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Re: Religion vs. Fairy Tales -
February 21st 2012, 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Megan1
Once you are saved, that's it, you're saved forever. If you believe that you are a sinner on your way to hell, that Jesus came and died on the cross to take that punishment for you so your sin can be gone and you can go to Heaven, that He rose again 3 days later to defeat sin, and then you repent (which means recognizing that God is right and sin is bad) and confess Jesus as your Savior....then you are saved once and for all. You don't have to keep being re-saved every time you mess up. However, if you were truly saved, it's very unlikely that you would WANT to turn Athiest later. Does that make sense?
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"Truly saved." What a vague statement.
Of course, the definition has very little no merit in reality, because that would involve questioning someone's "devotion", which cannot be measured objectively. And guess what, there is no one in this "realm" (if that's the word you'll permit me to use to express that particular aspect of your beliefs) can objectively define that for you. And considering that God isn't going to clarify that for us, I find it very hard to believe anyone can be "truly saved".
One million miles away...
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