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From: cc@locus.ucla.edu (Oleg "Kill the bastards" Kiselev)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian,talk.religion.misc
Subject: Re: Salvation questions
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Date: Wed, 24-Sep-86 18:48:04 EDT
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Summary: Gift rejections will be prosecuted!
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In article <227@octopus.UUCP> pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann) writes:
>Jesus is literally God's gift to humanity. People go to hell because they do
>not accept that gift. Jesus didn't *have* to die for the sins of those who
>reject Him; He did it as a freely given gift, because God loves all of us,
>even those of us who reject Him.

Let me see if I got this straight. JC was a "free gift". Those who take this
gift get a prize. Those who refuse this gift get severely punished. God, out
of love, eternally torments  those who refuse His gifts.

This is quite warped, you know? May be the "junk mail" advertizers should use
this method -- "Take this free gift or we will torch your house and kill your
cat", and use Jhvh and JC as a divine excuse? And with Ranquist, Reagan and
Meese running the show such defence could be considered valid...

				Oleg Kiselev, HASA "A" division