>>this will have to be something that ALL christian sects believe 1. Jesus Christ was born, lived, died, raised from the dead and ascended into heaven.
2. The goodhood consists of three members: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost (AKA the trienity of the goodhood).
3. The only way to get to heaven is thru Jesus Christ.
4. We are all sinners and require God's forgiveness to get to heaven.
Those I think are the basic principals of Christianity that all denominations will agree with. From there beliefs diverse significantly, for example I don't believe in the literal interpretation of the Bible. The earth is certainly much older than the 6,000 years many Christians believe it to be. And the earth was not created in 6 earth days but 6 of God's days, which could be millions of earth years.
Yes, it's your opinion what a 'true' christian is. There is nothing out there that can rate christians. And who are you to judge anyway? I thought only god could judge people ;)
If I am wrong, then please post evidence of what a true christian is. Remember, this will have to be something that ALL christian sects believe. Good luck.
Listening to what? Your assertion that it is clearly written without any inclusion of that really clear part?
Okay, this is rather long but I just retrieved a bible study we did at my church a while back on this subject.
Webster’s Dictionary defines a Christian as “a person professing belief in Jesus as the Christ or in the religion based on the teaching of Jesus.” While this is a good starting point in understanding what a Christian is, like many secular definitions, it falls somewhat short of really communicating the biblical truth of what it means to be a Christian.
The word Christian is used three times in the New Testament (Acts 11:26; Acts 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16). Followers of Jesus Christ were first called “Christians” in Antioch (Acts 11:26) because their behavior, activity, and speech were like Christ. It literally means, “belonging to the party of Christ” or an “adherent or follower of Christ,” which is very similar to the way Webster’s Dictionary defines it.
Unfortunately over time, the word "Christian" has lost a great deal of it significance and is often used of …
Christina, your opinion of "Christian" may be entirely different from other people. You cannot judge people based on your believes.. if others consider themselves to be christians, then as far as statistics are concerned, they are christian. There is nothing that can actually judge whether or not someone is truly christian. There are tons of different bibles and christian sects.. In fact, some people may not believe that you are truly christian. There are some who believe only catholicism is true christianity as it was the first christian faith.
For the last time, it's not my beliefs. It's written clear as day in the Bible what a Christian truly is!
As you well know, disagreements over the expectations of the Bible abound and it's interpretation is hugely fragmented. Very few Christian denominations can wholly agree on the should and should not of it's entirety. That is exactly my point. You mentioned a few things that you viewed as "not really Christian" and labeled anyone who did them as hypocrites. Therefore, your estimate was based on your expectations. If you wish to claim they are the expectations of the bible, fine, but don't expect to pass that off as universally agreed upon amongst all Christians.
But there can't be a 'real' Christian, that's like asking for someone that is perfect, no one is perfect, like there are no 'real' Christians, because each country has a slightly different way that they do things. Therefore there would be a true, proper, real Christian which each country would have to diplomatically argue over, to who was this 'real' Christian.
