re am i going to hell in apr geneva rutgers edu tim asks i have stated before that i do not consider myself an atheist but definitely do not believe in the christian god the recent discussion about atheists and hell combined with a post to another group to the effect of you will all go to hell has me interested in the consensus as to how a god might judge men as a catholic i was told that a jew buddhist etc might go to heaven but obviously some people do not believe this even more see atheists and pagans i assume i would be lumped into this category to be hellbound i know you believe only god can judge and i do not ask you to just for your opinions this is probably too simplistic for some but john saus for god so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life genesis and he abram believed the lord and he reckoned it to him as righteousness i don t find anywhere that god restricts heaven to particular ethnic groups or religious denominations or any other category that we humans like to drop people into but he does require that we believe and trust him in hebrews it says that god spoke of old by the prophets the old testament but in these last days he has spoken to us by his son jesus christ and we learn of him through the pages of the new testament the bible tells us what we need to believe for those who have never heard i leave them in god s capable care he will make himself known as he desires it behooves each one of us to act upon the knowledge we have if you reject the claims of jesus and still go to heaven then the joke s on me if you reject him and go to hell that s no joke but it will be final gerry the opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer
