"More than three years after Pope Francis sparked a firestorm of religious debate by telling a young boy that his deceased atheist father might still end up in Heaven, a new study from the Pew Research Center shows a majority of Catholic and mainline Christians also believe people who don’t believe in God will go to Heaven." "In discussing American views on the afterlife, the study showed that majorities of U.S. adults believe in both Heaven and Hell, but significantly more believe in Heaven. Some 73% of respondents reported belief in Heaven, while 62% of respondents reported belief in Hell." "When it comes to Christians as a group, the study showed that the overwhelming majority of all Christian groups supported belief in Heaven. Protestants from historically black and evangelical churches were more likely than mainline Protestant Christians or Catholics to express belief in Hell." "And while 39% of all American adults, in general, believe people who don’t believe in God can still go to Heaven, 68% of Catholics and 56% of mainline Protestant Christians were found to hold this belief compared to 21% of evangelicals and 31% of Christians from historically black churches." I would say "unbelievable" but that's just the signs of our times. Last time I looked the Bible makes it pretty clear that there is one path to Heaven. All I can do is shake my head. Lord take us home. It seems most “Christians” never read their Bibles. Too many clowns out there entertaining the goats. ? The new slogan is "If the pope espouses it, it ain't scriptural." Going to God’s house, but he is not home! WOW! TR Imagine walking up to the richest person's mansion in your country and knocking on his/her door. When he/she answers say, "I'm moving in with you." Naturally, he/she will say, "Go away, I don't know you." You need to know God and have a relationship with Him before you can move into His house. For sure! TR A client texted me after hours. I noticed the text when I was charging my phone but did not read it. I read it the next day at work and she was saying: I know it is after hours but please we need you. I felt bad that I haven't read it the day before and I called her. She is gay and is married to another woman. She told me someone in their group (LGBT) passed away suddenly. they are going to the funeral home and cemetery on Friday and want emotional support. They asked me if I can come. I asked my manager. She said no. we don't accompany people places. It is not safe right now and we are also not grief counsellors. She gave me other resources for help with grief. Anyway, I was ready to go if my manager was ok with it. However, I was wondering how you comfort someone when the person they cared about is possibly not in heaven and everyone around me is LGBTQ. I prayed for them, told them they can call me and chat whenever they want. However, maybe it's best I didn't go. 
