(April 29, 2012 at 12:14 am)teaearlgreyhot Wrote:(April 29, 2012 at 12:06 am)Godschild Wrote: You've been in space to long, either that or you're crazy.
I'm just humorously pointing out how arbitrary some of your requirements to be saved are. I doubt, supposing the Gospels are true, that the thief on the cross believed every one of those things.
We know that he believed that Christ was the Son of God, we know he knew that Christ would and did die on the cross, and that he would rise from the grave and go to be with the Father and sit on the throne in His kingdom. I would say that the story of the virgin birth was well known, and that he had heard it.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.