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1yr ago
Heya, just a reply from a passing member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (aka Mormons) who occasionally lurks here.
So... While that is true for us that we believe you need to believe in Christ, where we belive unbelievers is a little more complicated than that. So I just thought I'd clarify that a bit, if that's okay.
Basically, what we believe is that after you die, you first go to one of two temporary places (which is what traditional Christians would call heaven or hell). However, we believe the gospel is preached to those in prison, and to those who never had the oppurtunity to receive it. So it is possible for another person to die, be presented the gospel whole dead, and to embrace it whole heartedly, and therefore not go to hell (in the sense of anguish and pain). There will be many many good who this applies to. So yeah, you have to accept Jesus Christ, but you don't just get a free ticket to hell for not knowing, if that makes sense. Everyone gets that choice and oppurtunity. That's why we do proxy ordinances (like baptism for the dead).
Sometime later, we believe we will be judged by God, and then go to several other places. And even for people who are not good people, they still get to go to a place which is quite wonderful, just not as wonderful as those who chose to be near God. So that's not super hellish (as in the traditional Christian beliefs in hell) at least in my opinion :).
Anyways, you may have already known all this stuff, or not, but I figured it would be good to post.
Fail on my part. That's what I get for not double checking what I read XD.
And yeah, I figured there was probably some others who viewed it that way, though I wasn't sure which denominations and what the specifics are. There is a lot of denominations out there, and I probably just haven't had the right conversations yet :). I do know that certain Muslim groups belive it is possible to rise from 'hell' to a neutral place, and the neutral place to heaven... although I'm not sure which group in particular it was.
Yeah I wouldn't be suprised if that's the case. It's a bit of a moral dilemna there. I'm guessing most just imagine that God is just and merciful... so he'll have mercy and give them a chance to believe. But not sue on that count. I'll have to ask some of my friends. :)
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