Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: lang@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Raymond Lang) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Non-Christians in Heaven (was: Original sin of infants) Message-ID: Date: 13 May 91 05:31:57 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: C.S. Dept, Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA Lines: 22 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In jclark@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (John Clark) writes: >But the legalistic of group might what to debate what constitutes >"following the lights that are available", and then ponder why >proselytize at all. Since if some will be save by following the >available lights, why introduce another which the person may fail >to follow. It's not impossible to get to heaven without explicitly accepting Christ as Savior, just easier in the sense that there's more direct help available. Hence the justification for evangelism. Neither the "upstanding atheist" nor the "faithful non-Christian" enjoys the full benefits of an intimate, personal relationship with Christ. This is a privilege reserved to us who have explicitly acknowledged and accepted Him into our lives. There is a definite advantage to becoming a Christian, and it lies in having a "more direct link" to the Creator who is the Source of all goodness, including the "lights that are available" to non-christians, who I believe are implicitly accepting Christ when they follow those lights. Ray lang@rex.cs.tulane.edu