(April 5, 2017 at 11:34 am)Faith No More Wrote:(April 5, 2017 at 11:26 am)SteveII Wrote: A social Christian, nominal Christian, someone who self-identifies as a Christian but does not understand what the NT instructs as far as doctrine, attitudes, and living. I was attempting to be clear on the measuring stick I was using.
Fair enough, except that "understanding what the NT instructs" is up to your interpretation. Again, those other Christians would say you're doing it wrong.
Ask a Sunni they will say the Shiite is getting it wrong. Ask a Shiite and they will claims the Sunni is getting it wrong. Ask a Tibet Buddhist and they will say a Chinese Buddhist is getting it wrong. Ask a liberal Obama voting Baptist and they will say the Trump voting Baptist is getting it wrong. Baptists don't consider Catholics "true Christians" but both Baptists and Catholics don't consider Mormons Christians, depending on individual or individual sect.
Religion DOES NOT foster 100% perfect consensus ever. It does foster groups, but not much more than that.
