I agree with you that the main commandments to get into Heaven are the things you listen, love, humility, charty, etc., but those aren't the only requirements God has.
And this is me speaking from a clearly christian, Bible-based standpoint. I don't see how every religion could be acceptable either way, because they contradict eachother left and right. For example, the teachings of christianity and Islam are contradictory, and both state that the other is wrong.
Also, I believe the Bible IS the word of God, and that nothing in the Bible was written without the divine inspiration of God. I don't believe any part of the Bible is mute. I also believe Jesus Christ is the one and only way to God, and that unless you call to him by name to save you, you won't go to Heaven. I don't believe Jesus hears prayers to Bhudda or Alla or any other God.
2nd Timothy 3: 16-17
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work
2nd Peter 1: 20-21)
"Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit."
Acts 4:12
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus who gave himself as a ransom for all men-the testimony given in its proper time.
1 John 2:23
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
Romans 5:21
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 John 5:11
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
John 3:16-18
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. {17} For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. {18} He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of
Also, here's some stuff the Bible says regarding idol worship:
Psalm 115 (3-8)
3: Our God is in heaven; He does whatever pleases Him.
4: But their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
5: They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see;
6: They have ears , but they cannot hear, noses, but they cannot smell;
7: They have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but they cannot walk; nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
8: Those who make them will be like them and so will all who trust in them.
Isaiah 44
12-20)
12: " The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it in the coals; he shapes an idol with hammers, he forges it with the might of his arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint.
13: The carpenter measures with a line and makes an outline with a marker; he roughs it out with chisels and marks it with compasses. He shapes it in the form of man, of man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.
14: He cut down cedars, or perhaps took a cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow.
15: It is man’s fuel for burning; some of it he takes and warms himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also fashions a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
16: Half of the wood he burns in the fire; over it he prepares his meal, he roasts his meat and eats his fill. He also warms himself and says, "Ah! I am warm; I see the fire."
17: From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, "Save me; you are my god."
18: They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
19: No one stops to think, no one has the knowledge or understanding to say, "Half of it I used for fuel; I even baked bread over its coals, I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make a detestable thing from what is left? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?"
20: He feeds on ashes, a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?"
There's about a million other verses I could put up but I'd basically be repeating myself.
And I agree with you Miss America, idolotry isn't just in the form of bowing down to idols, but worshiping things like money and material possessions with your time.
