16th March 2003, 1:27 PM
A slight misconception. It's not "following the teachings of Christ" that get one into heaven, because that's works. The whole thing centers on the idea that no one can ever earn their way into heaven no matter what they do. It's essentially depending on one person to get you there, regardless of your own inadequecy.
Another thing, Darunia, you presume too much. From what I understand, Weltall only recently turned to God, and was in fact NOT raised to be a Christian. Same here, I was risen in a household much like your own, with very agnostic parents who didn't really care. You seem to be so stunned about how someone could actually choose to be Christian that you assume that everyone must simply be simply programmed that way from environment. Watch Iron Giant man, you choose who you want to be.
Another thing, Darunia, you presume too much. From what I understand, Weltall only recently turned to God, and was in fact NOT raised to be a Christian. Same here, I was risen in a household much like your own, with very agnostic parents who didn't really care. You seem to be so stunned about how someone could actually choose to be Christian that you assume that everyone must simply be simply programmed that way from environment. Watch Iron Giant man, you choose who you want to be.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)