Technically the definition from Webster is "One who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ"
And the Dictionary.com definition actually weakens your argument, as you only give 1/2 of the first definition, and the other half plus the following definition shoot your (and my) arguments in the foot, since it could be argued that someone who murders neither adheres nor exemplifies the teachings of Christianity and Christ respectively.
7. a person who believes in Jesus Christ; adherent of Christianity.
8. a person who exemplifies in his or her life the teachings of Christ
For the purposes of this now entirely semantic argument, I've been using Christian in the Nicene Creed sense to mean "Someone who believes that Jesus Christ suffered, died, and rose again to forgive their sins and therefore they are going to the Christian heaven when they die"
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Last edited by telekinetic; 04-14-2009 at 11:25 AM..
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