Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: walsh@astro.pc.ab.com Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: How did you become a Christian? Message-ID: Date: 8 Aug 90 07:30:00 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , kday@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Day) writes: > They invited me along to play guitar. That evening they all sang a song > where each verse mentioned a day of the week and you were supposed to > stand on the day you got saved. Out of curiosity, could the poster of this or someone who shares his philosophy explain what "saved" means in this context? Is it an experiance so intense you remember what day of the week it was? Can you come to believe and not remember it was on a Wednesday? Can you become "unsaved" after being "saved?" Swaggart and Jimmy and Tammy come to mind. They were "saved", but acted like they needed a little more salvation, so can i assume it's not an absolute term? Does "saved" mean becoming a member of a church? If so, it seems to imply that this is the ultimate, final act of salvation. Does one who is "saved" need to work on himself or improve himself in any way, or is this no longer important? Perhaps it's done on the day of the week he remembers when he was saved? Hope this doesn't come across as disrespectful. I'd just like an explanation for terminology that's very common, but which i don't really grasp, not coming from that background. ando.