Non Christians: what should a Christian be?
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They would act more like Jesus and less like Old Testament God. \n\nThey would live the best way they knew how, be content, and a Good Samaritan.  They would feel the "love thy neighbor" trumps most other judgments.\n\nUnfortunately, they are also few and far between.  In the company I work for, it is very often the ones with Christian merchandise on their orders that are the most likely to not pay, lie, and try to weasel out of things.  I don't know why that is true.
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I would say being spiritual.  People can be religious and not be spiritual.  You may know the Bible backwards and forward, quote scriptures at the drop of a dime and not walk in the Spirit.  \n\n2 Corinthians 3:6:  He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life."\n\nJesus always had issues with the "religious" folks, not the sinner.  The "religious" folk were the ones who were trying to trap him.  God is spirit.  How can we hear from Him if we don't walk in the Spirit.  The word tells us to be spiritually minded:\n\nRomans 8:6 "For to be carnally minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace."\n\nI Corinthians 2:14 "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him:  neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
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Hi, sweetie. I am a born again Christian. At least I try to be. I am truly sorry that other Christians have not been quite the Christian. In being a Christian, we all have to understand that we are not  perfect and that we can only strive for perfection. \n\nMany people don't believe in God and that is their personal right. As for my right, I would rather believe and be wrong than not believe and be wrong. \n\nWhether you believe or not, just know that Jesus does love you and He died for us all. He was scorned for sitting with the publicans and sinners. He didn't judge you and neither will I.
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Christianity is supposed to be a way of life based on the teachings and life of Jesus.  Very few people actually can be classed as being "Christa in"\n\nUnfortunately there are many that call therm-selves Christian and profess to follow the teachings of Jesus but by their actions they are far from what Jesus taught.\n\nA good place to start is by reading the Bible. (Use several modern versions as some are very highly biased to theological ideas, eg the King James is highly biased) \n\n Talking to  various people the profess Christianity will possibly confuse you even more.  So send me an email.  I can tell you the different ideas and leave it up to you to decide which one you think best describes the teachings of Jesus\n\ngordo_burns@yahoo.com.au
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"anyone who is a good person is a Christian."  I don't agree.\n\nYou are not a Christian unless you believe the teachings of Jesus Christ.\nIt even says that in the dictionary.\n\n\n"...it takes more than (being good or nice) to be a follower of Christ."\n\nYou're right about that
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Christian or no Christian- everyone should seek a happy life- that's it
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One cannot become a Christian or be a member of Christ's Church without doing the following:\n\n1) Believe John 3:16\n2) Publicly Confess Jesus as the Son of God Matt. 10:32- \n33 \n3) Repent of your sins Luke 13:3, Acts 2:38\n4) Be baptized for the remission of sins Mark 16:16, Acts\n2:38\n5) Live faithfully\n\nI am glad that you had the courage to ask such a question, I hope this helps. God bless!
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On Baptism; Read ACTS 2:38 and ROMANS chapter 6.\n\nOn Atheists; Read ROMANS chapter 1 and PSALMS 14:1.
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Being religious doesn't make you Christian.  Religious people do just about everything anyone else does, so I wouldn't let it shock me.
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not all Christians are Catholic.  some are Baptist, Pentecost, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, undecided, New Age, etc.  You get the idea.  All Catholics should be Christian.  \n\nThat's like the statement, all salmon are fish, but not all fish are salmon.  All Catholics should be Christian, but not all Christians are Catholic.\n\nI'm Catholic and Christian.
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My interpretation of my chosen faith (Christian) and "being a good person" complement each other. But if you're asking if a non-Christian or non-Muslim can be capable of being a good person, the answer is yes, of course. Being a good person isn't necessarily based on faith but with humanistic principles base on social contract. Whether a person's motive on these principles vary from person to person (IE: spiritual benefits, karma, just to be the best they can be, etc) and  is their personal choice. I have friends that are "non-believers" that subscribe to these principles and act with accountability. And of course there are some religious people in the world that aren't necessarily benin.
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Christians should be known for acting, talking and loving like Christ...that is if they are really a Christians.  We also have the responsibility to proclaim righteousness on certain ungodly issues like abortion and gay marriage to prevent people from falling into condemnation
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if they are Christian, then they don't
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An essential part of being a Christian is being a =community=, i.e. the Church.  Christianity is not simply a set of beliefs.  The community of the Church, in all its diversity, has a common history and part of that history is the canonization of its Scriptures.  IOW, at a point in its existance (about 300 years after Christ) the Church came to recognize certain writings as sacred and others as not.  Though this was not universally agreed upon (some parts of the Church recognize the inter-testament books, some times called the Books of the Apocrypha), for the great majority of Christians in the West the canon is closed.\n\nRe. the Gospel of Peter, earlier does not necessarily mean closer to the truth.  FWIW, the Gospel of Thomas is gaining authority among moderate/liberal Christians.\n\nBTW, many of the church "fathers", Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, et al., raised serious questions about what the canon included. \n\nGood question!
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I did not say it is no christian. In fact quite the contrary. It is a typical christian
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Christianity, as practised in the majority of churches in the UK is not radical enough.\n\nIt should be radical in that it welcomes everyone in a non-judgemental way, whoever they are, wherever they come from, whatever their background.\n\nIt should be radical in that it cares for people, within the curch and outside, who are "on the edge."  It should help with food, shelter, clothing, friendship.  The church should visit the sick, those in prison, those that live by themselves, the elderly and others that get pushed to one side in life.\n\nIt should be radical in dealing with moral matters within the church according to Scripture (1 Corinthians 5).  Those that profess to be Christians, especially leaders, who live immoral lives should be expelled from the church until they show clear signs of repentance.\n\nIt should be radical in responding to attacks.  It should respond with love, mercy and forgiveness, never repaying wrong with wrong.\n\nIt should be radical in looking for justice for people, no matter who they are.
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No your not christian!!! You are in a christian religion/sect but that doesn't make you a christian, since the whole world forgot what a christian is.\nI'm not a christian but I don't say jesus when shit happens.