Everyone deserves hell even Christians because of our nature to want to be disobedient to God's word, but its the blood of Jesus that allows to be forgiven for out sin so that we may repent and when we die be able to live with God in his paradise Heaven. So its not really do atheist in particular that deserve hell, as much as no initially deserves heaven unless they believe in God, his Son Jesus, the Holy Ghost, and follows the words and teachings of God which most of us don't believe at one point in our lives.

I'm not God so I can't judge u and unlike some other Christians I don't think you have to be Christian to go to heaven. Never does Jesus say, "if you don't believe in me dying on the cross to save you you will go to hell." he did say no one will get to the father except through him, but that could mean doing what he wante you to do and being a good person. I think it's more important to be a good person then to claim to be religious. And y would God send good people to Hell? Maybe there is a purgatory where non believers go to repent and then enter heaven. Idk no one knows. For example: if there's an aitheist who is an all around good person and cares for others and does everything Jesus taught but doesn't believe and a Christian who is a nasty mean selfish individual, which would go to heaven in that situation and who really was doing what God wanted? Titles mean nothing what matters is what's on the inside.

No, I am a Christian and an agnostic atheist, but unless you are a bad person you won't go to hell. I am not god, if their is god, but I don't see why he would make an atheist go to hell. Some of the kindest and nicest people are atheists, and if god will make them go to hell I don't want to believe in that god. People like the man that killed all those kids will go to hell, but not an atheist, I bet some of those kids don't even know what gid is, and if he will send a 5 year old to hell for not knowing about him, then god is not good. Same with the fact that their are people in Africa that have never herd of Christ, and I don't think god would punish them for that. As long as you care for people and help people then you should go to heaven. I think this makes sense, but I could be wrong.

{Dr Blowhole you are a Christian AND Agnostic AND Atheist? If you believe in the word of The Bible it does not say that ONLY if you act naughty do get sent there.... just say'n}... and there were PLENTY o'naughty Christians. Yes we all deserve death...

I think many people deserve death and many deserve life and I am not God. They say there are no deathbed Athesists, (I don't think that is true).
It is a choice. What you believe as a human being -you have freedom of choice no matter where you live to choose in your heart. If someone says ~"If you touch that hot burner you will hurt yourself & be burned!" & you choose it anyway & you get hurt & burned - Do you desreve it? I tend to feel sorry & bad for anyone hurt, no matter if they deserved it or not. Does it make you bad if you touched a hot burner? 'Rebellious, or stubborn? Are those qualities bad for not listening? Maybe so~

I'm a little confused as to how Christian Agnostic Atheism works as well. I get Agnostic Atheism, but I don't see how Christianity can fit into those...

I don't believe that people deserve the Abrahamic hell simply because of what they believe.

We don't even know if an abrahamic hell with fire and pain exists. I think "hell" is really just a separation and never becoming all u could be in Gods light.^^^

@Sina_Hime_chan - An "agnostic atheist" is an agnostic who leans towards atheism. I am an agnostic theist, an agnostic who leans towards theism. If you have more questions about agnosticism, please visit link.

Christianity and Atheism are not entirely mutually exclusive. Believing in the divinity of Christ and God is pretty core to the religion. But if you're interpreting Christianity as a philosophy - as Mr. Bill O'Reilly has done recently - you could, perhaps, follow Christ's teachings and be an Atheist. But as I said, believing in God and the divinity of Christ is literally central to being a Christian. Still, I never begrudge people how they choose to define themselves.

I used to be Christian Muslim but I didn't believe in Mohammad I just followed islamic teachings. I guess it's kinda like that^^^

What I mean is that I am unsure about the universe and if their is a god, I don't think he or she will punish me or others for not knowing if he or she exists. I have grown up with a fatef who leans to atheism and a mother who leans to theism, and I feel like I am right in the middle. I do believe in what science tells us, but I do think and hope their is a god. I guess I do lean more to the idea of god isn't the god in Christianity, but something different ie love, or hope. And I feel that as long as I help others and am kind I will go to heaven.

If u r a good person what should it matter then yea I agree with u

I don't really understand how God could send you to such a place for being a perfectly good person but for something so simple as not believing in him...

^ It's because of the sin in our lives. Heaven is no place for sinners. By accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior, your sins are forgiven and covered by the blood of Jesus. He suffered on the cross to pay the price for everyone's sins - past, present, and future. No one deserves to go to heaven. No one. Not even Christians. But because God is a gracious and generous and loving God, He sent His Son to die for all of us. By sending His Son, he gave us the opportunity to obtain everlasting and eternal life as long as we accept Him as Lord. That's it. It's as simple as that. The bottom line is no one can go to heaven without Jesus.

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6

But isn't there another place in the after-life in Christianity? I thought Purgatory was a thing in Christianity.

I also don't see how "not deserving of Heaven" automatically means that one is deserving of eternal punishment.

^ Because sin separates us from God. The penalty for sin is death - everlasting death. Sin is evil. God is the opposite. Sin is of the world. God is not of the world. It is sin that bound us to eternal death, but Jesus died for us so that bond was severed. And the whole "purgatory" thing is a Catholic belief. I'm not Catholic. I'm Christian, so I'm sorry. I don't know the answer to that one.

Catholicism is a denomination of Christianity. Catholics are Christian too.
Being dead for all of eternity is not the same as being punished for all eternity (which is what Hell is).

So, again, I say "I don't see how "not deserving of Heaven" automatically means that one is deserving of eternal punishment."

Yes, that may be, but Christians - the Christian religion - is different from that of Catholicism. And yes, that is true. What you're talking about is perishing. Perishing literally means "ceasing to exist." Let's say a child is born into a nonreligious family. Let's say that child dies without ever knowing Christ. I believe that that child wouldn't be bound to eternal punishment at all. I believe that child would perish or, rather, cease to exist. Everyone, at some point, reaches an age of accountability. The age of accountability is when an individual reaches the maturity level in which they know of Jesus and recognize the choice they must make of whether or not to accept Him. Once that said person reaches the age of accountability, they are automatically accountable for their choice to believe in Christ or not.

With that, I conclude that if one has reached the age of accountability and does not accept Christ into one's life willingly, one will not see the Kingdom of Heaven. It's in the Bible.

And, well, you must grasp the concept that sin has a price. Everyone has committed a sin. Everyone is a sinner. The only one who led a sinless life was Jesus Christ, and by His blood, we may be saved. Again, I say that sin is the very thing that separates us from eternal life. There is no way getting around that unless you accept Jesus. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. For every sin, there is a price. Jesus paid that price. People who accept Jesus accept His gift of forgiveness. We do not deserve it. It's a generous gift given to us by God. But if we choose not to accept His gift of forgiveness, our sins must be paid for in full through eternal torment. Satan and those who have fallen in disbelief will be cast into the Lake of Fire come Judgement Day.

Matthew 7:21-23

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

Everyone will stand in front of Jesus one day. The Father will ask, "What did you do with my Son?" He will see that they never knew Jesus, and they will be cast into the Lake of Fire for eternity.

Revelation 20:11-15

"Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death, the Lake of Fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the Lake of Fire."

I understand sin has a price.
I understand prices must be paid.

What I don't understand is how an "all loving merciful god" will send a good person to be punished for all of eternity, only because said person didn't believe in his son. I don't understand that said god also claims to be all powerful, but yet doesn't influence said person to believe in him, and claims to be all knowing ,and yet punishes a person for doing what he knew they were going to do anyway. I don't understand how said god claims to allow free will, and then punishes people for using free will, simply because it was in a way he didn't particularly like.

If the Abrahamic god is as all loving and merciful as Christians like to claim, than being an Atheist would NOT be the only factor in whether a person goes to Hell or not.
If, however, it is that black and white (that a person will go straight to Hell, simply because they didn't believe, even if they were an extremely good person), than that god is not all loving and merciful.

well i can answer a few of those okay you know they have like pictures of Jesus knocking on some dude's door well the door never has a handle Jesus doesn't try to force himself into your life that's one of the merciful things and even christians go to hell if they haven't repented for their sins and the bible would clearly state God the father is an angry god and God doesn't only punish people who do wrong things he would also punish people who do good things and baically forcing it would not make him merciful and in the revelation the bible says that God will judge those who were not taken up in the rapture even the guys in hell to see if they are ready to enter heaven one of the merciful things and God KNOWS that if you were to force yourself that would not be merciful like i already said andiyou said he would punish those who did things he knew they would do well if God were to let them get away with it they would continue and well God would make us wth free will which would give us the will to choise what to believe

So... your god is a god who punishes people if they do what they're supposed to, who doesn't understand what free-will actually means, and who claims to be merciful but actually isn't?

I dunno but I'll go for this one...

@thedirector, Catholics are Christian. Yes we r different from Protestants but we r all Christians!And as a catholic purgatory is a place u go for purification

God's not going to send you Hell because you're an atheist. No, God's going to send you there because you are a dirty, rotten sinner, just like me. The only difference is that I have accepted his gift of salvation.

Yes, thank you Cinders for explaining that because I was confused & thought maybe that person was. I know people can pick and choose and pull things from here and there as it befits them. That is their choice - I am straightforward and that is my choice.

"Deserve" - I do not know about, that is for God to judge, not me. I just go by the word and I really do not pick & choose from the Bible, I truly with all my heart and soul believe without having any problem in what is there. I DO believe there is a hell. I think sometimes people of all types of faith really really fear that concept-understandably, and we fear the unknown-naturally.

I have nooooo problem with Catholics. (My boyfriend is very Catholic too-yes we are both Christains & have no problem between us there).

If Heaven and Hell exist, then where you go will not be determined by what your religion, but your choices and who you are as a person.

I believe we go to a place called The Afterlife, not Hell or Heaven. But even if you do go to Hell or Heaven, I believe you would deserve to go to Heaven because you had the guts and the brains to believe what you want and not be influenced by anyone else around you.

But Michael, you still choose your religion (whether or not you accept Jesus as God and Savior) so you're incorrect on that point.

Only God can make that decision, that's not for us to decide. Whatever you feel is right for you. I respect your opinion, tho me being a Christian, I don't agree with it.

No. I'm an Omnist anyway.