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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If the definition of "Christian" is "someone who follows the teachings of Jesus"

If that’s your definition then there are no Christians.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

I don’t think Dolly Parton hates her family.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If that’s your definition then there are no Christians.

Ok, so you're going with the word is useless as a descriptor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No, I’m saying that christians are people who claim to be christian.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

No, I’m saying that christians are people who claim to be christian.

As I said, useless as a descriptor. By that definition the word "Christian" includes someone who donates time to charities, as well as someone who spreads hate about immigrants, wants them sent back to their own countries, and wants to bomb those countries.

The word "Christian" could be applied to a person that wants to take away a woman's right to medical care, and to a person that is pro-choice.

Hell, the word "Christian" could apply to someone who has never set foot inside a church, has never seen a Bible, and has no idea what's even in it, as long as they "claim they are a Christian."

By that definition if I tell you someone is a Christian it doesn't tell you if that person loves Trans people or hates them. As I said, a useless descriptor.