LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY travestine)

My first time posting here. If I were still a preacher, my sermon this Sunday would be based on John 14:2 "for in my father's house, there are many dwelling places". I have always taking this verse to be Jesus's code that there is a place for all of us in heaven - Jew, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, atheist - every path leads to God - there's a room for each of us. The Pope would like to slam that door shut in all of our faces, with Jesus as the gatekeeper. Not the Jesus I believe in, bucko. The writer of John took liberties by following with the much-contested "way, truth and light" verse. I still struggle with that one, but the "many dwelling places" does give me comfort and I've used it in a number of funerals. It's brought peace to many families and it's always brought comfort to me.

ETA: When I refer to "God" and "heaven" - I mean however they are perceived by the individual, not the Christian perception. Namaste.