Originally Posted by
Rizzo
"You ask me how I am assured that I am correct in my assumption that there are other ways to God....other than being a Christian.
First off, I am not sure of anything on this matter.
[That's the correct answer, and fare enough. You have faith in no faith. ]
With respect, I do not think that you are either.
[Respect to you, but you are 100% wrong, I am 100%sure! ]
We are born into a culture (American, Indian, Jewish, African, etc.) that each have different faiths, we read what the good books say, they make sense to us and we build our beliefs on that,.....on what others say."
[I know Christians from each of the cultures you list, and many more. Christ transcends culture! The ones in those cultures who claim God through Jesus Christ don't always worship in the same manor, but they are saved by grace through faith in Christ, no matter the culture. ]
But I see that you ignored my questions to you in my reply to you.
So, your answers are.....................?
Here are the questions:
"Saved from a fallen state..."
This suggests to me that you acknowledge that you were in a different state before you fell.
What state would that be?
[I certainly do acknowledge being in a different state before I fell! You see, I was born sinless, but with a sinful nature, and into a fallen world. I fell when I committed my first sin and because nothing sinful can be with God, I was in need of reconciliation to God. Sinners like myself are only reconciled to God through Christ, so before I believed and confessed Christ I was separated from God. ]
So, you KNOW that being a Christian IS the only way to God.
You KNOW this how? God told you? Because you read it in a book?
[If you are referring to the Bible as"a" book, you would only be partially correct. Many times the Bible is referred to as a book, in reality it is a collection of books spanning roughly 1500 years, beginning around 1400BC, and ending around 90AD, with around 40 authors. I believe they are words inspired from God, so in a since, God did tell me, and he told all those Christians from all the cultures of the whole world! ]