>>21480172>How then do you explain, for example, Matthew vii.21I explain those passages with the obvious answer. The New Testament was written by different people who didn’t agree on stuff. It’s the writings of a bunch of different people that was later compiled into a single collection of writings.
Some of them seem to imply that you need to do stuff or show works or something to get into heaven. Others say believing is enough.
Once again, the thief on the cross? What works did he do? He believed and professed his belief. That is it. He literally had zero time to do anything else, and we’re explicitly told he went to heaven. So the atheist who gets hit by a car and converts while he lays on the bloody street goes to heaven, assuming he’s sincere I guess.
Obviously we have 2,000 years of theology now that try to string these passages together, but it seems pretty clear they’re not totally in agreement on everything. As early religions tend to be.
