(February 22, 2011 at 2:17 pm)apophenia Wrote:(February 22, 2011 at 10:59 am)Strongbad Wrote: In the Christian savior/saved contract, one party, the person who wishes to be saved, i.e. enter heaven, must agree to believe in the Christian God, and more specifically, must accept Jesus Christ as their “personal lord and savior”. The other party, God, agrees to perform the service of salvation, upon the death of the person in question, assuming said person had met the conditions spelled out (belief and acceptance).
I'm not sure this is an accurate representation of current Christian theology, at least not Protestantism. Salvation isn't "earned" but bestowed upon one by the Grace of God, freely given by him, according to the five Solas of reformation Christianity (specifically Sola gratia ("by grace alone")).
Bullshit, to earn salvation you need to accept a dead jewish zombie as your slave master. Good deeds are not enough, being ethical is not enough, if you deny the spirit you can not be saved - "But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin" - Mark 3:29
Good thing the holy spirit is a completely bullshit fairy tale, oh wait, I've committed an unforgivable sin, guess I'll be having a crispy afterlife...
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