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BlackestNoobs's avatar

people are funny and by funny i mean stupid about imaginary things.

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arcessita's avatar

So I'm a preacher's kid from the Bible Belt. My dad was a General Baptist, and his dad was a Free Will Baptist preacher, and *his* dad was a preacher at I think some sort of non-denominational church that was very Baptist-flavored. I think there were also a few on my grandma's side of the family, not sure exactly who, but it's kind of a thing in the family. Three of my dad's four sisters married preachers, and every family reunion was a week-long theological argument, even though everyone was some flavor of evangelical.

What I'm getting at is that claiming EVERYBODY AGREES on some aspect of Christian theology is complete and total bullshit. Nobody agrees on anything! There were wars and stake-burning and shit in the past, and a bunch of my uncles yelling at each other now.

As for this particular point, COME ON. One of the very first theological lessons I remember getting is that Christians have a longstanding disagreement about whether good works are a requirement for salvation or a sign that it's already happened. My dad's position was "if you're not doing good works, I'm not convinced your salvation by faith is legit" -- and as far as these assholes are concerned, he's quite right.

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