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From: gary@ethos.UUCP (Gary J. Smith)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc
Subject: Re: Re: one more time...
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Date: Tue, 14-Oct-86 08:35:00 EDT
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In article <3071@sdcrdcf.UUCP> alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak) writes:

>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.

I think most Christians would disagree with (as is evident in the
statistics you offered), just as the tradition of the Church
tends to disagree with you.  The debates and decisions of the
early Councils were trying to get at this very question, and they
did not find it as simple and straightforward as you--they wound
up formulating a subtle and complicated statement where they
affirm that believing "Jesus Christ is God" is not enough.  You
must also believe he is man. 



	  	 
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