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Lydia Leftcoast

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15. The fundamentalists and evangelicals have hijacked the word "Christian" to refer only to themselves

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 07:54 PM

Feb 2013

Liberal Protestants, Roman Catholics, and Eastern Orthodox are not Christian by their definition.

This confuses people from outside Christianity, so if asked about my religion, I never tell people that I'm Christian, but that I'm Episcopalian (which is true), since we are widely known as being different from the megachurch types.

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A question about how Christians are perceived: [View all] hedgehog Feb 2013 OP

Episcopalian here wryter2000 Feb 2013 #1

Judge Christians by their actions. upaloopa Feb 2013 #2

I guess why I'm asking the question is I'm wondering why so many people have hedgehog Feb 2013 #3

My answer to that question is that they find upaloopa Feb 2013 #6

There are splitters and there are lumpers. cbayer Feb 2013 #4

Being abused by conservative churches is what hurts the causes, not the victims of that abuse. Lars39 Feb 2013 #10

If one is abused by a schoolteacher, does one then have the right to attack and condemn cbayer Feb 2013 #12

More like learned response. Lars39 Feb 2013 #13

Not blaming the victim. I support the victims and did real work with them. cbayer Feb 2013 #16

You would do better to blame the abusers. Lars39 Feb 2013 #17

I do blame the abusers and their protectors and did real work with them as well. cbayer Feb 2013 #21

Look at the Supreme Court Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #5

But that is a poor way to describe all Catholics. upaloopa Feb 2013 #8

And there are many like your brother. cbayer Feb 2013 #9

Do you mean he is far away from the 5 crazy conservatives or far away from the 2 who are Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #19

My brother supports liberation theology and always has upaloopa Feb 2013 #28

That's interesting... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #20

I DEFINITELY perceive liberal denominations differently from the "crazy" ones. . . . BigDemVoter Feb 2013 #7

The RCC in particular's probably incredibly location-specific for its members, too Posteritatis Feb 2013 #18

Most people who are not in some organized religion have no idea that one is supposed to be Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #11

The only way I differentiate between the sects is by their actions odiumestpuritas Feb 2013 #14

The fundamentalists and evangelicals have hijacked the word "Christian" to refer only to themselves Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #15

I think your answer is here odiumestpuritas Feb 2013 #22

I am an atheist who was raised in a fundamentalist baptist home OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #23

Jimmy Carter is a Southern BAptist left behind by a denomination lurching ever to the Right. hedgehog Feb 2013 #29

No, not really...I don't know anything about any religions... Tikki Feb 2013 #24

Merely different extremes in self-delusion. mr blur Feb 2013 #25

I am from a liberal Lutheran church and I do see the difference. Years ago while talking about jwirr Feb 2013 #26

Years ago, perhaps. But today direction comes from the conservatives. SharonAnn Feb 2013 #27

IMO that is their loss. jwirr Feb 2013 #30

I make it a practice to avoid people that describe themselves as "Christian" doc03 Feb 2013 #31

The next time you visit your physician, ask for irony supplements. 11 Bravo Feb 2013 #32

I think people that call a huge group of incredibly diverse people cbayer Feb 2013 #33

I am not talking about the average Catholic, Presbyterian, doc03 Feb 2013 #35

Thank you for making the distinction, because that's not what it sounded like. cbayer Feb 2013 #37

I understand why people find value in religious affiliation RainDog Feb 2013 #34

I shouldn't have to have any opinion of them at all. Unfortunately forestpath Feb 2013 #36

After host discussion it was agreed this is a religion thread Stinky The Clown Feb 2013 #38