Christians Respond to Announcement From Scott Adams
After hearing Scott Adams talk about religion, numerous Christians responded on social media. “Please pray that Scott will accept Christ before it’s eternally too late!” wrote one user.
Talk-show host Steve Deace told Adams, “It is never too late as long as you’re breathing brother.” He then shared the parable of the workers in the vineyard from Matthew 20:1-16.
Christian apologist Frank Turek, who also said he’s praying for Adams, wrote, “Good point about how seeking conversions shows you love people. But it’s not a good life that puts one in Heaven, but trusting in Jesus who lived the perfect life in your place. It’s a gift of grace; you don’t achieve it but receive it (Eph. 2:8).”
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About Adams’ news, author Megan Basham posted, “Scott is closer, but he still thinks of Christianity as hedging one’s bets, à la Pascal’s wager. But the thief on the cross did not say, ‘I’ll go with it as a just-in-case option.’ He believed and called Christ Lord. Re-doubling my prayers for Scott.”
Basham added, “Scott still thinks Christianity [equals] living a good life to get into heaven. But he’s clearly becoming more open to the Gospel. Praying the Lord puts some faithful Priscillas and [Aquilas] in his path who can explain scripture better.”
Praising Adams’ “tremendous intellect,” Basham posted, “Like CS Lewis, I think the more he considers this, the more he will see [how] much deeper and marvelous the mystery of the cross is to just ‘living a good life,’ and how it more than satisfies his intellectual questions as well.”
To Adams, Basham wrote:
Scott, on that being a good person to earn Heaven bit, as a fellow cancer fighter, I have tremendous news for you. That is actually not what gets you into heaven. Because if it were, no one would qualify. Only someone who has led a perfect life merits heaven. And only one such person has existed through all of human history.
But thankfully, [Jesus] used his perfection to sacrifice himself on the cross for us precisely because we are not good, none of us. None of us has lived a good life. And that is the freedom we have in Christ. We know that by following him, we get to wear his righteousness before the judgment throne. And it is THAT—confessing Christ as our Lord and believing in his sacrifice for us—that gets us into Heaven.
Scott Adams Addresses Christians’ Comments
Regarding the reaction to his faith news, cartoonist Scott Adams posted Sunday afternoon (Jan. 4), “I appreciate the outpouring of suggestions and questions, but what happens next is between me and Jesus. I won’t be responding to your well-intentioned messages on this topic. (There are a lot!) I hope you understand. And thank you.”
Shortly afterward, Adams posted, “Okay, all the complaining has almost talked me out of [converting to Christianity]. Apparently, many people believe there is one right way to do it.”
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