| spurgeonryan said: I guess if you are a Catholic you would still go to Heaven since good works out weights all your sins. Especially if Robin Hood talked to a priest once Prince John the Soft sword was taken out of power after his Famous signing. But if you are not a catholic, and Robin Hood continued to do this without making amends with the Lord, would he be in Hell? It is one of the 10 Commandments! God only forgives if you are truly sorry for what you have done. Repent and do not do it ever again. Masterbatation? Once and done. God is not going to forgive you if you continue to do it. So my question is: How many times can you have the same sin and still go to heaven? Are you truly repenting if you continue to do something? |
First, Robin Hood would have to be real. Second, so would Heaven or Hell, both of which exist as reward and consequence of actions.
In Catholocism, if you sin and repent your sin you don't just go to Heaven. You go to Purgatory, which is like Hell, in that you pay for your sins through suffering, but on the Day of Judgment, you can ascend into Heaven. Since breaking the Ten Commandments would be a more serious sin, it's likely that you would have a more severe punishment in Purgatory.
My personal opinion is the consequence of one's actions are what happens here on Earth not whether or not you go to Heaven or Hell. In simple terms, a bad action can have good consequences. However, in complex terms, a bad action, which seems to be for good, can be bad. Then we have to go by intention. If our intentions are good, but the outcome is bad, then the action is neither good nor bad. It is ill chosen. If the intentions are bad, and the outcome is good, once again the action is neither good nor bad. The difference between the two is in the former you may not be punished, but could. In the latter you will likely be punished, but may not.
Bottomline. Don't chose your actions based on Heaven or Hell. Base them on what is morally and ethically correct.
