(March 17, 2013 at 3:00 am)cato123 Wrote:(March 16, 2013 at 7:12 pm)Godschild Wrote:Tonus,
The only ones going to heaven are those who believe in Christ as their savior and in heaven there will be no class of people, not as we understand it. For those in heaven to think of others as lower than themselves would be to judge, this would be sinful and sin will not be in heaven. God is the only judge, when the finial judgement is over there will be no need for further judgement, judgement comes because of sin and like I said above there will be no more sin. Saying all this I still have not answered your question about the kingdom of heaven, I gave this to show that Matt. 5:19 was not about the finial destination of the saved. I as one of the saved am already in the kingdom of heaven and have been a teacher of God's word, this is what Matt. 5:19 is about, the here and now.
Here's the problem with 2000 year old institutions...they're fucking boring! To prove my point, allow me to put an old joke in first person....
So there I was in a Catholic pew, one week from confirmation. My torment was a fine woman, my mother's age, seated directly in front of me. Today, one might affectionately refer to her as a MILF or cougar. Keep in mind that Mass is an octogenarian aerobic workout...sit, kneel, bend, stand.
She stood up and had much of her dress in the crack of her fine ass. I took it upon myself to pull it out. I was slapped for my chivalry. Having learned my lesson, I tucked it back in the next time she kneeled.
I would agree, the Catholic services I've been to are boring, I do understand that many Catholic services are not that way now. By the way you would have been slapped in a Baptist church too. The services in many of today's churches are not boring, in a church that teaches scriptures I never find it boring. Christianity is like many other things, it is for you what you make it.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.