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To: mfulstone
When all religions are examined without emotion and with an open mind, all except one tell you the same basic thing: that what you do in this life determines where you go in the afterlife, i.e. little sins require little retributions and can be erased from the balance books with a few good deeds, really big sins are unforgiveable except through many years of "correct" (in many cases this is morally relatavistic) living and big time paybacks. If you die in the black, you go to Heaven. If you die in the red, you go to Hell.

Except Christianity. Which believes that no matter how good you are, you cannot live up to the God's standards to get in Heaven. God instead, knowing this came down to us in the form of an ordinary man to make the ultimate perfect sacrifice that would cover all people for all time if they would only believe in Him and follow.

57 posted on 12/22/2002 7:53:08 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Except Christianity. Which believes that no matter how good you are, you cannot live up to the God's standards to get in Heaven. God instead, knowing this came down to us in the form of an ordinary man to make the ultimate perfect sacrifice that would cover all people for all time if they would only believe in Him and follow.

Heh, I always liked this "get out of jail free card" of a religious concept. I know a few Christians closely who hold this view and it basically means they can do anything they like and still get to Heaven because they "believe." I asked them if a non-beliver, a baby raised in some non-Christian country, for instance, would get to heaven, or spend eternity in hell. Well, the Bible is pretty clear on that -- hellsville for the little children -- tough luck on them. No matter how loving and charitable and giving and every other thing we consider quality in a human being -- it is to the hellsville dumpster for them, cuz they didn't believe. But "believers" can cheat, steal, fornicate, lie, doublecross others, etc -- and they have a direct pass to Heaven.

Ya gotta get a kick out of looney religions and their nutty believers. It always makes me smile (except when they grab the hot coals and try to burn out the eyes of us disbelievers.)

75 posted on 12/22/2002 9:01:47 PM PST by jlogajan
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