KIRK DOUGLAS DIED TODAY AT AGE 103. What did he believe about God? Did he go to Heaven?
In an Esquire interview in 2001 he said this:
“The more I’ve studied the Torah, the less religious I’ve become, the more spiritual. We Jews are taught to read Hebrew, but we don’t know what the hell we’re reading. At Yom Kippur services, I was reading the English translations, and it came to me: There’s so much adoration of God, but God doesn’t need us to sing his praises. He just wants us to be better people.
“Muslims follow Muhammad to reach God. Christians follow Jesus. Jews follow Moses. But it’s all the same God.
“Maybe when you die, you come before a big, bearded man on a big throne, and you say, ‘Is this heaven?’ And he says, ‘Heaven? You just came from there.’
“Religion has killed millions of people. Something must be wrong.”
In an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in 2017, he explained,
“I grew up praying in the morning and laying tefillin, but I gave up much of the formal aspect of religion. I believe in God and I’m happy to be a Jew. But I think too much religion has not helped civilization. Caring for other people is my religion.”
Caring for people is wonderful, but no amount of good deeds will get anyone to heaven. The only way anyone has a relationship with God is by putting their faith and trust in Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins.
Is Kirk Douglas in Heaven?
KIRK DOUGLAS DIED TODAY AT AGE 103. What did he believe about God? Did he go to Heaven?
In an Esquire interview in 2001 he said this:
In an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in 2017, he explained,
Caring for people is wonderful, but no amount of good deeds will get anyone to heaven. The only way anyone has a relationship with God is by putting their faith and trust in Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins.
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