Friday, September 25, 2009

DP 329 - all are predestined for heaven, & no one for hell

DP 329 [3]
. . . because a belief in predestination to something other than salvation,
namely damnation, has prevailed in some,
and because this belief is a harmful one
and cannot be dispelled unless reason sees the insanity and cruelty in it,
we must therefore discuss it under the following series of headings:
  1. Any predestination other than a predestination to heaven
    is contrary to Divine love and its infinity.

  2. Any predestination other than a predestination to heaven
    is contrary to Divine wisdom and its infinity.

  3. The idea that only those people born in the church are saved
    is an insane heresy.
    (DP 330 [7] What then is more insane than to believe
    that only Christians are saved, and those others condemned?
    Or that a person gains heaven by virtue of his birth
    and not his life?)

  4. The idea that some members of the human race
    have been damned by predestination is a cruel heresy.

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