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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 07:50 PM Original message |
Poll question: Who is more likely to be a Christian? |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Whats a Christian? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. A true Christian |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Maybe that's a modern definition, but that wouldn't have |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. If I had a nickle for every time you laughed at a joke |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. I generate laughter on DU. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Well, if there were two very clear concepts of a Christian... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Well thats the problem of the term Christian |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. "The upshot of this is of course that the only basis we have... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Because I have read the teachings of Jesus |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. May I be so bold as to propose an abbreviation for that? |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I have no doubts about why they claim to be Christians |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. "We can only determine who thinks they are a Christian." |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. It is possible that someone would lie about being a Christian |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I imagine that someone might claim to be a Christian without |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Correct answer is.... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. If that's the definition, then there are no christians. |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Well, Jesus himself mentioned that there would be two roads |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. They can cite infinite verses to justify their claim, just as you can yours. |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. "By their fruits ye shall know them" |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Like I said. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Do you require absolute proof to substantiate other kinds of claims? |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. When one claims to know another's mind, I require absolute proof. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I thought that criminal courts use a standard of "beyond a reasonable doubt." |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Who's on trial? |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Nobody. That's why I'm wondering why you would require "absolute proof." |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. If I claimed to know what you were thinking, would you want others to just take my word for it? |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. No, but if you made a specific claim about what I think, |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. No is the answer I was looking for. |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. OK. Here you go..... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I'll see your one hateful christian and raise you six more True Christians: |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Posting pictures of less-than-christlike christians is not proof that they don't qualify. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. That's simply not what the word means. |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hmmmmm. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. "a true Christian should not be ashamed to profess it" |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Good point. There are a lot of reasons not to discuss religion -- or politics! |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
34. If someone professes to be a Christian, then they're a Christian... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
35. Poll is kinda useless unless we agree on a definition for the term "Christian." |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. The word "Christian" is kind of useless if it has no agreed upon meaning. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Feel free to use the word as much as you want |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Could you please |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. That thread is long since dead |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Many people post replies and new threads on DU. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
42. I sometimes wonder if there really are Christians. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. "Why do you seek the living among the dead ?" |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. "Nothing is real until it negates to void." |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Try this..... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
47. Since I haven't read the Book of Life, I'm going with whoever calls him/herself one. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. Kick to elicit more votes and more comments. |
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