The "one way to heaven" doctrine is wrong

"I'll start with my argument for the 'One way to Heaven' doctrine, then move into some rebuttals. Note: I will not be arguing about whether or not babies are born in sin. For sake of space, I will be arguing that Jesus is, in fact, the only way to Heaven for those who have sinned - which, according to Romans 3:23 is "all" or "pas/pantes"." Aslso I am not be arguing that there are "more than one way to heaven", just that the doctrine which I call the "one way to heaven doctrine" is wrong. So first I will clarify what exactly it is I am trying to prove wrong, the doctrine that I am trying to prove wrong is the doctrine that says: "If someone is not a christian, even if they never had a chance to become one, is going to hell", I am going to prove wrong the notion that god would send someone to hell because of what is beyond their control. "John 14:5-6 (KJV, since it is widely accepted) "Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." That is extremely clear. The words of Jesus himself, calling himself the only way to the Father. To deny this is to make Jesus a liar. No one comes to the Father except by knowing the way - Jesus." Well, what this makes clear is that we are saved by Jesus, not that someone must be sentient of this. "Acts 4:10-12 "Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." again, what this makes clear is that we are saved by Jesus, not that someone must be sentient of this. "There is no other name by which we must be saved. Romans 3:23 and Ephesians 2:2-3 confirm that all have sinned and that at one point we all walked among the children of disobedience. Therefore, all are in need of saving." "Ephesians 2:5-9 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. We are saved by grace through faith - not of ourselves, but of God. No one can get to Heaven by works - only by faith in Christ." 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. Ezekiel 18:27-28: "Again, when the wicked man turned away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Because he considered, and turned away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die." Again, I don't know what doctrine it is that you have, but I for one do not believe that god is divided against himself. "John 15:3-6 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. Anyone who does not abide in Jesus is cast out and burned." Now that is out of character, I must have missed that part of the bible, because everything else said that jesuis was a pacifist. "Elijah went to Heaven also before Jesus ever existed." "Jesus is eternal. This is a key element of the Trinity, which the majority of Christians believe in, but here is evidence." John 1:1-2 "In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. He was with God in the beginning." Colossians 1:15-16 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: Through Jesus all things were created. Therefore, he was present in the beginning, and pre-existed Enoch and Elijah." As for the beggar in Luke: "Firstly, the story is a parable told by Jesus. It is not a literal recollection of events; it speaks about a rich man, who was not godly, being sent into Hades, and he sees Lazarus in "Abraham"s bosom" or "ton kolpon Abraam" which is not the word for Heaven (ouranos- Strong"s 3772)." 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. 'Clearly this story is not literal, and it does not even speak of Heaven." No, it is literal "Enoch directly encountered God. No one is saying that God Himself cannot divinely intervene and bring one specific person to Heaven. And the reason for Enoch being taken into Heaven is clear - he walked faithfully with God. This certainly does not mean that someone who doesn"t follow God can get to Heaven." Did he know of Jesus, no, god, but not Jesus specifically, unless of course you would like to admit that anyone who knows god also knows Jesus by default. Is that beyond gods capability anyway, do you honestly beleive that god is somehow incapable of telling someone about himself, himself? Jeremiah 32:37: "Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me? Matthew 19:27: "But Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." Luke 1:37: "For nothing will be impossible with God." 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! "You said, "And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal." was not a Christian or a Jew," This is rather confusing. I assume you mean Elijah was not a Jew. You"ll have to provide arguments to back that up. His name was "Eliyyah" - Yah is God (Strong"s 452). That"s a very Hebrew name. He also had personal encounters with God. This does not counter the idea that the only way to Heaven is to know God." I didn't say that he was not a jew. "But more importantly, the "heaven" here does not mean the Heaven where God is on the throne. It means the same as when Genesis records the heavens opening up to release the flood, or when it says God made the heavens and the earth. Elijah is taken up into the sky. This is clear, because Elijah could not have been taken permanently up to Heaven at this time. Several years after this event, Jehoram received a letter from Elijah in 2 Chronicles." No he didn't. "1 John is a letter written to believers who are well aware of God and Christ. The "loving one another" John is speaking of is a result of knowing God"s love. Verse 11 says that "since God loved us, we also ought to love one another". Verse 10 identifies God"s love as the act of sending Jesus to die, which ties in with John 3:16. God loves the world - for this reason, He gave his only Son that anyone who believes might be saved." "The point of this passage is that anyone who claims to love God, yet does not love their brothers, does not actually love God. Those who know God"s love, and love one another because of God"s love, are the ones who truly know God. You cannot love one another because of God"s love if you do not know God"s love; and God"s love is Christ, who was sent to die." 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.