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The Velveteen Ocelot

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3. If a person represents him/herself as "Christian" I tend to assume

Sun Nov 5, 2017, 03:48 PM

Nov 2017

the person is a conservative evangelical/fundamentalist. Those who are not in that category usually identify themselves as belonging to a specific denomination, e.g. Presbyterian, Methodist, etc. Sometimes the differences in denominations have more to do with organization and hierarchy than actual doctrine, and sometimes the differences are just bizarrely nitpicky. Supposedly anybody who believes that Jesus was the son of God is "Christian" but it all breaks down after that.

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Christianity - One Religion? I Think Not. [View all] MineralMan Nov 2017 OP

"Christianity" covers a whole lot of variations. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2017 #1

Yes it does, and the generic term has become essentially meaningless MineralMan Nov 2017 #2

If a person represents him/herself as "Christian" I tend to assume The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2017 #3

Yah, but not all denominations look at it exactly that way, MineralMan Nov 2017 #4

You can be pretty certain about one belief. Mariana Nov 2017 #6

Very true MineralMan Nov 2017 #11

Is this a response to any particular claim, guillaumeb Nov 2017 #5

It's an original DU post by me. MineralMan Nov 2017 #7

I feel that each believer must find the path. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #16

Starting a brand new thread in response Mariana Nov 2017 #9

Back to the "most people" meme again? I understand. eom guillaumeb Nov 2017 #17

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be... Htom Sirveaux Nov 2017 #8

Yes. And the splitting just keeps on. MineralMan Nov 2017 #10

Buddhism is probably just as splintered. Voltaire2 Nov 2017 #12

May I introduce a moment of levity? SwissTony Nov 2017 #13

Levity is always welcome. Whimsy, too. MineralMan Nov 2017 #14

Of course not. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2017 #15