RE: How Can Christians Still Believe??
April 2, 2012 at 11:42 pm
(This post was last modified: April 2, 2012 at 11:49 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(April 2, 2012 at 4:32 pm)Faith No More Wrote:I can't think of any references off the top of my head but I know I found some scriptural support for it when I was studying Universalism. If you are really interested I can go back and check my notes.ChadWooters Wrote:As a theological idea I think he means that God is not concerned with semantics. Since Christ is the Truth, anyone who believes in ultimate truth is accepting Christ by another name.
Do you have any biblical basis for believing this, because it sounds more like philosophical waffling to avoid the idea that god sends good people to hell.
(April 2, 2012 at 1:10 pm)genkaus Wrote: If that's what he means, then he is being extremely insulting without even knowing it. The presumption here is that god or christ is the ultimate truth subconsciously known but consciously denied - thereby indicating a fundamental cognitive dissonance - is an insult to those who strive to be consciously rational.That seems a bit harsh. The idea mainly concerns what's called the problem of the heathens, as in 'how are pre-Columbian native americans saved?' Besides, its an acknowledgement that reasonable people of goodwill deserve all the blessings of the divine even if they do not formally believe in a specific deity. Thus not only atheists, but devout believers of other faiths who value what is good and true will also benefit.
