My Escatological Vision

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Again, it seems very clear that nonbelief without repentance is worse (in God's eyes) than rape and repentance. And that is pretty disturbing.

This is actually not true. Rape is far worse than non-belief under certain conditions. The thing that is unforgivable about both is a hate for God. In Christianity anytime we commit a mortal sin we actually sin twice, we sin against God, that is we blaspheme love and meaning and all good things, and we do the particular sin like say not believe in God, or something even as heinous as molestation. All sins are forgivable excpet blaspheming God's love, which is returning God's loving-kindness with hate. So if you don't believe in God becasu you are legitimately seeking truth in charity, and that is the honest conclusion that you have come to, then I believe you will go to heaven, because Christ tells us that He who seeks shall find, and if you are seeking in charity, then you will find that Christ is Truth, so I'm not worried about you. So disbelief is not worse than molestation. I'll make a hierachy of sins between those three, blashpemy (unforgivable), molestation (abomination and disgusting), disbelief.

You keep talking about 'searching for Truth in charity' as something God will accept. Do you mean 'charity' as doing good works? Does 'Truth' only refer to 'God's truth?' And does being saved in the end require belief in God, even if you have the 'charity' part covered?

I mean charity as a disposition of the will. God is Truth. All truth flows form His Truth, in my belief, so if it is true then it is of God.

Well in the end if you sought Truth with a charitable disposition I believe you sought Christ in a different way. If you are only pretending to seek truth or if you seek truth hatefully then I believe that you are not seeking truth at all, that is what I mean by you need a charitable disposition as a opposed to a hateful disposition. If Christ is Truth (in my view He is), and you are seeking Truth, then you are seeking Christ so you are a Christian (from my point of view). And in the end when Christ reveals Himself to us in a more complete way you will believe, and if you choose not to beleive despite your knowledge that God exists, then that is blaspheming God. I hope that makes sense.

Beliefs are shaped by experience. If that child is neglected, he will not learn to trust his mother. And if he is never exposed to the idea of God, he will never believe in God.

So are you saying that someone experience God in the past and that is why people believe it today .

If the child is never exposed to God he may come up with God on his own, like our ancestors must have done, unless God revealed Himself to them, which I believe He reveals Himself to us to this day.