Quote Originally Posted by BigJulie View Post
.....So, all we can do is observe what is and isn't Christian behavior. I ***ume that those who act in a Christian way are acting out of the goodness of God and those who do not, are not.
My point is that simply fails...

We can not define the term "Christian" by the manner we live like....
The only thing that we can use to define the term "Christian" is the faith of the person.
And of the things that a Christian has faith in, the most important (above all other things) is the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

There are millions if not Billions of people alive on the earth that are acting in a manner traditionally characterized as "Christian"....yet they are not Christian at all and could be of any faith or have no faith at all.

take a moment and listen to the ideas of a person who we honor by being on this forum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdmIQkX7_no