RE: How can a Christian reject part of the Bible and still call themselves a Christian?
January 15, 2019 at 10:40 am
(February 10, 2014 at 6:04 pm)KUSA Wrote: I had a conversation with Christian girl yesterday and it randomly led to the subject of homosexuality.
She believes that it is perfectly acceptable to be a homosexual because you should be able to love anyone you want.
I asked her how she could say that and call herself a Christian. She became iritated. I pointed out that her Bible clearly states that it is an abomination. She finally said " I don't care what it says" and ended the conversation. The stress caused by the cognitive dissonance was pretty high.
I find Christians do this a lot. They reject what they don't like in the Bible.
Well, that would depend on what it takes to constitute as a christian.
Some would say believing Jesus is God will suffice, or that if you subscribe to the beliefs outlined in the Nicene Creed.
Christians can believe all sorts of things, such as the bible not being an inerrant word of God, that the views expressed in them are driven by the cultural context, flaws, and prejudices of their writers. This in and of itself is an insufficient basis to deny that someone is a Christian.
Different Christians have different interpretations of a variety of aspects about the bible, just as people have different interpretations of great novels. While many christians might hold their interpretation as the accurate, few would say holding to their interpretation is a requirement of being a christian. It's not a central doctrine of the Nicene Creed, which help to establish orthodox vs non-orthodox beliefs.
