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Post #410079

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C3PX
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Why Can't We Respect Other Peoples Beliefs?
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Date created
19-Apr-2010, 4:33 PM

I guess this is my line of thinking on the matter. Just for the sake of argument, let's use Warblers view on how to get to heaven, the whosoever believes thing.

So in order to be saved, someone has to believe Jesus is the son of God. Now let's take a look at a atheist homosexual. Whether or not homosexuals are saved by their belief in Christ wouldn't matter one bit, because this guy doesn't believe in God or Jesus. So how pointless is it for some believer who feels homosexuality is wrong to go to this guy and tell him he is going to hell because he is gay? He isn't going to be saved anyway, because he doesn't believe in your Jesus, which we are assuming saves us.

So yeah, let's take the fatalist perspective, religious beliefs are either correct or not. But at the same time, if those correct or incorrect beliefs exclude me from salvation already based on my beliefs or lack of, what does it matter how many various activities I take part in that may also have the potential to exclude me from salvation according to those beliefs?