What do you mean by 'blanket statement'? You said you don't believe you're making one, but you're saying 'Christians believe..', 'Christians don't..' so on, all of which are, to me, examples of blanket statements.
What makes someone random? Do I not count as a Christian; I am an example of one you might come across in a street and who'd answer 'yes' were you to ask me 'Are you Christian?'. I wouldn't say many of the things that you think an average Christian would say when asked what Christian believe, nor do I believe all of them.
I live in a very religiously conservative area and yet I know of NO Christians who do not consider Quakers Christian. I would only say that you're not Christian because you yourself don't identify as Christian. Were you to say you're Christian, I'd take you at that.
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Date: 2004-04-11 09:29 pm (UTC)What makes someone random? Do I not count as a Christian; I am an example of one you might come across in a street and who'd answer 'yes' were you to ask me 'Are you Christian?'. I wouldn't say many of the things that you think an average Christian would say when asked what Christian believe, nor do I believe all of them.
I live in a very religiously conservative area and yet I know of NO Christians who do not consider Quakers Christian. I would only say that you're not Christian because you yourself don't identify as Christian. Were you to say you're Christian, I'd take you at that.