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To: britt reed
2. According to Christian "Doctrine", had Adolph Hitler accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior, he too would have been headed for the Pearly Gates. That's an even "nicer" message. That's why deathbed conversions are empty.

Actually, a Calvinist would more likely tell you that Hitler was predestined to be unregenerate and that he is burning in Hell right now. A "deathbed confession" would not happen unless God willed it to happen. So, yes, they pretty much are empty. None of us (Calvinists) believe we can "fool God", and live lives of debauchery and then cash in our redemption card on our deathbeds. God saves whom He chooses to save.

33 posted on 07/18/2008 7:49:06 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte
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To: Sans-Culotte
A "deathbed confession" would not happen unless God willed it to happen. So, yes, they pretty much are empty.

You contradict yourself. You have no way of knowing which are "empty" and which are not.

41 posted on 07/18/2008 8:04:54 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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