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As a sidebar to this discussion, I wonder how most of you would define "Christian". Can it be simply about doing good works and being Christ-like? Or does it have to include, in essence, living by the Apostles Creed and putting every ounce of your faith in the Christian narrative vis-à-vis...

If being Christian required everyone to emulate Christ or live by His standards, 90% of Christians would fail the test. But I think that is because Christianity has never been the religion OF Jesus; it is a religion ABOUT Jesus. Living an humble, non-materialistic, utterly selfless...

That's right. Come to think of it, what I'm getting at sounds like the exact reverse of the way social media works. Typically, we get to know people in our lives all the time---at work, at school, at the club, at church, at the supermarket, at sporting events, etc.--and, then, we invite them...

Interesting concept. Maybe there is something like that over here in the US as well and I just haven't found it yet. I think the main things I would find appealing would be if such a 'community' were to be 'local' to a given region, city or state; and if it had Facebook-like bells and...

Cool. We'll have to discuss it.

:D Haha. Good point. Well, anytime you're passing through south Texas, dinner's on me .....:D

There seem like a lot of nice, sincere people here on this forum (attractive ones, too...although I won't mention names... lol!)--and most of you obviously have solid Christian values. It's too bad that can't translate into a social media site of some kind for middle-aged singles to...

Come to think of it, starting a Facebook page for local singles seems fairly simple. Anyone could do it. The hard part would be promoting it. You'd have to get the word out somehow to hundreds of possible participants and sell them on the idea. And that sounds a little tough.

Let me brainstorm for a sec. Rather than a dating site, maybe what we need is a "Facebook" for local single Christians who are available and looking. I think what would be fun would be a closely-knit little online community of singles from a particular town, county or region. (If I were a...

I have been a member of Christian Mingle for at least a year and a half...and, in that time, I have actually met (face-to-face) a grand total of one lady. She was very nice, the daughter of a preacher. But she had serious personal issues--drinking, bar-hopping and sexuality problems. So, we...

In my view, this is a case of domestic terrorism, pure and simple. And, as concerned Americans, we need to face the fact that there is a direct equivalency between a race-based hate crime like this and the ideology-based hate crimes being committed by ISIS and al-Qaeda followers. When a Muslim...

TozerBGood: Very well said! But I see even more angles worth considering. There are many people who are perfectly comfortable with their Christianity, with their church and its theology. And we should admire them and encourage them to stay with it and grow spiritually. I suspect, though, that...

I do, too. The problem is, we know almost nothing (factually) about the actual historical Jesus (something which, given the enormity of his influence, completely baffles me to say the least!). Even if you go out on a limb and presume the gospels to constitute an irrefutable factual account...

Thanks, Hedrick, for the references. I am always looking to read new takes on the subject. I think my point is this: It is a shame that so many pragmatic, pondering people, many of them Christian at heart, find themselves forced to forego the wonderful traditions of Christianity and the...

Christianity is clearly the religion of Jesus' early followers, but I wonder how close it is to the religion of Jesus himself. A lot of us love the Christian traditions and try earnestly to follow in Jesus' footsteps, but are a bit jaded with the narrow view the mainstream churches present of...