The "one way to heaven" doctrine is wrong

It doesn’t really matter what you call the doctrine. The doctrine says that Jesus is the one way to Heaven, because that’s what Jesus says he is. The result of this is that those who do not know the Way are not saved. More on this at the end. “Well, what this makes clear is that we are saved by Jesus, not that someone must be sentient of this.” If you do not know the Way, the Truth, and the Life, you cannot follow the Way, know the Truth, or have the Life. Jesus confirms that those who believe in him will live in John 11:25-26 (KJV) “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?” Romans 10:9 clearly outlines how one may be saved from the death all deserve. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” John 20:21 explains why John’s gospel is written - so that people may believe, and that through belief they may have life. “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.” You say: “Ob-course, commonsense shoulkd dictate that folowing every rule will not save you, but I did a little research and landed on a few things: Leviticus 5: 10: "And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him." Are you seeing what I am seeing, what word is that? Covered? no, concealed, no. Forgiven, hmm, that says something, now I don't know what doctrine it is that you have, but I for one do not believe that god is divided against himself.” This.. makes no sense. I have no idea what you are trying to show. The verse says that, under the Old Covenant, those who provided burnt offerings to the Lord could have their sins forgiven. Jesus became the perfect sacrifice to permanently forgive our sins. The passage says nothing about those who are not part of the Israelite nation, or those who do not follow the Lord and offer burnt sacrifices. You did not counter my “grace by faith” argument at all. It still remains - grace through faith is the method of salvation. I have no idea what you mean by “god is divided against himself”. Now that is out of character, I must have missed that part of the bible, because everything else said that jesuis was a pacifist. Well, I quoted the scripture word for word. Sorry you missed it - maybe read it again. “jesuis” may have been a pacifist, but Jesus literally said he did not come to bring peace. Matthew 10:34 “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.” About the parable of the beggar (Lazarus) and the rich man, you say, Actually no, the story of Lazarus is not a parable, unlike all of his parables, this gives a name : Lazarus, which means that it happened, it is, additionaly, a parable, as the rich man is not given a name. You claim that is both not a parable and that it is a parable. You then say that it is literal. You literally believe that there was a rich man in Hell who looked up to Heaven, saw a beggar (among all the people that would theoretically be in Heaven) next to Abraham, then spoke to Abraham, from Hell to Heaven? Simply because Jesus has a name in his story does not mean that the story is literal. Nor have you addressed the fact that “Abraham’s bosom” is not Heaven. “Is that beyond gods capability anyway,” You quoted me. In that quote I said that God Himself can divinely intervene and bring one person to Heaven. Moreover, Enoch lived in the OT. Thankfully, we do not. God has fulfilled the Old Covenant, so that we do not have to be Israelites to be saved. Anyone who believes may be saved, despite the fact that humans have all sinned, and fall short of His glory. "Do you think that he needs a bunch of jerky "Christians" who sit around all day saying that people who don't know of Jesus are going to hell, and yet they sit around and not do anything about it!" No, God doesn’t need them. What Jesus does say to do is “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19). Why would Jesus command this if He was planning to just save the unbelievers anyways? I didn't say that he was not a jew. In Round 1, you have a random statement, “Was not a Christian or a Jew”. About Jehoram receiving a letter from Elijah, you say, “No he didn't.” Jehoram received a letter from Elijah. That is a true statement. You denying it means nothing. 2 Chronicles 21:12 “And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,” So no, Elijah was not taken into the Heaven where God is on the throne, because Elijah later wrote a letter. Heaven, in this case, means sky. “It doesn't matter, it means what it says, youy love onme another you know god, you know god you know jesus, and if you know jesus, you are saved, the end.” If you know God, you will love others. If you read the whole passage, that is what it says. If you know of God, yet do not love others, then you do not truly know God. The demons know Jesus as well. Are they saved? No, because they do not proclaim that He is Lord. Summary All of my arguments remain. Jesus calls himself the Way. Salvation is only in his name. We are saved by grace through faith. If we do not abide in the Vine, we are cast out. The beggar in Luke has no relevance to the debate. God Himself may divinely intervene to take one person in all of history to Heaven (Enoch) but that does not change the fact that those who don’t know God/Christ are not saved. And if we know God, we will love one another. If we claim to know God, but do not love, then we do not know God. A look at the justice of the doctrine From a human perspective, the ‘one way’ idea may seem unfair or depressing. However, it is just the opposite. Everyone has sinned, and deserves death. God is holy and blameless, and cannot tolerate sin. Yet despite this, His love is so great that He sent us the Way, the Truth, and the Life so that we may believe his name and be saved.