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Well what about different denominations? Maybe you are a Catholic and believe this and I'm a Protestant and I believe that. Lets say I'm wrong, does that mean I serve Satan? Or am I close enough to being a 1 that I just sort of count as a 1. Those Mormons are like a .45 on the scale, so they round down to a 0.
James 4:1-3 New International Version (NIV)
Submit Yourselves to God
4 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you?
2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.
I doubt it was God's original intention/plan to have all these different denominations under the "Christianity" label. They arose out of the Lord's followers not being able to get along.Quote:
How does this binary situation work in reality? Can anyone on this site say that they are 100% for the Lord's agenda, that they have always acted in the interest of His agenda, have always been 100% for honesty / truth, etc. It seems an impossible standard by which any sinner, not being perfectly for the Lord, is therefore for Satan and his agenda. Since you are all sinners, you are all devil worshippers. . .
You're taking it from a quantitative perspective when I believe the situation is more qualitative. No one may boast. (Ephesians 2:9) We are all sinners until the Lord comes back and/or finishes his work in us.(Philippians 1:6) Everyone's spiritual journey is different characterized by strengths and weaknesses.
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I support the part of the Lord's agenda that talks about loving each other. I don't support the part of the Lord's agenda that talks about blind worship upon threat of torture. Therefore what? That means I support evil, lies, hate, and greed? And if I am an agent of Satan, well then just about anything can be (or has been) justified, yes?
You never heard/not familiar with the story of Jesus, Peter and the rooster? Ironically, I believe later on Peter was crucified upside down.
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This black or white, 1 or 0, right or wrong absolutism is such a poisonous and intellectually bankrupt idea.
Please don't mistake the spiritual journey with accepting or denying The Lord Jesus as one's personal savior. One either accepts the Only Begotten Son, Jesus, as their savior or they don't. This is binary.
John 10:8-10 New International Version (NIV)
8 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them.
9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.[a] They will come in and go out, and find pasture.
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
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I support the part of the Lord's agenda that talks about loving each other.
One who is incredibly honest and truthful the majority of their lives and loves others (their neighbors) without accepting Christ as their savior is playing a dangerous game with their soul.
We could never be good enough to earn our way into heaven. I'm sure someone has told you this already. We all have the mark of a sinner from Adam and Eve. What is required to get into heaven is accepting Christ as your savior. (believe in the perfect sacrifice for our sins, one who never sinned, Jesus)