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    Only those who have met the criteria set forth by one cor... — Carmelics
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    Only those who have met the criteria set forth by one correct religious perspective can spend eternity in God's presence.

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    • 1.There is exactly one correct religious perspective regarding salvation.
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    • 2.The criteria for salvation specified by that perspective are epistemologically necessary — those seeking salvation must be aware of these conditions.
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    • 3.The criteria for salvation specified by that perspective are ontologically necessary — these conditions must really be met.
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    • 1.John Hick's pluralist hypothesis holds that major religious traditions are equally valid soteriological paths toward the same ultimate Real.
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    • 2.If multiple traditions produce comparable moral transformation and experiential contact with the transcendent, no single tradition can claim exclusive soteriological authority.
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    • 3.P2's epistemological necessity condition unjustly condemns the invincibly ignorant, violating the widely-held principle that ought implies can.
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    • 1.Karl Rahner's anonymous Christianity demonstrates that even within a major exclusivist tradition, salvation can be extended beyond explicit doctrinal adherents.
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    • 2.If P3's ontological conditions can be met without conscious awareness of them, then P2's epistemological necessity condition is logically separable from and unnecessary to the original claim.
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    Those who are religious exclusivists on this question claim that those, and only those, who have met the criteria set forth by one religious perspective can spend eternity in God’s presence.[7] Adherents of other religious perspectives, it is acknowledged, can affirm truth related to some or many issues. But with respect to the question of salvation (one’s eternal destiny), a person must come to understand and adhere to the unique way. Or, to be more specific, as salvific exclusivists see it,
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