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« on: November 29, 2008, 02:47:18 AM »
are Rastafarians Christians?
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« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2008, 05:11:01 AM »
If all Rastafarians smoke weed, and some Rastafarians are Christians, which of the following would be true...

A - Some Christians smoke pot
B - All Christians must be high on something
C - This was a dumb question
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2008, 12:26:07 PM »
No.
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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2008, 03:00:39 PM »
Absolutely. What makes you think they might not be?
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« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2008, 01:53:45 PM »
« Edited: November 30, 2008, 01:57:08 PM by Earth »
Yes. An offshoot with peculiar beliefs, but Christian none the less.  Belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ, use of the bible, belief in the holy trinity, etc.
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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2008, 03:07:37 PM »

Why not?
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2008, 04:13:34 PM »

Their views of the Trinity and Haile Selassie.  I'd put the Rastafari movement in the same category as Mormons.
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2008, 08:28:58 PM »
Yes and so are Mormons.
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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2008, 07:22:21 AM »
Anybody who says they are Christian is a Christian as far as I'm concerned.
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« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2008, 08:07:54 PM »
Quote from: Eraserhead on December 01, 2008, 07:22:21 AM
Anybody who says they are Christian is a Christian as far as I'm concerned.

Christian - 1 a: one who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ.  Pretty simple.
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« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2008, 09:38:30 PM »
Quote from: Four49 on December 02, 2008, 08:07:54 PM
Quote from: Eraserhead on December 01, 2008, 07:22:21 AM
Anybody who says they are Christian is a Christian as far as I'm concerned.

Christian - 1 a: one who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ.  Pretty simple.

I believe in his teachings. Does that make me a Christian?
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« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2008, 09:56:43 PM »
Quote from: Attorney General Xahar on December 02, 2008, 09:38:30 PM
Quote from: Four49 on December 02, 2008, 08:07:54 PM
Quote from: Eraserhead on December 01, 2008, 07:22:21 AM
Anybody who says they are Christian is a Christian as far as I'm concerned.

Christian - 1 a: one who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ.  Pretty simple.

I believe in his teachings. Does that make me a Christian?

I doubt that you believe that accepting Christ is necessary for salvation, which was one of Jesus' "teachings," per the NT at least
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« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2008, 10:28:13 PM »
Quote from: © Art Vandelay on December 02, 2008, 09:56:43 PM
Quote from: Attorney General Xahar on December 02, 2008, 09:38:30 PM
Quote from: Four49 on December 02, 2008, 08:07:54 PM
Quote from: Eraserhead on December 01, 2008, 07:22:21 AM
Anybody who says they are Christian is a Christian as far as I'm concerned.

Christian - 1 a: one who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ.  Pretty simple.

I believe in his teachings. Does that make me a Christian?

I doubt that you believe that accepting Christ is necessary for salvation, which was one of Jesus' "teachings," per the NT at least

But I don't accept the NT as documentation of his teachings.
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« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2008, 11:04:57 PM »
Quote from: Four49 on December 02, 2008, 08:07:54 PM
Quote from: Eraserhead on December 01, 2008, 07:22:21 AM
Anybody who says they are Christian is a Christian as far as I'm concerned.
Christian - 1 a: one who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ.  Pretty simple.

Not quite. People tend to pick and choose their "foundational teachings" as it were. That is, if they even know apart from being told ad nauseam.
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« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2008, 02:02:34 PM »
No. They're stoners. Plain and simple.
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