What exactly is a liberal Christian?

[fragmentsofdreams]

 

[Carico]

Jesus said that the only true Christian is a born again Christian. Hitler was definitely not a born again Christian and of course, then, not a Christian. Hitler worshipped himself.

 

[La Bonita Zorilla]

I believe liberal Christians do exist.

I believe there are many of them.

But remember, not every christian will be saved.

Hitler was a christian. The word is very empty.

so you are comparing liberal Christians to Hitler and saying they will not be saved? Upon what basis?

 

[gordonrouse]

I would also like to add that liberal Christians tend to see doubts as opportunities to grow in faith rather than signs of weakness.

Amen!

 

[tcampen]

Jesus said that the only true Christian is a born again Christian. Hitler was definitely not a born again Christian and of course, then, not a Christian. Hitler worshipped himself.

Amazing how easy it is to swap in Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, Harold Camping, Fred Phelps, Cal Thomas, and others for "Hitler" and the statement makes just as much sense.

 

[NeilUnreal]

The "Hitler card" has a face value of zero in any rational argument.

-Neil

 

[frdave20]

one who rejects the teaching authority of the Holy Father and fails to accept all doctrines and dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church.

 

[Vedant]

oh another thing, liberal christians don't like to offend people...the previous post being a prime dis-example

 

[fragmentsofdreams]

one who rejects the teaching authority of the Holy Father and fails to accept all doctrines and dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church.

The people who have the biggest problem with the pope are anything but liberal.

 

[frdave20]

explain....

 

[James Sez]

one who rejects the teaching authority of the Holy Father and fails to accept all doctrines and dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church.

This would make a fundamentalist protestant a liberal.
I'll have to welcome them into the very exclusive liberal club.
They are going to be .

 

[tcampen]

Evangelicals have some of the biggest beefs with the Pope, and they're nowhere near liberal.

 

[frdave20]

yes they are.

 

[tcampen]

"Evangelical- a designation for Christians who hold to basic conservative interpretations of the Bible, including the belief in the literal supernatural conception (virgin birth) of Jesus, his resurrection from the dead, and the proclamation of the "evangel" or "good news" of salvation through Christ. This term arises out of the Greek word euangelion, meaning "good news." Evangelical is also a generic term that includes Christians from a wide variety of Protestant denominations, Eastern Orthodoxy and even evangelical Roman Catholics. It's not exclusively a Protestant term. Although Evangelicalism is conservative in a traditional view of the Bible as the Word of God, they tend not to be separatist (avoiding other Christian churches who disagree with their theology-see Fundamentalism). "Evangelical" is also an umbrella term that covers Christians who hold to such beliefs."

Pat Robertson, James Dobson, Phyllis Schlafly, Cal Thomas, etc. will be shocked to find evangelicals are "liberal."

 

[frdave20]

the truth hurts sometimes

 

[frdave20]

lol lol

 

[Karl - Liberal Backslider]

Why not actually back up your assertion that evangelicals are liberals?

 

[tcampen]

I think when frdave20 said "the truth hurts sometimes" he was referring to himself. Otherwise, he would have provided some examples and evidence of his own.

 

[Vedant]

frdave20, you've got to make some substantiated argument to back up your quick responses...i mean without using evidence or logic to back up what one says causes discussions to degenerate into trolling/bashing/bad vibes, which nobody enjoys. i just want to understand where you get your beliefs from.

 

[James Sez]

frdave20, you've got to make some substantiated argument to back up your quick responses...i mean without using evidence or logic to back up what one says causes discussions to degenerate into trolling/bashing/bad vibes, which nobody enjoys. i want to understand where you get your beliefs.

...and frdave, particularly because you are calling a whole group "liberal" that generally defines itself against religious liberalism. If you are in college (or going to go), don't hesitate to take a survey of religious beliefs course. If you are past college age, well, hmmm.