Unitarian-Universalists.
That's where the term Universalist comes from. Originally the believers in this theological point said that Jesus came to redeem everyone, not because they expressed a particular belief, but that the entire world was forever changed.
This liberal view eventually merged with the non-trinitarian (Unitarian) viewpoint. The two churches merged and became the Unitarian-Universalist Association (UUA).
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2007-12-22 14:36:35
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answered by NHBaritone 7
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This type of religion will grow in the days ahead, but it is a lie and will be the very message of the antichrist.
The antichrist will too try to abolish sin, but not with Love that sacrifices itself to pay the debt of sin... he will abolish it with the lie that it has no power, that it does not matter because everyone can go to the heaven they believe exists.
Christ made it clear He is the Way the Truth and the Light, and NO ONE comes to the Father but through Him. That is truth whether you want to believe it or not. The wages of sin are death and only through Jesus atonement are we pardoned.
As for total atonement, the idea that Jesus made a way for everyone no matter whether they believe and recieve Him as their Savoir... I don't buy it, what a nice idea but wrong. Why spread the Gospel? Why Repent? Why be baptised? When you can live your life for yourself and recieve eternal life anyway? Why would God send His Holy Spirit? Why the book of Revelation? Why the Parable of the wedding feast, God is looking for attendants that are wearing the prepared garments? None of this makes sense with such an atonement. God makes clear a need for repentance, Paul calls us to faith and righteousness, we are to be continually washed from our sins, WHY? If the day we die everything is automatically forgiven, and in to Holy Gods Presence we all march>>>
2007-12-22 23:34:41
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answered by me 2
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I'm sure there is, people make them up everyday.
HOWEVER ..........To declare, "everyone goes to heaven," effectively empties Jesus' words of their meaning - and leads one to the logical conclusion that the Church with her sacraments is an unnecessary burden. But notice that it also robs life of any sense of drama. We may all desire a happy outcome for a novel or play, but would we be interested in one which did not convince us that the hero could fail?
In Orthodoxy G.K. Chesterton has a marvellous section on how the novel emerges from a Christian world view - where it really is possible to lose all.* This is so different from Eastern & other religions which assume an endless series of second chances. Our faith does speak of a second chance - in Christ, while still in these bodies - but also a point of no return. I tried to illustrate that teaching of Jesus in a homily on hell. This is a hard teaching, but a necessary one. And I would hate to be responsible for lulling someone into a sense of false security. Of course, if we cling to Jesus - even tho we sometimes fall - we will have true security.
Jazzy
2007-12-22 22:39:01
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answered by Jazzy 4
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In the LDS religion we believe all but those who deny Christ will have some degree of glory. To deny Christ, you would have to truly know Him. Since we all live by a measure of faith today, I don't think anyone on the earth today could deny Christ. Actually, I take that back. The prophet and apostles would be the only ones capable of truly denying Christ and not receiving any glory. But I don't see that happening.
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2007-12-22 22:47:41
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answered by gumby 7
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I am a Christian that reads and studies the Word of God, I have never read in any Scripture that anyone is going to Heaven, with the exception of the 144 thousand that John saw in the new Heaven.
If people were going to die and then go to Heaven, then why would Jesus need to come back on earth and retrieve His flock?
The Kingdom is coming to earth (Thy Kingdom Come) so why would I want to be in Heaven when God and His Kingdom will be on the new earth?
God Bless You
2007-12-22 22:56:27
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answered by B Baruk Today 6
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People will go to great lengths to dodge the issue of their own sinfulness. That sinfulness is the core of Biblical theology. We humans are sinners. We need forgiveness from our Creator who is perfectly sinless and perfectly just. Justice demands that we pay the penalty for our sinfulness. God's grace and mercy were shown by sending His Son to pay that penalty for us.
Dodging these truths will not make them go away.
None of us deserves to go to heaven unless we accept that Jesus paid that penalty for us.
The UUA church can tell us that everything is okay and we are all going to heaven, but they cannot change the truth of the Bible either.
2007-12-22 22:49:09
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answered by Bob T 6
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Yes - Jesus taught us about it. It's now called Christianity.
Oh yes. There are those who do believe in limited atonement. But fortunately we do have a God with no taste and he does have unlimited atonement redeeming even the ungrateful. We can teach otherwise until we are blue in the face. But grace only make sense if it is given freely without merit by God and not decided by any action or transaction by man. So he lets everyone in and some are not happy about it. He doesn't think like us - thank God! When we are dead we will let go of our objections to his cheap grace and happily embrace it even if it is not exclusive.
Religion LOVES merit. Jesus ended the need for religion. He took care of it all.
2007-12-22 22:37:11
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answered by johnatplayct 3
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Liberal Quakers generally believe everyone will go to heaven.
2007-12-22 23:36:50
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answered by moon watcher 2
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