Posted by used2b on April 12, 2005, at 21:05:54
In reply to Re: Salvation, posted by Dena on April 11, 2005, at 12:22:59
I was forcibly indoctrinated in Christian rites as a very young child. We were forced to accept that salvation was an alternative to eternal seperation from their god.
We were taught that sin, which includes virtually any mistake including having been born, is universally punishable by death, and that the reason people die is because they are bad. Though there were various theologies associated with various groups, salvation was generally represented as joining a Christian sect, which would supposedly save us from eternal torture.
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