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But I see where you are going with this. Assuming a pastor teaches something contrary to the two critical doctrines of Christianity, the nature of God and the nature of Salvation.

Then I would say no, they are not Christians. For example Mormons, they might claim to be Christian, but I would say they are not.

So I see your point. But even people who pass the key test of being a Christian, can believe and practice horrible heresies.

So just because someone substitutes Dogma for Scientific objectivity, doesn't make them a non-scientist. Same thing with global warming.

There's probably scientists who have believed the data presented by the warmists and not looked any further to see if the data is valid. They are Scientists and Useful Idiots.
There are scientists who looked further but trust that the scientists that cherry picked the info did so for valid scientific reasons. They are Scientists and Useful Idiots.
There are scientists that practice the scientific method 95% of the time, but lie for grant money. They are Scientists and lying dispicable whores.
There are scientists who are all about the politics and don't have a scientific bone in their body. They are SINO's, or non-scientists. But I have no intention of weeding through individual scientists and determining their character and scientific skill.

I don't intend to judge individual scientists any more than I would judge the vast majority of Christians. Even if they believed a doctrine contrary to traditional Christianity, unless it was one of the two key ones, I'd give them the benefit of the doubt that they are Christian. Likewise, I won't call a credentialed scientist who claims to believe global warming, a non-scientist. I'll call them wrong. I might call them politically motivated on this single issue.

I also might very well accept a person as being Christian. But that doesn't mean I will accept everything they say as being the truth. Or assume that they are right about everything. Likewise being a scientist doesn't mean everything they say is based in science or even said with integrity.