From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!rah
Newsgroups: net.religion
Title: Re: Christians from birth
Article-I.D.: npoiv.1930
Posted: Tue Feb  8 22:36:06 1983
Received: Fri Feb 11 07:48:43 1983
References: ihuxb.217 harpo.1372

I agree with Carl J. Hoffmann that a confession (what I called a conversion)
is required, since that is in fact one of the teachings of Jesus
and by definition a Christian is a follower of Jesus's teachings.
(Not a perfect follower, mind you)

I think that we are having the same problem with "Christian" that
existed with the term "gentleman" in english.  The term is being
used both to describe a particular manner of acting, as when I
define a Christian, and also as a general term of approval,
i.e. That was a Christian thing to do.

Rich Hammond
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