Originally Posted by BENZ-LGB

That last point is debatable. I think even aklim would agree that he is in all probability earned a ticket on the down escalator.

And, technically speaking (as long as we are speking about Christianity) we are all born with a one-way ticket on the down elevator.

It is through faith and God's grace that we get to turn in that down ticket and pick up a ride on the up elevator.