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being a Christian [View all] DBoon Apr 26 OP

work selflessly for others? that's for suckers...... getagrip_already Apr 26 #1

Most Christians are the opposite get the red out Apr 26 #2

President Carter set the example kingvitamin Apr 26 #3

Do you have some data about that? wryter2000 Apr 26 #8

As a current atheist who was a Christian for years, have read the entire Bible twice elocs Apr 26 #22

If you have no idea what the percentage is, you can't say anything about the majority wryter2000 Apr 26 #23

My. 22:14 says, "Many are called, but few are chosen" would imply a majority, but there's no data to prove it. elocs Apr 26 #28

If you can't prove the number, you don't have the data wryter2000 Apr 27 #39

Baptists Traurigkeit Apr 26 #31

I'm not convinved that it's most - soldierant Apr 26 #29

Ooooh nice Seinan Sensei Apr 27 #33

In my experience... GiqueCee Apr 27 #34

Amen wryter2000 Apr 27 #40

Fact. Not just you. soldierant Apr 27 #41

I take issue with "most." Abigail_Adams Apr 27 #35

Thats what it looks like to be a good person. Christianity has nothing to do with it. nt Gore1FL Apr 26 #4

Good Christian bernieb Apr 26 #5

I think he is inherently a good person. nt Gore1FL Apr 26 #6

Could be both. n/t wryter2000 Apr 26 #9

I'd certainly say so. calimary Apr 26 #17

Indeed. twodogsbarking Apr 26 #21

Not if you don't claim to be a Christian, no. soldierant Apr 26 #30

So sad his example hasn't set the 'standard" in this country. msfiddlestix Apr 26 #7

Trump's Christians are the public face of Christianity in America today. keithbvadu2 Apr 26 #10

Your meme left out "Treasonous IMBECILIC ASSHOLE".... AZ8theist Apr 26 #14

don't gotta believe nothing - just know the lingo rurallib Apr 26 #18

I think it was St. Paul who warned against being a noisy gong and a clanging cymbal. calimary Apr 26 #19

It was Paul, soldierant Apr 27 #42

YEAH! That's the one. 1 Corinthians 13! One writing fits all. calimary Apr 27 #44

No true Scotsman, etc. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 26 #11

Yup Farmer-Rick Apr 26 #26

"Scotsman" is defined by DNA soldierant Apr 27 #43

Yeah, well since there is no evidence of an afterlife Farmer-Rick Apr 28 #45

"Anyone can claim Christianity if they want." soldierant Apr 28 #46

Exactly Farmer-Rick Apr 28 #47

Several years ago, my husband gave me a book for Christmas murielm99 Apr 26 #12

My late husband, an 'old school Republican' got me that book when it first came out Attilatheblond Apr 26 #13

I have that book. He's so much more than a national treasure. Autumn Apr 27 #36

He is a Christian and Humanitarian. Which sometimes don't go together. Ping Tung Apr 26 #15

Jimmy Carter's a national treasure who draws tremendous strength & solace from his faith Hekate Apr 26 #16

I was always a live and let live kinda person. (I mean i don't care what the other person believes) bluestarone Apr 26 #20

Maybe in the world of Christians, there are Joe Nation Apr 26 #24

Far more genuine Christians are of this type than the ugly MAGA minority hyped by the MSM. The press and the GOP both Ford_Prefect Apr 26 #25

Jimmy Carter, America's own Mahatma. jaxexpat Apr 26 #27

They hate him ... too uponit7771 Apr 26 #32

They don't like him. Only because he didn't embrace Emile Apr 27 #37

Wait, I thought holding up a Bible that you may not have actually read makes you a Christian! nt Shermann Apr 27 #38