(April 28, 2017 at 7:14 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: The atheists on the radio this AM were discussing this. During a funeral have any of you ever heard of the deceased going to hell? I certainly never have.
I've known quite a few that certainly qualify according to christians/muslims/jews/mormons(?).
And before some of you say, well they repented before they died, I'll say that some died instantly and some in their sleep with no chance to repent.
If fear of being sent to the bad place is a real driving force, and we know these people qualify, why aren't the religious stating that's where they went?
There's a prevalent belief in many sects that people can't know what God's final judgement is. For all anyone knows, the deceased may have had a change of heart quietly without it being obvious to anyone around him or her. God is viewed as the ultimate judge, as knowing all the appropriate details. C.S. Lewis, an outspoken Christian, once wrote that it may even be true that God is more pleased with an Atheist who honestly can't bring him or herself to believe, than with a hypocrite theist who just pays lip service but who's heart runs against what comes out of his or her mouth. How that divine pleasure would translate into opportunities for entering Heaven is a different question, but the point is that, at least according to the more benign religious outlooks, no human being is qualified to make that ultimate judgement about a soul.
