[George W. Bush]

Russian Conservative, I hope you recognize that this sweet-sounding theological path of 'those who follow the natural law may thereby receive salvation without knowing Christ' is the road to the kissing of Korans as the Roman pope did recently.

We Baptists will still proclaim the need of every soul to receive Christ. There can be no substitutes.

One cannot worship Buddha or the Muslim's Allah and be saved by Christ anyway. That is the worship of false gods, not the true God.

We see the Roman church in America has trod this ecumenical path, a sort of 'all-dogs-go-to-heaven' theology. They no longer will evangelize a Jew. How ridiculous Jesus and His disciples were not so wise as the modern Roman church because they did evangelize Jews and the early church was primarily composed of Jews.

This notion that living a good life will get you to heaven, no matter what you believe is anti-scriptural. The changing morality of man's societies provides no spiritual refuge. The only records we have indicate that the entire early church believed that only in Christ, and Him Crucified, was there any hope for any man in eternity.

Only Christ can sanctify us enough to approach the Father, either in our prayers or when we are finally in heaven.

To suggest that merely living a good life can save you is the ultimate Arminianism. It says that we can save ourselves by our own efforts and without God's assistance, without knowing God.

Many once-sound churches have broken themselves over these unanswerable questions over the fate of certain souls. However, scripture teaches that we are saved only in Christ. We should allow our Father and our King to determine that fate of all who lived outside a spiritual life in Christ. If we know Christ, we know He possesses a perfect justice. And when we finally look upon God, we will have no further questions or objections to His justice and His ways.

[RussianConservative]

Not true, if you notice article, for example, specifically says we not accept that all cultures or religions equal. Further we not elevate Islam to same level as Christianity thus will never kiss Koran.

[RussianConservative]

Many once-sound churches have broken themselves over these unanswerable questions over the fate of certain souls.

Well since we around since the day of Peter and Paul and we not ever broken selves, I am not worried. Most that broke selves were new churchs with narrow theological basis to work on. We have the words of Apposals and founding Fathers.