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Salvation
the act of saving or protecting
from harm, risk, loss,
destruction, etcetera
the
state of being saved or protected from harm, risk, loss …
a source or means of being
saved or protected from harm, risk, loss …
In Christian
theology deliverance from the penalty of
sin.
Salvation can be seen
metaphorically as
redemption.
Humans, unable to care for themselves at
birth, require "saviors"
to care until they can care for themselves.
When
salvation is taken literally the
object of salvation takes
on human parent characteristics thus
removing the object of salvation
from the plane of perfection and placing it on
an earthly plane with
faulty
parents.
salvationism
a 'literal' reading of
Hebrews 5:7-9
a member of the Salvation Army (an oxymoron)
neoevangelist 'Call' to make
open public conversions
a member of a cult emphasizing the
doctrine of salvation
A
religious doctrine claiming the salvation of the soul.
A belief system that places personal
responsibility outside itself, usually in the hands of a superntural
daemon.
Well known salvationists include
Irenaeus,
John Calvin and the
Trinity
television network neoevangelists.
Salvation Army
Salvation Army founder
William Booth characterised the revolutionary Christianity of the Diggers and
Levellers as "utopian" and believed that Salvation Army members could earn a
large profit from businesses and still keep a good conscience.
Booth
stated that what was important was not "whether a man died in the poorhouse but
if his soul was saved".
With a military structure complete with uniforms
the only permissible pleasure was praying and playing in the Army
band.
As Britain's social problems increased, it was recommended that
the poor be sent off to colonies.
Rather than find
a solution to poverty
colonization built a
bigger Empire.
Aboriginals were confined to
missions and their children forced to follow
a strict pattern of work
and 'Christian' education.
The
Army actively participated in
removing children from their families and giving them to white
families.
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Cecil Rhodes and
Theodore Roosevelt lent
their support.
It has had no greater success than in
Australia where it has
become the biggest
charity, with the most-read Christian newspaper, the War
Cry.
Record burning, belief in the coming end of the world, fear of
demons, and other 'unusual' ideas, aren't widely known.
Young people are
expected to marry only within the Army.
Officers are only allowed to
marry other officers.
Disabled people and those forced to do community
service are exploited.
To avoid oversupplying the market and cutting
down business profit margins, the Army even goes so far as dumping tons of
clothing in Africa.
The
Salvation Army is a cult centered around William Booth.
Redemption involves the surrender of
the need for the cognitive
dominance of agency defined as the need to cause
submission and
control
action.
Redemption allows the ability to directly experience the
joy of
living.
This freeing of the
Eternal Soul from
social conditioning and social strictures
renews and revives
the human spirit stripping away
spiritual
corruption.
The
Veil of Cognitive
Blindness no longer obscures consciousness and the
mirage of
hyperreality dissolves into
True Reality.
repentance
True repentance
requires tears and
fire in the heart!
Lightning and clouds are its
indispensable condition.
You need fire and water for the
fruit to ripen:
How can that occur without
lightning and clouds?
Before
the heart has been shattered by
lightning
And before
rains of tears have fallen from your eyes."
Rumi
soteriology is the study of
salvation
In
Christianity the different
soteriologies can be grouped into distinct schools: the
Catholics and
Orthodox on
Justification, the
Church, the
Sacraments, and
free will;
Arminianism's synergism;
Calvinism's
predestination; and a large
range of Lutheran doctrine, including
conversion,
justification by grace
alone through faith alone, the means of grace, and
the Church.
In Islam
soteriology focuses on how humans
can repent of and atone for their failures
and trespasses so as not to occupy a
state of loss.
Salvation in the
afterlife comes from the recognition and acceptance of the individual by
Allah, with regards to their virtue,
obedience and/or
good deeds performed in
their earthly life.
The Qur'an states, and the Sunnah confirms,
that good deeds redeem wrong
deeds and charity removes
wrong deeds just as
water quenches
fire.
Judaism
emphasizes morality in this
life over concern with the
afterlife.
The concern comes with
the intent that ultimately
all humanity can better its lot as everyone practices more virtuous and
ethical behavior.
In Hellenistic soteriology
salvation comes in this life brought by Alexander.
Stoicism is concerned with
the cultivation of
virtues such as fortitude and
detachment to improve
spiritual well-being.
Buddhist soteriology focuses
on attaining liberation from suffering by
earning through proper thought patterns
the eternal salvation of Nirvana.
Hinduism has one unifying factor:
to free oneself from the cycle
of rebirth Hindus embark on
a quest for
enlightenment through concept of Ahimsa, which means "non-violence."
Jainism emphasizes
penance and
asceticism, which lead to
liberation and
ascendance of the
Eternal Soul.
Sikhism
advocates the pursuit
of salvation through disciplined,
personal
meditation on the Message of God.
This meditation
brings a person into union with the Creator and Sustainer.
According to
Confucianist teachings,
people cannot save themselves.
While their
good deeds create good
karma and merit
(called boon), people cannot
use it for themselves.
This merit can be used to
help their ancestors, though,
who are waiting in the
spirit world and need
help from the younger generation.
In this way the
children assist in the salvation of the parents.
Shinto and Tenrikyo similarly emphasize
working for a good life by cultivating
virtue or virtuous
behavior.
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