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So what actually defines a Christian?
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<blockquote data-quote="Of the Kingdom" data-source="post: 74079160" data-attributes="member: 414990"><p>Belief in a creed is not a very good predictor of who is actually a born-again Christian. It may be a reasonable approximation for selecting a group of people who "probably won't be trying to get people to believe some weird doctrines". A more effective way to protect a forum might be to get new users to agree not to discuss certain topics that are very controversial, but that would be more difficult both for the new users and the staff here. A Mormon or a JW, for example, is likely to sneak in their unique doctrines. Essentially, you are handicapped in posting here in order to protect the forum from them and others with perhaps worse beliefs.</p><p></p><p>I hope you can understand that agreement with the creed is only a crude tool for protecting the forum while not taking the time to observe your Christian Spirit or the details of your actual beliefs.</p><p></p><p>I see it as a handicap imposed upon your posting here, but certainly not a claim that you are more or less Christ-centered than the person who thinks less independently and therefore has no problem agreeing with the creed.</p><p></p><p>I think you mentioned somewhere that you couldn't be a member of the church you attended for similar reasons. Hopefully you can worship freely there whether a member or not, but if you had membership you could vote to change the official doctrine of the congregation, so I see it as perhaps of greater importance there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Of the Kingdom, post: 74079160, member: 414990"] Belief in a creed is not a very good predictor of who is actually a born-again Christian. It may be a reasonable approximation for selecting a group of people who "probably won't be trying to get people to believe some weird doctrines". A more effective way to protect a forum might be to get new users to agree not to discuss certain topics that are very controversial, but that would be more difficult both for the new users and the staff here. A Mormon or a JW, for example, is likely to sneak in their unique doctrines. Essentially, you are handicapped in posting here in order to protect the forum from them and others with perhaps worse beliefs. I hope you can understand that agreement with the creed is only a crude tool for protecting the forum while not taking the time to observe your Christian Spirit or the details of your actual beliefs. I see it as a handicap imposed upon your posting here, but certainly not a claim that you are more or less Christ-centered than the person who thinks less independently and therefore has no problem agreeing with the creed. I think you mentioned somewhere that you couldn't be a member of the church you attended for similar reasons. Hopefully you can worship freely there whether a member or not, but if you had membership you could vote to change the official doctrine of the congregation, so I see it as perhaps of greater importance there. [/QUOTE]
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