[metmom]

Second, who's claiming that anyone is a Christian because of the church they attend?

Some of your Catholic cohorts who keep telling us that all Catholics are Christians and all Christians are Catholics, even if they don't know it yet.

And your Catholic cohorts who keep telling us that they're Christian and born again because of being baptized into the Catholic church.

[paladinan]

[paladinan]
Second, who's claiming that anyone is a Christian because of the church they attend?

[metmom] Some of your Catholic cohorts who keep telling us that all Catholics are Christians and all Christians are Catholics, even if they don't know it yet.

So... those issues aside (and are you sure you understand those ideas properly?), what does that have to do with the "church they ATTEND"? Attendance without commitment is largely meaningless.

And your Catholic cohorts who keep telling us that they're Christian and born again because of being baptized into the Catholic church.

You'll have to make up your mind: are you talking about ATTENDANCE, or are you talking about BAPTISM? Someone who's validly baptized IS a Christian, even if he never darkens the door of a place of worship again. (He may be a *bad* Christian, but Baptism's mark on the soul is indelible; it doesn't go away with age.)