[SoothingDave]

If people live their entire lives in the name of Christ but behave in a way that only marginally misses righteousness in the eyes of God, they may as well have raped and murdered their whole lives because they are meeting the same fate.

Unsurprisingly, you don't seem to understand Christ. The entire point of Christianity is that we can not live our lives in a way that is "righteous in the eyes of God," hence the substitionary sacrifice of the Infinite Christ to pay the penalty justice requires for our sins.

SD

[MineralMan]

"The entire point of Christianity is that we can not live our lives in a way that is "righteous in the eyes of God," hence the substitionary sacrifice of the Infinite Christ to pay the penalty justice requires for our sins.
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That's true, but there's another very important point of Christianity, and that is that Christians are to emulate Jesus. They may not succeed completely, but they are to try.

Redemption through Jesus is a good thing for Christians, but Jesus also made it clear that Christians were to walk a righteous path, as well.

Sadly, there are Christians who remember the redemption but forget Jesus' instructions on how to live.