(April 19, 2014 at 4:17 pm)Lek Wrote: No. Faith in Christ is a prerequisite to being a christian. A person who does have faith in Christ will be comitted to living a good lifestyle because it is his desire to do Jesus' will. If I don't desire to do his will then I don't have faith. Also, if I live a good lifestyle and deny the existence of God, I am not a christian, even if I call myself one. Faith is what saves you and your lifestyle is evidence of your faith.
So, faith is the prerequisite, and your adherence to the doctrine constitutes your skill level at being a christian, which was sort of my point. A christian who believes honestly and follows as many of the commandments as possible- and you yourself admit that even those who try their hardest fall to sin occasionally- is still a christian no matter how many times they fail. There's no point at which your actions would suddenly make you "not a christian" anymore, under your logic, you'd just be a bad christian.
The worst professional soccer player in the world is still a professional soccer player, he doesn't suddenly become not a soccer player because he fails at his chosen task. It's so weird; you christians accept that sin is a constant temptation and that faith is a means to save oneself from that, but then whenever a christian does something that reflects poorly on your religion all of that goes out the window and suddenly faith doesn't matter because your actions determine whether or not you're a christian. You can't have it both ways.
"YOU take the hard look in the mirror. You are everything that is wrong with this world. The only thing important to you, is you." - ronedee
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