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From: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc
Subject: Re: Re: one more time...
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Date: Fri, 10-Oct-86 15:55:32 EDT
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Reply-To: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak)
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Tom Albrecht and Willaim Ingogly are debating the question: What is the
	defn of a Christian.

It seems logical to me, based on both the entomology of the word, and on
the most basic of Christian beliefs that, in a nutshell:

	A person who really believes that Jesus Christ is God is
	a Christian.  One who does not, is not.


One piece of data to throw into the fray is that in 1979, only 47% 
of Dutch Catholics thought that Christ is the Son of God. 

 Add to this that
Catholics are more dogmatic than other Christians on the whole
(especially in Europe) and that the percentage above was decreasing,
and you now can see stmts like 'There are X number of Christians in
the world' in a new light.

	Al Algustyniak

(1) Not Quite a Heresy Trial, TIME, 24 Dec, 1979, p.83