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1. When it comes to who is a Christian and who is not, the best gauge is Yeshua Himself. A KKK member can claim to follow MLK's ideals, but that doesn't mean he is. So it is with Christ.Like extreme exaggerations?So, someone who says they're a Christian isn't a Christian? Hmm... interesting.
So all Christians need salvation and reformation in order to be considered a Christian. How do you prove you have salvation and reformation in order to be a Christian exactly?
Living by Christ's commands? All of them?
The 50 Commands of Christ
I've got a few websites here. This one has 50.
Do not commit adultery. So anyone who has ever committed adultery isn't a Christian.
Fear God, not man. So anyone who has ever feared man isn't a Christian.
Judge not. So anyone who has ever judged anyone isn't a Christian.
Hear God's voice. No one has ever heard God's voice, crazies think they have.
Feed my sheep. Well, I'm assuming that Christ's sheep are dead right now, unless you know of any 2,016 year old sheep out there.
So, well... interesting, Christianity just went from being the most populous religion to the least populous religion (alongside some other well know religions like the one Homer invented honoring the Fonze with ZERO participants).
Well, thanks for that.
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love oneanother.”24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching.
It's pretty clear, just saying you're a Christian makes you one about as much as Bruce Jenner saying he's a woman makes him a woman.
I'm trying to figure out what you mean.
If someone identifies themselves with something, isn't that what they are? I mean, who are you to tell them they are not?
Would you accept a KKK member identifying himself with Martin Luther King or would you more accurately say that his actions belie his claims?
With something like religion, there are many different views on what makes someone religious. Some fanatics will say you have to be as fanatical as they are otherwise you're not a Christian/Muslim/Jew/Whatever.
Others are more accepting.
You're trying to tell people, I actually put what you said into practice and all of a sudden I'm exaggerating. Well maybe you should take this into account next time you try and use that line, because anyone who follows it is exaggerating, maybe your line is rubbish.
When someone acts and teaches others to act in ways that are antithetical to Christ's teachings, I most certainly can state that they are not Christian.
If you had evidence to suggest that the person was a sham, then you'd say it.
However religion is that sort of thing which is difficult to define. You have nuns who never go out into the real world and are locked away praying, and you have people who never go to church. Who is to say neither of them aren't Christians?
When someone acts against the teachings of Christ, you can say they're not Christians, but others might disagree with you. The teachings of Christ are contradictory in the first place, which means no one can ever follow them all. Also there are different views as to what makes a Christian. There are those who say the Bible is a guide, it's not to be adhered to as if breaking one thing suddenly plunges you out of Christianity.
A List Of Biblical Contradictions
Bible contradictions.
You can try taking this higher moral stance, but it's not really going to wash.
2. If you're going to claim Jesus' teachings are contradictory, point them out. Don't just post a link to a generic "Teh Bible is fulls of contradictions, I tells ya" site. Be specific.If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
3. As Yeshua Himself said,5 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
Every Christian is aware of sin and combats it within themselves. They make mistakes, but do not continue in them.
If I'm going to make claims and back everything up, then I'd be a massive dick, seeing as no one else on here bothers.