Our first 5 posters confirms that the author is spot on.

//'Believe in the Lord Jesus. Then you and everyone living in your house will be saved'.//

Oh, well that's me sorted then. I already share a house with a Christian, so I'll be the 'everyone living in their house' that gets saved through their belief :)

You evangelists should publicise this particular bit of scripture more widely. If people knew that only one Christian per house is required for the salvation of everyone in the house they could take it in turns, with one person in the house being the designated Christian for a fixed period of time and responsible for all the necessary loving Jesus, saying the Rosary, speaking in tongues, being sexually abused by ministers, believing that the Earth is flat, sending money to suspiciously wealthy televangelists, and so forth. If they knew they'd only have to do it for a week or so before it's somebody else's turn, being Christian might not seem like such a pain the fundament.

Speak for yourself Spencer. I've never needed to win something enough to be bothered cheating to do so.

I guess the cheat con only assume everyone else is the same as them.

Toni,

Your comments about believing in the Lord Jesus and 'everyone living in their house' meaning one Christian per house leads to salvation for everyone in the house.

This is nonsense thinking. It demonstrates that you haven't read Acts 16 and the context of Acts 16:31. So that you may be informed, this is what the text states in context:

"29 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked, ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’

31 They replied, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved – you and your household.’ 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. 33 At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptised. 34 The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God – he and his whole household" (Acts 16:29-34).

There is not one word of support for your irrelevant and concocted view of one Christian in your house meaning everyone in the house gets saved.

Who believed in God? Read the text: The jailer and his whole household 'had come to believe in God'. It was not your invented situation of one Christian in your house covering for those who share your house.

You have dumped your antagonism on us and your conclusion is completely wrong.

Next time, how about throwing out your presuppositional bias and read the text in context, instead of making a fool of yourself like this.

Hasbeen,

Have you never ever committed sin of any kind your entire life? Are you goody two-shoes who has been absolutely pure and holy? No lies or lack of loving the Lord God with all of your being??

Your claims that “It is a major problem for the whole human race. Not one person is exempt from the ball-tampering 'virus'” and “The source of all human difficulties is the total inner being of a person, including reasoning and the will. It's a comprehensive internal wickedness (depravity) that is the root problem” are false, they display a great ignorance and a lack of faith in the humanity which (in your eyes) your God created. I might explain this later, but I’m not sure that you would understand. I will say, however, that I have known saintly people of which what you say is totally incorrect. And they were not Christians.