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Suppose there was a heaven and hell. (Theoretically) Would you deserve to go to heaven?
(Optional) Also, give a yes/no answer if you think these people should go to heaven:
Gandhi
Steve Jobs
Martin Luther King Jr.
Genghis Khan
Adolf Hitler
Jennifer Lawrence
Lil' Wayne
Charlie Sheen
Pee-Wee Herman
James Gandolfini
Tupac Shakur
Richard Dawkins
Kurt Cobain
Tom Hanks
Shakespeare
14 Answers
- ?Lv 68 years agoFavorite Answer
You can't really play make believe unless you base the game on the basis for the destinations and the rules applied to get there. Therefore, not a single one of us DESERVES to go to heaven and we all DESERVE to go to hell. It is purely by God's grace extended to any that any would be redeemed, but sadly some continue to reject that grace and demand their own way, which fails and will lead them away from any return to God.
- ?Lv 78 years ago
Suppose I was throwing a party. Would you deserve to be invited if I didn't know you? There is a parable about this. http://biblehub.com/niv/matthew/22.htm Does anyone truly deserve anything? What does it mean to you to deserve something? You might think you deserve mercy, but a victim of you might think you deserve the worst punishment. The one who ultimately decides what you are offered is God, your creator. Does a creation deserve more than he gets? If you built a robot to serve you and it would not obey, does that robot deserve to be thrown in the trash or kept on a mantel? If it was the first one you built, you might put it on the mantel and love it just because it was your first, not that it worked. But if it was number 10,347 wouldn't it just make you mad that it decided to refuse to obey? Satan was the first of God's creation to disobey, so it's no wonder God has given him such free reign that he might be persuaded to repent and return to obedience. On the other hand, God is not partial. There must be a greater purpose involved that I cannot yet know about.
However, it is predicted that Satan will have to be destroyed along with all other disobedient servants/creatures. Only God decides who deserves to be granted eternal life. But I can certainly express my opinion.
Gandhi had a sex addiction and is not worthy. Don't know. Don't know. Wasn't Genghis Khan a ruthless killer? He probably didn't repent.
Adolf Hitler committed suicide and is very likely deserving of spiritual death just for that.
Don't know anything about Jennifer Lawrence or Lil' Wayne, but if they are still alive, I can't call it. You never know if they might repent.
Kurt Cobain killed himself, so not likely to get eternal life. This is based on the parable of the bags of gold. The servant that buried the gold and did not even put it in the bank had it taken from him and given to someone more worthy. If a person kills himself, his share of eternal life is taken from him and given to someone more worthy.
I don't know about Shakespeare. I think the others which I didn't mention are still alive, so they might repent.
- ?Lv 78 years ago
Since I'm not familiar with the standards that will be used to base that decision, IDK. I would like to say yes. I haven't killed anybody, I take care of stray animals, I care for my elderly parents. Sure, I've flipped the bird here and there to people who cut me off, but is that really so bad?
I'm good on all except Hitler and Khan. The others may have made some bad personal choices, but they haven't committed mass murder. I'm really uncomfortable with the concept of hell though, even for someone like Hitler
- ?Lv 78 years ago
“Upon death of the human body, the discarnate soul is placed on a plane in the spiritual world that corresponds to its evolutionary state. And this depends on the soul’s behavior during its incarnation regarding the law of love. The final destiny of the soul is to always return to its spiritual home.
However, those delinquent souls, that have carried out serious acts against other beings of creation, will remain trapped in the lowest vibratory level of the inferior astral, due to the burden of their actions.
In the opposite extreme, the souls that have overcome a major part of their egoism and have behaved lovingly, will rise to the highest vibratory bands of the superior astral.
In between those two extremes, there are a multitude of intermediate levels in which souls will be placed according to their level of spiritual elevation and their behavior regarding the law of love.”
The Spiritual Laws – Vicent Guillem
- ?Lv 68 years ago
The better question is "Would you want to go to Heaven?"
Considering the only explination of Heaven involves the involuntary and infinite worship of this deity, it seems immortality in this regard would come at a rather high cost.
I would neither deserve to go to this Heaven, nor would I want to. At least not the Heaven as defined in the Bible.
- Anonymous8 years ago
Probably not. I don't deserve to go to hell, either. I don't think I've lived a life so bad that it warrents eternal torment. But I can honestly say that I've screwed up enough in life that I don't deserve to go to heaven. I'm probably purgatory material.
- Anonymous8 years ago
You can only go to Hell for rejecting Christ. Anyone can go to Heaven- even Hitler, who caused the death of millions. As long as they accept Christ, they can go to heaven.
Source(s): Church and me - Monica MellishLv 58 years ago
I don't believe in heaven nor hell. We create that for ourselves. Heaven would be a lonely place because none of us are perfect. I have a terminal illness and I personally believe we are reborn.