Question:
Which one would go to heaven?
2014-05-27 06:21:21 UTC
If Hitler prayed for forgiveness before dying would he have gone to heaven? Would an atheist who devoted their whole life to helping people and giving to charity for purely selfless reasons go to hell?
Twelve answers:
iLikePizza
2014-05-27 08:23:31 UTC
The Bible doesn't say "work and save yourself," it says."Believe in Jesus Christ and be saved." So as for atheist, no.



If Hitler were to truly repent and turn to Jesus, then yes he could have been saved.
ЅтгОиg*Bдвџ
2014-05-27 07:23:03 UTC
it depends for what religion you are asking abut.. since I go to a Christian school, I know the christian answer to this question, BUT i am NOT a christian, I am a sikh. So i will tell you both views and my view.

According to christianity :

Yes, Hitler would go to heaven, if he honestly accepted Jesus christ as his savior and repented.

and a person no matter how good he was but if he hadn't accepted Christ he will NOT go to heaven.

According to MY view and SIKHISM

No, Hitler wouldnt go to heaven. We believe in reincarnation. Yes, God is forgiving but one must get punished for ones works. But We believe God will give us another chance.. After according to his sins, he will be reincarnated until he is incarnated to a human being again.

And as far as a atheist is concerned who does good deeds, he will again NOT go to heaven, but I believe God will give him another chance as a human to come close to God and unite with him.
?
2014-05-27 07:17:23 UTC
According to all Christian churches if,in the instant before death, he sincerely repented then he gets heaven.
Beyond
2014-05-27 07:14:37 UTC
You miss the point entirely.



It's not by man's consideration of justice that we are all (yes all) to be judged, but by God's consideration of what is just, and what is not.



If you look at Abraham's story, he is an impure person, and yet God judged him to be righteous.

How does that work?

How do the unrighteous become righteous in God's eyes?



Abraham believed God, and obeyed God, even to the intended sacrifice of his only son on the mountain to do as God said to do. Of course, if you read the story, you find that Abraham knew Isaac was "the son of promise" and that by Isaac, Abraham's nation would be great. He knew he would climb the mountain, and by some means would return with his son, even though his intent was to sacrifice his son to God.

(Genesis 22:5 Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there; and ---we will worship ---and return to you.”)



By acting out as God had commanded, Abraham showed his faith in God, that God would honor His commitment and not allow his "son of promise" to be extinguished without fulfilling His promise. He did not know how, but he trusted God, and acted on what God said he should do.



That (faith that was acted on) was counted to him as "righteousness."

Now, look at this in context with your question.

God is both loving, and just.

Justice is part of the necessity of whom He is.

He, loving the world allowed His only begotten Son to die on our place, so that He would not have to execute justice on those who had chosen NOT to do as they had been told.



What were we told?



To believe that the sacrifice of His Son was sufficient, to cover all sin, for all the world. The choice is simple.

Believe and be counted righteous.

Reject Him and be counted unrighteous, and subject to judgment.



This first verse is very familiar, but the following verses answer part of this question well.



John 3:16-20

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

19 This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

20 For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.





Now as for all those "good deeds" we might do, or not do as we are given to what we are given:



Isaiah 64:6

For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Titus 3:4-6

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,



So you see, it is God's provision for you, or it is no provision for you. What you do counts for little if you have not first considered to accept the provision made for you. To reject it is disobedience, and an affront to God, and a belittling of His Son's sacrifice.



In truth, the acceptance of Christ is the only way you can be sure your "good deeds" are being done to the ultimate good.
Gregory
2014-05-27 07:08:26 UTC
If Hitler prayed for forgiveness before dying would he have gone to heaven?

it depends if hitler was truly sorry or just thinking i do not want to go to hell but i hate the jews but i will believe to miss going to hell. if hitler thought that way he never really repented and was not sincere in his actions. hitler would still go to hell



Would an atheist who devoted their whole life to helping people and giving to charity for purely selfless reasons go to hell?

yes they would go to hell

their motives are examined and all the laws of god they ignored and have broken are also examined

it will then be examined if they repented of the things they did and asked god to be forgven.

if they never repented then they will go to hell the lake of fire
?
2014-05-27 06:59:00 UTC
Neither. Here's why. The Bible says at Romans 5:12; 6:7: “The wages sin pays is death (Sin=death),” and “he who has died has been acquitted from his sin.” In other words, those who are dead have been forgiven of the sins they committed (unless they committed the unforgiveable sin), while being alive (so I guess that throws the fiery hell doctrine out the window). Therefore, Hitler and any atheist who has died has a good chance of living again on earth, not in heaven. *Just FYI, there are only 144,000 of humans that have been invited to heaven, and the Bible gives the qualifications needed. Hitler, atheists, agnostics, non-Christians and most Christians do not meet those qualifications, even if they live a good life.



Jesus said: "Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs (The dead in Jehovah God's memory) will hear his voice (Jesus') and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment." (John 5:28-29) Hence, Jesus is saying that the dead ones in God's memory, good and bad, will be resurrected (Raised up, brought back to life). They will be given a chance to come to know about Jehovah God and his requirements for life. They will have the opportunity to live in harmony with God’s will and receive everlasting life on earth. Then they will be judged “according to their deeds” during Judgment Day. Depending on the final outcome of their actions (Each one individually), this will turn out to be either a resurrection that results in everlasting life or a resurrection that results in destruction (Total annihilation, never existing again).
?
2014-05-27 06:58:09 UTC
I am sure not all Christians will go to heaven, some Christian people are not genuinely nice. I honestly never like Christians, they look down on people who are not Christians and judge them.
2014-05-27 06:30:03 UTC
You'd have to believe in god to go to heaven in the first place. Maybe the atheist will go hell for a little while then go to heaven.
2014-05-27 06:24:13 UTC
I hope my picture helps answer your question it's called 'the forgiven and the damned'
2014-05-27 06:21:59 UTC
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?
2014-05-27 06:45:08 UTC
"If Hitler prayed for forgiveness before dying would he have gone to heaven? Would an atheist who devoted their whole life to helping people and giving to charity for purely selfless reasons go to hell?"-

I leave the judging to God. But this is what God says "And give glad tidings to those who BELIEVE and DO RIGHTEOUS DEEDS that for them are gardens (paradise) beneath which rivers flow. Everytime they are provided with fruit, then they say 'this is like what we were provided with before (on earth)". And they are given things that are similair, and they will have spouses which are pure and they will abide in their forever"-Surah Al Baqarah.

However, if Hitler sincerely repented then there is a possibility that he could go to heaven. However, it is unlikely for a person to repent that easily when they done so many bad deeds (at least not from their heart)... they usually have arrogance and disbelief lying around.

As for an atheist who does good for humanity throughout her life.. emm.. I think they are hard to find. They do good things in life no doubt.. but they are usually self-centered, and if they see something can be bad for them then they usually don't do it.. for e.g. if they see that helping you might make them lose wealth then they wont do it (generally).. but if they do righteous deeds without believing then the following could occur: a) they are rewarded in this world for their good deeds, but in the hearafter they are punished for their disbelief b) if they had a sincere reason for not believing then God might forgive them.

But only God knows for sure what happens to everybody. so leave the judging for God, and focus on yourself.
?
2014-05-27 06:24:27 UTC
The one who TRULY asked for forgiveness and accepts the Messiah as his Savior . (and not just because they are on their death bed and covering their bases) If we could do enough good deeds to work our way to heaven Jesus would not of had to die. And it is not the good deeds, it is the state of the heart.


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