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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Raised agnostic, realized I believed in God in my early teens.  First had to decide between personal or impersonal god, then between the major monotheistic religions, finally ended up as a (very serious) Roman Catholic in my early twenties.

It was an interesting journey which has left me very secure in my faith.

Christ did not die for the Jews, nor the Christians, nor even mankind as some huge faceless lump. He died for each person individually, for love of that person, as you yourself would push your child out of the path of a speeding car.

Knowing this, I do not believe, nor does the Catholic church believe, that people are damned for things beyond their own control. What the church teaches is that the door of heaven was opened to us through Christ and all who enter enter through him, whether they know it or not. [/quote]

Wow, you could be me!  Except I was raised by awesome, devout Catholic parents, but rejected my faith when I was in high school.

I must compliment your description of Jesus' redemptive work.  He made salvation for all His beloved children possible, even if they never heard His name.[/quote]

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