Jm, thank you for your comment. I think I agree with you, if you mean that people are what they do not simply what they claim to be. So if Christian's don't do Christian acts, then they are not Christian? Is that agreeable? I will read your links. I am not an arbiter of who are Christians anymore than anyone is an arbiter of who I am. Ho…
Jm, thank you for your comment. I think I agree with you, if you mean that people are what they do not simply what they claim to be. So if Christian's don't do Christian acts, then they are not Christian? Is that agreeable? I will read your links. I am not an arbiter of who are Christians anymore than anyone is an arbiter of who I am. However to participate in society, I do observe what people do, and comment on it both when its helpful to others and when its harmful. No one should hang for my comments, nor when my comments are mutally shared among many others. However we are dealing with many current issues and situations today where groups holding out their identities by skin color, religion, gender, etc as they hang people in the media, shooting them, or withholding rights, etc. These groups do not tie their hands with self assessment and correction. I doubt we can be perfect in addressing these issues.
Jm, thank you for your comment. I think I agree with you, if you mean that people are what they do not simply what they claim to be. So if Christian's don't do Christian acts, then they are not Christian? Is that agreeable? I will read your links. I am not an arbiter of who are Christians anymore than anyone is an arbiter of who I am. However to participate in society, I do observe what people do, and comment on it both when its helpful to others and when its harmful. No one should hang for my comments, nor when my comments are mutally shared among many others. However we are dealing with many current issues and situations today where groups holding out their identities by skin color, religion, gender, etc as they hang people in the media, shooting them, or withholding rights, etc. These groups do not tie their hands with self assessment and correction. I doubt we can be perfect in addressing these issues.