My neighbor took down all his Trump stuff..

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

83. Well, it's hard to call yourself a Christian if you ignore Matthew 25:31-46

This is what Christ said is necessary for salvation:

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’ and the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family,[g] you did it to me.’ Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?’ Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Far too many so-called Christians act as this did not apply to them. I have had a man tell me that when Christ said, "Love your neighbor as yourself" he was just being "touchy-feely". (This particular man had just said that he approved of bringing back burning at the stake for "religious crimes".)

The people I am speaking of have made God in their own image and likeness. Isn't it fascinating that so many televangelists believe that God hates the same people that they hate. The day after 9/11, Jerry Falwell went on TV and said, “I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way — all of them who have tried to secularize America — I point the finger in their face and say ‘you helped this happen.’”

There's the Westboro Baptist Church who claim to be Christian. Remember them, the "God hates fags" people?

Now, saying that these people are not genuine Christians is not the No True Scotsman fallacy. There are certain criteria one must meet in order to have a legitimate claim about being a Christian, and these people fail to meet it. It's like saying that, despite his claim to the contrary, Lyndon LaRouche wasn't a Democrat.