(January 26, 2012 at 5:39 am)Godschild Wrote: Paul and James are both correct in what they say, there is no contradiction between the two as some would suggest or claim. Paul says that to receive salvation there are no works involved, faith and faith alone. What Jame's says is one can not live the same as they did before they receive salvation, they will prove to others who they are by their works, in other words if one continues to live in a sinful life style without repentance they are giving up their salvation.
Nice way to work out your doublethink, but I don't buy it. This is just some of the mental jumping through hoops that I used to do to myself when I was religious so that I could explain away contradictions within the religion.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
