Re: Question for Preterists
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 4:50 pm
Hi Robby and Homer,
Wow Robby.....I finally agree with you on something.
I would say yes, that people are judged according to what they did with the light that they have. I don't think that they are required to hear a "Gospel presentation" no matter how inept it may be.
Homer, I think maybe I wasn't clear enough in what I meant. The typical "Fundamentalist Christian" position as I understand it, is that people have an opportunity or not based on the witness they receive, and if they never receive such a witness, then, oh well. At least that is how it has been presented to me by people I encountered during my days as a JW Evangelist (Pioneer).
I challenge that particular notion. Either they are held as fully accountable as Christians are, or they are not. If they are, then of neccesity they must have a witness, else they are being held to a different standard. My disagreement with you was only in the idea of anti-individualism. There may have been a "collective guilt" or "community responsibility" notion in the OT when the Jews were in a covenant relationship as a corporate body, but I think that however that may have worked and to what extent it did, was tossed out the window with the Ranson of Jesus.
Enjoy your posts as well and Happy Thanksgiving to you and all.
Regards, Brenden.
Wow Robby.....I finally agree with you on something.
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Homer, I think maybe I wasn't clear enough in what I meant. The typical "Fundamentalist Christian" position as I understand it, is that people have an opportunity or not based on the witness they receive, and if they never receive such a witness, then, oh well. At least that is how it has been presented to me by people I encountered during my days as a JW Evangelist (Pioneer).
I challenge that particular notion. Either they are held as fully accountable as Christians are, or they are not. If they are, then of neccesity they must have a witness, else they are being held to a different standard. My disagreement with you was only in the idea of anti-individualism. There may have been a "collective guilt" or "community responsibility" notion in the OT when the Jews were in a covenant relationship as a corporate body, but I think that however that may have worked and to what extent it did, was tossed out the window with the Ranson of Jesus.
Enjoy your posts as well and Happy Thanksgiving to you and all.
Regards, Brenden.