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At the end of the day(And the hour is late) we can surely assign the value of being a Christian to anyone who believes in Jesus Christ and claims it.
I wouldn't even place that limit on it. I met a New Zealander in Singapore who was a god friend of an Anglican Archbishop on the North Island. Neither of them believed in the resurrection or the virgin birth. I asked him haw he... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Argy Lacedom) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18995 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:48:58 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18994/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18994
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A wise author once wrote that a Christian is anyone who calls himself a Christian.


Argy, I was just getting around to saying that myself. The True Christian argument is becoming so old. Just on this discussion board alone we have see a multiple variety of beliefs of people who claim they are Christian and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (RandusOz) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18994 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:38:57 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18993/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18993
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As for your interpretation of the word "Christian" it therefore appears to be the common layman's incorrect interpretation. A Christian, in essence, is a follower of Christ.
A wise author once wrote that a Christian is anyone who calls himself a Christian.
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One man's theology... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Argy Lacedom) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18993 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:30:06 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18992/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18992
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A Christian, in essence, is a follower of Christ. People calling people Christians or even calling themselves that, doesn't make them Christians
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are you a christian, UI? how about you, nannyg? anyone? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (jeff) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18992 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:03:59 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18991/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18991
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As for your interpretation of the word "Christian" it therefore appears to be the common layman's incorrect interpretation. A Christian, in essence, is a follower of Christ. People calling people Christians or even calling themselves that, doesn't make them Christians. Jesus predicted by implication this abuse of the word here:


E.G. A "Christian" is one... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Quontir) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18991 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:46:03 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18990/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18990
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People calling people Christians or even calling themselves that, doesn't make them Christians.


Speak up! I can't hear you over the bagpipes! ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Svlad Cjelli) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18990 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:34:31 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18989/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18989
As for your interpretation of the word "Christian" it therefore appears to be the common layman's incorrect interpretation. A Christian, in essence, is a follower of Christ. People calling people Christians or even calling themselves that, doesn't make them Christians. Jesus predicted by implication this abuse of the word here:

 feeds@yuku.com (utopian indigent) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18989 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:51:28 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18997/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18997 ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Yark Hutprancer) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18997 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:25:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18986/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18986
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I've never said I hate all Muslims, here or at any other place or time.


. . . just that the ones who wouldn't kill you for not being Muslim are nothing more than the cowed, terrified slaves of the ones who would.

You never said you hate them all, but your discussion of them has seemed less like an informed opinion on interfaith relations, and more like attempt to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Malkut) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18986 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:52:51 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18996/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18996 view of the Bible belt.

So if Christianity is violent today hmmm? Well then can someone tell me what's up with this:

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The Bible Belt Has An Unusually High Divorce Rate: feeds@yuku.com (Quontir) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18996 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:48:43 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18988/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18988
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Why do you refer to these things as "Christian violence" Quontir?


It is violence commited by Christians and the vast moajority of those Christians obviously thought that their violence was sanctioned by god and jesus. Otherwise they wouldn't have done it.


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This argument has... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Quontir) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18988 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:14:23 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18987/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18987 Why do you refer to these things as "Christian violence" Quontir? Can you prove that these things were done at the command of Christ? Or are you confused, as has the English language become, between the organised church (i.e. the Pharisees and Sadducees) and the followers of Christ?




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"Who would that I not rule over them bring them hither and slay them before me."... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (utopian indigent) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18987 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:21:13 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18985/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18985
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Look up "hasty generization," then look in the mirror.


Oh please it is not at all hasty and it is not a generalization. It's just you. You are a bigoted hater of those whose religion is different from yours.

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I've never said I hate all Muslims, here or at any other place or... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Quontir) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18985 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:04:12 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18984/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18984 I've never said I hate all Muslims, here or at any other place or time.
If anyone's a rabid hater who paints with a broad brush it is you. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (NannyG123) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18984 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:44:52 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18983/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18983
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You don't know what you're talking about.


Sure I do you despise muslims with a rabid intensity.

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You don't even know my race.

I don't need to know your race, I know your religion and your hatred towards religious "heathens" would absolutely... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Quontir) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18983 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:33:21 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18976/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18976
Riiiiiiight. Nothing naive about that statement. :lol ]]> feeds@yuku.com (H Bomb) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18976 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:02:39 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18982/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18982 You don't even know my race.
I'd have more likely been (certainly all of my ancestors were) among "those filthy heathens" as you put it. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (NannyG123) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18982 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:24:21 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18981/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18981
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Anyway, MY ancestors had nothing to do with Muslims OR black slaves!


Oh please, you'd have been the first one to get in line to throw stones or use the rack on those "filthy heathens"... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Quontir) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18981 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:41:32 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18973/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18973
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But Christians are also making that commitment.


That's the problem Nanny, they aren't not by a long shot. The KKK still exists, abortion clinic bombers are still cheered, Christian Serbs killed hundreds of thousands and Tim Lahayes "Left behind" sold millions upon millions of copies. That in and of itself tells me that Christians are not even close to making any... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Quontir) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18973 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:39:04 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/18970/t/Christian-violence.html#reply-18970
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What's your most recent "In the name of Jesus" murder?
Looks to be about, nope, there are none in this century, much less any this week.


Well, it looks like the authorities are finally getting the upper hand, but those Baptist Christian terrorists in Northern India are still very much a threat to their non-Christian neighbours...

feeds@yuku.com (A Hermit) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/18970 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:07:40 GMT <![CDATA[ Christian violence ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/topic/1873/t/Christian-violence.html
1. Millions were tortured and slaughtered in the name of Christianity during the periods of the Arian, Donatist and Albigensian heresies

2. In the Crusades the European armies were saying, as they slaughtered both Christian and Muslim... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Quontir) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/topic/1873 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:30:35 GMT