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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems like most Christians think that good works will get them into heaven.

https://www.christianpost.com/amp/over-half-of-us-christians-believe-good-works-will-get-them-into-heaven-study.html
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Wow. This does square with Americans' predilection to believe in the parts of the Bible they like (the good stuff), and ignore or disregard the parts they don't like, and to church-shop until they find one that' just right for their personal taste.  I guess the majority isn't familiar with, or just ignores Paul's insistence that one gets eternal salvation only by believing in Jesus and [u]NOT[/u] by just being a good person and doing good acts. See Romans 10: 8-17
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Catholicism teaches that you need faith *and* good works. 
https://bccatholic.ca/voices/graham-osborne/apostles-taught-salvation-by-faith-and-good-works

And many Protestants seem to also believe that. 
https://www.pewforum.org/2017/08/31/after-500-years-reformation-era-divisions-have-lost-much-of-their-potency/
[i]“the surveys show that many Protestants today say instead that eternal salvation is attained through a combination of faith and good works – which is the traditional Catholic position”[/i]
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