Case in point. Not all who call themselves Christians are actually Christians. You should be able to tell that just by looking around today. People have done lots of things in the name of their religion, but that doesn't mean God is anywhere near them.
I wasn't aware that
you were assigned as the ultimate authority on who is, and who is not a real Christian. Such a weighty burden you bear.
"I am on a mission from God!" cried Hitler publicly and loudly in 1934. I agree. Given what Christians have done to humanity, he sure was.
No, you do not get to twist my words the way you do the Bible.
If you can't quit the crap and start speaking truthfully, I will lose all interest in responding to your posts. Simply put, you are bearing false witness and I will not encourage your bad behaviour.
Who decides if Christians who call themselves Christians are "real'' Christians? You have identified that "not all who call themselves Christians are actually Christian". You decides?
Are you bearing false witness or just being judgemental as some Christians are not meeting an arbitrary standard you have established?
It's just a way of avoiding admitting the evil stuff in their shared, iron age handbook.
With the various sects / subdivisions of Christianity, it seems Christians can't decide among themselves who holds the title of "real Christians'.
Not true. I'm sure all you atheists walk in lock step, don't you? Yet you all reject your Lord and Saviour.
What's not true. Christianity has not splintered into many sects / subdivisions?
I would disagree with your comment about atheism. There is no real atheist asserted philosophy, all of atheism tends to be a critique of theistic assertions. Atheism is really a philosophical rejection of the assertions of theism as undemonstrated and fallacious, nothing more.
And I disagree with your comment concerning Christianity.
Christianity is really a philosophical acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.
I'd rather go with a rational approach to existence.
I don't really understand the level of a mind that claims to worship gods of mercy and justice and then condemns anyone who disagrees with them to torture and death. On the one hand, this fits in exactly with much religious doctrine; life tends to be cheap in the theistic philosophy, mainly because the adherent's believe that life continues after death, or it is replaceable by the various gods. It is ultimately, even if only on a subconscious level, alright to denigrate, revile and even kill people, because you are either,
a) "sending them to a better place", or so goes the thinking, or,
b) you can behave appallingly and all is excused if you recite a slogan which is, after all, the way god wants it.
This is why the alleged "holy books" tend to be filled with violence and calls to wars. I long for the day when the priest or pastor gets up in the pulpit and reads aloud the verses in their holy books that applaud rape, murder, and pillage. Of course, most theologians won't read out those passages of their holy books in their sermons -- but
you can!