I am a Christian, (Catholic to be exact), but I do not accept all the dogma, because some of it is simply silly. For example, the teaching that the only way that we can be saved is to accept and acknowledge Christ to be our Savior. In other words, no matter how good and compassionate a life you lead, unless you accept and acknowledge Christ to be your savior, you are doomed! Please tell me that this isn't so. For example,
1. What happens to the baby who lives only 1 hour after it is born, then dies without having accepted Jesus?
2. What happens to the mentally retarded who do not have the ability to even understand what this is all about, and dies without accepting Jesus?
3. What happens to the child who is born in a village deep in the mountains of Indonesia where the only faith is the Muslim faith, and who dies without even having heard of Jesus?
Just can't see these people not being saved, if they have otherwise lived a good and humanitarian life. What do you say?
2006-07-16
06:52:35
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