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To: Just another Joe
This should be said of Christianity in general.

No, it could be said of the various Christian faiths, but not "Christianity." If you have the following three beliefs, you can call yourself a Christian in my book: That Jesus Christ was the only Son of God. That He was crucified, died, was buried and rose again. That He did these things, so that we may be free from sin, and share eternal life with Him.

After that, feel free to do what you please. Keep in mind that for hundreds of years, Catholics did not believe that any of the protestant faiths were actually practicing Christianity. The words Catholicism and Catholicism were once realitively synonymous, and Catholics talked about there being only one Cathlolic Church.

However, what do you call someone that is a member of your religon, supposedly, that continues to, deliberately, do things that are, expressly, forbidden by your religon?

I give up. Nancy Palosi? John Kerry? Ted Kennedy? Rudy Giuliani? Too bad we can't burn heretics anymore, huh?

52 posted on 04/14/2009 10:56:01 AM PDT by presidio9 (Islam Is As Islam Does)
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To: presidio9
After that, feel free to do what you please.

First faith, then works, but works should follow faith as surely as G*d created the universe.

In Mathew Jesus said, paraphrasing, "If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."

To me that says anyone that professes to believe the things you mention should go all or nothing to do their best to live the way Christ lived.

I can't say that I have done that but I continue to strive for it.

53 posted on 04/14/2009 11:13:15 AM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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