Can atheists go to Heaven? This
is an interesting question to ask
Christians. You can ask atheists
the same question, but since they
do not accept the concept of
'Heaven', they would be at a loss
to answer it, or they would say
no, since there is no heaven,
nobody can go to it anyway.
So what do Christians think? Well
one thing is certain: there is no
general agreement on this
matter. There are many who
insist that only adherents to the
faith can go to Heaven. For them,
nonbelievers go to Hell. They do
have dozens of quotes from the
Bible to back up their case.
There are some Christians,
though, who do not view things
so strictly. Some believe that it
would be unfair that somebody
who has never heard of the
Gospel would therefore
automatically be excluded from
Heaven. After all, that person
then never had a chance to
become a Christian, so should
they be punished by having to go
to Hell?
Some Christians and religious
leaders will also argue that even
members of other religions, in
principle, could go to Heaven, just
not automatically. It would be
more difficult, they say; it would
depend on the circumstances.
What these circumstances are
falls outside the scope of this
blog post, but let's just say for
now that believers in other
religions are not necessarily
excluded from Heaven. I am
backing this up with a quote
from 'Assessment of this Council',
which refers to the 'Vatican II'
council, and therefore official
Roman Catholic doctrine: The
non-Christian may not be blamed
for his ignorance of Christ and
his Church; salvation is open to
him also, if he seeks God
sincerely and if he follows the
commands of his conscience'.
So there it is; if you seek God
sincerely then it doesn't really
matter whether you are a
Christian or not. In fact, research
has shown that large sections of
the general public who believe in
the concept of Heaven, think that
"everybody will be judged by God
and if you are found to have
been 'good', you may well make
it to Heaven". I'm at a loss how
that would work for a 5-year old,
or for a 'bad' person who was
just about to repent but didn't
have enough lifetime left, but I
do not want to be flippant.
Atheists, of course do not believe
in God. They do not 'seek God
sincerely.' If they would arrive at
that 'final judgment', they would
obviously realize they were
mistaken all along.
So, here's my question to you: do
you think 'good' atheists might
still go to Heaven?
What is your response to this
question? Who do you think
will be permitted into Heaven?
Do you think there is any way
we can know who exactly God
will allow in?

If the bilble is authentic and everything written there is valid, then atheist should start looking for a heat protective coat.