"So, no Christians ever held dominion over another human being and decided their fate? So, no Christian ever owned another human being to be used as an animated tool or animated sex toy? So, no Christian American ever owned slaves or treated those of another race as inferior and the equivilent of animals?"
Answer: NO! They may receive grace as did the thief on the cross; but as for being Christ like...NO! Christ owned no slaves...he set them free (those enslaved to sin)! Christ gave dominion and free will! Christ came in complete humility to all races; as a sheep to the slaughter!
But then one must ask what really is a Christian? One just because they claim to be one...walked to an alter one night 20 years ago and professed Christ as Savior? One that comes in Christ's name and says "Did we not prophesize in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and performed many wonders in Your name?" To which Christ will reply "I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness".
No. A Christian will be known by their fruits. Those of the vine whose fruit resemble those of Christ.
Post 38. Excellent. Couple of general comments on the thread. "Lucifer" means bright star and doesn't refer to satan. Refers to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon who was thrown down because of his pride. Isa 13. In another place, "...the kingdom is within you" is more properly in the Greek "...the kingdom is in your midst". I.e. Christins serving the King (Christ) within the general population. And the special theory of evolution is a fact, but a cockapoo is still a dog. The general theory is not a fact. I will be waiting for the day the evolutionists produce a bird from an alligator. I am also waiting for an explanation of the process of meiosis according to the evolutionary principles of mutation adding genetic material, survival of the fittest, and natural selection.