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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (44791)	2/26/2002 1:19:29 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I wasn't thinking of it in theological terms, but rather in terms of classifying religious groups. Wether I think the ideas behind it are completely right, or a bit right, or just crazy, the Christian tradition is a long one and it is what is usually meant by the word Christian. To use something else would seem to confuse the issue. Of course if the argument is going to be more theological and centered on Christ it could be argued that Christian means one who follows what Christ taught, but to the extent that their are different opinions on that question it would seem to make sense to call the larger mainstream tradition Christian, at least outside of arguments pushing the idea that mainstream Christianity does not represent Christ's ideas or when you are not dealing with people who agree with you about Christ's teachings. If you are going to use the words Christians and Christianity to refer to those who follow what Christ taught and you think most of what is called Christian doctrine is very different then what Christ taught then you would have to come up with new words to describe what most people think of as "Christian", and some people may be confused by your usage, not understanding what you mean by the new words and thinking you mean mainstream Christian thought when you use terms like Christianity. Tim