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[mommydama]

This is kind of an interesting way to illustrate some of the differences in the Orthodox Christian and the mainstream Protestant Christian understanding of salvation. Disclaimer: I am well aware that not all Protestant Christians believe or teach the same things about salvation. But the view depicted in this video IS the one I was taught growing up and I was a member of several churches with this view as an adult before becoming Orthodox. I am of the opinion that the majority of mainstream Protestant Churches teach this view. It is most often referred to as the "Substitutionary Atonement", I think.

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[mairesue.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed watching that. Thanks for sharing it.

[pikefish.livejournal.com]

well, I have a lot more questions after seeing this. I was a little confused at the beginning because I thought he was describing mainstream Protestant Christian view and I was like- hey! that's what I was taught but then I realized that is what he was talking about. thanks for sharing!

[detroitfather.livejournal.com]

Interesting video. I think he was pretty fair with the Protestant view.

The thing is, I cannot find much, if anything, to disagree with in either view. What does this mean? It means three things, I think: (1) that you can find evidence for both of these views in Scripture and Tradition; (2) the views are not antithetical to each other, but emphasize differing aspects of God's history of saving sinners; and (3) that neither of these views is "comprehensive"; they are "models" of reality. Neither is the reality itself, but each view faithfully models some aspects of the way God presents Himself to us in Scripture.