Originally posted by windmillThat passage has always bugged me. Why can't God just make as many sons as he wants? And it isn't very loving to burn infants and ghandi in hell.
For God so loved the world he gave only Son,that whoever believes in him should 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 condemened already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.John 3:16-18
I'll go with no.
Originally posted by wibIf you're asking a christian there's a good chance they're gonna say "NO".
LOL Bosse!
Ok, seriously, to the original poster, I imagine it depends on who you're asking? If you're asking this question of someone that's Jewish they're gonna say "of course I'll get into heaven".
If you're asking a christian there's a good chance they're gonna say "NO".
Everybody else is going to give you the best answer, which is "I don't know".
How many Christians have you asked?
Originally posted by UmbrageOfSnowWhy can't God just make as many sons as he wants?
That passage has always bugged me. Why can't God just make as many sons as he wants? And it isn't very loving to burn infants and ghandi in hell.
That depends how you use the word "son".
If you're talking about Jesus as begotten Son of God, then God didn't "make" him in the first place.
If you're talking about sons in the sense of participation in, or communion with, the divine; then that is precisely what justification does to a man.
And it isn't very loving to burn infants and ghandi in hell.
This is old ground - and only addresses the extreme viewpoint in the Christian world. There are other positions, you know.