Okay so let me get this straight every religion, well almost all of them I guess, believe in a heaven and a hell respectively. Here's is my question:

Say a Christian tells a Buddhist that he/she is going to hell because they do not believe in Jesus Christ or God etc.

Wait a minute so what happened to all those people before the time of Christ etc. Or the people before Moses, or during the Ice Age.

And the same question vice versa. Such as Islam, and more importantly Judaism. Where was the Christian heaven which ultimately derived itself from Judaic teachings...? Because I'm sure the two religions have differing views of Heaven etc.

Caller

Poland8075 Posts

May 13 2009 07:58 GMT

lol atheism

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

May 13 2009 07:59 GMT

A starcraft forum is a good place to start a religious debate

plated.rawr

Norway1676 Posts

May 13 2009 08:02 GMT

They're lost souls, lost in Limbo. Or they're caged in the wall surrounding the City of Doors. Or they're reincarnated. Or they dissapear. Or they're never there in the first place, since a 'soul' is just a delusion brought on by man to grant hope when life seems like poo.

That should about cover it.

rushz0rz

Canada5300 Posts

May 13 2009 08:04 GMT

21 grams

dekuschrub

United States2069 Posts

May 13 2009 08:06 GMT

i believe Christianity's explanation for this is that people who were alive before Christ, but still believed that he was coming, would also go to heaven.

idk fo sho tho

s.a.y

Croatia3840 Posts

May 13 2009 08:06 GMT

in alternative Christian thinking, hell and heaven are states of mind. think about that.

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21247 Posts

May 13 2009 08:09 GMT

Limbo, yo. First circle of Hell. You get to run around doing nothing and occasionally guide foolish mortals to through the deeper circles of Hell! Good ol' Dante.

Aqo[il]

Israel183 Posts

May 13 2009 08:09 GMT

A grain of salt for you, there is no Hell in Judaism, only Garden of Eden which is somewhat similar to Heaven... but not really the same.

samachking

Bahrain4949 Posts

May 13 2009 08:17 GMT

#10

On May 13 2009 17:09 Aqo[il] wrote:
A grain of salt for you, there is no Hell in Judaism, only Garden of Eden which is somewhat similar to Heaven... but not really the same.

Yup, Also Islam states that they are a gazillion of prophets before Mohammed and if you follow any of those (including Jesus and Ebraham) its A-OK as long as you keep up to date. Lots of religions have a vision of the afterlife but not all have a vision of hell, Hindus dont believe in hell, but believe in some sort of heaven. Eastern religions are not concerned with Heaven and hell but most of the time a cycle of suffering and you try to break out of the cycle, they are a lot more philosophical, Buddhism and Hinduism the biggest two fall into these categories.

ReCharge

Philippines505 Posts

May 13 2009 08:24 GMT

#11

On May 13 2009 17:09 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Limbo, yo. First circle of Hell. You get to run around doing nothing and occasionally guide foolish mortals to through the deeper circles of Hell! Good ol' Dante.

What book what that again? Damn, I loved that book. But I lost it, and now, I wanna read it again.

Navane

Netherlands2761 Posts

May 13 2009 08:25 GMT

#12

There were no people before judaism, because the world is only 3000 year old. Where could those people have lived if there was no earth? well?

HeyitsClay

Canada336 Posts

May 13 2009 08:38 GMT

#13

Jesus was jewish hes like the main man for religion

so what i say is fuck it who cares is everyone is wrong live ur life jesus fucked up and hes not in hell obvs

samachking

Bahrain4949 Posts

May 13 2009 08:38 GMT

#14

On May 13 2009 17:25 Navane wrote:
There were no people before judaism, because the world is only 3000 year old. Where could those people have lived if there was no earth? well?

Get your shit straight man, Judiasm doesnt exist, its just a conspiracy no? I mean the world is only 3k years old, then how is Judiasm 4k years old?

inReacH

Sweden1612 Posts

May 13 2009 08:49 GMT

#15

Of all the things to nitpick about religion..

stet_tcl

Greece319 Posts

May 13 2009 09:21 GMT

#16

Religion (western ones actually) is based on the fact that it only "works" if you don't try to rationalize it or make sense out of it. You just have to believe. Especially the "who is going to heaven and who is going to hell" concept will never make sense.

All the rules and sins and heaven and hell stuff is complete bs in my opinion.
Whats good about christianity is what Jesus taught like help and love each other, don't hurt others, you dont need earthly possessions to be happy etc.

In my opinion, if believing in a religion makes you feel good and helps you become a better person then go for it (NOT because you parents taught you that way or sth)
But dont take all that stuff literally!