Betrade- you make some good points. I know Christians who are much more open-minded as well, and who don't deny other viewpoints. On average though, when it comes to the people who are in prominent positions in the "church" (the ones many believers look up to to know what to think), you are not likely to hear "accept Jesus as your savior or go to hell, but if you don't, that's fine too, you should be ok."
The majority of Christians believe they have a special place in the universe, because they joined the right club and therefore are granted exclusive rights to the goodies from the club (good stuff from what we're calling LOA).
But again, that's not EVERYONE. Things like the Unitarian church for example are Christian but do not believe in what I just mentioned.
For myself, I prefer to go through life without following rules handed down by humans over the centuries. Treat people well, that's my basic motto. Everything else is allowed. And if the LOA is working for me, it seems to invalidate the exclusivity we're talking about.  |