From my perspective, all this find theological hair-splitting over what constitutes a True Christian is laughable. When you look at the diverse beliefs that were all part of "Christianity" pre-Nicaea, you find there wasn't any such nuanced criteria.
Docetic Christian: Jesus couldn't have been a material being. The material world is evil. God is not evil. Therefore, Jesus could only have been a spiritual apparition.
Marcionite Christian: Jesus was a higher god, superior to that clown Yahweh. Throw out the OT and all things Jewish. Mary and Joseph? What, this god was a baby? Did Mary have to change God's diapers or feed God at 2 am? Ridiculous! Jesus appeared in the temple one day as a fully formed adult. No childhood, no virgin birth, no Christmas manger scene.
Ebionite Christian: ...or the original "Jews for Jesus". Jesus was a normal man, born the son of Joseph and Mary, conceived as all babies are. At his baptism, God adopted Jesus as a son and the Holy Spirit entered Jesus. The two of them went about for a few years performing miracles. Kind of a symbiotic relationship. Then at the crucifixion, The Holy Spirit left Jesus, hence why Jesus asked "why hast thou forsaken me". God raised Jesus and brought him to Heaven. Paul is a heretic. Salvation is by keeping the Jewish laws.
Arian Christian: No relation to Hitler's mythical Arian race. Jesus was an angel sent by God, clearly separate from and subordinate to God.
These are just a few I could think of.
Docetic Christian: Jesus couldn't have been a material being. The material world is evil. God is not evil. Therefore, Jesus could only have been a spiritual apparition.
Marcionite Christian: Jesus was a higher god, superior to that clown Yahweh. Throw out the OT and all things Jewish. Mary and Joseph? What, this god was a baby? Did Mary have to change God's diapers or feed God at 2 am? Ridiculous! Jesus appeared in the temple one day as a fully formed adult. No childhood, no virgin birth, no Christmas manger scene.
Ebionite Christian: ...or the original "Jews for Jesus". Jesus was a normal man, born the son of Joseph and Mary, conceived as all babies are. At his baptism, God adopted Jesus as a son and the Holy Spirit entered Jesus. The two of them went about for a few years performing miracles. Kind of a symbiotic relationship. Then at the crucifixion, The Holy Spirit left Jesus, hence why Jesus asked "why hast thou forsaken me". God raised Jesus and brought him to Heaven. Paul is a heretic. Salvation is by keeping the Jewish laws.
Arian Christian: No relation to Hitler's mythical Arian race. Jesus was an angel sent by God, clearly separate from and subordinate to God.
These are just a few I could think of.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
