In Reply to: once again posted by Acheick on February 24, 2006 at 16:16:53:
You wrote: "Someone who does not profess Christianity, however, by their selfless acts could very well be granted everlasting life on those merits."
Thanks for saying that. It makes sense to me. It never made sense to me that people who profess "Jesus" or any other religion could profess the religion and then do hideous things and make them DOCTRINE EVEN! Those are perhaps the people that the bible refers to as "workers of iniquity I never knew you" when Jesus referred to their saying "Lord have we not done many wonderful works in your name?" Not that the works are bad and that there aren't some sincere people caught in the mix doing good work, but that those creating these horrible doctrines that are so damaging, like Berg and now Maria are people the Lord NEVER KNEW.
It doesn't mean that people who were in the Family and did good works were like Berg and Maria. Some were little "mini-me's" to them.
Also I like the belief you have regarding people not going to "hell" or some place of torment that are basically good people who are adding to their communities in postitve ways, that you don't see them going to "hell".
It sounds like you have a solid faith with clear beliefs and yet an open mind to see beyond what so many want to put in a box as to who will pass on to something better or to something worse.
I don't know what I believe, but I really appreciate what you said here.
It's refreshing to know that people have a very clearly defined faith without condemning to hell all others that don't believe exactly like them.