re am i going to hell in article apr geneva rutgers edu tbrent ecn purdue edu timothy j brent writes 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 dear tim you say that you were a catholic but if you do not believe in the christian god i suppose that means the god of the bible and publicly state this you are in all probability not a roman catholic public heretics even those who err in good faith material heretics do not belong to the body of the church fundamentals of catholic dogma ludwig ott p all is not lost however as you still might belong spiritually to the church by your desire to belong to it as you said only god can judge the condition of a man s soul about judgment on the other hand st paul cor urges christians to judge their fellow christians following the apostle s teaching i judge that you should reconsider returning to the christian fold and embrace the god of abraham isaac and jacob he is the god who lives concerning what you were told about non believers when you were a catholic that is true as i have posted before vatican ii lumen gentium ii n teaches those who through no fault of their own do not know the gospel of christ or his chruch but who nevertheless seek god with a sincere heart and moved by grace try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience those too may achieve eternal salvation responding to your solicitation for opinions on the thinking processes of god the best i can do is refer you to scripture scripture is one of the best sources for learning what can be known about god stick with the best boundary the catechist no teneis que pensar que yo haya venido a traer la paz a la tierra no he venido a traer la paz sino la guerra mateo tr esp vulgata latina
