Earned through faith? I say that salvation is, indeed, a completely free gift. The only faith you need is trusting that salvation is possible, and the only prerequisite, then, is total honesty with yourself which makes you open to actually receive the gift. No wonder you disagree with what I say as you just replaced works with faith, but still treat salvation as your accomplishment, only in your case you oh-so humbly and respectfully pride yourself on, and boast of, your faith. And that was my point all along -- faith, exactly as works or empty proclamations, does not guarantee salvation.

Moreover, once you'll be saved, you will also see that there was nothing to be saved from to begin with. It's a lie, an illusion of duality that results in walls that separate us and them, saved and unsaved, good and evil, sacred and profane, and, ultimately, God and man. Which, as I said previously, is exactly the result of "munching" on the fruit of that "forbidden tree." But that "munching" wasn't a one-time occurrence in the past. It is still happening as we speak. And you sadly participate, totally unaware of the fact and its consequences, and believe yourself to be saved. Quite a farce.