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To: James C. Bennett

No it doesn’t.

Salvation is free to all.

Rewards are just that. Rewards for faithful service.

Some of us will live in the Beverly Hills of Heaven; others in the slums (still better than anything we can imagine, IMO)

And then there are the lost, who just won’t make the cut, so to speak.


18 posted on 11/17/2013 9:46:35 AM PST by chesley
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To: chesley

Unless you don’t rely on secondary sources for your knowledge about a certain individual, then, by simple logical deduction, without greater faith in those conveying you the information about that particular individual, you cannot have faith in that individual.


20 posted on 11/17/2013 9:51:50 AM PST by James C. Bennett (An Australian.)
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To: chesley

The Quranic heaven is just as you describe.

If heaven has a “Beverley Hills” section and also the slums, then heaven won’t be free from envy. If there is no envy in heaven, then there is nothing special about a “Beverley Hills” section, and if so, then there is nothing special about your “rewards”.


22 posted on 11/17/2013 9:55:27 AM PST by James C. Bennett (An Australian.)
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To: chesley

**Salvation is free to all.**

OSAS is a falsehood.


26 posted on 11/17/2013 10:17:23 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: chesley

**Salvation is free to all.**

But not all people want to be saved. They like their lives of wickedness and atheism.


27 posted on 11/17/2013 10:17:58 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: chesley

I wonder if those in the slums will be able to work their way up to a “better” place? After all, they’ll have all of eternity. Also, doesn’t it say somewhere that there are no tears in heaven? Therefore, ending up in the slums can’t be too bad; at least we won’t be crying about it if we end up there!


85 posted on 11/18/2013 2:07:21 PM PST by Nea Wood (When life gets too hard to stand, kneel.)
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