Originally posted by divegeesterWith all the conflicting opinions on what "being a Christian" actually entails as well as on what the Bible actually says, you can't understand how someone may not know whether or not he is a Christian?
Please explain how either being a Christian, or not being a Christian is a false dichotomy?
Originally posted by divegeesterHe means that it is possible to be both Christian and non-Christian at the same time and that therefore I am asking you an unreasonable question.
He means that it is possible to be both Christian and non-Christian at the same time and that therefore I am asking you an unreasonable question.
Edit: no matter what his explaination is, I predict that you will like it.
Your reading comprehension is poor. Perhaps it'd be better if you refrain from pretending that you know what other people mean.
23 Apr 17
Originally posted by ThinkOfOneI asked you how it is a "false dichotomy".
With all the conflicting opinions on what "being a Christian" actually entails as well as on what the Bible actually says, you can't understand how someone may not know whether or not he is a Christian?
Originally posted by ThinkOfOnePlease explain (precisely) how my reading comprehension is poor.
[b]He means that it is possible to be both Christian and non-Christian at the same time and that therefore I am asking you an unreasonable question.
Your reading comprehension is poor. Perhaps it'd be better if you refrain from pretending that you know what other people mean.[/b]
Originally posted by ThinkOfOneNo, your post contained a generalised premise that there are varying perceptions about what a Christian is by a large population; it does not account for what chaney3 as an individual within that population, and who can decide for himself what a Christian is, or is not, thinks about the validity of his own Christianity. He must know, based on his own understanding of what Christianity is to him, whether he is one or not.
I know you did. The answer is contained in my response. Perhaps if your reading comprehension were better, you'd figure it out.
Are you a Christian, ThinkOfOne?
Originally posted by divegeesterHe can't "decide for himself" that "with all the conflicting opinions on what 'being a Christian' actually entails as well as on what the Bible actually says", that he doesn't know? That he doesn't feel that he has enough non-conflicting information on which to base that determination?
No, your post contained a generalised premise that there are varying perceptions about what a Christian is by a large population; it does not account for what chaney3 as an individual within that population, and who can decide for himself what a Christian is, or is not, thinks about the validity of his own Christianity. He must know, based on his own un ...[text shortened]... g of what Christianity is to him, whether he is one or not.
Are you a Christian, ThinkOfOne?
Just because you feel that you have enough non-conflicting information to make that determination, doesn't mean that he does.