RE: What are the Characteristics of a NT Christian?
April 7, 2017 at 1:55 pm
(This post was last modified: April 7, 2017 at 1:57 pm by Jesster.)
(April 7, 2017 at 1:44 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I don't see my stance on this (as I copied and pasted below) as "No True Scotsman." I see it as a completely reasonable distinction.
Disowning them as not true Christians is sometimes just a convenient way to make yourself appear cleaner. What does that change for the rest of the world? They're still there calling themselves Christians with plenty of arguments to back them up. They're still a self-proclaimed Christian group acting like dicks and making people dislike Christians. The problem doesn't go away like this.
At least I still see a lot of Christians calling them out for their actions and trying to correct them, so it's not like this is being ignored entirely. That's good.
(April 7, 2017 at 1:44 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: If you don't believe Jesus was the son of God, your beliefs are not in line with Christianity. If you blatantly do the exact opposite of what Jesus Himself teaches us, then you are not living a Christian life.
I agree that believing Jesus was the son of God is a base requirement of Christianity. WBC falls in line with this. If you want to have a debate about what a Christian should act like, you should tell them. Telling me won't change anything at all. I still see two groups calling themselves true Christians and nothing improving because of it.
I don't believe you. Get over it.