Rick Perry Agrees: Non-Christians Going Straight To Hell

Texas Governor Rick Perry says that he agrees that non Christians are "going straight to hell with a non-stop ticket," reports UPI (following a story in The Dallas Morning News). Perry is running for reelection and I suspect that his remarks were aimed more at getting his based riled up for the Tuesday vote than a theological statement. But Perry is behind the times. A Beliefnet.com poll out last year showed that 68% of “born again” or “evangelical Christians” believe that a “good person who isn’t of your religious faith” can gain salvation. Perry has supporters in his corner, however. George W. Bush once made a similar comment. Chris Bell, the democratic nominee for governor in Texas, told reporters in response to Perry’s remarks that "God is the only one who can make the decision as to who gets into the kingdom of heaven.”