Does being obsessed with salvation make people shallow and self absorbed?
Would Jesus be sad that people are more concerned with that than with what he taught?
2007-07-22 02:08:30 · 8 answers · asked by Pascha 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God is smart enough, salvation is silly.
All roads lead home.
Some are just more circuitous than others are.
The idea that only one path leads back home to God assumes a God so incompetent that he can't even organize a simple educational field excursion and get all of the student’s home safely.
This amounts to saying that God has a plan for your salvation, but He was not smart enough to come up with one that would work 100 percent of the time.
How likely is that?
Love and blessings.
Don
2007-07-22 02:13:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The idea of salvation changes nothing.
The relationship involved in salvation should change everything.
I am not obsessed with salvation. I am attentive to
a daily relationship with Christ.
It seems people that dislike and disdain the "salvation crowd" are most obsessed. This is seen in the endless dribble to disprove and maligning the concept of salvation, of scripture, and of God.
It is seen in the constant ridicule and barrage of condescending remarks. So, who then in practice is
judgmental, shallow, and self absorbed.
It is obvious from postings, that Atheist hold their own intellect as god. A belief system?
2007-07-22 02:22:09 · answer #2 · answered by Randy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think selfishness is even applied to this. Every person has to fend for themselves when it comes to salvation. Your own soul needs to be dealt with first. It is just truth. It doesn't make you self-absorbed. We resist temptation, so we are rather, self-denying.
2007-07-22 02:32:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find that religion based on salvation actually causes the saved to be come self-righteous... Better than, the unsaved.
2007-07-22 02:13:08 · answer #4 · answered by gypsey 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What he taught was the way to salvation - your question makes no sense.
Good Luck!!!
2007-07-22 02:17:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's the trick. Being unselfish is showing charity which is the true and pure love of Christ. As long as we practice charity, our salvation is in the bag.
2007-07-22 02:12:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Selfishness of part of human being innner shallow nature.
2007-07-22 02:11:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No I think they are born selfish and then society and mass marketing appeal to that with " you deserve...." advertising.
2007-07-22 02:12:45 · answer #8 · answered by G 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋