Reply #192: So basically, you have an interpretation of Christianity that suits you,

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while others have a version that suits them.

There is absolutely no way to establish a baseline on what constitutes the core beliefs of Christianity because - as your post amply proves - Christians feel entitled to cherry pick the Bible to suit their own purposes/upbringing/social standing/etc.

As to how I'm deciding what constitutes core beliefs for the Christian, my reference is the Bible. What you and all of the other liberal Christians on this board are telling me is that one may reject up to - let me take a guess here - 95% of what the Bible avers are truths and tenets of the faith and still consider oneself to be a Christian. How can that be? How can one be so cavalier as to embrace Jesus being a godman and a savior while not embracing the core belief that one needs to be saved from the sinful nature created by the fall (are you sure that few Xians believe that Adam fell? If so, why bother with the religion at all?)?

As far as making assumptions: please tell me why it is wrong to assume that Christians embrace the whole of their holy book, warts, inaccuracies and all? How about 75%? 50%? Why should you cherry picking your religious document be considered SOP?

Sorry, but I just don't get it. It's like saying you're a liberal D but you always vote for Rs because you don't believe in universal health care.