If there is no heaven but the church helps out people, is the lie about heaven justified?
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no lie is justified even if it is for enslavement,,power ,manipulation and control as the lies of the church are.\n\nthe lie about Heaven is especially bad as it promises a better life ,when the person is dead .It is then that they are welcome in Gods garden .As what one may ask,the only purpose that makes sense is for them to be compost at that stage.\n\nand not here but off the planet ,and so putting the peoples focus beyond Earth.Making them less concerned about their behaviour in life  and how they treat Earths ,gardens.\n\nPagan cultures are more concerned about what happens in life and about building an  Earthly paradise.\nAnd wish this foreign God would stop from sicking(setting against) his people on ,Nature and its subjects.\n\nsince the beginning of Christinity indigenous peoples,animals and Nature itself,has been under constant attack and much has been sent to oblivion and extinction.
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Dear IChoose, The question is very sincere, i can fully understand why there would be confusion. there are many sincere people that worship in many different religions. everyone wants to know what is beyond in the afterlife and how to get there. the truth is that Religion is only mans creation, its fallible and consist of works. Religion and good works are not enough to get us to heaven. let me explain by asking you a few questions....... \n\nHave you ever lied (even once--fibs, white lies, etc.)? Ever stolen (anything--the value is irrelevant)? Jesus said, "Whoever looks upon a woman to lust after her, has committed adultery already with her in his heart." Have you ever looked with lust? If you have said "Yes" to these three questions, by your own admission, you are a lying, thieving, adulterer at heart; and we’ve only looked at three of the Ten Commandments. Nothing you’ve ever done is hid from His holy eyes. Will you be innocent or guilty on the Day of Judgment? Listen to your conscience. You know that you will be guilty, and therefore end up in Hell. That’s not God’s will. He provided a way for you and I to be forgiven. \nHe sent His Son to take our punishment: "God commended His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." He was bruised for our iniquities. Jesus then rose from the dead and defeated death. \nYour own so-called “goodness” can’t get you into heaven any more than mine could.  Jesus is the only way to Heaven. He is the "Door," the only "mediator." There is salvation in no other name, so pray something like this: "Dear God, I repent of all of my sins (confess them). This day I put my trust in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Please forgive me and grant me your gift of everlasting life. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen."
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Yes, there is a way to Heaven......Jesus Christ who died for our sins, is the way, Truth and Life. Whosoever believes in the Son have the eternal life.... and these who confesses Jesus Christ as the Lord and to repent from sins....are the ones taht will sit with God in His kingdom-Heaven...
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No. Because heaven does not exist.
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No, I would laugh because if you are saved by grace--your good works follow suit.  The idea that grace will bring salvation without any works goes against loving thy neighbor as thyself.\n\nSome of the basic beliefs of the Church are:\n\n* God is our Heavenly Father. He loves us and wants us to return to Him.\n* Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He is our Savior. He redeems us from death by providing the Resurrection. He saves us from sin as we repent.\n* Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can return to live with God if we keep His commandments.\n* The Holy Ghost helps us to recognize truth.\n* The first principles and ordinances of the gospel are faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism, and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost.\n* The Church of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth.\n* The priesthood authority of God exists in His Church today, just as it did in the original Church.\n* The Bible and the Book of Mormon are the word of God.\n* God reveals His will to prophets today, just as He did anciently.\n* Our life has a sacred purpose.\n* Families can be together forever.\n* Through serving others, we can experience joy and draw closer to God.
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Yes, I absolutely believe there is a heaven and a hell. I know there is because when my son was born I looked at his face and saw that there was no way that he could turn out so perfect without divine intervention. With God comes heaven and hell. If you believe in God you have to believe in the devil and all of the havoc he makes. It is the devils mission to make you believe that he does not exist because that makes it easier for him to work his evil
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Its not ok to lie , maybe that's what they are doing to get people to join their church
856737
No, I do not believe that heaven or hell exists.
835089
nope, and there isn't a heaven...in my humble opinion
1004263
i dont like people who lie but if that lie is saving sombody or doing good for anybody i would love that lie as it was good for humanity...
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No. Because we are told in Proverbs that mans heart is decietful above all else.\nAlso if we try to get to heaven by doing something good our selves, we are wasting our time, as that is what all religions teach.  The Bible tells us that Jesus paid in full, the price on the cross.  Neither is  there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men, wherby we must be saved.  Acts 4:12\nBut we are all as an unclean thing and all our righteousness are as filthy rags. Isaiah 64:6\nSo there is NO WAY we can save ourselves, only Christ can do that, "For by grace ye are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9\nAll have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23
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Here's One weird belief : "I can go to heaven by just doing good "\n\nAnd here's a response to that. ( just one reason ) \n\noh, let us consider the fallacy that "if I just do good I can Go to heaven". \nJoe believed in that. ( he was sincerely wrong ) \n \nWhen Joe died, he arrived at the gate of heaven. \nThe gatekeeper asked him only one question.. "Son, did you do all your good works out of sincererity? " \n \nJoe answered, " certainly,... um, wait, but not all of it, i guess." \n \nGatekeeper said " Well son, do u know the meaning of sincerity?".\n \nJoe answered, "Doing something without hoping anything in return". \n \nGatekeeper continued, "Yes. And if you did your good works not of sincerity it in itself is evil under the eyes of perfect judgement; now for your works that you claim "sincere", today you are trying to use them to enter heaven : which means that in the past when u performed them, u could have "felt sincere" but at the point where it matters most ( i.e. today ), you are simply trying to use them to enter heaven. And thus, sincerity is not a feeling but a state of action, a reason, so I just showed you that you CANNOT use your good works to enter heaven. For if you tried, then you are just being unsincere today, and thus that good work has turned "bad"."\n \n\n\n\n\n\nGatekeeper went on " That is why son you cannot enter heaven by just good deeds. Its evil that God would make a way of salvation based on how much good you did because this would imply that the reason of your good works is gaining heaven, making the works unsincere. Plus in this scenario of logic, you are the "hero". The way God would have made must make "God" the "hero" for the way to be pure as possible. Not only that, doing good must be out of LOVE  NOT DUTY and that is what Jesus taught. That is why good works CANNOT save you. Thus as a redemption for your sins, God himself, Jesus died as a substitute for you out of love. And consider also if God made a way, if it demands DUTY for salvation (e.g, doing rituals and good works) then its cruel. That is why the ONLY religion that teaches salvation is a FREE GIFT is christianity; by which Jesus died on the cross as a substitute of our sins."
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Catholics believe that one can get to heaven by "being a good person" and doing good works.  But the Bible says that "There is none good.  No, not one" and that "all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags".  There are many more references but I don't have time to type them all right now.  Real Christians have been born-again.
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No.  The way to heaven is through the beleif that Jesus came to the earth and died for your sins and was risen 3 days later.\n\nHell is the result of lack of God and heaven.
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I have to totally agree with this quote. I have a relative that thinks if you don't go to HIS church (whichever one it is at the time) then you aren't serving God. I believe exactly what the Bible says about having eternal life; and it DON'T say that only the Baptists, or Catholics, or Methodists, or Pentecostals..etc are going to receive this gift of eternal life. God is God and he isn't any of these RELIGIONS...my opinion
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IF you believe in God than you should believe in heaven.  Heaven is where(ever) God is.  Heaven is Paradise, the other side of the gulf from where hell is.  Both are "holding places" until Judgment day.  There is life after the death of this flesh body.  (Absent from this flesh, present with The LORD)  It's those in hell that may face the second death, the death of the soul on Judgment Day , after the millieum, the 1000 years when God throws satan and all that are in hell (all of hell) into the lake of fire.
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Yes Sweety there is a Heaven and a Hell. If your soul is right with God you will go to Heaven and if its not then you go to Hell.