If Christ Is The "Truth", Can There Be Any Other Means Of Salvation? Flashcards
The exclusivist position in the theology of religion holds that, because Christ’s the truth, there can be no other means of ?
Salvation.
Exclusivists argue the Bible reveals there’s only one way to salvation, through ?
Christ.
Exclusivists argue it’s irrational to hold the view that more than one religion can be true, because they teach different things. All of the religions could be wrong, but they can’t all be ?
Right.
Exclusivists recognise that a ? position is fashionable in the modern world, with respect and “tolerance” for the belief of others being seen as a virtue to be encouraged. Being “judgemental” tends to be frowned upon. However, exclusivists argue that people shouldn’t be led by political correctness and a fear of offending others on matters of ultimate truth. The Christian message is a matter of vital importance for everyone’s eternal soul and’s necessary to make it plain to non-Christians that they’re wrong. ? work and trying to convert others to Christianity’s a duty, not a sign of arrogance.
Relativist.
Missionary.
Inclusivism and pluralism undermine the work of those who have their lives for the Christian ?
Faith.
Some critics of an exclusivist position point out that revelation requires interpretation. There are uncertainties about which are the very words spoken by Jesus and how different parts of the Bible should be interpreted within Christianity there’s not total agreement about exactly what is “? ?” making it difficult to justify to people of a different faith, who make similar claims for their own revelation.
The truth.
? makes God seem unfair if only those who believe the Christian Gospel are to be saved. Some have easier access to Christian message than others. There may still be people who’ve never heard of Christianity. There’s the problem of those who lived before Jesus and never had the opportunity to be saved by faith in Christ and the problem of those who live short lives that don’t have a chance to choose to be a ?
Exclusivism.
Christian.
William Lane Craig makes reference to the ? of God. For Craig, God’s perfect knowledge includes what’s known as “? ?”, meaning that God not only knows what’s in every person’s heart, so that he can judge the, on the basis of their faith as well as their actions; God also knows, with perfect knowledge, what people would’ve done if they were in different circumstances.
Omniscience.
Middle knowledge.
God’s “? ?” according to Craig enables God to know whether people would’ve believed the Christian message if only they’d the chance to hear it. There’s no possibility that God could deny them of salvation because it’s unfair.
Middle knowledge.
Critics of William Lane Craig point out that God does have this “? ?” and uses it to judge whether or not someone’s saved, then there’s little point in Christians trying to convert others: it also calls into question the extent to which people have genuine ? ?
Middle knowledge.
Free will.
Brendan ? gives an analogy to clarify this idea: “suppose engineers put fluoride into the water and this leads to the people in the town having healthier teeth. All that matters is that one drink the water! This is analogous to the way in which the Christian ? thinks that the death and resurrection of Jesus makes salvation possible”.
Sweetman.
Inclusivist.
A difficulty with an inclusivist position is that it becomes unclear whether or not ? work’s a good idea.
Missionary.
A ? response to this issue would involve questioning whether Christ is “? ?” in the unique way and in a cognitive way. Christian pluralists might argue that Christ is “a truth”, rather than “the truth” and would support the view that salvation’s possible outside the Christian faith.
Pluralist.
The truth.
Pluralists have to resort to a different view of religious truth-claims, saying that they’re not necessarily ? but have some other function instead.
Cognitive.
