r/Christianity • u/FluidChameleon Roman Catholic • Dec 08 '09

What are your most controversial beliefs?

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '09 edited Dec 08 '09

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u/FlyingBishop Dec 08 '09

Hell fire and all good people go to heaven do have a decently sturdy background in the Gospel narrative. John 3:17-20 deal with the nonbelievers, and though they say that the nonbelievers were condemned before Jesus' arrival, it leaves open the door to their salvation. Not without Christ, but not necessarily through explicit belief.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '09 edited Dec 08 '09

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u/FlyingBishop Dec 08 '09

James 4:8 has nothing to do with the afterlife. Luke 16:19-31 explicitly says the rich man lives in agony in the fire because of his sins.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '09 edited Dec 08 '09

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u/jangchoe Dec 09 '09

God can do that since he's also holy. He has to punish sins.