again, you’re not wrong. I’m not saying “faith does not require work”. Not at all.
The original comment was that Christian altruism is a thing. Someone responded that Christians only do good because they believe that’s how they attain salvation. This is what I was responding to. The idea that Christians think they can buy their way into heaven.
I am NOT saying good deeds aren’t a necessary part of the Christian life. They are. But Christians don’t do good deeds because they think it’s what gets them saved. They are already saved! Christians do good works because their faith is not dead.
Yet you continue to misunderstand the passage I linked. Good deeds exist with or without faith. However, "good faith" requires "good deeds", as doing such follows Christ's example and thus shows that one "believes in his name" (i.e. one's reputation).
The notion that one can simply "believe and be saved" is evangelist clap-trap and is directly refuted by what is taken to be the very words of Christ himself (versus words from prophets who are still fallible mortals). It's religion for the lazy.
In the same vein, non-Christians who believe that Christians only do good deeds to "buy their way into heaven" are just as lazy. They are jaded individuals who project their own apathy and poor attitudes onto others. "I'm a hedonistic asshole, therefore everyone else must be".
again, you’re not wrong. I’m not saying “faith does not require work”. Not at all.
The original comment was that Christian altruism is a thing. Someone responded that Christians only do good because they believe that’s how they attain salvation. This is what I was responding to. The idea that Christians think they can buy their way into heaven.
I am NOT saying good deeds aren’t a necessary part of the Christian life. They are. But Christians don’t do good deeds because they think it’s what gets them saved. They are already saved! Christians do good works because their faith is not dead.
Yet you continue to misunderstand the passage I linked. Good deeds exist with or without faith. However, "good faith" requires "good deeds", as doing such follows Christ's example and thus shows that one "believes in his name" (i.e. one's reputation).
The notion that one can simply "believe and be saved" is evangelist clap-trap and is directly refuted by what is taken to be the very words of Christ himself (versus words from prophets who are still fallible mortals). It's religion for the lazy.
In the same vein, non-Christians who believe that Christians only do good deeds to "buy their way into heaven" are just as lazy. They are jaded individuals who project their own apathy and poor attitudes onto others. "I'm a hedonistic asshole, therefore everyone else must be".