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06-14-2016 , 05:39 PM
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As an aside, I don't think I've ever seen these four spiritual laws before. If I was going to argue that one of them implied the resurrection, it would probably be (4). Hard to receive a dead guy as Lord, maybe?
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06-15-2016 , 01:13 AM
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As an aside, I don't think I've ever seen these four spiritual laws before.
There are a number of organizations that have used the Four Spiritual Laws as a model for communicating the gospel in evangelism settings. Campus Crusade for Christ is a college ministry that leans on it fairly heavily. I think Billy Graham used it in his crusades as well. But if you were never in or around either of these organizations, there's no reason that you would necessarily have seen it or heard it. I don't think any of the mainline denominations used it since they have much older formulations and traditions to lean on.
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06-15-2016 , 04:00 AM
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There are some surveys cited here. They don't ask the same question, but it seems reasonable to infer from the data that a majority of Christians would consider belief in the resurrection essential to being Christian. Anecdotally, it also seems reasonable from my experience.
Does it matter what 'a majority of Christians themselves think? They're rarely cited to settle disagreements over biblical interpretations. In those spots, arguments for and against the interpretations are what count.

If you define 'Christian' as something like 'a follower of the teachings of Christ', then I would consider myself Christian too, but I wouldn't limit myself solely to that.
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06-15-2016 , 11:41 AM
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Does it matter what 'a majority of Christians themselves think?
Considering the original claim is about what Christians think, yes.

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Most Christians would not consider ...
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06-19-2016 , 04:11 AM
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this thread feels so long ago
Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
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06-21-2016 , 05:14 PM
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Most Christians would not consider someone who thinks it is very unlikely that Mary is a virgin, or that Jesus Christ came back from the dead, a Christian, no matter what they thought or felt about anything else. Being a Christian means believing something that most very smart people think is ridiculous.


Smart people fall for stereotypes of a Christian?

What's a Christian? How is a smart way to determine that? By populism ? By individual testimony?
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06-21-2016 , 05:16 PM
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Does it matter what 'a majority of Christians themselves think? They're rarely cited to settle disagreements over biblical interpretations. In those spots, arguments for and against the interpretations are what count.



If you define 'Christian' as something like 'a follower of the teachings of Christ', then I would consider myself Christian too, but I wouldn't limit myself solely to that.


Christ called himself a Christian? Following an example or interpretations of the messages requires no such label.
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