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Don't Panic
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- functional atheist; theoretical agnostic
LOL...it is always nice to be made to feel like I'm an optimist Though when I left the church, my number probably wouldn't have been much higher either. I would discount much of the fundagelical community, as they have become much like the Pharisees of Jesus' lore filled with their hate, love of rules, and pretentious piety. I'm sure a significant minority from most any congregation is just faking it as well for a multitude of reasons as well.By the time I left the church, i was thinking it was probably on the order of five.What kind of rough estimate would you have for the number of True Christians?
Probably the most hated members of their congregations. Not for being judgmental, not for pointing out that the others were Christing incorrectly, but for just living their innocuous life by the actual scriptures and NOT bragging about it.
Despicable rat bastards that they are...
Ignoring theological arguments about who gets the Heaven E-ticket and if there really is a valid theological argument for the existence of eternal torment....As the NT does seem to have message about forgiveness, and that humans are stuck in their foibles, I would think there would be a solid swath from the RC's, to a strong helping from the Amish, Mennonites, Lutherans, among many un-labeled others that have what I would call real faith. There are large minorities that seem to actually want to understand where their holy book is trying to lead them and try to live lives being decent to others, trying to care and feed those in need, that try to put love first, and let their god handle the rest. If one has western wealth, but only give less than 2-3% of your annual income to helping those in need (the Church bingo club doesn't count) and/or spends less than 1 hour a week helping others in need, then does that person really have faith in their Christ? If one supports massive governmental military structures and most every war, does one really have faith in their Christ? By then, the number of Christians who have this feeling of a divine Jesus in their heart would be greatly reduced to something in the couple hundred million.