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    Some adherents of other religions can be saved through th... — Carmelics
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    Some adherents of other religions can be saved through the salvific provisions of the one true religion even if they have not made the personal commitments normally required to appropriate those provisions.

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    • 1.Eternal existence in God's presence is only possible because of the salvific provisions of the one true religion.
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    • 2.Salvation does not require that individuals personally commit to or know about the salvific provisions in order to benefit from them.
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    • 1.John Hick's pluralist hypothesis holds that no single tradition has privileged salvific access, making 'one true religion' an incoherent foundation for universal salvation.
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    • 2.If salvation genuinely extends beyond personal commitment to one tradition, the doctrinal uniqueness of that tradition becomes explanatorily redundant.
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    • 1.Karl Barth argued that 'religion' as a human construct is precisely what salvation overcomes, making salvation through religious provisions categorically self-undermining.
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    • 2.Extending salvific benefits without personal commitment collapses the morally significant distinction between freely chosen faith and mere metaphysical inclusion.
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    Adherents(as used in religious philosophy)
    People who follow or believe in a particular religion, philosophy, or ideology.
    Appropriate (as a verb)(as used in religious philosophy)
    To take something and make it one's own, or to use something as intended. Here it means to actually use or benefit from a religion's path to salvation.
    Personal commitments(as used in religious philosophy)
    Deliberate choices or promises someone makes to follow certain beliefs or practices—for example, formally converting to a religion or publicly declaring faith.
    Salvific(as used in religious philosophy)
    Related to salvation or being saved, especially in a religious sense. In this context, it means something that has the power to save someone's soul or bring them to heaven.
    Salvific provisions(as used in religious philosophy)
    The specific tools, practices, or beliefs that a religion offers to help save people's souls—like prayer, sacraments, or faith.
    inclusivism(Intermediate position between exclusivism and pluralism)
    The view that individuals need not know of or fulfill requirements of the one true religion to attain salvation, but that salvation is still possible only because of conditions or events described in that one true religion

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    But what of those “adults” who die having never been aware of the salvific conditions of the one true religion? Is it not clearly unjust for exclusivists to claim that they cannot spend eternity with God because they have not met the criteria for salvation stipulated by this religion? For salvific inclusivists, the answer is yes. Like exclusivists, inclusivists believe that eternal existence in God’s presence is only possible because of the salvific provisions noted in the one true religion. How
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