[Gamecock]

. . . as opposed to someone who thinks they can murder, rob and do anything else "the devil makes them do" because they signed and dated the statement in the flyleaf of a Gideon New Testament once upon a time and really, really meant it?

Nice strawman. No. As opposed faith in Jesus alone.

[Vigilanteman]

No strawman . . .goes right to the heart of the old Protestant vs. Catholic wars.

Some Protestants (mostly of the extreme Calvinist variety) think all they have to do is declare belief, religious Catholics (and some Protestants) think a little effort (= works) is also important even while understanding that works alone is insufficient for Salvation.

Normal people look for commonalities and work together to defeat the antichrist of godless liberalism and their extreme Muslim, Communist and secular allies.

Idiots and traitors nitpick and subdivide those on our side into smaller subgroups with various theological (or other relatively minor) disagreements and form circular firing squads.

[DuncanWaring]

If faith in Jesus alone is adequate for salvation, why does He command us to pray that God “forgive us our trespasses” and “lead us not into temptation”?