(May 8, 2018 at 11:29 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(May 8, 2018 at 11:22 pm)Quick Wrote: So would you say believing christ was risen from the dead because he died for our sins is required for salvation?
Not necessarily. We believe that there may be possibility for salvation for non Christians as well.
That is very strange to me... Tho it does remind me of when I asked a theologian with a doctorate if people who have never heard christs name would they go to heaven and he said they are judged based on what they do know.
(May 8, 2018 at 11:29 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(May 8, 2018 at 11:22 pm)Quick Wrote: I am very unfamiliar with what catholics believe if all that is required for salvation is "grace"
The opposite of being in a state of grace means being in a state of mortal sin. Being in a state of mortal sin means that you have committed a serious sin with full consent of the will and full knowledge that in doing so, you are deliberately turning away from God. Since we can't know a person's thoughts and motives, we cannot say who is and is not in a state of mortal sin, and thus, we can't say who is and is not going to Hell.
What does it mean to be in a state of moral sin? I get that people sin and there's not much you can actually do about that. So if I have this right, it's if someone is knowingly sinning and doing so constantly? If that is the case, how can a catholic approve of the gay lifestyle?
But your individuality and your present need will be swept away by change,
and what you now ardently desire will one day become the object of abhorrence.
~ Schiller - 'Psychological Types'
