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The Bible absolutely does NOT say that we were born deserving of damnation. Period. It simply doesn't. It does, however, say that we must become "as little children" in order to enter the kingdom of Heaven.
You really should read Ephesians 2 sometime. It really does. I mean...if you care at all about what it actually says.
That seems to be a very prevalent human desire, but it is only of human origin, IMO. The consciousness I encountered had no such preferential or conditional acceptance and love. We were ALL ONE and equally loved so I am in the camp of no special or chosen ones.
Would you say that the typical christian view is that god loves all,e ven those who belong to cultures which generally don't believe in god?
Speak for yourself, BF. I am a daughter of a Heavenly Father, who loves me, and I love Him. I never have been at war with God and I have never been a child of Satan.
It's really shameful how SOME christians treat other christians, let alone people of other religions, or no religion at all.
It's really shameful how SOME christians treat other christians, let alone people of other religions, or no religion at all.
It's actually shameful how even people within the same denomination of Christianity treat others within their own denomination, based on differences in how various points of doctrine are interpreted. (I'm speaking from experience on this.)
It's actually shameful how even people within the same denomination of Christianity treat others within their own denomination, based on differences in how various points of doctrine are interpreted. (I'm speaking from experience on this.)
And I see it occasionally in Buddhism, too.
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