RE: If Life is Meaningless Anyway, then What's Wrong with Religion?
September 24, 2016 at 1:50 am
(This post was last modified: September 24, 2016 at 1:53 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 24, 2016 at 1:47 am)Arkilogue Wrote:Depends on who you ask, but it won't mean much in context, as all the volition in the world isn't what saves you. You are saved by grace.(September 24, 2016 at 1:42 am)Rhythm Wrote: Again, no. If you're saved (or born again)...you're saved. You're expected to sin, as a fallen creature. Heaven is full of sinners.
Is being born again a voluntary act?
Quote:I could have sworn Jesus said something about holding onto your crown....here it is, Rev 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
That crown is the stephanon, the victory over death, the crown of eternal life.
Is it, or have you misread revelations in accordance with your particular pattern seeking impulse? Are you sure that the rome hating author wasn't entreating the reader to persist and maintain in their own cultural traditions which, as the author saw it, were crumbling?
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