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Does it bother anyone else that (in the context of christian theology) the particulars of what is or is not sinful is a matter of judgment as often as not? It seems to me that if you'd burn in hell for all eternity for sinning, you'd want to be pretty damn sure what exactly was sinful. I mean, it seems like the Catholic Church can just invoke its own authority, but I think Protestants at least should have an issue here.
Christianity is a bit like democracy: it's tribal, popular, deferred to even by its enemies, and wildly irrational.
 
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What do you mean by "just"?
The consequences of the moral relativism implied by Socrates's inquiries is a primary reason he was executed. Moreover, an argument that takes christianity seriously has to presuppose that morality is absolute. Consequently, I won't play that game with you.
 
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It seems to me that if
you'd burn in hell for all eternity for sinning,
you'd want to be pretty damn sure what exactly was sinful.
another thread, where the operative word IF, is followed by another mistaken assumption.

Sinning isn't how a person damns himself to hell. Rather, it's rejecting God/Christ as personal SAVIOR in soul & mind & body, as you so live...

Iow, a saved person, having Accepted :thumbsup: & momentarily Welcomes :hug: Christ,
is also Accepted & Welcomed by God to live with Him :clap: (ie Heaven) - and now presently, & as well in soul~mind~body eternally...
 
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another thread, where the operative word IF, is followed by another mistaken assumption.

Sinning isn't how a person damns himself to hell. Rather, it's rejecting God/Christ as personal SAVIOR in soul & mind & body, as you so live...

Iow, a saved person, having Accepted :thumbsup: & momentarily Welcomes :hug: Christ,
is also Accepted & Welcomed by God to live with Him :clap: (ie Heaven) - and now presently, & as well in soul~mind~body eternally...
Semantics. If you never sinned, you'd hardly need forgiveness. Not that (Paul believes) that's possible, of course.
 
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