your everyday and forget about the rest. sometimes people forget the whole "judge not part..."
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I don't necessarily believe in the whole Christianity heaven/hell concept, but if I did, I would say that where you go after death depends on what's in your heart, not what comes out of your mouth, or where you spend your Sundays. I can't imagine that God would find much good in the hearts of Hitler or the other fellows you mention. I think a good hearted Pagan or Jew or Muslim or Buddhist or whatever has a better shot at heaven than a bad person who states they accept Jesus. I think people worry a lot more about labels (like Christian, or Jew, etc.) than God does.
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I am a true Christian saved be God's grace, and i don't think that any religion or "belief" out there can save anyone accept Christianity when you by ask for God's grace and mercy to be shed on them as a humble person. \n\nPeople havetried to tell me that there has to be another way like by being so "good" of going to church or sumthin to that effect, but Jesus made it speciffic by saying "I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life. No man can come to the Father except through me." and i totally believe that. \n\nI think that, if you aren's saved by God's grace and mercy, you are bound to Hell's gates no matter how "Good" you live your life, everyone still sins(Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God), but we can do something about it... cuz Christ paid the penalty(Romans 5:8,9) and anyone can be saved(Romans 10:13)by faith we are savede(Ephesians 2:8,9).\n\nI totally believe there is no other way to heaven, but in other "religion's" so called "holy books" they don't contain all facts, just enough to make some people think "wow!!! i didn't know that" and then lead them astray from that road of rightousness to a road of destruction. i don't know if there really is a verse in the koran that says Allah is Love?AND that all muslims are garunteed heaven when they die,even if they don't become maurters, but i don't think it matters cuz if you truly are a Christian you will do to heaven no matter what the koran says.
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no not everyone is right but if you live by the Bible and walk with God daily and have the sweet Holy Spirit with in you than you know you are on the right track and in the Bible  there is no religion just Jesus teaching the word of God. so i know i am on my way to heaven and if some people say there is no God and heaven or hell than one day they will be in hell and they will burn forever.
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I believe in Jesus and I believe that he is my savior and by believing in him I will go to heaven someday BUT I do also believe that Jesus is loving and if we live our lives in his image (help others, be a good person) then he will not send you to hell.   I can't imagine Jesus kicking a Jewish woman who was a good mother, loving wife and a teacher (like him) out of heaven and send her to hell because she did not believe he was the son of God.  I don't know. Maybe that makes me a bad Christian but I think what you do in this life should hold some weight.  Then all of us can be liars, steal or do whatever just because we believe Jesus died for our sins.  That doesn't make sense to me.  I think Jesus wants to do good in this life too.  Just my opinion.
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Good works won't get you into heaven. Only having faith in Jesus Christ and believing that He died on the cross for you and rose again will. Jesus forgave all of our sins when He died on the cross.
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There might be some, but I believe only Christians will get into heaven - and Christians are people who have no religion but have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
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You  obviously do not know scripture, I suggest you read this yourself.  There is no afterlife as you describe it. There is only heaven or hell after death. And, believe me, one will know where they are.   Either in heaven with peace, joy, love and life with Jesus forever, OR in hellfire.. It wont be something you have to ask yourself.   Be sure what you choose for yourself now. And, if people did know and believe this, they would surely live their life very differntly, but most tend to reject it, becaue they dont want to give up how they live and think.   \nNo, it wont ever be more of the same thing as it is  now.  absolutely not.   This is not heaven,and its not hell .  But, both are coming. Be sure you make a choice to go where you go that wont leave you eternally regretting your decison.
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Yes you can. Your belief is strong in fact, because you know you don' t need to be seen in church to feel more spiritual.\n\nChurch will only deaden your spirituality. And according to the work of Christ, you don't have to believe in Him either. He died for that act too. \n\nSo believe as you wish. It is your heart and your life. You cannot escape God. He is you. Religion will only teach you seperation.
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NO ONE IS GUARANTEED HEAVEN!\n\nI can only pray that Jesus judges me worthy...\n\nI can only get to heaven through Jesus. Also, it is not just by this faith in Jeuss, nor just the Grace of God, nor just the works that I do. It is a combination of many things. \n\nWe receive God's saving and sanctifying grace in many ways, and Christ Himself, into our souls when we are baptized.  Yet they also know that Christ Himself has established certain conditions for entry into eternal happiness in Heaven.\n\n"Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever."" (John 6:53-58)\n\nWe will be judged by this as well, so be warned...\n\n"Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself."  (1 Cor. 11:27-29).\n\nWe will also be judged by our faith, but not by this alone, we will also be judged by the works that we do (Justification by faith alone is a Protestant doctrine; it was unheard of in the Christian community before the sixteenth century.)...\n\nIf St. Paul meant that faith ruled out the necessity of good works for salvation, he would not have written:  \n\n". . . and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing."  (1 Cor. 13:2).  \n\nIf faith ruled out the necessity of good works for salvation, the Apostle James would not have written:  \n\n"Do you see that by works a man is justified; and not by faith only'? . . . For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead."  (James 2:24-26).  \n\nIf faith ruled out the necessity of good works for salvation, the Apostle Peter would not have written:  \n\n"Therefore, brothers, be all the more eager to make your call and election firm, for, in doing so, you will never stumble. For, in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you."  (2 Peter 1:10-11).\n\nIf faith was the only necessity for salvation, the Apostle James would not have written:  \n\n"If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, his religion is vain. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world." (James 1:26-27)\n\nChrist Himself stated:\n\n"For the Son of man . . . will render to every man according to his works."  (Matt. 16:27). \n\nI need my faith also...\n\n"Who were those who rebelled when they heard? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt under Moses? With whom was he "provoked for forty years"? Was it not those who had sinned, whose corpses fell in the desert? And to whom did he "swear that they should not enter into his rest," if not to those who were disobedient? And we see that they could not enter for lack of faith."(Hebrews 3:16-19)\n\nWhen I die, I will not enter the kingdom of Heaven immediately, either...\n\nThe Bible distinguishes between those who enter Heaven straightaway, calling them "the church of the firstborn" (Heb. 12:23), and those who enter after having
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dont worry if you dont want anything to do with God, you wont go to heaven. i hope you like it HOT
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Of course there's nothing wrong with you. Maybe you believe in something else. You don't always go to hell if you don't believe in Jesus. I accepted him into my life last summer and life's been great! Take me advice and I'm sure you'll be happy.
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I don't believe in the idea of a petty God with vindictive rules.\n\nSo the answer is no, you wouldn't go to hell if you're a Christian and it turns out that Buddhism was the One True Faith because even then, you'd be forgiven if there is a God.  Just live your life the best way you can and be good to yourself and others.
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Absolutely not.  I honestly believe that I am not religious just for any reward of afterlife.  I believe that doing what is right is good for its own sake.  And I believe that being religious in my case helps me to be good.
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I believe there is only one way to God and that is through Jesus Christ. If you believe he died for you, saved you from your sins, and ask Him to forgive you, you will be saved. I'm really not interested in this question, I want you to believe. God is the only way to heaven and if you don't confess your sins to Him you will go to hell, but if you do you will  spend eternaty(sp) with Him in heaven.
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You are a better person that a lot that I have met, and definately better than some of the posters to your question.  You keep on being who you are.  Don't compromise your self or your beliefs to satisfy someone else.  You do what you feel is right.  Don't worry about the nay-sayers; It's their hell, they can burn in it.  Just tell them if heaven is full of people like them then you'll take your chances in hell.  It can't be any worse.\n\n************************************\n\nAnd Christian99, I guess everyone that ever existed before Christ and those who never got the chance to know him are going to rot in hell?  That includes Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as well as Moses, Ruth, Isaiah, David, Solomon and everyone else mentioned in your precious Bible that existed before Jesus did.
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if you believe that there is no God but One to be worshiped you will go to paradise. \n\nbut if you condemend adultry and die without repent. then you will be tortured in Hell (or God forgive you) for a period of time. then you will be taking out from the Hell to paradise. it's like a punishment for a limited time, but do you have any idea how long will you stay in Hell, it could be thousands of years.\n\ncan't remember the hadith but Muhammad (P) mentioned that God forgave a prostituded who saw a thirsty dog and helped the dog to drink. and God said MY Mercy Comes Before My Anger. \n\nand if you just know the mercy of God. you wouldn't ever give up his forgiviness.