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**Buincchotourbss** · 10-27-2007, 09:25 PM

The fallacy is the one in this statement: "one cannot use the word "Christian" without invoking the thought "Christian Religion"."

That is simply not true. For people that aren't open minded to ALL religions, I can understand the statement, but it still is not true.

The fact is that "Christian" means following the teaching of Jesus Christ. That does NOT mean that a person has to belong to a Christian church. I am not a Liberal by any twist of the word, but I do agree with a few liberal beliefs. I am not Buddhist, but some of their beliefs are good and thought provoking. But does that matter, really? The teachings is what is important. Our society far too often feels that they can only understand something if they "belong" to one thought group or another. That just simply and obviously is false. Unfortunately, you can't convince someone of that, if they think with their emotions rather than their mind.

10-27-2007, 09:25 PM	#35
Buincchotourbss Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 479 Senior Member	The fallacy is the one in this statement: "one cannot use the word "Christian" without invoking the thought "Christian Religion"." That is simply not true. For people that aren't open minded to ALL religions, I can understand the statement, but it still is not true. The fact is that "Christian" means following the teaching of Jesus Christ. That does NOT mean that a person has to belong to a Christian church. I am not a Liberal by any twist of the word, but I do agree with a few liberal beliefs. I am not Buddhist, but some of their beliefs are good and thought provoking. But does that matter, really? The teachings is what is important. Our society far too often feels that they can only understand something if they "belong" to one thought group or another. That just simply and obviously is false. Unfortunately, you can't convince someone of that, if they think with their emotions rather than their mind.
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