(February 16, 2014 at 7:25 pm)Stimbo Wrote: So I am only capable of doing evil? Do you not think that an atheist can be 'saved'?
(And no, the word of "God" is not sufficient until you can demonstrate that it is a viable authority.)
No, you cannot do what is good in God's sight:
"But without faith it is impossible to please Him" (Heb 11:6)
"There is none who does good, no, not one." (Rom 3:12)
However I do believe that atheists can be saved as salvation is not according to one's own goodness:
"who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began" (2 Tim 1:9)
"not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit" (Titus 3:5)
