RE: Rant against anti-atheist agnostics.
September 26, 2014 at 10:11 am
(This post was last modified: September 26, 2014 at 10:14 am by Tonus.)
JWs do believe that salvation comes through accepting the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and seeking absolution through that redemptive act. Because they separate Yahweh and Jesus and focus their worship on Yahweh, the issue gets confused. I think that their view is that Yahweh sacrificing himself would have been too great a price to pay, that humanity didn't merit that level of sacrifice. A perfect human life for a perfect human life would suffice.
(September 26, 2014 at 9:55 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Responsibility is never skipped. You're convicted then, more than ever, to put right any debt you have that you can resolve. You can't be forgiven your misdeeds it you have outstanding debts. Your hypocrisy would prevent it.I'm not sure I understand. We can achieve forgiveness for some of our debt on our own, but require that sacrifice for the rest? Or do you mean something else?
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