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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: Lane3 who wrote (10282)4/4/2001 10:16:59 AM
From: thames_sider  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
Karen,
Here's a classic example of Xtianity (at least) insisting that anyone not believing as it demands is doomed to Hell. The living of a moral life according to moral laws but without Xtian belief is deemed worthless by the Xtian Church. Oh, and if you don't believe that, you're a heretic, and damned: and have been since the fifth century...

For example: "Man is able, without the grace of Christ... to perform the good which he wills, through his free will, and to omit the evil which he does not will."
-- Pelagius.

the central and formative principle of Pelagianism... lies in the assumption of the plenary ability of man; his ability to do all that righteousness can demand — to work out not only his own salvation, but also his own perfection... Pelagius consistently denied both the need and reality of divine grace in the sense of an inward help (and especially of a prevenient help) to man's weakness.
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[The article, BTW, is clearly written from the POV of belief in Xtianity; but at least describes the issue well, if very wordily...]
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