Christians who believe that Jesus’s death on the cross was necessary to make salvation possible have referred to this as penal substitutionary atonement. It is the idea that, by being crucified, Christ bore all the sins of mankind.
Holy Christianity does not hold this view. Why? Because it would mean that salvation is only possible through Christ which would invalidate every other religion in the world. Would a loving God only create one path to heaven through one particular teacher? Jesus spoke of a God who is all-loving. But would a loving God send a good person to hell simply because they are not a follower of Jesus?
We answer this with an emphatic no.
Jesus made salvation possible by providing humanity with a high-level teacher that it could adopt as a savior. However, Jesus is not the only high-level teacher. Buddha and Krishna are also at this level.
It must be made clear that although we don’t subscribe to the idea of penal substitutionary atonement, we don’t require that others believe the same. We will not reject anyone who does not agree. This is not a creed that must be followed.
Holy Christianity does not hold this view. Why? Because it would mean that salvation is only possible through Christ which would invalidate every other religion in the world. Would a loving God only create one path to heaven through one particular teacher? Jesus spoke of a God who is all-loving. But would a loving God send a good person to hell simply because they are not a follower of Jesus?
We answer this with an emphatic no.
Jesus made salvation possible by providing humanity with a high-level teacher that it could adopt as a savior. However, Jesus is not the only high-level teacher. Buddha and Krishna are also at this level.
It must be made clear that although we don’t subscribe to the idea of penal substitutionary atonement, we don’t require that others believe the same. We will not reject anyone who does not agree. This is not a creed that must be followed.