[r9etb]

If you are indeed accepting "the overall legitimacy of the discourse" and not rejecting the Gospel of John as an imposture alien to the true Gospel, then that would fall within in the scope of Christianity, in my view.

Then perhaps you need to soften your stance on the following: "If one considers any portion of the New Testament not to be divinely revealed Scripture, one belongs to a different religion than Christianity." (emphasis mine)

[wideawake]

Then perhaps you need to soften your stance on the following: "If one considers any portion of the New Testament not to be divinely revealed Scripture, one belongs to a different religion than Christianity." (emphasis mine)

That's a fair comment. Let's phrase it this way as a correction:

If one maintains that any portion of the New Testament cannot be divinely revealed Scripture, one belongs to a different religion than Christianity.

As Cardinal Newman said: "Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt" - as long as someone is willing to acknowledge that maybe, just maybe, the collective wisdom of the Church over two millenia contains more insight and wisdom than he does, then he remains in the fold.