Christians: Can a Non-Christian Go to Heaven?

chrisd, you should read a course in historical criticism and modern historiography. The Bible is far from being historically correct, it is loosely based on some historical facts, but greatly exaggerated. There is some evidence pointing to an exile of the Jewish people in Babylon, the story of Moses though does not have any credible archaeological evidence behind it and a lot of evidence against.

accuracy is by definition error free  - or with minimal error

precision - a series of measurements that are very close but off by some baseline amount.

So, I guess we should expect the bible to be precise, not accurate. . . but its not even that

Accurate in the sense of how much it is away from the original – 4 or 5.

There are many things we can learn from the Bible if one uses it sometimes though.

The Reformation and Renaissance began the modern period. It was then that words became more important than symbol, sacrament, and mystery, probably because of the advancement of empirical science. At this point the accuracy of the message of the Bible became tied to the absolute inerrancy of the Bible to the letter.

That got them into more problems then they solved. 

You can question Moses if you like. One thing is for sure, he did not part the red sea.

And where do you fit into this?  What field are you in?

B.t.w.  - i didn't know that you (chrisd) were a physicist

nferyn - if you use b.t.w. without the separators (in this case, dots), it gets expanded into "between"

can there be a reason why everyone on this page have totally gone off topics............

not what everyone has turn the thread into.......

I am, any reason why you want to know?

         Iwould  am a Bible believing Christian and I have asked God this
question many times,first of all we do not know God full thoughts on this matter but He does  say   
that He looks at are hearts. This is all we need to know
a meciful God will not condemn a man for the same reasons we would 

Are you more interested in what happens to them than what happens to you and the people you can affect their lives now? no man is a judge, Jesus told peter to strive to enter in himself instead of asking how many will make it to heaven; in yourba it is called _{"so igba e" (watch your load)}

First of all, God created this life that we have going on
He created everything in diversity and I think he loves his hand work

No one race or creed can claim ownership of God, or is our salvation in the hands
one man that most people don't even know about.

God is a God of All , and those who did right will get his Blessings
You don't need to be a Christian or Come to him through his "only Son"

The only son by which you need to be saved is YOU,
You are the son of God , the day you realize your self as the son of God and start to live like one,
You will begin to make that journey into the Kingdon of God your father

For the Christian fanatics, i must tell you that there are no more Christians left
the last one was JESUSWhat we have no are bunch of hypocrites and confused, and stubborn souls who have
refused to see the light and shy away from real truth.

  open your eyes and open your mind

 In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus shows us a curious relationship between Christianity and suffering.
Consider it pure joy...whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing develops perseverance.  Perseverance must finish its work so that you will be mature and complete, not lacking anything. We also rejoice in our suffering because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character, character, hope.

As emerson said about war and suffering:
War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that man measures man.

The cause of peace is not the cause of cowardice. If peace is sought to be defended or preserved for the safety of the luxurious and the timid, it is a sham. War is better, and the peace will be broken. If peace is to be maintained, it must be by brave men, who have come up to the same height as the hero, namely, the will to carry their life in their hand, and stake it at any instant for their principle, but who have gone one step beyond the hero, and will not seek another man's life;—men who have, by their intellectual insight, or else by their moral elevation, attained such a perception of their own intrinsic worth, that they do not think property or their own body a sufficient good to be saved by such dereliction of principle as treating a man like a sheep.

It is impossible for God to have any attributes we can describe other than with words which mean - this is so great we cannot possibly ever comprehend it.

Everyone knows what being merciful is.  People can be said to be merciful.  Why can't I demonstrate the fruits of the spirit?  That doesn't make sense.

Now, as far as babies going to hell, well, the bible says that all are BORN in sin and shaped in iniquity.
- This means, as soon as you are born, you are a sinner.
- Only sinners who repent and accept Jesus Christ as their lord and savior can (does not neccessarily mean they will) goto heaven.
- This means babies that die before making this decision are going to hell.

 Is there something YOU are misunderstanding?

you still haven't answered this issue of "age of accountability".

There is no such thing in the bible.

Therefore, I still stand on my proclamation.  All babies that die, goto hell.

Jos boy email me at Tropicalgirl132@yahoo.com i sent a reply  My reply is on page 9