Waski_the_Squirrel
Resident of the least visited state in the nation.
deewee date=1448127084 said:I respectfully disagree about them being true Christians. One can call themselves a Christian, without ever having been saved.
There are indeed extremists everywhere, and religion is a great place for an extremist to "hide". I don't think anyone would argue that.
You don't have to be respectful. We can disagree.
I don't know what's in a person's mind. If someone tells me they are a Christian, Muslim, Atheist, or whatever, I take them at their word. Most religions don't leave it up to people to judge that. But, if we're going to say these aren't true Christians, then we also have to say the same about the Muslim extremists and the Hindu extremists.
It comes back to why I started this: too many in the media and in politics lump Muslims into one group and forget that they are as diverse as Christians.
And I think we agree that extremism is the problem, not the religion itself. I attend a Christian church myself, even though I no longer believe in any of it. I think it would be interesting and mind-opening to attend other religious services as well.