Nationals Suspend Chapel Leader
Great, I should have known that this would be the response. In a climate of "political correctness" and always trying to say the right thing, a chaplain gets suspended for nodding his head.
When Ryan Church, an outfielder for the Washington Nationals, asked if his Jewish friends were "doomed," the chaplain simply nodded his head. It is the right response for someone who believes and teaches the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are all "doomed" apart from Him. Everyone. Not just Jews but all people because no one keeps the commandments that God has made. If Jesus is not our substitute, then we are going to be judged by God for breaking His Law. The Chaplain's answer to the question is correct. If you are Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Druid, whatever, apart from Jesus Christ we are "doomed."
Now, I do not know why, I have not seen any evidence to the contrary, but it seems to me that only the Christians are called out about statements such as this. If Jews or Muslims are consistent with their faith then they too believe that anyone who believes differently from them are damned. As a protestant, the Catholics believe and have taught since the Council of Trent that all protestants are going to hell because we are not part of the "true church," the Roman Catholic Church. These groups are wrong but I do not have a problem with them saying these things and they have for centuries.
It is a place to begin a dialogue about faith. The Chaplain said the same thing that anybody who has read Genesis, Deuteronomy, John, Acts, and Romans and believes what they teach would say. The Bible is clear, apart from the Child of the promise, Jesus Christ, salvation can be found in no other.