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- From: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
- Subject: Re: Will the -REAL- Christians please stand up? Was: What did Judas betray?
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 21:53:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.165941.28423@hfsi.uucp> ata@hfsi.UUCP (John Ata - FSO) writes:
- >You can make the same point about most groups and reach the same
- >conclusion. Are Reagan Democrats "real" Democrats? Are Clinton
- >Republican "real" Republicans? In the end, the only definition
- >that counts of a Republican or Democrat is one who is registered
- >as such regardless of their belief. So a Klu-Klux Clan president
- >can legally say that he is Republican, but since his beliefs are
- >diametrically opposed to what Republicans normally think, his
- >opinions are not generally researched for the core beliefs of the
- >Republican Party. And I would suggest that a Christian is one who
- >thinks that they are following Christ regardless if some of their
- >beliefs are in variance with other Christian beliefs. However, if
- >someone claims to be a Christian and then ignores the core beliefs
- >of Jesus, although they may be called a Christian in name, their
- >actions are there for everyone to see and discriminate.
-
- But how do I tell if someone ignores the core beliefs of Jesus? Not only can't
- Christians agree on who is a Christian, they can't even agree on what the core
- beliefs of Jesus are. It's as if there were a few dozen mutually contradictive
- Republican party platforms.
- --
- "the bogosity in a field equals the bogosity imported from related areas, plus
- the bogosity generated internally, minus the bogosity expelled or otherwise
- disposed of." -- K. Eric Drexler
-
- Ken Arromdee (arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu, arromdee@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu)
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