> Are you sure? I would say that you can follow your > own voice with atheism, > if by "follow your own voice" you mean "do as you > damned� well please." Is > that a correct understanding of what you mean by > "follow your own > voice"? Are there no constraints on what a > Protestant should follow?
What I mean by "follow your own voice" is to define for yourself what it means to be faithful and Christian. Obviously to be a Christian you would have to be a follower of the teachings and philosophy of Jesus. > If you reject the leadership of ANY church, can you > still be a > Christian? By whose definition? Will you be > "saved"� and "earn the same > reward"� in the next life? Yes, I think you can still be a christian. IMHO it requires an expression of faith in Jesus. Whether or not you will be "saved" os ultimately unknowable; one cannot truely know or even understand God's will (even though some claim to be able to). I know that the Catholic church has liberalized its stance on this, by declaring that essentially good people, even if they are not Catholic, can and will still go to Heaven in the next life. Damon. ===== ------------------------------------------------------------ Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: ------------------------------------------------------------ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
