What are the Characteristics of a NT Christian?

[Harry Nevis]

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.

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?

Because being white isn't a chosen belief?

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Yep.
For my own part, I had never seen nor heard of those Chick tract things until an Atheist brought them up on this thread. To say they are an accurate representation of Christians, is just silly. It is true that I have heard from multiple protestants that Catholics are not real Christians and aren't "saved", but no protestant has ever treated me badly in any way because of it. 
As for the Westboro Baptists, they are a group of like, 30 people, who exist no where else in the world. To judge all the billions of Christians world wide by them makes absolutely no sense. I sure hope no one here is doing that...

Since nobody can agree on what is an accurate representation of christians (esp. christians themselves), who are we to say that anyone claiming to be one is wrong?