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Old 08-12-2007, 09:38 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 24/7 View Post
but that all should come to eternal life."


This is what the writer of II Peter says in attempt to address the critics of the day who were scoffing at the idea that there was any return of their dead Jesus. Now I wonder about that. If one assumes Christian theology to be the ultimate truth of god and argues from its worldview, god is simply being merciful in an attempt to save as many souls as possible. If one takes a look of history and our contemporary world, do you really believe god is winning this battle for souls? It would appear Satan is winning by a long shot. God - all wise???
Assuming that "doing good" results in salvation, and "doing bad" damnation...to say that Satan is "winning by a longshot" is to say that far more people are evil-doers than are "do gooders". I would argue that the opposite is true...looking at the news it's easy to conclude that evil is prevailing, but evil is sexy so evil sells headlines, that's all.
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