(May 5, 2009 at 4:48 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Nonsense. Here's why:And as I've said time and time again, this isn't a definition of Christianity. A Christians is someone who believes in Jesus and in most cases accepts him as their lord and saviour. Many people are Christians and commit acts that would be considered deplorable by Jesus, but this doesn't make them not Christians. Bad Christians maybe, but it doesn't negate the belief.
A 'Christian' wouldn't be following Christ if he prayed to saints, if Christ expressly forbade it. Christ described what was right and wrong to him, so to follow him you need to do stuff he does. There's the definition and the clause.
You argued previously that Catholics were not Christians, and you gave some faulty reasons for why. If you are going to count doing anything that Jesus said not to as tantamount to being ejected from Christianity, then you yourself are not a Christian. I am sure you have done things that Jesus said not to (i.e. lied, stolen). You have certainly been fallacious and disingenuous on these forums, ergo I turn your entire argument around to you. Prove to me that you are a Christian by your own definition (i.e. not doing any acts that Jesus preached against) or accept that the definition of a Christian is varied and depends on precious little.