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To: ARepublicanForAllReasons
Have you read John 3?

There it's very clear that Jesus Himself believed people to be under God's wrath unless they were "born again" in Him.

Not everyone has forgiveness from evil.

48 posted on 01/29/2010 11:01:30 AM PST by Siena Dreaming
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To: Siena Dreaming
I did not say everyone has forgiveness from evil. I said that Salvation once had an esoteric meaning, lost over the centuries due to ingorance and the politics of Emperor Constantine and the 'official' brand of Christianity he created.

Salvation is more than merely a transitory emotional experience of 'being saved', followed by a conviction that one's reward awaits him or her in Heaven. It is the experience of samadhi, union with God wherein one experiences Sat, Chit, Ananda (Being, Consciousness and Bliss). The experience is infinitely superior to the experience of earthly bodily existence, ego-awareness and transitory pleasures. I have had a taste of this samadhi, so I am not simply repeating any religious dogma.

One is not simply either 'saved' or 'condemned'. We are all in various stages of spiritual realization. Jesus was a fully God-realized Master. There are and have been many Christs, mostly unrecognized by the world. Jesus is the greatest world Savior in history because he declared the 'good news' to the world, and most of the world, not comprehending his message, rejected Him. His mission was unique and a part of God's Plan for the world.

59 posted on 01/29/2010 7:27:34 PM PST by ARepublicanForAllReasons (Give 'em hell, Sarah!)
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