fr0d0 Wrote:Then either they were wrong or you misunderstood. Faith is in fact essential. Faith should be demonstrable by its product but the product alone is meaningless. There is only one route to salvation in what is widely regarded as Christianity and that route is via Jesus.
Maybe this was just the one pastor's opinion, or I am very open to the fact that I misinterpreted or misremember the doctrine. After all, it was twenty years ago, and it was too fucking early on my weekend so I was constantly nodding off. It was also boring as hell. Maybe if they had spiced it up with some fireworks or something I would be able to recall what they said more clearly.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
