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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:51 AM Original message |
so who/what is a christian? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Hmmmm |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Good question. Here's what I was taught |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. This is your standard for Christianity |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. Jerry Falwell is a Christian? You've got to be kidding. He's a used |
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Proud_Democratt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. I thought it was Jerry's dad |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
5. Good luck getting an answer here. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. kinda weird |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. well, then any of us can claim to be anything |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Depending on how one defines the words, sure! |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Deja vu all over again |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think there are religious christians and philosophical christians... |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. i am not debating the veracity or authenticity of falwell as christian |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. By saying only god (sic) can judge, you are betraying yourself as |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. i don't capitalize because i am lazy |
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Theres-a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. You got me |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. I think there additionally people who call themselves |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. I have always figured that it isn't up to anyone |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. Your capitalization of "IS" shows you DO know its usage. |
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BOHICA06 (886 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
10. I am a follower of Christ .... |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
12. I think you're right about the anyone who claims it |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. not to mention the whole transubstantiation/cannibalism thing |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Creepy... I'm just not deep and abstract enough to get it I guess :) n/t |
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Proud_Democratt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. IMO....a real Christian would tear Acts - Revelations out |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Well, You Don't Throw The Baby Out With The Bathwater Do You? |
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Proud_Democratt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Paul (of Tarsus). |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Well, It All Started Back Around The First Century |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!! |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Yeah, Strange As It Is, I Think Of Larry As A Hero Of The 1st Amendment! |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. I just saw The Last Temptation of Christ |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. Someone who professes to believe in Jesus Christ as their savior. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Agreed. I add baptism to the definition |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. Christian=Someone Who Follows Teachings Of Christ |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 09:54 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. OK, now define "teachings of Christ." |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. There are the things |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. As I have pointed out elsewhere, |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. That is where |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Yeah, and he also told his mother to get bent. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Most (all) liberals |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I don't think my argument hinges on anyone saying that love is absolute. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. You're the one who made the argument |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Wow, talk about a total misrepresentation of what I said. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. "Someone coming at it from a liberal perspective will pick out the liberal |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. If you really believe what you are saying, |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Some Christians have |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. I am stating my own belief, |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I guess I would consider |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Exactly the point, T-Grannie. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
30. My definition of a true Christian... |
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