PF review

Adam Thornton · 01 Dec 2007, 00:02 · from 2007-November.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:02:28 -0600
Subject: (urth) PF review
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On Nov 30, 2007, at 2:45 PM, <thalassocrat at nym.hush.com>  
<thalassocrat at nym.hush.com> wrote:

> You can be a mobster and a pirate, but if you love
> Christ it doesn't matter? Is that good theology?

It's good Protestant theology [0].

Which is odd, given the religious affiliations of Chris, Wolfe, and  
most Mafiosi.

Adam

[0] Yes, yes, I realize that I'm being reductionist to the point of  
inaccuracy as well as awfully snarky, but honestly, that bit in James  
about faith without works being dead *is* one of the bits that  
Protestants prefer to ignore in favor of the bit from Ephesians about  
grace being a gift that no works can attain.  Slap that into a sermon  
with John 3:16 and you can make a case that faith alone--irrespective  
of works--is sufficient.  Which I am sure is a great comfort to those  
who prey with delight on their fellow men but go to bed secure in the  
knowledge that they are the Elect.
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