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trotsky

(49,533 posts)

8. First off, no two Christians can agree on precisely what those teachings are.

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 27, 2020, 09:21 AM

Jan 2020

Secondly, since Jesus (if he existed) didn't leave any writings of his own, all we have are what 3rd-hand parties wrote down of the oral stories that came a full generation or two before them.

Thirdly, to automatically label "bad" people as non-Christians is to engage in religious bigotry against non-believers.

So yeah, if Trump claims to be a Christian, he is one.

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Is Trump actually a Christian? [View all] SCantiGOP Jan 2020 OP

Nope, Trump knows nothing about Christ's teachings PJMcK Jan 2020 #1

Evangelicals supporting Trump proves SCantiGOP Jan 2020 #2

Organized religion has always been chiefly a political movement Orrex Jan 2020 #5

First off, no two Christians can agree on precisely what those teachings are. trotsky Jan 2020 #8

Anytime someone describes a "true" or "actual" Christian, you can be assured nonsense follows Major Nikon Jan 2020 #13

Knowing things isn't requisite for membership to Club Christianity. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2020 #10

He's a porn again something Rorey Jan 2020 #3

Trump is an idiot racist fuckhead worshipped by a cult of idiot racist fuckheads Orrex Jan 2020 #4

! PJMcK Jan 2020 #9

he's pretty typical of xtians I know. jesus is so yesterday nt msongs Jan 2020 #6

And he will lose no support edhopper Jan 2020 #7

He was raised Presbyterian AFAIK meow2u3 Jan 2020 #11

The question is more worrying when you turn it around: Pope George Ringo II Jan 2020 #12