If someone led a good life, dedicated to others but did not believe in god. would they go to hell?
476008
That is a very good question.\n\nI myself am Presbyterian, but i do not go to Church weekly, nor do i pray.\n\nI am a nurse and i have pretty much spent the majority of my time in servitude to others making them have a better quality of life wherever possible.\n\nI may not believe in god entirely but i do believe that everything happens for a reason... BECAUSE i know it to be true through life's experiences.\n\nSo i think yes, there is a good place for good people when they go.
64521
why do religious people think that everyone needs to be converted or saved?  personally, i believe in a higher being - don't believe in hell being a place where you go, but actually one you create if you live that way.  i believe mostly in karma ... we create our heaven or hell while we are here ... DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE OTHERS DO UNTO YOU
711730
You are much mistaken on many of your "if you do this then you go to hell" comments.  Those who go do hell are those who do not have faith in Christ for the forgiveness of their sins.  Christ is the answer to the sin problem.  Those who go to hell are the ones who do not take hold of the answer.  They try to solve their sin problem by some other means.\n\nKeep reading the Bible to find out what it really says.
526912
No, they are not all going to Hell and God is giving them a chance.  Acts     17 :  30    And the times of this ignorance  God  winked  at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent.  God will not hold anyone responsible for things they knew nothing about but only when you know and still do not do the right thing, then you will pay.  So God has and is giving them a chance as HE knows their heart and if they would have followed Him if they had known about Him.
248626
yes, and no, because since they don't believe in anything they'll live how they choose to live, not having to worry about doing wrong, because they don't believe they're doing anything wrong. and they don't have to worry about upsetting or disappointing a God. Because they have none. And no. because i see that lots of people who believe in stuff find true happiness because they have something to live for and believe in. So i don't know really. Yes and NO
485812
Definitely not!  All paths lead to God and Jesus is but one.  How judgemental to say that only Christians can get to God.  What about Jews?  Or Muslims?  Or Pagans?  Just because someone isn't a Christian, that does not make them an evil person deserving of going to hell.  Why not let God decide what will happen to a person instead of judging them yourselves?
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I'm not going to hell because hell does not exist.  There is no afterlife at all.  Conciousness is simply the result of interactions of neurons.  When this activity stops, the conciousness ceases to exist.  \n\nAlso, stating that others are going to hell is not very kind, which I would be inclined to say runs contrary to Christian morality.  You should think before damning others to hell.\n\nUltimately, threatening people with imaginary punishments is not going to convince rational individuals to join your psychosis.  It will only serve to further convince us of your ignorance.
80907
If God didnt ever show His goodness to us we would never know to seek Him. Sometimes what brings someone to salvation is Gods good work to someone who completely doesnt deserve it. In fact thats always what it is. None of us are righteous and all who have salvation were shown the goodness of Him. Think about the drug addict who gets a secound chance, or the attempted suicidal person who finds new hope... They didnt deserve a life but God can do miracles.\n\nOn the other hand how can God let bad things happen to good people? First of all none of us deserve any better than hell for it is His divine mercy and grace that rescues. And secoundly trials make us stronger and prepare us for His kingdom.
1013146
Only according to Chritianity - anyone who isn't a christian goes to hell. Lovely philosophy.
705729
Nope. he had the concept of damnation all wrong. God never wills for anyone to go to Hell. In fact, it pains him to see so many people go there. He want's everyone to be saved, but it is only by faith.
1038028
An atheist will definitely go to hell.  Satan has atheists to make money and to do good works to add confusion to the nonbelievers, the noneducated Biblically, and the weak Christians so they can't commit fully to Christ.  Satan is a wiley critter and has confusion as one of his greatest tools against God! My uncle was an atheist who did good works but his was the saddest funeral I have been to.  There were no prayers or hymns of encouragement  for his family, just a few other volunteers saying what he had done.  It was an earie atmosphere with everyone knowing that he hadn't made the choice to follow Christ and that he was in hell. It is hard to comfort family by saying that he is in a better place because he isn't. Accept Christ into your heart and ask for His forgivness.  You will feel the difference immediately like a wieght has been lifted off of your chest.  Ask Him for strength and guidace to make good choices and join a good Bible class to learn more and to fellowshiip with.  God Bless You!
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The way i look at it there are people out there that say why believe in something that couldn't be true? i say why shouldn't you? some people will go thier whole life not believing to find out GOD IS REAL and then spend eternal life in hell. or they could simply have the belief in Him and when they die IF He wasn't real what did they lose? nothing. but he is there and there is an eternal wonderful life that is so perfect. so the people who don't beleive come out as a loss
941912
Interesting question. According to the bible, you have to accept Jesus at the time of death and then you will be forgiven and allowed to paradise.  However, I find it very hard to believe that someone like Ghandi is going to hell. You can never do wrong by being a good, honest and kind person.
852135
Nobody knows what happens to us when we die, or this concept of hell or heaven. Well by catholic mythology, i think as long as you live a good life, christian or not, youll go to heaven, or spend a few years in purgatory at the most, because comon, then over half of the world would be going to hell. Heaven would be like some deluxe snob club where only a few members were allowed in.\n\nBut realistically our concept of heaven and hell has grown out of control, its turned into a huge bribe, but hey i guess it works a lot of the time. The jews (the religion christianty evoloved out of) didnt have a strict conept of heaven or hell, they knew to live life good, and that god would punish them in life for unfaithfulness and sometimes the punishment would carry over to those that were close to them. They had some slight concept of bliss and punishment in the afterlife but it didnt consume all the time and thought as it does in christianity. Actually it sounds like it was tampered with somewhat by rulers and writers.\n\nI dont think jesus wants us to suffer, if anything i think hed give us a redo, in a soemwhat reincarntional concept., then again if jesus did exist and was god's son.\n\ndont worry about it so much and just try to live a good life by the golden rule.\n\ndont take naything form the bible literally, most of its to be taken out of context into your own consideration and recieve a message and apply it to your own life.
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You get a chance to repent anytime before you die. So if you kill someone without repenting, yes you go to hell. Oh, and you have to be truly sorry for what you did. Not just have an attitude like your going to kill someone and repent for it later. That won't work.
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As in not going to hell when you don't believe in God?  In my opinion, no.
1139644
Since Catholicism is neither idoltry nor paganism no one went to hell if people only go to hell based on that alone.  There is also not "one Protestant religion" but many different groups.  Some which use more Dogma dervived from Catholicism than others.  \n\nAlso if you needed to be protestant to go to heaven then God should have really considered those people in remote parts of the world who never heard of Christ nor had any means to.  \n\nThankfully Catholicism believe those who live a life that is fair and just will go to heaven even if they are not part of the christian religion.