Originally Posted by martinguerre

while that is one trait of some moden Christian communties, it is historically not the only, or even dominant viewpoint on salvation.

the neo-orthodox that i am, i have to say feelingsmeg is a whole lot closer to the Gospel than the idea of highly personalized salvation.



in short...i think these people have constructed an idol, a miserly and impotent one at that. i don't dare to say that God cannot reach in to every life exactly where they are, or that God cannot love another human being as God's own child. to theorize a god that is as bound as this theology of self-hatred requires...is to worship a dead thing, something that is nothing more than a human creation.

/end thread jack