h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

what bout jews? the worship the one true God as well? (dont get me wrong, i am a christian, tho probly nt a very good 1) my problem isnt with believing in God or not. i know hes there. i jus dont think organised religion is needed. i also believe that all the gods diff religions worship r jus different names 4 God. so if we all love, worship & believe in him y keep some out of heaven 4 the sake of a word?

it's not believing in God that gets us to heaven. It is believing that Christ died for our sins, and was resurrected, and asking him into your live to forgive you of your sins. That's what makes you a Christian, and that's what gets you to heaven. Only Christians believe in Christ.

I thought that believing in the whole Christ died for our sins lark, got you into Christian Heaven. Who is to say, that all religions, including atheism, don't have their own heavens.

The important things is, are we allowed to visit each others heavens?

You actually have to accept Christ as your saviour and be forgiven to become a Christian and get to Heaven.

There can not be lots of different heaven's as the Christian God said many times that he did not like people worshipping idols. There are lots of different creation stories. They cannot all be true. And what about hell? If there are many different heavens then there cannot be a hell, and lots of religions have hells. And atheism isn't a proper religion, they don't believe any of them, so why would they go to a heaven.

Just because you think something is right doesn't mean that it is. Only one religion is correct, you just have to find one where your faith akes you choose to believe, and follow it. You must also look closely at the religion and think,"Do I really want to believe in what they are saying?"

To say that there are different heavens for every religion, is to say that if I start a new religion right now called Spookanism, then there will be a heaven for it where I can go, and I would be the God of that religion. It just, doesn't work.

i believe in God & that he sent his only son 2 die 4 our sakes. but i dont understand how sunch a loving father can turn so many people away. & what about children who r too young 2 know what they believe in? according 2 Christ they get 2 heaven. y should 'innocent' (as innocent as any1 is) souls go 2 hell simply because they dont understand that jesus was & is Gods son? it makes no sense.

i believe in God & that he sent his only son 2 die 4 our sakes. but i dont understand how sunch a loving father can turn so many people away. & what about children who r too young 2 know what they believe in? according 2 Christ they get 2 heaven. y should 'innocent' (as innocent as any1 is) souls go 2 hell simply because they dont understand that jesus was & is Gods son? it makes no sense.

it says in the Bible that children will be saved until they have the knowledge and understanding to choose for themselves. If someone has no knowledge of Jesus then I doubt God will turn them way for not knowing.

Anyway, you said that we are all innocent, but we are not, we are all sinners and that makes us guilty. When we except Jesus he takes our punishment for us so that we can go to heaven.

Actually, a mate of mine, rather a acedemic I should say, told me some time ago that Hell did exist. It was the name of a local village in biblical times. It was a really bad place to be. People used to say if you were bad then you would go to hell. Meaning this place.
It had a meaning in its own time. But its meaning has been altered over time to what we have today.

i heard theres still a place calld hell...cant remember where tho

Well, actually here are a few in the UK;
Hell Corner, Dorset
Hell Gate, Telford
Hell Hole, Shropshire, also Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Yorkshire, Norfolk.
Hell’s Hole, Scotland
Hell’s mouth, Cornwall

To name just a few..
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cool. but they're named after hell-wiv-d-firey-pits aint they?

"it says in the Bible that children will be saved until they have the knowledge and understanding to choose for themselves."

Where does it say that?

(omylouse: please write in full. It's much easier to read, and there's no time advantage to abbrevs in a forum like this)

sorry. please forgive me. i shall try harder next time to write properly!

There's a Hell, Michigan in the US too.

& is it a hellish place?

Don't forget the Devil's Punchbowl. Not named Hell of course, but of the same theme.

sounds like...interesting...punch!

the bible says that there will be a ressuraction of the righteous and the unrighteous (that covers almost everyone that has lived on this planet)it also says that the meek will inhert the earth and live on it forever. it also says that a great crowd of people out of all nations, tribes, peoples and tounges will surive into the new world that God is going to bring about.

if the bible says that the future of mankind is earthly we needn't worry that much about going to heaven or hell.

but let's make sure that when He does bring that new world that the bible promises, we are ready and accaptable to Him so that we can be in it.

it is a serious responsibility to be a parent and to bring a new human life into the world. children will be judged not only on their own merit but also on the way of the parents.

this all happened before in the day's of the flood, the babies died, why, because if left alive they would turn out just as bad as their parents.

when the time comes to judge the earth Jesus will do so impartially.
we can see from the gospels what kind of person he is and having read those accounts we should not be afraid that he will do something unjust.

the only thing that clarifies everything is the bible .

it is the only book in the world that is from God