Originally posted by rene
The only PLAYING going on is *SOME* in their dance steps away from answering the questions. ANY questions.
If you can't figure out if a Christian has to not/obey the teachings of Jesus - you need to get a more personal relationship with Him.
No play on anything - except you playing around because to type out "YES" makes you accountable for all the things that you have written against His teaching. I feel sorry for you.
That is your problem, and I feel the same for you and your understanding of grace , and the good news of salvation which you think it is a brownie point system to get God to do something for us, or to earn your salvation through works and rituals.
I am at least glad you seen and put on your glasses to see my answer the no!
I have asked other Catholics where I debate with about their salvation now , and they can`t and don`t answer the yes and no questions.
I have asked them are they saved now, yes or no, and they can`t ask it because they don`t want to judge themselves and no one else because they might slip and fall.
The also stand on the ritual of getting wet is á need to get saved, so when I ask them about Mark 16:16 which they try to use as a hustification to get people wet and infants wet I let it back fire on them by the yes and no question.
If they say yes , then their water baptism falls like a deck of card , if the say no, then they know that they are taking the word of God out of context and is making a big error.
So I took them to answer in a way to make them feel good just do it like I did it with the no and yes but of course an explanation to the answer will be ok to clear thing up.
Even you have this problem as i have asked you about do people who don`t get baptized but still believes in Jesus as Lord, have a personal relationship with the Lord and etc but do all other things but don`t get baptized , will they be damned to hell , and condemed by thge loving merciful, graceful God??
Then you went to the loops as most religious people do when they are confronted with a yes and no question.
again I seen it over and over again specially with Mormons with their baptism for the dead and gone people that have nothing to do with the world any more including baptism or sins or righteous do , awards or getting any religious brownie point to be accept by God and to get to heaven.
Think about it if your kids rene did all they can do to obey but you told them a special thing not to do and they did it any ways like or they didn`t do something would you kick them out the house and change their last name and say they are not accepted in the family any more???
God is even more merciful than we are more than any human can think, and i know one day we will see people in heaven who we thought could never make it like even Judas who betrayed Jesus and more.