Posted on 05/06/2011 2:36:31 PM PDT by NYer
Cronos: A lot of the misinformation on both sides is willfully made by those who seek to divide Christians——END
What is a Christian? What authortiy defined who is and is not a Christian?
At the basic level it is a person who believes that Jesus Christ is God, part of the ONE God.
The mainstream of Christianity (not Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses) believe that Jesus Christ was God, 100% God and 100% man.
Cronos: At the basic level it is a person who believes that Jesus Christ is God, part of the ONE God.The mainstream of Christianity believe that Jesus Christ was God, 100% God and 100% man.——END
What authority said all that?
ok, how do you define a Christian?
It is not my place to define doctrine. I am not an authority.
The Moslem will say he accepts all that Christ said, but that He is just a prophet. THe Hindu will say that he accepts all Christ said, and accept that He is God, but that He's "a" god.
To differentiate this, one states what is a Christian or not.
Cronos: To differentiate this, one states what is a Christian or not.
Why should one have their own opnion when there is an authority that has defined what a Christian is? If each individual is going to take action based on their own opinion, creating sides with some personal grouping as to who is a Christian and who is “the enemy”, then we have will chaos.
Correct -- welcome to the Religion Forum :-)
Ideally, we do not want to be contributers to chaos. That puts us full circle back to my original question:
Monday, May 09, 2011 10:47:59 AM · 63 of 68
ccastle to Cronos
Cronos: At the basic level it is a person who believes that Jesus Christ is God, part of the ONE God.The mainstream of Christianity believe that Jesus Christ was God, 100% God and 100% man.——END
What authority said all that?
Believed in what? That Jesus said He was the Son of God and shown in Paul that He Was/is God, yet the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The OT God was/is ONE, hence Jesus was Him, yet we see at the Baptism three "aspects" of this ONE God, hence the ONE God is in three -- Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit
Hence a Christian is a disciple of Christ, believing that Christ is God, part of the ONE God, 100% God and 100% man
The authority is Jesus Christ Himself, the Word of God who says that
That is just one person’s interpretation of scripture, that is no diferent than a personal opinion. That is not an authority.
Hint: To a Roman Catholic, an authority would be the Roman Catholic Church.
And to you, sir?
i don’t understand your response, please elaoborate further.
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