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Except that Jesus in his other persona had created some dichotomous destiny for mankind, there simply would be no need for his act of "salvation." What are Christians saved from? To the extent that the answer matters, it is a situation that their own god created.
And whom did Jesus save? The traditional answer, by most Christian sects, is that Christians are saved. Those of us who don't believe this silliness are still lost. Some Christians realized this makes their god look less a "savior" than a cult-leader who damns those who won't follow him, and invented instead the idea of universal salvation. All mankind, heathen, atheist, and Muslim as well as Christian, are saved by Jesus. The only problem with that is then the religion itself no longer matters. "Hey, you've been saved by God, who was going to damn you, but by sacrificing himself, decided not to, but don't worry about it in any case." It's little surprise that the Universalists merged into the Unitarians.
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