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From: gsmith@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Gene Ward Smith)
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Subject: Re: Re: one more time...
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Date: Sat, 11-Oct-86 04:19:23 EDT
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In article <3071@sdcrdcf.UUCP> alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak) writes:

>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. 

    Based on the above, I might conclude that 53% of Dutch Catholics
are not Christians, whereas many Hindus are. This seems too much at
variance with normal usage, if so.

ucbvax!brahms!gsmith    Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
        Fifty flippant frogs / Walked by on flippered feet
    And with their slime they made the time / Unnaturally fleet.