After reading all the letters and Quick Es about Ev Cherrington, a.k.a. the Hub preacher, I have to contribute. Mr. Cherrington approached me last Thursday as I walked past the Hub. I had been mulling over two questions that I wanted to ask him, if I ever wished to converse with him at all.

Since he approached me, I decided to ask him if there was any Christian denomination which he held to be non-Christian.

I asked this because I had once obtained a “comic book” presentation of an argument on why Roman Catholics were not Christians.

After I told him which sect I was specifically asking about, he answered that some were and some weren’t.

That was easy enough, so I asked my next question: If one does good works all one’s life without believing in Jesus, does one go to heaven?

This debate lasted roughly 15 minutes.

He stated that Christ was the only key to heaven, that there was no middle ground between heaven and hell, and that choosing not to accept Christ was choosing not to go to heaven.

My final question in this line was: if one does good works and is beneficent to humanity and the rest of God’s creation all of one’s life, though one does not accept Christ, does one suffer the same fate as a serial killer?

His answer was yes.

This is something I have a hard time believing. Many of the great, good and wise people in history would not go to heaven.

Gandhi is the example foremost in my mind, yet I am sure that there are many ordinary people who endeavor to do as much good as possible for everyone around them who will not fit this faith test.

I did not inquire about those who have never heard of or truly learned about Christ, who could not make an informed choice about their creed.

I do not find this man preaching about love as one earlier Quick E claimed.

He preaches about self-righteousness, as only the few like him will go to heaven, and the rest, no matter how good or bad, will suffer eternal agony.

I won’t be glad to go to hell with the sinners, but it would also grieve me to think that some of those sinners failed only one commandment while obeying all others.

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Jeni Nosbisch

Senior

German