Originally posted by: Arnie.d

What you are saying is a person who does not believe in God can never be as good as a person who does, apparently. I'm sure I'm living a much better life than a lot of christians. And if there turns out to be a heaven and hell (which I don't believe) then I don't believe I would go to hell if I've lived a good life.

By the way, where does the concept of a hell come from. I don't know much about religion but I think the bible only very vaguely discribes something only once or twice that can be regarded as a hell.

Nobody deserves to be in the presence of God in Heaven. I sure don't. Christianity has nothing to do with having the ability to be perfect, or earning the right to earn salvation through anything that we can do. We are all sinners in need of God's grace. Only through the cleansing blood of Christ can we achieve an Eternal Glory in Heaven with the Father. Don't look to Christianity for the answers, but Christ alone. Christians will always let you down, Christ won't.