Hypocrites......

I'm not attacking you or anybody else and I'm sorry if the way I responded caused you to feel that way. You said however, ""true" Christian or otherwise believer will follow their beliefs 100%, 100% of the time. It truly takes a special person to do that." I don't disagree that is what believers, or others for that matter, should hold themselves to but it's an impossibility. Only 1 person has ever done it. It's not fair to label someone, or unlabel them (for lack of a better term) because they are not able to follow their beliefs 100%, 100% of the time, when none of us can do it. On the other hand, life isn't always "fair," as we may want it to be anyway.

The biggest problem I have with these discussions is that they are, more often than not, emotionally driven. And that is why I generally do not get involved, because when emotions are involved and labels are given (to anybody), people are more quick to read statements in a manner unintended. This "could" be a case in point. But this also happens when we all sit behind keyboards and try to discuss things that often end in heated arguments live and direct. Just my .02.

A "true" christian really isnt possible. Not to an agreeable standard. There are thousands of denominations...many many more if you break it down to how within denominations there are individual followers who pick/choose what they want and ignore the icky stuff that their church might push as being good.

And some would argue that it would be the people who follow the bible the closest right? Yet look at those people...namely, the Phelps family. Not a single view they have with regard to their religion and the imaginary deity they follow is unjustified. Yet so so many people will claim they arent "true christians" because their views are unpleasant...and evil.