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Recent content by drewcosten

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    How Universalism, ‘the Opiate of the Theologians,’ Went Mainstream

    It would require me to copy and paste literally the entire article here in order to truly discuss it here, since to discuss Universalism properly requires the other side to be familiar with every single argument in that article first. And of course it allows for discussion. You read it there...
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    How Universalism, ‘the Opiate of the Theologians,’ Went Mainstream

    I’m not going to argue about it, because I’ve already done so in my article that you refuse to read, but none of those passages even come close to refuting UR. We Scriptural Universalists can read and agree with each of those passages and know that everyone will still experience salvation by the...
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    Scriptural Universalists agree that not everyone will enter the kingdom of heaven

    I won’t get into an argument about it here, but if you happen to read the whole article from the OP, you’ll see why this can’t possibly be the case.
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    Scriptural Universalists agree that not everyone will enter the kingdom of heaven

    Did you read — and follow the instructions in — the introduction to the article?
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    Scriptural Universalists agree that not everyone will enter the kingdom of heaven

    As I said in the introduction of the article, I won’t discuss this topic with anyone who hasn’t actually read the whole thing first. Did you not read the introduction where I said that? Anyway, for anyone who does want to know the truth about this topic, it’s in the article.
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    Scriptural Universalists agree that not everyone will enter the kingdom of heaven

    There’s no way you read the whole article carefully, from beginning to end, and clicked all the links throughout it. If you had, you’d see why I wrote what I did and why what I wrote is correct. If you want to argue with what I wrote, that’s fine, but you’ll have to read it first.
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    why ECT became the dominant view in the west

    The main reason is that they don’t interpret the Bible as a whole, but rather just cherry-pick certain words out of certain passages that they don’t even understand the context of to begin with, and so they end up assuming those words mean something other than what they actually do in those...
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    Scriptural Universalists agree that not everyone will enter the kingdom of heaven

    Not quite what I meant by salvation in that article.
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    Scriptural Universalists agree that not everyone will enter the kingdom of heaven

    I’m aware. That’s why people can read it and decide for themselves.
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    Scriptural Universalists agree that not everyone will enter the kingdom of heaven

    Well, the article will be there for anyone who wants to learn the truth. Have a good day.
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    Scriptural Universalists agree that not everyone will enter the kingdom of heaven

    Jesus didn’t literally mean “never-ending” life when He said that, no. He was referring to something very specific, and it eventually ends, as I explained in the article. In addition, “shall not perish” doesn’t mean what most Christians assume it means either. I’m not here to argue with you...
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    Scriptural Universalists agree that not everyone will enter the kingdom of heaven

    Have you read the introduction to the article yet? I explained there why I don’t discuss the topic with anyone who isn’t first familiar with the interpretations and arguments in the article. The topic of the definitions of αἰών, αἰῶνας, and αἰώνιος are best explained by simply looking at the...
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    Scriptural Universalists agree that not everyone will enter the kingdom of heaven

    If you get the chance to sit down and read the whole thing (clicking the links for the scriptural references I don’t quote in the body of the article as you go), you’ll see why I insist that “eternal” and “everlasting” don’t literally mean “never ending” in most cases in the Bible. I do justify...
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    Towards a biblical view of universalism

    I think you’re replying to the wrong person. There was no editorial at my link. My link was What the Bible really says about heaven, hell, judgement, death, and salvation – KJV Gospel Resources and had nothing to do with Tom Wright.