What if, by some dreadful piece of bad luck...

InterestedAtheist · #1 28th September 2006, 09:58 AM

What if you went before God when you died - and discovered that it was Allah?

What if you learned that actually it was the Muslims who were right, and the Christians who were wrong, and what if Allah gave you a choice: follow him - worship and obey him in Paradise - or else go straight to hell forever.

I don't know all that much about Islamic beliefs, about whether or not you would get a choice, or be sent to hell forever, but what if the above did happen? What would you do?

seajoy · #2 28th September 2006, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by InterestedAtheist

What if you went before God when you died - and discovered that it was Allah?

What if you learned that actually it was the Muslims who were right, and the Christians who were wrong, and what if Allah gave you a choice: follow him - worship and obey him in Paradise - or else go straight to hell forever.

I don't know all that much about Islamic beliefs, about whether or not you would get a choice, or be sent to hell forever, but what if the above did happen? What would you do?

Since that is not a possibility, I have no answer.

These are the words we must look at.
Jesus said "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no man comes to the Father but by me."

seajoy

InterestedAtheist · #3 28th September 2006, 11:26 AM

Oh go on - how about if we pretend that this happened in a dream?

There are plenty of things that are not possibilities, but that doesn't stop us from thinking about them.

If someone asked me what I'd do if I met Harry Potter or Darth Vader, I'm sure I'd be able to think of something.

Kehaar · #4 28th September 2006, 11:30 AM

I'd give the same answer as seajoy

seajoy · #5 28th September 2006, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by InterestedAtheist

Oh go on - how about if we pretend that this happened in a dream?

There are plenty of things that are not possibilities, but that doesn't stop us from thinking about them.

If someone asked me what I'd do if I met Harry Potter or Darth Vader, I'm sure I'd be able to think of something.

Funny you should mention this as a dream. I was just thinking (while walking down the hall at work), maybe I should think of this as some crazy nightmare, then I might be able to give you an answer

. But low and behold, that didn't help...I'd be praying to Jesus to wake me up from such a horrible thing.
(Wow, for a couple moments, I was thinking the same as an atheist

)

seajoy

InterestedAtheist · #6 28th September 2006, 12:34 PM

So that means your reaction to Allah's offer would be not speaking to him but praying to Jesus?

OK, thanks!

InterestedAtheist · #7 28th September 2006, 12:37 PM

Maybe I should amend the question, since in the first one I only gave you a few minutes to decide what to do. How about if Allah was merciful enough to give you a while to think it over? And presumably by this point, you'd know that Christianity was incorrect - that is, that Jesus really was just another prophet of Allah, which I believe is what Muslims say.

HoustonHorn · #8 28th September 2006, 12:38 PM

Interested -
I like this question. This line of thought is what led me away from Christianity in the first place and I'd love to get a good answer. Maybe it'll bring me back - dunno.

To the others -
I mean no disrepect by this, it's an honest question. Are you so afraid to question your beliefs that you won't even answer this as if you were in a fiction type situation (dream, whatever). Why is "won't happen, so I'm not going to answer" a good answer?

Kehaar · #9 28th September 2006, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by HoustonHorn

Interested -
I like this question. This line of thought is what led me away from Christianity in the first place and I'd love to get a good answer. Maybe it'll bring me back - dunno.

To the others -
I mean no disrepect by this, it's an honest question. Are you so afraid to question your beliefs that you won't even answer this as if you were in a fiction type situation (dream, whatever). Why is "won't happen, so I'm not going to answer" a good answer?

Hiya

Respectfully, we have not been afraid to answer the question, we have done so.

Would you expect us to answer differently? We have our faith and beliefs and are responding truthfully to the question.

If it were a dream, then my answer would still be the same.

After all, it's just a dream.

seajoy · #10 28th September 2006, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by HoustonHorn

This line of thought is what led me away from Christianity in the first place and I'd love to get a good answer. Maybe it'll bring me back - dunno.

What line of thought led you away from christianity? Was it the thought that Christians say "this is the only way to heaven." Because if you asked this same question (in the OP) to Muslims, I'm afraid you'd get the same answers we've given you.

We (christians) aren't narrow minded...what we have is belief. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1.

seajoy