The point is that all of these label themselves as christians and everyone seems to accept it to some degree (at least to the degree it suits you in saying that the US is a predominantly Christian nation). However when some of these christians do something you don’t accept, people are very quick to denounce them as “No True Christians”.

To tell you the truth, being a true christian in outright impossible as the bible contradicts itself so much.

The definition of christianity is to be “Christ-like” and that is obviously not what they are doing here. Find aomeone who loves God with everything in them and knows the love of Christ and then decide if they are wrong.

You know, a lot of Christians (especially evangelicals, YECs, etc) keep saying this as if it were an objectively measurable attribute, but if that were true you would think there would be far fewer divisions of Christianity and far less bickering over said definitions. Maybe there could be some consensus as to God’s gender, the Pope would see all Christians as equals, and the homosexual/stemcell/abortion/anything-politically-motivated religious ‘debates’ could be brought into some unified position, but the truth of the matter is that two BILLION people consider themselves part of the same religion despite wide and varied views to the contrary.

I’m sure most are modest enough to admit that they aren’t anywhere near Jesus in the Christ-like department, but they do consider themselves good, true, solid Christians, as you yourself undoubtedly believe by your comment. Yet despite varied views I’m sure you would instead try to classify Christians by their character. So who are you to judge how “Christian” someone is based on a single act that has garnered them a small amount of criticism and attention? They could be a total dick 9-5 yet shitting loaves and fishes on the weekend (twice over on Sunday). And just because your interpretation of one of Jesus’s remarks or acts may hint at one thing for you, someone else may conclude something entirely different. Is that person’s view wrong? And how would that be measured? If someone earnestly tells you they love God with everything in them and know the love of Christ, how can you call bullshit on them when your only defense is the exact same claim?

Comments like this bug the crap out of me because they reek of self-righteous ‘objectivity’ while the poster is completely oblivious to how vague and paltry their stance is.