Bookmarking this thread for when someone asks me why I no longer call myself Christian.
Jesus warned us of false teachers who would call themselves christians and deny the very central tenets of the faith. It is perhaps better for someone who IS a christian not to call themselves christian than for someone who is a false teacher to call themselves a christian so they can poison the well of the faith. Jesus was vehement in his denunciation of false teachers & heretics, and so I follow in His steps on this issue.
The very first sentence of this thread:
“Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son” (1 John 2:22).
And also in this thread...
John identifies antichrists, ... they specifically deny the living, personal Holy Trinity in favor of Gnostic pagan, immanent or Eastern pantheist conceptions.
Please don't give up on us.
There is always hope for sick minds...