Sentences with phrase «then grants them eternal life»
@STLBroker: As opposed to the theists who think they know the entire universe was created just so they would have somewhere to stand while an all powerful being gazes lovingly at them then grants them eternal life?
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/ Not exact matches
From a human point of view it seems ridiculous that a human being could torture, maim, and kill others relentlessly during her lifetime or that he could sexually abuse child after child with no remorse and then upon a sincere deathbed confession of Jesus Christ as Savior, be granted eternal life, no questions asked.
One of my favorite stories is about the «criminal» who was next to Jesus on the cross and he was granted eternal life right then and there.
Not that God grants them eternal life or salvation, then takes it away when they become old enough to be accountable, it merely means that there exists a conditional form of grace for children that God will redeem them if they die (Deuteronomy 1:39, 2 Samuel 12:16 - 23)