Recently I read a comment by a woman who considers herself "born again", in which she stared how hard it is to live with a spouse who isn't "saved". This got me thinking. What makes you "born again" is it getting baptized again?
Why do the "born again" consider themselves truer and more devoted than those who never faltered, the "always was" Christians? They preach their interpretation of the bible, a version that fits them better than the original. Not all, but a large portion of them argue that Catholics are not Christians. They also hate openly in the name of religion. They hate anyone who isn't like them. They hate other religions, the LGBT community, other nationalities, yet they swear, smoke, drink, take drugs, have affairs - while openly criticizing everyone else.
One such woman commented on a religious video, how she has tried for years to save her husband and hasn't been successful so far. This woman thanks God for giving her and her husband the chance to make their relationship right and keep them together after years of turmoil, yet she openly disrespects him for not being "born again: or as devoted to their religion as she is.
This got me thinking about being saved or born again. If you're in need of saving you must have broken at least one of the commandments. So I decided to double check the Ten Commandments and see what would qualify someone to need saving.
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1. You can't have any other God
2. You can't make or idolize an image of anything in heaven, on earth, or in the waters. If you do, God will punish you and your children for 4 generations. But if you obey this commandment, God will love your family for 1,000 generations.
3. Don't use God's name in vain.
4. Keep the Sabbath holy
5. Honour your father and mother
6. Don't murder
7. Don't commit adultery
8. Don't steal
9. Don't be a false witness against anyone
10. Do not covet anything that belongs to others
Clearly, even if someone isn't breaking any of these rules but doesn't go to church and doesn't push religion down everyone's throat, some religious zealots would consider this person in need of saving.
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