Burnishing Bigotry - 3rd edition

Scaughdt: Wow, Lucy! Before I eventually get into responding directly to your latest
disseminations of dogma, might I ask who you quoted here? [I went online later and found the
quoted writings myself – both of which are cited in the footnotes of the previous page] It might help
others to get a better grasp on your own personal take on the Bible if they knew from whom you
were getting it … And if I might also be so bold, would you also consider directly referencing
the points I make in this thread, instead of ignoring them in favor of repeating the same standard
conservative statements of church-born dogma that you have shared in this thread from the
beginning? Maybe you could address the Scripture verses I mention – or maybe you could offer
a few of your own that we could actually discuss thereafter …
What do you say? …
Lucy #029: You start this longer passage by claiming that, ―The good news of salvation
in Jesus Christ is the fundamental message of the Scripture‖ … And in a sense, I would actually
state that you are correct. Jesus does speak of a way through which each & every person can
attain salvation in his ―Kingdom of Heaven‖ (a Kingdom only described specifically by Jesus one
time in the entire Bible, in Luke 17:20-21); a salvation which can only come from fulfilling his
―Good News‖ – which he described indirectly many times, and directly at least twice (see
Matthew 10:7, where Jesus reminded us all that his Kingdom was already ―at hand‖, and Matthew 24:12-
14, where he explained that entrance into this Here & Now realm of pure Bliss was attained during every
act of joyful self-sacrifice performed for – &/or selfless Love given to – another).
You see, my Friend, at least as far as Jesus Christ was concerned, it is in actively
following his Way of selfless Love that brings us across the narrow bridge to his realm of
salvation, and that it is not in merely worshiping him that we can ever hope to arrive there.
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