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    Can non-Christians be saved? (for liberal Christians)

    I address this questions to brothers and sisters who are liberals, do you believe that people who don't follow Christianity and don't believe in Jesus (Eg: Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Agnostics, Atheists, Baha'is, Animists Jews, etc.) can be saved Even if they never believe in Christianity? Or...
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    Theodicy and the Holocaust

    For a long time one question has been bothering me, is the question of theodicy (arguments of God's Justice in the face of evil in the world), I am a Christian and I believe in God, but lately I have been very troubled with a negative image of God and also with the question of God's...
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    Prayers, please

    Hello everyone, I ask you to pray for me, I'm going through difficult times in my life, depression, unemployment, illness, lack of hope and reason for living. Thanks. God bless you all! :wave:
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    Did God Order Massacres in the Old Testament? [ELCA/ELCIC forum]

    A few weeks ago I was talking to a Lutheran friend (he defines himself as a "liberal", I also consider myself a "liberal") about the "killings" that are described in the OT, he also discussed these difficult passages with his Pastor, and he said me that your pastor said that God didn't command...
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    Alone in the Church

    Hello everyone, it's been a year since I came back to church, but despite this I feel very alone in my local community, I have a certain problem in relating to people, since I'm very shy and I fight against depression and social phobia and I very much wanted to be closer to my brothers and...
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    Only evolutionist Lutherans

    I'm posting here instead of posting on the forum "Creation and Theistic Evolution" because I want to hear an opinion from Lutherans who accept TOE.I don't know if this discussion will yield any answer, because it seems that there aren't many active Lutherans here in the CF who are Evolutionist...
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    Lutherans and apologetics

    I realized that Lutherans don't care much about apologetics as do Catholics and other Protestant groups. And why Lutherans don't care much about apologetic questions such as: "The Problem of Evil", "Existence of God ", "Origin of the Universe" and "The Resurrection of Christ." Doesn't...
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    Does the Christian have obligation to live happily

    I know that we Christians should rejoice in the Lord according to Philippians 4: 4, but lately this is only a rule, I can't have this rejoicing mentioned of Philippians 4, I have many problems with depression, I am a melancholic guy, most of the people I live with always say the same thing - "A...
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    Was it the custom of the Early Christians to pray to Mary and the Saints?

    A few days ago I was seeing a discussion in the sub-forum 'Traditional Theology' a Catholic brother that said the following, that intercessions to the Saints and the Theotokos was common in the life of the Early Christians and he used as a basis at the end of a session of the Second Council of...