Only God knows if a person will go to Heaven or not - nobody else can make that call - not even with Bible verses to back their argument.
The nearest assumption you might be able to make, LastElf, is that because, at this moment Anony-mouse isn't a believer, there is a very real chance that they might not go to Heaven.
But you don't know what will happen in the future - a deathbed conversion a split second before death maybe? That's all it takes.
Yes, I realize that, and I'm going by present circumstances, not something that could happen in the future. All I was saying was that his philosophy doesn't fit in with the scripture where salvation is concerned. And to the poster who quoted Luke, if he didn't believe and trust in Jesus then how could he have used his name to cast the demons out?
And before you all say I'm judgmental, saying that he won't get into Heaven, I'm just debating his philosophy, comparing it to scripture that says otherwise (Since he was comparing it to the Christian God as far as I could gather, we have a debate every few weeks :P).
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Will I go to hell?
by Anony-Mouse ina freind of mine (over the internet) has been debating with me about whether or not i will go to hell.
being the great freind he is, he says i am absolutely bound for hell, simply because i don't believe in god anymore.
john 3:16,17 says something or other about only people believing will be saved or somesuch.
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Will I go to hell?
by Anony-Mouse ina freind of mine (over the internet) has been debating with me about whether or not i will go to hell.
being the great freind he is, he says i am absolutely bound for hell, simply because i don't believe in god anymore.
john 3:16,17 says something or other about only people believing will be saved or somesuch.
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LastElf
So... Mouse's friend here, thought I'd clear some things up.
This whole debate was started with this quote:
"You should live your life and try to make the world a better place for your being in it, whether or not you believe in God. If there is no God, you have lost nothing and will be remembered fondly by those you left behind. If there is a benevolent God, he will judge you on your merits and not just on whether or not you believed in him." - His philosophy that he posted on his space.
Now, this got us talking about whether he'd go to Heaven or not, I said no (see verses in first post), and he assumed that the result was him going to Hell. No mention of whether Hell existed or not. So this should me more of a debate if he's going to Heaven on just his merits instead of going to Hell on something that he doesn't believe.