I've occasionally been informed by members of certain religious traditions that I need to be saved from something. What is it that I need to be saved from?
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I've occasionally been informed by members of certain religious traditions that I need to be saved from something. What is it that I need to be saved from?
I'm not aware of any religion that teaches that one needs to be 'saved' apart from Christianity.Well Christians would say from sin and Satan's claws; basically eternal damnation.
Other religions I'm not sure.
Hope this helps from a Christian standpoint.
from what I've gathered it is self and the idea of selfishness and for others it the polar opposite that you need to be saved from other selves and self-annihilation. Unfortunately some take it to the extreme of asceticism or hedonism. the balance is a happy medium between the two. Love makes two as ONEI've occasionally been informed by members of certain religious traditions that I need to be saved from something. What is it that I need to be saved from?
The way that story usually goes? By my estimation you need God to save you from... God.
Well Christians would say from sin and Satan's claws; basically eternal damnation.
Other religions I'm not sure.
Hope this helps from a Christian standpoint.
I am not either, however I'm not aware of the full beliefs of other religions.I'm not aware of any other religion that teaches that one needs to be 'saved' apart from Christianity.
One word answer to all faiths I came in contact with: yourself.
Correct.Therefore, you'd have to accept some particular idea of "sin" and "Satan" and that there is such a thing as "eternal damnation." That is, you'd have to accept that the things one is supposed to be saved from are indeed a thing, yes?
I'm not aware of any other religion that teaches that one needs to be 'saved' apart from Christianity.
Agreed.I am not either, but as much as I've aimed to study up on various world religions from time to time, there is so much out there that trying to know all of them is as ridiculous as trying to know all of the sciences well. In short, it doesn't happen.
Their lack of social validation.
Regarding Mary, the angel told Joseph; "She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21) Since sin leads to death, Jesus was to save those exercising faith from both sin and death. (Romans 6:23)I've occasionally been informed by members of certain religious traditions that I need to be saved from something. What is it that I need to be saved from?
True. I do own several Hindu holy scriptures though. I love the little things one can glean from religion, like this:I am not either, but as much as I've aimed to study up on various world religions from time to time, there is so much out there that trying to know all of them is as ridiculous as trying to know all of the sciences well. In short, it doesn't happen.
Why would someone need to be saved from themselves? I mean, you can't be anything other than yourself. If you believed you needed to be saved from yourself all the time, wouldn't that encourage such immense dissatisfaction with one's own existence that it would lead to mental illnesses like depression and possibly resolve in suicide?