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great seeing you, I'm having trouble distinguishing between your baker case and Jesus. Having to accept Christ seems to me in your words "forced speech". Laying out behaviors to follow seems legit. Forcing acknowledgment of a belief seems like telling the baker not only should he make the cake, but he should say I believe?

Great point! At a basic level, the acceptance of Christ must be voluntary. It's an invitation. No forced acknowledgments, conversions etc., as in the bad old days. Rather, the invitation is extended, warmly and lovingly.

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Romans 10:13, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Say, "Father in Heaven, I believe that Jesus died for my sins." And God will impart eternal life to your spirit... sounds like forced speech to me