How do christians view apostasy

[Godscreated]

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That's not true Paul urged Christians not to marry unbelievers so they would not have to go through tougher times than marriage can be. He also didn't want Satan to have a person that close working to draw them away from Christ.

GC

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Pressuring in that manner, because of an imaginary fear of an imaginary adversary that would never in a million years actually go up against an omnipotent deity, is pretty much the way that interfaith marriage, which is proven to increase religious tolerance and reduce religiously inspired violence in an area, was treated as a bad idea, thereby basically prohibited in practice by the society. Sure, it can be bad if both people are hardcore about their religion, but...egads, maybe agreeing to disagree for the happiness of the couple and allowing kids from said marriage to have choices other than blatant indoctrination is much more important than cowing before an ancient text!

hock:

I was referring to unbelievers, guess you missed that, though those who believe in other gods are unbelievers and I guess Paul was speaking of them also. Tolerance in the form of allowing other beliefs into Christianity is no different than the Israelites allowing the gods of Canaan into their lives and beliefs. If you've read the OT you know what happened to them, that very thing stands as a warning to today's Christians, one that should be understood and heeded.

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Here I am , God did not take away a person's free will when they were saved, they were saved in their free will and they can give up their salvation in free will. Some give it up believing they will always be saved, because of one thing bad doctrine. Scriptures never say one will always keep their salvation no matter what, it's actually clear that this is what can happen.
As for someone coming back to God, saying "I believe in Jesus," is no more valid than if someone says it for the first time and they do not have a repentant heart when they say "I believe in Jesus."

GC

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Once again, how convenient for your religion. Obviously if you acknowledged that people who were sincerely Christian but then left were...actually sincerely Christian before they left, then logically Christianity might not magically be the solution for everything somehow.

So ignore that pesky logic and keep on bowing by sticking to the No True Christian fallacy! Demeaning the experiences of ex-Christians since 33 AD!

You must be trying real hard to be a jerk, why do I believe that, because I never said anything about all Christians living the faith because they were not real Christians. Some have but they had to know what they were giving up, they freely chose and they can freely leave. I will say not all people who claim to be Christians are Christians. I've seen other reasons why people chose Christianity, but they were for the wrong reason. True Christians chose Christ, that's how we get the name Christian. It's not a club you can join and then expect the benefits. Out side of salvation much in Christianity is earned.
Please explain to me what a true Christian is, you seem to have an idea about Christianity that's not true, like I asked please explain to me what a true Christian is?

GC

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You know I've gotten where I do not read your post and it's been a blessing, however I did read this one and I still find you the most misguided person I've meet here. You are living in blind faith every day, you live in the blindness of your own heart and having faith there is no God.
There is no blind faith in Christianity, Christians know there's a God because we live in a relationship with Him. You might try leaving the past where it is, Christians have, we know the wrong that was done in the past and we see the wrong done now, we unfortunately can't control everyone, so they do things against God's will. We live in the knowledge of knowing God and that's a sight better than unbelievers living in blind faith there is no God.

GC

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That would be like you saying to me there's a girl that likes me but I'm never allowed to contact her directly, that if I leave her then she'll murder me, and that I somehow have blind faith that she probably doesn't exist.

That makes no sense in anyone's book, you do like to twist what others say and then make an argument from your twisted version, that's deceitful at best.

GC