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What are the Characteristics of a NT Christian?
RE: What are the Characteristics of a NT Christian?
(April 7, 2017 at 9:53 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:
(April 7, 2017 at 9:33 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Well-educated, intelligent, and overall thoughtful contributors like Little Rik, Drich, and MysticKnight; for instance. [?]
Well, I don't know that much about Little Rik. He or she seems like a New Age type. I consider Drich to be all that - just more conservative than me. His line-by-line responses become difficult to follow though. As for MysticKnight, there is a huge cultural gulf. I think far too many people respond without actually try to understand where he is coming from. For me, it takes a lot of work to translate his wording into familiar Western nomenclature. Consequently, I don't spend much time on his threads. Maybe I should. And maybe if I did I would agree with you. Nevertheless my general impression of MK is positive.

(April 7, 2017 at 9:33 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: And unless it's believed by a vast majority, you can pretend it inconsequential and we're being irrational for not ignoring it [Chick] , eh? Like the vast majority of white people aren't members of the KKK, so it's unreasonable to spend time criticizing the KKK. I mean, why bring them up when most white people aren't like that?

Right or wrong, I do ignore street preachers and they were those from whom I collected the Chick tracts. To me they are obnoxious, not evil, and certainly not worth my time trying to have a detailed theological debate with. On the other hand if I discovered an earnest friend or associate passing them out, I would certainly try to have a heartfelt discussion with them. Secondly, I think your last sentence undercuts the previous objections. You seem to be saying that it would be inappropriate to judge all white people by the KKK. So why do you feel it is acceptable to judge all Christians by people like the Westboro Baptists?
Yea well someone got to you in any case. Wanna guess the odds of you being a Christian if you had been born in Iran, how about China or Japan instead? Nope, like most of the world you swallow it because you like what you fell for. Then you say "I'm not like the others". 
Now here is where you stupidly and falsely accuse me of being mean. It's called cognitive dissonance and it can be a bitch, but when you are intellectually brave and have the ability to accept when you attached yourself to a very bad guess, you learn and grow.
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RE: What are the Characteristics of a NT Christian? - by Brian37 - April 7, 2017 at 10:00 am

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