Now, now. Be gentle with him. After all, none of us truly knows what he/she believes way down deep. We are all so deceptive that we deceive ourselves into thinking that we believe all kinds of things that we really do not.

The only reason that some of us, like Mr. Bitty, will be saved, is that God is the one working the salvation. We all have the strength to deny Him. It is only when we do not apply that inner denial strength forcefully enough that we can be saved by the strength of God.