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Do I have to believe in Jesus to be saved?
by unsure in
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do i have to believe in jesus to be saved?.

i was raised as a jehovah's witness.

i was born in.
unsure

The issue is I want to believe. I pray for whatever is out there to reveal themselves to me.
However a "feeling" does not prove anything. An event that is pure coincidence that many would say is Divine does not prove anything. A vision, dream or illusion does not prove anything. These could be psychological tricks. I want that feeling that some have that they are truly convinced they have been saved. Even still, whats to stop that feeling from being a psychological trick? That is my problem with having to have 100% unquestionable faith. As others have said, God could easily use skywriting, or have one of each of his myriads of angels appear in front of every human, then there would be no doubt.
Even scholars debate the existence of Jesus outside the context of the Bible.
How am I supposed to ignore logical explanations and information and deny it and attribute it to the Divine?
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Do I have to believe in Jesus to be saved?
by unsure in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do i have to believe in jesus to be saved?.

i was raised as a jehovah's witness.

i was born in.
unsure

@sparrowdown
I sure hope so. It's always the preachers who say you must believe to be saved that make me wonder if they are right and other views are not. It's also being an ex JW where your salvation was mostly conditional.
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Do I have to believe in Jesus to be saved?
by unsure in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do i have to believe in jesus to be saved?.

i was raised as a jehovah's witness.

i was born in.
unsure

@jp1692
Expounded on this earlier on this page.
"Saved from Adamic sin. The scope of this thread is Christianity and the Bible mentions Adamic sin whether we like it/understand the concept or not."
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Do I have to believe in Jesus to be saved?
by unsure in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do i have to believe in jesus to be saved?.

i was raised as a jehovah's witness.

i was born in.
unsure

@Finkelstein
I didn't ask whether I was Christan or not, I asked if Christianity was true, is there a chance I could be saved even if I at times doubted Jesus or things in the Bible.
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Do I have to believe in Jesus to be saved?
by unsure in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do i have to believe in jesus to be saved?.

i was raised as a jehovah's witness.

i was born in.
unsure

@sparrowdown
I would hope another way I could be saved is if God understood that my critical thinking skills did not allow me to always understand/beleive the Bible and the Ransom etc (as mentioned in the thread) that they would look to see if I lived as a good person. I would hope being a good person ie. basically MOST of the 10 Commandments as an example, would have me saved.
Saved from judgement for the times we are less than stellar people (see page 6). Saved from Adamic sin. The scope of this thread is Christianity and the Bible mentions Adamic sin whether we like it/understand the concept or not.
(I understand 10 Commandments was old covenant but it is still a good way to live by and a good example in explaining what I mean)
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Do I have to believe in Jesus to be saved?
by unsure in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do i have to believe in jesus to be saved?.

i was raised as a jehovah's witness.

i was born in.
unsure

@sparky1
Yes they gave the best option, but isn't there a possibility there are others? If they used the word "only" I'd understand.
Not being difficult, just thinking out loud and I agree, I've always had a poor knowledge of the Bible.
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Do I have to believe in Jesus to be saved?
by unsure in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do i have to believe in jesus to be saved?.

i was raised as a jehovah's witness.

i was born in.
unsure

@jp1692
I answered this on page 6
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Do I have to believe in Jesus to be saved?
by unsure in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do i have to believe in jesus to be saved?.

i was raised as a jehovah's witness.

i was born in.
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@sparky1
That passage mentions A way to be saved but doesn't say it is the ONLY way
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Do I have to believe in Jesus to be saved?
by unsure in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do i have to believe in jesus to be saved?.

i was raised as a jehovah's witness.

i was born in.
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@LisaRose
Just like I would ask a family member for forgiveness for showing those qualities towards them, I would ask forgiveness to God.
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Do I have to believe in Jesus to be saved?
by unsure in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do i have to believe in jesus to be saved?.

i was raised as a jehovah's witness.

i was born in.
unsure

@LisaRose
From the times, like all humans where I'm a less then a stellar person.
All humans are at times ungrateful, angry, greedy, unkind, disloyal, dishonest etc.