How do I get to heaven?

acamp1 · Post by **acamp1** » Sat May 19, 2007 9:58 am

Simple question.

sledheavy · Post by **sledheavy** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:03 pm

It would had been more accurate to quote Dostoevsky's Grand Inquisitor. Or at least far more entertaining.

McCulloch · Post by **McCulloch** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:19 pm

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Flail · Post by **Flail** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:19 am

But Santa says that to get to heaven you should

1.Love the Lord your God
2.Treat your neighbor as you would be treated

I know Muslims, heathens,agonstics,sinners and others who will get to heaven under this two part plan...however, I am not sure about Christians, since they judge others as unworthy of God and seem to think 'neighbor' refers to only the people in their church.

Greatest I Am · Post by **Greatest I Am** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:25 am

When our consciousness is born in the universe it is eternal. No information is ever lost to God.

All one needs do to get to Heaven is follow his or her God given nature. No fighting it or supernatural effort is required. Just live to your nature, which you have to anyway, and you will get there.

Trust that a Perfect God ensures that all the souls that He creates are Perfect and destined for Heaven. Hell does not exist. There is only one destination for all of us.

Regards
DL

samuelbb7 · Post by **samuelbb7** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:35 pm

To get to heaven we need to love GOD with all our heart, soul and mind and our neighbor as ourselves.

OnceConvinced · Post by **OnceConvinced** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:06 pm

samuelbb7 wrote:To get to heaven we need to love GOD with all our heart, soul and mind and our neighbor as ourselves.

How do you measure loving God with all your heart? How do you know you're loving him with all your heart? How do you love with your soul and mind? Loving with your mind is actually impossible and shows biblical ignorance that a mind can love.

As for loving our neighbour as ourselves. Just how far should we go here? (And no, I'm not talking about anything sexual lol )

Greatest I Am · Post by **Greatest I Am** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:52 am

samuelbb7 wrote:To get to heaven we need to love GOD with all our heart, soul and mind and our neighbor as ourselves.

Not to be overly critical but your answer here is simplistic and just rote learning.

What does love God mean. Unless one knows God then it is hard to love Him.
An explanation of who God is is needed before anyone can be moved to love. If love happens it is automatic that the whole heart is involved and the rest happens.

Better for you to tell us who God is so that we can move towards Him.
Is He a person. A philosophy. Who or what is God. It sounds like you may have found Him so let us in on it.

Regards
DL

Greatest I Am · Post by **Greatest I Am** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:58 am

Flail wrote:But Santa says that to get to heaven you should

1.Love the Lord your God
2.Treat your neighbor as you would be treated

I know Muslims, heathens,agonstics,sinners and others who will get to heaven under this two part plan...however, I am not sure about Christians, since they judge others as unworthy of God and seem to think 'neighbor' refers to only the people in their church.

There are 100 different types of Christians now a days. Please don't put us all under the same label.

I for one Christian include all peoples in a Heavenly destination.

God initially started as master of the complete universe. For Him not to back slide He must end the same way. No Hell where He warehouses His mistakes. He does not do mistakes. No need for a Hell.

And no you do not need to know Jesus to get to Heaven.
Jesus was good but God does not need a mediator for His souls.

Regards
DL

samuelbb7 · Post by **samuelbb7** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:28 pm

First the Greatest IAm has a point. He and I do not belive the same things. Many Christians differ.

Now the first part of loving GOD is to keep his Commandments. Such as the first four of the Ten Commandments. To love your neighbor starts with the last six of the Ten Commandments. They are the start.

When we see someone in need we are to try to help. Now there is a difference in helping and in facilitating as in being codependent. We are in other words not to be selfish. By the way to love GOD with your mind is to learn to think like he does.

Greatest I Am · Post by **Greatest I Am** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:06 am

samuelbb7 wrote:First the Greatest IAm has a point. He and I do not belive the same things. Many Christians differ.

Now the first part of loving GOD is to keep his Commandments. Such as the first four of the Ten Commandments. To love your neighbor starts with the last six of the Ten Commandments. They are the start.

When we see someone in need we are to try to help. Now there is a difference in helping and in facilitating as in being codependent. We are in other words not to be selfish. By the way to love GOD with your mind is to learn to think like he does.

All religions offer a philosophy of life or commandments for life.
It is to each of us to decide which one we see as the best.

Some are born to it, some search.

The search is worthy in and of itself.

Regards
DL

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