"ABOLISHING THE EXCLUSION OF OTHERS"

Frank Schaeffer, Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in God: How to Give Love, Create Beauty and Find Peace (Salisbury, MA: Regina  Orthodox Press, 2014) ("What is the implication of Jesus-centric non-theological, non-dogmatic salvation? It's the abolishing of exclusion of the other as 'unsaved.' [] In other words Jesus decouples the credulous attachment to a tribal geography and religion-based identity. Jesus declares we're all one family. Goodbye, Abrahamic covenant, Jerusalem, Mecca, Rome and Constantinople. Au revoir, holy places, River Ganges, passports, borders, empires, Lourdes, clan, tribe, Hellenism, Russian imperial ambitions and American exceptionalism. No more chants of 'USA! USA!' for, 'a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth.' According to Jesus, there never was and never will be a 'greater country on earth,' or a 'city set on a hill' or a chosen people.'" Id. at 50.).