Augustine Didn't Invent It

I don't know much about Augustine, but I'm pretty sure that he didn't invent the doctrine of Jesus being the only path to salvation. There are numerous references to it in the New Testament, which was written a few centuries before Augustine came on the scene. It's been awhile since I last read the New Testament, but two quotes immediately come to mind:
Jesus: "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father except through me."
Paul: "By grace are we saved, not by works, lest any man should boast."

First you had to be baptized, and that forgave all the sins you had committed up to that point. If you committed any sins after that, you had to ask God for forgiveness in the Name of Jesus Christ. All the prayers we said at Elsdon ended with the words, "We ask this all in Jesus' name. Amen"
Paul again: "If any man should sin, we have an advocate (Jesus) with the Father." The confession ceremony of the Catholics was a formalized process for attaining forgiveness. I understand that they no longer use those little booths for that purpose, and I don't know what they do instead.

When they started baptizing little babies, it was kind of game changer. I think this practice started when somebody misinterpreted Jesus' statement, "Whoever does not enter the Kingdom as a little child shall not enter therein." Some versions translate it as "Whoever does not enter the Kingdom like a little child shall not enter therein." The first version led to the belief that, if a baby died before he was baptized, he could not get into Heaven. Be that as it may, baptism was the original "born again" experience. When it became an insurance policy for newborn infants it kind of defeated the whole purpose. The Baptists, who were originally called "Anabaptists", which means "re-baptizers", began waiting till a child reached the age of consent before they baptized it. I'm not sure what they did about infant baptism, maybe they did that too but called it something else. Other Christian sects added a second ceremony called "confirmation", where the candidate reaffirmed the vows his parents had made when he was baptized as an infant. Others allowed infant baptism, but you had to be "born again" at some later time.

Last I heard, the Jews were not readily accepting converts. I understand that it's possible to convert to Judaism, but they don't encourage it and you have to demonstrate that you really want to do it.

We get "The Good Place" on NBC here. You really have to see all the episodes from the beginning to understand what's going on, and Old Dog knows how to access them on the internet.