Quote (stevo1 @ Aug 12 2011 09:07pm)
Throughout my life I've never been religious. I was baptised as a baby but have never gone to church or read the bible. I'm a good person, don't do drugs, get in trouble, and help others. Basically my question is what happens to good people that just never "get into" religion? Are they just cast aside to hell??
First question I would ask, what do you mean by Good? Is this a good based on what YOU think is good, or is there an objective good that everyone should follow? (and if so, who made it?) What makes something good in your opinion?
Second, what do you mean by religious? Often, religion implies a works based organization where you cash in all your good deeds at the end of your life and balance them with the bad.
If you believe what the Bible says, then nobody is Good, and all are deserving of punishment. No works will score you points with God. Luckily, God has been merciful and offers a pardon from this punishment by entering into a relationship with His Son (including aknowledging who He is) and persuing the sincere desire to stray away from sin and be "good". (Not OUR good, but God's good)
If you don't take the Bible seriously, then you'll have to find a better reason to believe why all this stuff is here (like people, the earth, etc...)
This post was edited by uptoolayte on Sep 4 2011 07:03am