RE: A quarter of British Christians do not believe in the resurection
April 13, 2017 at 2:47 pm
(This post was last modified: April 13, 2017 at 3:13 pm by SteveII.)
(April 10, 2017 at 5:52 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:(April 9, 2017 at 9:52 pm)SteveII Wrote: A great example of nominal or cultural Christians. However, if they do not believe in what is the very definition of what it means to be a Christian, they are mistaken in their self-identity.
In many cases, it probably is that the person believes in God and is NOT a Muslim, Hindu, Jew, or some other religion. They arrive at Christianity by cultural default.
You speak of "the definition" as if it exists independent of the people who claim themselves to be Christian. It's not. Christianity is what the self-professed Christian says it is. If 1,000 years from now, no Christians believed in the resurrection, your opinion would simply be regarded as a relic.
It does exist independently! When God himself comes to earth and preaches a clear message for three years, how much more objective can you get? John 14:6 - Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." If 1000 years from now, no one believed in the resurrection, there would be no Christians.
