What constitutes being 'saved'? Adherence to

Posted By: one group's religious dogma? - sm on 2008-10-16
In Reply to: Um, nope, I'm not saying that. - AmericanMT

And what exactly are they being 'saved' from? 'He11?' Not all religions believe in a 'He11', not even all Christians. Whether one is a good person or a 'sinful' person doesn't come from where they go to church, or even 'if' they go to church, it comes from within.

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Tolerance - sm
- See, the problem is, you're taking YOUR personal - belief and saying that others must - sm
  - Nobody has to adhere to anyones...sm - blondie_1147
  - Your God seems to be...... yourself. - AmericanMT
    - Aren't you guys always saying that - "God is in all of us?"
      - who is "you guys" ? - shelly
        Oprah? What would anything she would say - have to do with this thread?
        reread it - shelly
        I've never watched Oprah so I wouldn't know - what she might or might not say.
      - Um, nope, I'm not saying that. - AmericanMT
        What constitutes being 'saved'? Adherence to - one group's religious dogma? - sm
        No, not adherence to religious dogma at all (sm) - MeMT
        oops, forgot to mention a couple of things - AmericanMT
        But not believing in Christianity doesn't automatically - condemn everyone else to burn in he11.
        "No one comes to the Father but by Me" - AmericanMT
        I don't care if other religions do not - AmericanMT
        Right on. - :)
        Correct about one thing - MSMT
        Hebrews 10:25 - I agree with you. sm
        This is true scripture. However, I made a point - Pastor's wife
        I know some people may use this sm - I agree with you. sm
        Good church being the key phrase. Some are just a treadmill to keep you busy with "busy work" - accompish anything MeMT
        You're right - it's up to the individual. - SF
- AMEN! - -nm

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No, not adherence to religious dogma at all (sm)
Christians believe that every person on Earth is a sinner, and for our sins to be forgiven, we believe that Jesus was and is God's son and that we can pray to God and tell him that we believe Jesus died for our sins. There is plenty of evidence to be found to show that Jesus was not just some nice guy or prophet who died on a cross. Believe me, I looked into it when I had doubts. As for adherence to religious dogma, if you study the teachings of Jesus himself, you will see that he was against those who clung too tightly to their religious beliefs, the Pharisees, who thought they were better than others. Jesus did not hang around ultra-religious pious people, but instead hung around those who were hated in their community, and caused quite a bit of gossip because of it. He stopped the stoning of a woman who was caught having unmarried sex with someone else's husband and said let he who is without sin cast the first stone. No one threw a stone. That is how it is supposed to be.