[MineralMan]

""Both groups, however, accept Jesus as their savior. That's why they're Christians. The question of whether the first couple of chapters of Genesis are literal or story-telling makes no difference, really."

You're right, but how come there's so much disdain on FR for Jehovah's Winesses and mormons (among others)?"

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Well, there's also a lot of support here for those denominations to be Christian, too. The trend among some believers to cry "not a true Christian" has always been around, so it's not surprising that it crops up here, too.

Jesus himself named the requirement for being a Christian. They were very simple. I figure I'll use those for determining who is a Christian and who is not. At least, I'll assume that someone who professes Christianity is a Christian, unless proven otherwise.

A literal belief in the creation story is not one of the requirements for Christianity, as far as I know. At least Jesus never said anything about it, as far as his teachings are recorded.

[Brooklyn Kid]

It was kind of rhetorical ; )

[Elsie]

Jesus himself named the requirement for being a Christian.

And this would be found where?

[Full Court]

A literal belief in the creation story is not one of the requirements for Christianity, as far as I know. At least Jesus never said anything about it, as far as his teachings are recorded

John 1:1
 ¶In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
2  The same was in the beginning with God.
3  All things were made by him;
and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4  In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

John 5:46
 For had ye believed Moses,
ye would have believed me:
for he wrote of me.
47  But if ye believe not his writings,
how shall ye believe my words?