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Old 12-30-2003, 10:04 PM   #10 (permalink)
chavos
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nanofever: Gak already covered this, but horse's mouth nonetheless...

A/B: Not the point of the thread, really. Maybe i should start a new one just for that purpose, but the positive definition is what i spend most of my posting time on the TFP talking about.

C: Perhaps i was not clear...but my point was some Christians are some of those things i listed. Not all. Judging an entire religion by only some of its adherants isn't cool IMO, and i set out to bring that to attention.
D: No...perhaps there is a problem of explanation, but there is no error in logic. Those adjectives do not define Christianty...some Christians are described by them. I would just as readily substitute athiest, muslim, bhuddist or jew for christian in that statement. No faith is defined soley by an unrepresentative sample of members.

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Originally posted by pyraxis
But what does it mean to have a unique experience of God? Do you simply mean to believe that Jesus is God incarnate, or is there more to it than that?
I'll post a new topic shortly, for what it means to me. I just don't want to subtitute my definition of Christianity for a fundamentalist one here. To do so would be just as offensive to a fundamentalist as their definition is to me. Despite the disagreements...i feel that it is possible to share the label, and so i don't want to give people the impression that Christianity is defined by my particular spin.
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