Has it ever occurred to so many of you that people use the name “Christian” to herald their agendas when in

Question by Too Blessed To Be Stressed!: Has it ever occurred to so many of you that people use the name “Christian” to herald their agendas when in
fact they have maybe opened a Bible twice and never even said a true prayer. People say they are Christians just because they believe there is a God. Please stop blaming true believers and followers of God for what hypocrites, extremists, murderers, idiots, fools and the like do and claim. Stop spouting all these little “facts” that say prisons are made up of 80% Christians and it’s right wing conservatists who call themselves Christians pushing guns so therefore responsible for murder and all this other stuff you take out of context and don’t even look properly. I am a Christian and I have never spouted something I didn’t believe to be true, but more than anything ese I have never forced anything on anyone. I have friends from ALL walks of life. I love them each dearly and hope they feel the same about me. We have our beliefs and we even discuss them, but we never hate on each other. If you want Christians, real and imagined, to be so open minded why aren’t you?
Again you have missed my point Lord Ironshaft….
But I am going according to what the Bible says. I am going according to the source. But I am not a judge. That can be saved for the Judgement Seat of Christ. I deserve salvation no more or less than the next person. It is my choice that sets me apart from others.
No we don’t sit around doing nothing. We proclaim what we believe to be the truth but if we went out and acted as foolishly as people claiming something they are not then what makes our decisions any better or worse then theirs? Sometimes we as humans (not only as a religious group) have to shut up and take the oain becuase only then can we rise above. Everybody gets their day in court is a saying that pops into mymind and to me that means that eventually each one of gets to state what we believe to be the truth.
If it walks like a duck quacks like a duck and has the physical features of duck it usually is a duck.
But….
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck but has the physical features of a wolf then it is not a duck.
Christians are not perfect. They are human, and they weren’t always Christians. Each Christian makes a choice and that choice is stated quite clearly in the BIble (Romans 10:9-10 {New International Version}
That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.) And other verses expand on that. If you read the Bible for yourself then maybe you’ll find some of those answers.

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Answer by Lord Ironshaft
What makes you the final arbiter of who is a “real Christian”?

You don’t get to decide what is a true Christian.

*EDIT* You are disputing the claim that 80% of the prison population is Christian. Either the Bureau of Prisons is lying, or you are judging who gets to be a “real Christian”.

And let’s not forget, the Bible has many interpretations. Just because you think it says one thing doesn’t mean the next Christian agrees with you 100%. Try asking questions on here about the meanings of different verses. You won’t often get consensus answers.

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