On a personal level, I agee with what you have said. However, consider this...
What is the basis for a person's salvation, ultimately? Is it not singular? In otherwords, redemption is an individual choice made between a person and God. When I stand before God to give an account for my life, where will you be? You will not be there and neither will anyone else, because ultimately, when I stand before God, it will be on the basis of my own salvation...my salvation is based on whether or not I believe in the atoning blood of Jesus Christ for MY sin.
In my opinion, it doesn't really matter what Mark believes about the salvation of the Buddhist...Mark isn't God, and when it's all said and done, Mark isn't who the Buddhist will be answering to. I happen to believe Mark is wrong and/or blind, but I wouldn't go so far as to presume to know what his personal relationship with God is...as in, is he a Christian or not? What I can say, is that Mark has called himself a Christian.
That said, I do think we are accountable for what we believe apart from personal salvation, and I absolutely believe that we will, one day, answer to God for the words we have spoken.
I know nothing. I may know what I believe, and I may believe it with all of my heart...but it is still only what I believe to know, and not what I know.
Last edited by Disillusioned : 10-07-2004 at 06:01 PM.
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