There seems to me to be some difference between belief systems and philosophy. It all starts (I think) as philosophy but then evolves into a belief system. I think that Christianity is too specific to be considered philosophy because it tries to tell people what to believe rather than telling people what to think. Some of the posters to this thread are obviously Christians who don't need to be told what to believe. They have derived their own beliefs from the teachings of Christ. That's different than having a bunch of beliefs crammed into your head as divine fact from an army of well-meaning Sunday school teachers who don't know the difference between an Epistle and a Gospel. (no offense the previous poster. I didn't know the difference either.
) But Christ's messages gets lost in such rigorous indoctrination.