Nope.
Unitarian Christianity does not accept the doctrine of the Trinity, and they consider Jesus a holy man, not a deity.
A lot of fundamentalist Protestants do not consider Catholics to be Christians.
There is a long standing debate whether or not the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (aka Mormons) are actually Christian.
Conservative Protestant acquaintances of mine have tagged along to an Orthodox service and they were pretty shocked and could barely tell it was a Christian service.
You really do not see that vast kind of diversity in Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, or other world religions. That was my entire point, full stop.
Phantasmal (05-04-2021)
so what?......what about their faith confessions?......don't they share the Apostle's Creed?......as do the Catholics, the Mormons, the Seventh Day Adventists, the Baptists and the Emerging Church....
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church*,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
Isaiah 6:5
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
Jack (05-04-2021)
Isaiah 6:5
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
Christ is the Greek word for Messiah. Being a Messiah does not require one to be a divine deity, to be God himself. There is a long tradition in Christianity, going back to the earliest days of the faith, of emphasizing Jesus' humanity over his divinity.
Of course, many of them were murdered and persecuted as heretics by the orthodox strain of the faith. But they are still around today. I have attended Unitarian services.
Christianity does in fact believe the Messiah is divine....over the history of the religion those who denied it were excluded from the Church......though heretics are no longer killed, it doesn't mean we've decided to let those who deny Christ to pretend they are Christians.........obviously that includes the Unitarians......while they use his name, they are not his by definition of the term Christian......
Isaiah 6:5
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
You have never actually read the New Testament which was written in Archaic Greek, and has been attempted to be translated into English on the basis of Medieval msnuscipt copies which existed a thousand years after the original Gospels.
In the earliest Synoptic Gospels, New Testament scholars conclude that Jesus never called himself God. Since the Synoptic gospels were compiled closer in time to Jesus' own generation, they are probably the most reliable in terms of historical content.
The Gospel of John was written later and tried to make a concerted effort to make Jesus divine. This sounds to me like an after-the-fact embellishment of Jesus' life story.
Phantasmal (05-04-2021)
It's disturbing that so many of them truly believe that the country would be "better" if we were all the same religion (theirs, of course). If we all went to church (theirs, of course). If we all worshiped the same god (theirs, of course). If we had prayer and scriptural teachings in school (their prayers and teachings, of course). Despite the case law history and the Constitution, they would gladly implement this if it were allowed.
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
Phantasmal (05-04-2021)
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