Literalism and Autism

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I don’t think that you’re mistaken or wrong in your interpretations.  I don’t even think it’s possible for your interpretation to -be- wrong.

Good, that I'll take it that you have no basis to accuse my reading to be mistaken or anyone else's.

It remains a fact, entirely apart from your being consistently wrong about my opinion of your interpretation or your opinion if atheists criticisms.....that there are theological necessities which must be understood as literal truth.....in the Christian myth, all over both magic books.  That’s why the stories were included.  Even in genesis, even to you, even to Origen.

What's the theological necessity of a literal Genesis? Is this in regards to a particular atonement theology that might be dependent on this? If so, is subscribing to this particular atonement theology a theological necessity as well?

Believing in Christ makes one a Christian.  Not believing in the allegory of christ.  That’s cultural christianity - many atheists are also cultural christians.

Most, in fact.

You should be clear here. What you're trying to refer to is, orthodox christian beliefs, the beliefs of a variety of denominations that fit under that umbrella, including Catholics, and Eastern Orthodox Traditions, Mainline Protestants, and Evangelicals.

There are plenty of christians that would fall under heterodox Christian beliefs, including liberal denominations, such christians have existed in some form or the other pretty much from conception. Some don't believe Jesus had a literal body, just gave off the the illusion of it. Some like many liberal tradition reject the resurrection as an actual event. There could be christians who reject a historical Jesus, but they would fall under heterodox.

It should also be said that even in orthodox denominations, like Catholicism, their are codified beliefs in concepts like Anonymous Christians, a category in which even some non-believers, atheists, etc... could full under.

Or to put it clearly, what it means and doesn't mean to be a Christian isn't simple, or even as simple as rejecting a historical Jesus. You could at best make distinctions between orthodoxy and heterodoxy, but thats about as good as it gets.