Originally Posted by I am the Fireman:
I do believe that once a person has been truly saved and has accepted Jesus Christ as his/her personal Savior that NOTHING can pluck me from my Saviors hand.
Not true, Fire. I was once convinced I was saved. Twice actually. Once when I was baptized as a kid and again when I did so as an adult. Walked the walk, talked the talk. Believed with all my heart and soul. It was the real deal.
And look at me now.
Yeah, I know, someone that has never heard of the "No True Scottsman" fallacy will inevitably come along and inform me that I was not what I thought I was--that I was only fooling myself. And they are correct. I was obviously fooling myself as are all believers. But it was real to me at the time.