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    Quote Originally Posted by The Ugly Truth View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Jade Dragon View Post
    A Christian is those that emulate Christ to the best of their abilities. Simple as that.
    that is what those who are NOT Christians believe........Christianity believes Christianity is about faith rather than actions......

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    that is what those who are NOT Christians believe........Christianity believes Christianity is about faith rather than actions......
    What denomination are you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    What denomination are you?
    idiot....go back and read the answer I gave you the first two times you asked.......if you can't be bothered to read and remember why should I waste my time talking to you......

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    idiot....go back and read the answer I gave you the first two times you asked.......if you can't be bothered to read and remember why should I waste my time talking to you......
    As I recall you avoided answering .. and it should be simple.. For instance I am an Episcopalian .. and I attended church with my husband who was Methodist. How hard is that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    As I recall you avoided answering .. and it should be simple.. For instance I am an Episcopalian .. and I attended church with my husband who was Methodist. How hard is that?
    you recall incorrectly......you even thanked me for my answer.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Threedee View Post
    Christians also reject socialism, because they aren't overly fond of state-sponsored mass murder.
    Why should Christians be so keen on capitalist states, since they are just the central committees of the boss class?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jade Dragon View Post
    A Christian is those that emulate Christ to the best of their abilities. Simple as that.
    Made a lot of money out of cheating, did he? Thought somebody called God was rewarding him by making him rich. America, America, wehat may we think of thee! Sorry, JD - just set me off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iolo View Post
    Made a lot of money out of cheating, did he? Thought somebody called God was rewarding him by making him rich. America, America, wehat may we think of thee! Sorry, JD - just set me off.
    The pick, and choose Christians must be annoying you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jade Dragon View Post
    The pick, and choose Christians must be annoying you.
    I must admit it. I was brought up a good Anglican Christian Socialist, long, long ago!

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    It's fun to watch the contortions of a self-proclaimed member of ____ faith trying to justify his non-adherence to its teachings. But then, ever since the Evangelicals have tried to insert themselves into our secular government and public schools, it's been so.

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    It's difficult to come at the exact nature of what Jesus taught, but what they had to put in the New Testament fortunately wipes out all the lies since Constantine. What a lot of people tend to be going for is nostalgia and/or self-righteousness. I'd say it was passably easy for us to know how he wanted us to act but extremely difficult to get into 'religious' stuff from long, long ago, stuff we should have been thinking through sensibly all these years. This posturing seems to be what so many mean by 'Faith'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iolo View Post
    Why should Christians be so keen on capitalist states, since they are just the central committees of the boss class?
    I think its because they are opposed to the godless socialists.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Ugly Truth View Post
    That's not what the Bible says. A Christian is one who has given control of their life to God.
    Is not a Christian, fundamentally, one who believes that Christ was the son of God?

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    Quote Originally Posted by domer76 View Post
    Is not a Christian, fundamentally, one who believes that Christ was the son of God?
    Somebody who follows what Jesus said would seem more likely. The 'Son of God' bit seems to me circular thinking - What is a son of God? Someone like Jesus. What is a 'God'? Someone Jesus believed in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iolo View Post
    Somebody who follows what Jesus said would seem more likely. The 'Son of God' bit seems to me circular thinking - What is a son of God? Someone like Jesus. What is a 'God'? Someone Jesus believed in.
    the fact you didn't know the answers to those questions tells us you aren't a Christian.....the response is not that God is someone Jesus believed in.......the answer is God IS Jesus and Jesus IS God....

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