RE: Literal and Not Literal
September 1, 2019 at 7:44 am
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2019 at 7:58 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 30, 2019 at 6:43 am)Belaqua Wrote: But seriously, if you have some single characteristic that's definitional for Christianity, please let us know.
Try belief in a literal, historic, and scientific Christ. Or as “Paul” puts it....if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile. That’s seems like a good start for defining....Christian....belief, lol.
This handily separates those who are literally Christian, from those who are only metaphorically or culturally christian. The difference between a belief in a specific god and the belief in good and meaningful fables.
Seems like an important distinction......what with one group being Christians, and the other, not.
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