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Soleron said:
insomniac17 said:
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Bolded: Correct. That would be true of any time, and of any person except for Jesus. But again, in Christianity, to be saved, you must accept Jesus Christ as your savior. That's literally it. 

 

Why do people bother going to Church then? The moral teachings are not needed (you can ignore almost all of them) and the act of worship only needs to be accepting him as your savior?

Church gets you to meet other people,and share things.  You also get common teaching and inspiring and so on from pulpits.  For myself, when I go to church, I get to meet people after service in the coffee area, to help me playtest my boardgames.  I also get to discuss books and so on.  

The Bible says to not foresake the assembling of oneself, and Jesus spoke of where two or three are gathered in his name, there he shall be.  I would also question the concept of "accept Jesus as your savior".  The Bible doesn't tell people to do this.  It speaks of a lot of other things, which could result in people accepting what Jesus did, but it isn't what is called for.  It is a flawed and incomplete Christianity that really isn't of value to anyone for much of anything, but I guess works for people who really don't need God for anything in this life, but are concerned they may be going to hell.