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2:46 AM

Q: Which denominations believe that it is possible to know whether we will be saved before we die?

Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) says that "faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." I believe part of the confidence and assurance is that Christ can and will save us. Can we know whether or not we have been saved, or will be saved? All Christian denominations believe...

soteriology

Any tips on how I can improve that question?

What if I narrowed the scope to denominations who don't believe in Eternal Security and Unconditional Election? I'm most interested in denominations that don't believe those doctrines anyways.

JustinY

3:13 AM

Well, it looks like this wiki page essentially answers my question: "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assurance_(theology)"

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Q: What is a good tag synonym for perseverance of the saints?

I tried adding the tag perseverance-of-the-saints to this question but I got an error telling me it exceeded the max tag length of 25 characters. What is a good synonym for it?

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dancek

8:25 AM

Hey @mods, we need a calvanism -> calvinism synonym.

Flimzy

8:38 AM

I think the "5 score on this tag" requirement is stupid

Why do I have to be sufficiently ignorant of calvinism to ask 5 questions about it before I can propose a tag synonym?

..or sufficiently knowledgeable to have answered 5 questions about it.

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Richard

1:29 PM

@Flimzy I totally agree... Usually what I do in that situation is retag my old, highly voted questions. (It's kind of gaming the system, but it works.)

@dancek Done.

Waggers

2:20 PM

@Richard Is it something that we can get changed (perhaps by asking for it in Meta) or set in stone?

Richard

@Waggers Well, if you'd like, you can post a feature request on Meta.SO. That would be about the only option.

It seems to be something that has been talked about on Meta.SO before:

Q: Tag Synonym Voting Rules

It has been proposed that c++0x become a synonym for c++11. In other words, any time a question is posted with the c++0x tag, the tag will be automatically and silently changed to c++11, with no way to prevent that. I disagree with this change, but I cannot cast a vote in disagreement. I have ...