To Christine

Submitted by fromCanada (Canada), Dec 5, 2006 at 02:33

Thanks for your comments and prayers. I definitely am very confused right now on what to do.

My beliefs are slightly different from yours. They used to be similar but since meeting my fiance, my views have changed. How can I believe that only those who believe in Jesus will go to heaven? What happens to my fiance then? I cannot believe that my faith is the only way to salvation. I know that's what we are taught but we are also taught that God is forgiving and loving. How could he punish those who don't believe in him?

That is why I am starting to believe differently. I believe God gave us the freedom to choose between good and evil. All religions teach goodness and how to become a better person and all these guidelines are meant to help us through life so that we can have a good afterlife. So I believe God gave us the choice to decide our way of life and he gave us different religions to choose from as guidelines. I do believe that Jesus is God and I do believe that it is the RIght Way and the best way to heaven to believe in Him and His teachings, however, I also believe that it is not the ONLY way. Have you ever had these feelings?

Right now, I have these feelings so it makes me feel more confident that I will be able to compromise issues with my fiance but this is now and I don't know if my feelings will change once again later on.

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