>>In your religion, how does one gain salvation?
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>As Hilmar said, salvation is very much a Christian concept. It starts with the notion that man needs to be saved (as I asked Claudio, from what?). I assume it derives from the whole notion of original sin that Christians live with.
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>Count Judaism as another that doesn't believe in salvation and also as one that thinks acts are far more important than faith. You can be a good Jew without believing in God if you behave appropriately.
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>Tamar
Well good enough.
I just wanted to know if there is no heaven or hell, or if the burden/onus is on us to be good enough, why do we God? Either death is the end and nothing else happens or we just try to be good and hope it's good enough.
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