Originally posted by chenc:
So christians believe that a murderer who repent from his sins and believe in Jesus deserves to go to heaven but not a good man from other religions who never ever commit any crime?
Look at it this way you will better understand...
EVERYONE should go to hell.... no matter murderer or what... simply because everyone had one time or another sin in our life... We sin... Unless of cause you are sinless... which is impossible... Only one person is sinless as we believe which is Jesus... anyway not getting into it. Ok then Jesus have the abilities to bear your sin from judgement of going to hell... You go to Jesus then He will do that. That is how it works...
The same thing as... in the ancient world. Everyone who is a criminal should go to jail and suffer punishment... but if you know the emperor or you are his son... you can go a free... except that in the above case you need to be repentful... truely repentful...
also if Jesus is the Lord then of course you need to find him to recieve the forgiveness and not some other tom dick or harry which is not God... ( no offence here just speaking in condition of purely Christianity perspective as illustration) Example... you go to a mdm wong... know the bouncer there you can get in free... not some other funny character or another pub's bouncer.