RE: The No True Christian Fallacy
August 9, 2014 at 9:38 am
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2014 at 9:40 am by Baqal.)
@Whateverist
-But what does it mean to believe in God? Does embracing an allegorical conception of God make one a Christian? Would a person who conceptualizes gods as a potential of the psyche generally and who recognizes the Christian God as alive and well in his own psyche count as a true Christian? What counts as belief probably has to get parsed as well.
Well, I would leave these questions to be answered by the believer. The declarative statement of the individual in question usually is the final word. When someone calls himself a Christian, and claims to believe in God, I have no other choice but to put them under that category from my personal perspective.
Also, these "this is the true one" classifications are utter nonsense. All Christians are "true" Christians, there should be no debate over subjective requirements for a position of faith.
-But what does it mean to believe in God? Does embracing an allegorical conception of God make one a Christian? Would a person who conceptualizes gods as a potential of the psyche generally and who recognizes the Christian God as alive and well in his own psyche count as a true Christian? What counts as belief probably has to get parsed as well.
Well, I would leave these questions to be answered by the believer. The declarative statement of the individual in question usually is the final word. When someone calls himself a Christian, and claims to believe in God, I have no other choice but to put them under that category from my personal perspective.
Also, these "this is the true one" classifications are utter nonsense. All Christians are "true" Christians, there should be no debate over subjective requirements for a position of faith.
