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Originally Posted by EinsteinsGhost
1- Personal rights.
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With that stroke of genius logic I could make a case that rape should be legal...because, after all...it's "personal rights". Obviously, that's hyperbole--the logic breaks down. Abortion is not just "personal rights"....someone dies every time it happens.
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2- I'm sure that church would disqualify you as a Christian. As it is, it is politics within the religion that has gone on for as long as the religion itself (also true with Islam, BTW), and is killing it, one cell at a time.
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You've kind of made my point--he was a member of a church that was more concerned about politics than the religion. I don't think he really cares about the religion.
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3- What is your problem with it? Christians are expected to walk the path Christ practiced. Did Jesus go to a building to connect with God? Where did He go? And, no, he didn't trust "buildings" or "priests" unlike the Christians that want to define "Christianity" these days.
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The idea of being a Christian but not wanting to be around other Christians is just silly. Read some of the New Testament---the church is to minister to the body and build each other up. We edify each other with fellowship.
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Do you think Jefferson was a Christian? Unlikely.
"You say you are a Calvinist. I am not. I am of a sect by myself, as far as I know." - Thomas Jefferson, 1819
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He very possibly was. I've heard a lot of quotes that suggest he was very active in his Christian faith.
I identify myself as a Calvinist...but salvation doesn't hang on whether you accept the 5 points of Calvinism or not.
