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Line 20: [[Jesus Was Way Cool\|Jesus is really cool]]. He'll totally save your butt if you believe in Him, with the coincidental side-effect that afterwards you believe in Him even more. Sometimes, He'll save your butt even if you're an [[Hollywood Atheist\|unbeliever]]. This always makes you accept Him as your life and heart; you'll never walk away from that car accident going, "Fwhew. That was close. Thank God for airbags and modern metallurgy!" This is a major trope in Christian literature, especially evangelical literature aimed at a secular audience (it may, in fact, be the definition of such). Done poorly, there will be an undercurrent of the horror, or at least the difficulty, of maintaining your faith in the face of the Really Bad Shit that made you turn to faith in the first place. Or it could appear like popping a Jesus ~~pill--just~~pill—just accept Him, and you'll be cured of [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking\|cancer, drug addiction, and]] [[Cure Your Gays\|homosexuality]]! Just like that! Poof! Done well, it would portray said Faith as Trust as much as ~~Belief -- you~~Belief—you can trust in Christ with your soul because He [[Heroic Sacrifice\|paid the price for your sins]]. It won't be a cure-all for life's ills but would give the new believer a newfound feeling of purpose in the world, or at least a [["Get Out of Jail Free" Card\|Get Out Of Hell Free Card]].

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