>Way too weighty of an issue for me to be sounding off on!
Are you drunk? I'm just curious?
Why should somebody who does Goodness out of the Good in their own heart be denied the right to go to heaven simply for not following Jesus?
Furthermore, what makes Billy Graham, or anyone else for that matter, an expert on such topics like this? Do you know how many Christians I know that spend most of their lives looking down on others, and even judging them. But "according to the teachings…" all you gotta do is say you're sorry at the end, dumping moar burdens on "Jesus". Which really any wrong you did in life, that burden gets passed down to the next generation through anyone you may have wronged. The more Christians that do wrong and just accept it because if you "confess your sins" to a priest, they just tell you to pray and you're forgiven. Why not try and make right with the person you wronged?
Christianity is not special. Religions exist as an attempt to teach Good morale values. However, the people who often FORCED populations into conversion were NOT at all good people. And that type of shit goes way back in time. You'll even find instances in the Bible where corrupt people corrupt the Message. Prophets were always challenging the FORCED [narrative], including Jesus. . .
The symbolism of Christianity is a reminder for what happens when you challenge the authority. I don't want to pick on you. It's really not your fault if this stuff is confusing. The way your religion has been taught to you, it's like a [programming]. They don't want you to be able to think for yourself. You're never even allowed to question the Bible, in fear of "eternal damnation". See what I mean?
Just be a Good person, yo! Not because you'll get something out of it in the end. Or because you'll get punished if you don't. Be a Good person, because it's the right thing to do. If everyone is Good to one another, then we ALL prosper as a civilization. On the other hand, if we continue to treat each other like crap and try to do everything only for self, or "God" or "Jesus" or whatever, than the wrong we do will continue to recipricate in this world for the rest of eternity. Well, really until we destroy it. Which at the rate we're going could be well within my own lifetime.
Hope we fix it [soon]. Try to keep an opened mind. No one's going to magically fix this Earth. And honestly, if you read the Bible and actually understand what was going on during the time, "God's return" is NOT a "Good thing". We're supposed to work together so we can prepare the future for the next cosmic catastrophe. Or at least not kill ourselves and children while we wait. . .