Would you obey God to get to Heaven?

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Would you obey God to get to Heaven?

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Would you obey God to get to Heaven?

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Post by OnceConvinced »

Drs made this statement in another thread:
From what I see, most people don't want to go to Heaven because they don't want to obey GOD.
Ok, lets make some assumptions here based on what Christians believe:

Heaven: Paradise. Eternal life. No sickness, sadness. All joy. You'll never run out of things to do. It will be FANTASTIC (and no you won't just be sitting around on clouds playing harps or worshiping at God's feet all the time). There is no slavery involved. You won't have your freewill violated. Eternal life is definitely not a curse here.

God: Merciful, loving, just. He loves us so much. Everything he does is for our own good. He's a fantastic guy.

SO:

If the God above was proven to be real. If he had certain laws that had to be followed and you had to obey those laws. If he could be shown not to be a genocidal maniac and that everything he did was for our own good, and if you could gaurantee you'd get to go to Heaven, would you obey him?

Also as a side question:

If you decide you don't want to obey God, does that also automatically mean you don't want to go to Heaven as Drs seems to believe?

Society and its morals evolve and will continue to evolve. The bible however remains the same and just requires more and more apologetics and claims of "metaphors" and "symbolism" to justify it.

Prayer is like rubbing an old bottle and hoping that a genie will pop out and grant you three wishes.

There is much about this world that is mind boggling and impressive, but I see no need whatsoever to put it down to magical super powered beings.


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Post by PlayRadioPlay! »

If the God above was proven to be real. If he had certain laws that had to be followed and you had to obey those laws. If he could be shown not to be a genocidal maniac and that everything he did was for our own good, and if you could guarantee you'd get to go to Heaven, would you obey him?

No. My life is perfectly fine now, I'm happy with where I am, and would see no reason to change it. Why give up being able to do what I want without feeling guilt for a place to go after I'm dead and I don't care where I am?

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