What happens after you die? How do you get to heaven? Ask Matt Lauer!

Most strikingly, one of the rabbis said, “In Judaism, you can get to heaven without believing in God.” In fact, the sure-fire way to get to heaven, according to one rabbi, is to get three couples together for a lifetime. Now we know Yenta‘s motivation! What a huge difference between modern Judaism and the religion of the Old Testament Israelites!

(Deuteronomy 6:4, 5) Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one: and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.

I expect that uncertainty will be the running theme throughout these features as they run next week. Most religions cannot offer assurance of salvation (however they define it) because every religion in history has been centered in the law–you have to do something to reach the ultimate goal. Christianity alone teaches that you are savedcompletely on the merits of someone else, Jesus Christ.

So I’ll be interested to see what they have to say about Christianity and who they interview about it. Pray that the representation is accurate.