[Iscool]

It would be interesting to try to figure out who are really Christians and who aren't. For example, are the LDS any less Christian than Oneness Pentecostals? How about Christian Science? What about John Hagee? The Children of God? Jim Jones' People's Temple? David Koresh's Branch Davidians?

Or you could get really orthodox and limit it to the Catholics. Where might you draw the line?

Or, you might do something novel and draw the line at the scriptures...

The Body of Christ is Spiritual, not physical...Conversion is in the spirit, not the flesh...

There is no physical Body of Christ; no religion that is the Body of Christ...

There are likely Christians in each of the groups you mention...And not everyone who is a member of your physical orthodox (to some) religions are going to heaven...

[MarkBsnr]

Or, you might do something novel and draw the line at the scriptures... The Body of Christ is Spiritual, not physical...Conversion is in the spirit, not the flesh...

There is no physical Body of Christ; no religion that is the Body of Christ...

There are likely Christians in each of the groups you mention...And not everyone who is a member of your physical orthodox (to some) religions are going to heaven...

The problem with a simple statement of: you must believe in order to be saved, is that what does that belief consist of? The whole history of the Church is trying to define what that belief should be.

The Oneness Pentecostals, for instance, believe in only One God and that Father, Son and Holy Spirit are one person all combined. Does that remove them from consideration for salvation? If not, then where is the line?

Catholicism attempts to define such things and calls them doctrine. How loose can one be? Can one be Wiccan and be saved? Can one be Jehovah's Witness and be saved? If so, why?