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Old 06-19-2008, 10:25 PM   #16
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Maybe it's my LDS upbringing, but the born again philosophy on salvation makes zero sense to me. I don't see how a just God sends some very few lucky souls to heaven who happen to know they're supposed to say a specific prayer or only have a passive belief in the nicene creed version of God (and no other version), while anyone else who either doesn't know what the formula is or believes in another version of God, like the LDS, automatically goes to hell, no questions asked and no matter what they did in life.
I'll take it a step further and comment that it seems the born again view on salvation accepts death bed repentance as a valid way to enter heaven.

IMO, that is rather ridiculous.

Of course, perhaps born agains don't really believe it and I just don't understand their belief on it.
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