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Originally Posted by mrnoodle
I switched to the words "emulating Christ" because the word "Christianity" has acquired so much baggage through the years that has nothing to do with its real definition.
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I've said this before, ad nauseum, but I'm not
imposing a definition upon Christianity. I'm using the most obvious definition possible. If an institution calls itself Christianity, I take that self-definition
at face value. I don't need to do any semantic trickery. There should be no confusion about whether I am discussing
theoretical Christianity or
actual Christianity. When I say Christianity, I mean simply that. Nothing more, nothing less. Christianity: the actual thing that actually exists.
Accordingly: I'm asuming that any persons who choose to define themselves as Christian will understand that this logically implies membership in the observable institution of Christianity. The
actual Christianity, not the
theoretical one.