What is a Christian
Jeff Lowder errancy@freethought.tamu.edu
Fri, 13 Oct 95 00:08 CDT (00813582480, 199510130501.AAA03286@typhoon.southwind.com)
Farrell Till has an excellent point. I find it extremely annoying
that Protestant Christians will emphasive that we are saved through
"faith alone", but will also claim that Christians who have committed
atrocities in the name of Christianity weren't really Christians.
"Anyone who is a follower of Christ and has a relationship with the
Lord would obviously never do anything that bad, they say." In other
words, when it comes to explaining away Christian atrocities,
Christians will determine whether someone is a Christian according to
their *works*, and not their *faith*.
Jftill@aol.com wrote:
> This is the rationalization that Christians use to explain every
> atrocity committed in the name of Christianity. The leaders of the
> Inquisition weren't really Christians. The Puritans who persecuted
> Quakers and hanged witches weren't really Christians. This doesn't
> explain anything, because they all thought that they were doing what
> their religion required them to do. Without the Bible, none of
> these would have happened.
>
> F. Till
>
Jeff Lowder <jlowder@southwind.com>