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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know some very intelligent people who are Christian and believe that Christianity is the only religion that is “right”. — all other religions are wrong and followers of those religions are going to hell.  How can anyone honestly believe this?  It seems incredibly ethnocentric to me given so many ancient religions, billions of people who follow other religions, and the fact that there is no proof that any religion is superior. I respect those who have faith and believe that all have the right to their own beliefs, but why so judgy?  What makes your book more credible than other texts?[/quote]

I'm a Christian. I believe that Christianity is the most "complete" religion but that many religions offer truth and that Christianity as it is understood currently in American society is limited. I believe in heaven but think there will be people there from all parts of history, geography, etc.  I think that we are all accountable for the knowledge we do have. A baseline for me (and I may be wrong) is recognizing that there is a loving creator, that we live in a "broken" world, that we need God and that there is hope for us as individuals/humanity/earth.[/quote]

When you say that people from all geographies and parts of history will be in heaven do you include people from other faiths?[/quote]

I am a DP, but I am specifically Eastern Christian and believe the same.

Essentially, my belief is that to those who have been given more, more will be expected.

In other words, those who have the 'map' will have the most expected of them when they reach the awesome judgement seat of Christ. Those who do not have a map will be judged based on how well they understood the love of God imprinted in their hearts (even if they did not understand it) and acted on it.

Also-- when we say that Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life and that no one goes is saved except through Him, that is because He is the one who conquered death. God became man so that man can become like God. The only way any of us reach Heaven is because of Christ's sacrifice. He opened the gates for us all, including those who never heard of Him, He made it possible for anyone to reach heaven.

We want to welcome people into the Church because the path becomes easier to understand and maintain through the lens of Christ, thus making it easier for them to reach Heaven. [b]That does not mean someone who has never heard of Christ, or (for example) had a terrible experience with Christians who made it impossible to see the true love of Christ, will not be able to reach heaven.
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That's a lovely rationalization that allows you to keep you religious beliefs while not excluding others from the promise of eternal life.  However, there no basis for this thinking in the Bible or church dogma.[/quote]

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