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ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 5 days agoIt’s not owed to us because nothing is, every moment of our lives is a gift and Heaven is also a gift, but we make ourselves more pleasing to God through our actions and He, being Merciful, allows us eternal life if we’re good boys and girls. We’re splitting hairs now, friend. If you work good deeds and honestly repent and change our bad ways as much as we can, God will take care of us. That’s the basis of belief regarding the Day of Judgment. That’s all.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 days ago
That’s not what Jesus taught. If it’s all about good deeds, then we’re all going to hell. None of us are good. Not one.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Omg, that’s like the most black and white, Mariana Trench deep-in-the-spectrum way of seeing things… Of course no one is GOOD, “only the Father is good”, but we can be good enough (“strive to be perfect just as your Father is perfect”, knowing full well it’s a limit we’ll never touch). God made us this way, flawed and capable of both great evil and goodness, do you think he’s expecting more of us than reasonable righteousness?
If this is just your way of saying “I can’t be good enough and I won’t be saved regardless so why try?”, then that’s your prerogative. There’s no need to rationalize your way into Hell, God is Just and Merciful, do your best and He’ll be pleased.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 days ago
We can’t be good enough.
Yes. His standard is perfect.
If He is Just based on our personal works, then he is sending us all to hell
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You don’t believe in the God of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mohammad, then. 🤷