"Hell isn't so bad" doctrine...

edb19 said:

Had a conversation with an acquaintance not too long ago about who goes to heaven. Her rationale for believing she would go to heaven is a pretty common one;
1. I believe in God
2. I'm a good person

My response - maybe not tactful, but still
'Satan knows God exists and has, in fact, seen Him. He was an angel! Do you think he'll be in heaven?'

I haven't done a concordance search - but my pastor recently made the comment that there are many more Scriptural references to hell than to heaven. I'm guessing that's for a reason.

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seekingpurity047 said:

The issue is with the second sentence from your acquaintance. "I'm a good person" What defines a good person? Or, even so, for the first response, who is God? Clearly, anybody can believe in a higher power (buddhists, hindus, etc) though they don't know who the real true God is, who sent His son to die for our sins, and rose again so that we may have life! There is only one God. And proof of this, i go to scripture. 1 Tim 2:5-6

For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6who gave himself as a ransom for all men—the testimony given in its proper time.

(not actually for all men, when you look at context, but that's another discussion, it actually means men "all over".)

And, being a "good" person never got anybody into heaven. But it is by faith that we get into heaven, Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Now, I know that you yourself aren't the one who is saying these replies, since you originally asked the questions, and she replied. I'm just suggesting a better response, ya know, then the satan one, becuase, well... satan wasn't good I don't think that response was relevant to your acquaintance's response.

Randy

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Paleoconservatarian said:

That's a trick question. Sports presuppose a concept of "winning" and "losing" is unfair and causes competition, which is unhealthy and probably leads to violence. Instead, let's play a game where everybody wins! I like to call it "Bible Tennis". We toss prooftexts back and forth with the limited atonement crowd, and then decide that theology is useless because nobody can really know if any of this is true or not (and besides, who really wants to study this stuff?). What is truth? Here, have a Krispy Kreme.

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