Originally posted by Texas Lynn
The concept that other religionists are doomed to Hell is certainly not part of the OT tradition and is a perversion of the NT concepts. If it was true, I certainly would not want to go to Heaven.
Texas Lynn,
Do you realize that you are breaking the Second of the Ten Commandments by saying that? You have made a god to suit yourself. Your god would never send anyone to Hell, because he couldn't. He doesn't exist. He's a figment of your imagination. You have made a god you feel comfortable with.
Did you know that the God of the Bible - the God you have to face on the Day of Judgment - commands you to be perfect? He is perfect, and He will judge you with a perfect Law that demands perfection."
The idea that God will take pity upon someone because they were a good person who just happened to be Hindu is unscriptural. There is only one path to God and that is through His Son, Jesus Christ. No one else.
I would like to point you to several scripture references.
Philippians 2:9-11 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above very name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.
John 3:16-18 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
Matthew 10:22 All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.