I know... but too big a subject to even broach in a multi-religious site..
The question , "What even, IS a christian ?" cannot be vetted here congently..
Or pretty much ANYWHERE..
Since Jesus came to make ALL religion obsolete, AND DID..(by his words and action)
Including Jewish, christian and all other religions too.. BECAUSE:..
Jesus by doing this, has made the "relgious" crazy for a couple of thousand years.. up till this day, even here on a pretty intelligent website.. i.e. short blubs are wiser.. not in depth analysis.. on this subject..(in my experience).
After all what would a REAL God even need with a religion..
False cartoon Gods NEED religion, not a real one..
-OR- he/she/it would not be God<<--who wouldn't need gender either..
Sorry, but he anti-denominationalist notion that Jesus came to destory all religion doesn't wash. Religion is the communication of spirituality and theology from one generation to the next, the evangelization of the next generation through the inclusion in spiritual practices. The notion that Jesus did not intend this to take place is silly. Just silly. We learn in the writings of Paul and the disciples that prayer meetings did have a specific form. (We can further read from other historical documents, such as the Didache, much about that form.) We can learn about helpers (Diakonos, or "Deacons"), presidents (Presbyteros, or "priests"), overseers (Episcopos, or "bishops"), envoys (apostles), and even a primate (primus).
What is new in Christianity is that the believer has access to the Holy Spirit, so that he may be in accord with the religion through a spiritual ascent, and not simply subjugation. The Christian is obliged to not merely submit to worldly authority, but to experience conversion so he is in accord with those whom Christ had permitted authority.