(September 5, 2017 at 10:12 pm)CatholicDefender Wrote: According to standard Christianity, is Anne Frank in Hell?
I assume when she was at Bergen Belsen she did not in fact accept Christ as her lord and savior.
What would be the standard Evangelical response to that question?
Catholicism is at least slightly more democratic in it's view of who goes to Heaven.
According to Catholic dogma, Anne Frank could be in heaven merely if she was in a state of grace and not mortal sin.
Anyone can know God and serve him even if they haven't been properly evangelized.
That means Buddhists, Jews, and Muslims can all be in Heaven, but they are all Catholics once they are there.
So if I were to ask mainline pastor about the soul of Anne Frank...what would they say.
According to the bible and NOT Christianity Jesus is the only one who gets to decide who is and who is not in Heaven. and He illustrated who is and who is not in a series of parables. the most notable the parable of the talents. Each was given according to tier abilities and each person was judged based on what they were given and what they did with what they had.
So too will we all be judged before Christ. Each according to what we have been given to understand and what we did with what we were allotted. To someone who have been given much understanding, much more is expected. for the one who was given little, little is expected.
Christianity it a set bar meet xyz requirements or you goto hell.
Only Christ is in a position to judge all the secret things in our minds and our true intentions and thoughts.
So to answer Your question is Ann Frank in Heaven? If she is it is because Christ invited her in. Not because of a standard, rule or loop hole. but because Christ judged her and found her faithful to what she had.