----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronn!Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 11:16 PM Subject: Re: Objective Evil
> At 10:44 PM 8/8/04, Dan Minette wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Ronn!Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 8:25 PM > >Subject: Re: Objective Evil > > > >...snip > > > >There is also the Eastern Orthadox, which split earlier. Protestant > >usually refers to those Christian churches that split from Rome from Luther > >and Henry VIII on. > > > > So am I correct in interpreting that as saying that all Christians are > either Catholic, Protestant, or Eastern Orthodox? > > > > > > (I am not attempting to provoke argument or sound stupid here, but simply > > > to rigorously clarify what you are actually saying before making any > > > comments.) > > > > I'm still looking for a rigorous definition of the term "Christian" as it > is being used in this discussion, i.e., a definition such that, if person > "A" matches all parts of the definition, he or she is a "Christian" for > purposes of this discussion, whereas if person "B" fails to match any part > of the definition, he or she is a "non-Christian". > > > > >...snip... > > > >One could become a member of the Presbyterian church by publicly declaring > >faith in Jesus. > > > > So one does not need to be baptized or sprinkled in order to become a > Presbyterian? Presbyterians accept baptisms by other Christian denominations as valid, as do Catholics. There might be some borderline denominations that are not given the benefit of the doubt, but I don't know of any. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
