True Christianity Debate
Comments debate what qualifies as authentic Christianity, questioning if certain behaviors, sects, or beliefs are truly 'Christian' while invoking fallacies like 'No True Scotsman' and referencing biblical teachings.
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an interesting article on this topic: https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2024/02/more-christian-th...
That's not very Christian though.
Curious why you think that. From my POV, they are all very "Christian".
"there's no cherry-picking"What about all the other different branches of Christianity then? Catholicism, anglicans? adventists etcAre they not Christian?
you should edit your post to more specifically say "certain popular sects of Evangelical Southern Baptist Protestant Christians" instead of just "Christians".
I think you’re over generalizing. I understand you’re speaking from your personal experience, and I believe that’s what you encountered, but still, n=1.There are, unfortunately, a huge range of people with widely varying beliefs who refer to themselves as “Christians.” Some of them are indeed not actually interested in theology, only in their own subcultural tradition.But there are also Christians who are extremely interested in textual analysis, understanding the original languages of the
There is a lot more to Christianity than being "Christ-like". The parent's point is there exists a healthy serving of many unChrist-like, by your definition, ideas in the Bible. And even then, there is much more to a religion than its holy texts or doctrine.I'd leave it to the practitioners to exhibit what it means to be one of their followers, and it seems the American practitioners haven't noticed this incompatibility you're concerned about.
>against their beliefsbeing discriminatory is literally against one of the core beliefs of christianity. what a fucking joke.
Your comment seems to be based on some kind of misconception about what religion is. Like, you seem to base your comments on the idea that the Christian bible is the sole foundation for Christian beliefs and practices. There are two problems with that—it’s not true in the first place, and even if it were true, it is not straightforward to interpret the bible.If you are unwilling to put in the effort to learn what Christianity is, then you should also be unwilling to make comments about whethe
Maybe I'm just a bit narrow in my worldview, but something about that sounds very distinctly Christian to me.