Judgment / Judgment Day

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11 questions

• QWhat is the basis for "Judgment?"
• QWhat is the state of a person after death? Is he in Heaven or hell? Is there redemption for an individual after his death?
• QIf God is merciful, why should we fear judgment? Aren’t we in the end relying upon His mercy? I'm not questioning the Orthodox Doctrine of Faith and works; however, I…
• QWill every sin not confessed, while on earth, be held against me on judgement day? What if I cannot remember every sin; or intentionally forget them? If I have a small…
• QCan we assume that:
• QWhat is the status of mentally retarded people who obviously miss on the 'intellect'? How will they be judged?
• QWill the people who die now be judged at the second coming? If their destiny has already been determined in either Paradise or Hades, what is the need for a judgment?
• QOn Judgment Day, will everybody,alive and dead, be judged; even though the departed souls have already been placed either in Paradise or Hades? And if so, can the…
• QIn Matthew 5:22 it is written: " But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire ." We also read in Matthew 23:17 that it says: "F ools and blind! For which…
• QWhen Jesus Christ comes down to Earth on the last day, is He going to send the rest of the people that have lived until that day to hell, or are some people going to be…
• QHow are we finally judged in terms of works? Is it Judgment of whether or not our individual deeds were good or evil?

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