In case there is any doubt, I must tell you I do not agree with the view taken by Evangelical Christians. At Church this morning, the vicar gave a sermon that was basically the manifesto of Evangelical Christians. The basic theme is that 'unless you believe that Jesus died for your sins', and salvation is only through this belief. He then went on to say that in the tomb of Mohammad, Mohammad is still there, but if you go to the tomb of Jesus Christ, he is not there, proving the philosophy. He also said that followers of any other religion, other than Christianity, would not 'be saved'. He also quoted several bible verses that support the Evangelical view.
What an arrogant view to take! This is the same attitude that I met at school at the disco, unless you had a 'stamp on the wrist' they would not allow you in. This is the same as the Evangelical Christians belief of heaven, that unless you believe that Jesus died for our sins, then you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven. A joke - Gandhi was being shown around heaven, and kept seeing a high wall. He asked St. Peter what the wall was for, and the answer was, 'It's for the Evangelicals, they like to think that they are the only ones here.'
My view is that God is more forgiving than that! In my view the most important thing is the way that you live your life, not your beliefs. Believers of other faiths can access heaven depending on how they have lived their lives. "My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?" John Chapter 14 verse 2.
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