Originally Posted by mordwyr

That's right. What many "Christians" fail to see is how Our Lord ate with sinners, and He was criticized for doing so. He was made incarnate for them, and many responded to His call. So, He's willing to give everyone a chance. But He also instructed His disciples, saying, "if you go to a town to preach and they won't listen to you, leave and shake the dust from your sandals." He also said, "Do not cast your pearls before swine." There is a limit to the chances given, and when one hardens one's heart against the Truth, there is nothing even God can do to save that individual. Salvation comes from within; one must want to be saved to be saved.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.