[FairfieldLife] Re: Could it be...Satan?

[yifux...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

I like your logic, Turq, and agree with it:  That's a prevalent problem with 
all fundamentalist religions and cults....as soon as one spells out "the truth" 
in a limited set of dogmatic statements; there are most often errors that crop 
up once the reader is boxed into such belief systems. ...
 Once boxed in, the flaws become more apparent and problematic over time; and 
this could take centuries.
 For example, let's take Fundamentalist (Evangelical) Christianity. and mention 
a few of the major premises:
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 1. You can only be "saved" as long as you accept Jesus as your Savior.  OK, 
this one sounds rather simplistic and easy to follow but it boxes the believer 
into concluding that if one does NOT accept Jesus as a Savior, there are 
dreaded consequences:  namely you are doomed to Hell forever  This goes for 
humanitarians and philanthropists who have helped countless people.  Such good 
behavior means nothing insofar as evading Hell. (so they say).
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 On the other hand, the worst criminal supposedly can get into Heaven if in the 
last few minutes of his life, accepts Jesus as Savior.
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 There's no way I can disprove such claims, but on the surface, such beliefs 
appear to be illogical and counterintuitive, at least to me
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 Another dogmatic assertion by both Evangelicals and Catholics is that of 
Atonement: that acceptance of Jesus as Savior immediately - then and there - 
wipes out all of one's "sins".  Again, this can't be falsified, but I'd say it 
defies logic and doesn't match reality.  Even if it did wipe out "sins" 
(whatever that implies); it certainly doesn't wipe out the conquences of bad 
karma.  That will probably follow you wherever you go, until it's somehow 
eradicated or worked off. .
 s.