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They have invincible ignorance to cover for an unbaptized adult who trusts in Jesus Christ to get them to heaven, which I had never heard before, have you?

What do you and your wife believe now?

Well, for one thing, we believe in, "invincible ignorance," which we see every day almost everywhere. It is now the main result of a public school education.

But in fact, I had never heard of that as a theological explanation of anything, though it perfectly fits with many other fine Catholic superstitions.

Our beliefs would be called Protestant or Christian by others, and my wife usually just answers Christian or born-again Christian to most who ask her "what she is." However, we neither belong to or attend an organized church. Our religious beliefs are based solely on the Bible, and we do not accept any of the doctrines smuggled into Christian dogma by Augustine and propagated by Calvin, Luther, and Wesley.

Basically, we believe the Bible is inerrant and divinely inspired, the deity of Jesus Christ, the blood atonement, (but not "as payment for sin"), salvation through faith in the finished work of Christ, (but believe salvation actually changes a person and that continuing a life of sin proves one isn't saved), the literal return of Christ, (but not the rapture) and so on. I never call myself a Christian and believe ultimately all organized "Christian" churches become apostate and are well on their way now.

We are very happy that you have escaped the clutches of superstition, whatever you beleive now. Which, by the way, we would be interested in knowing.

Hank

(For a somewhat harsh and sarcastice view of my beleifs, see:

The Autonomist's Notebook

If you find it offensive or disconcerting, just ignore it.