re: #284 ralphieboy

As far as I am concerned “Christian” means “following the teachings of Jesus Christ”.

That leaves a lot of latitude about believing he was the Son of God, accepting him as a personal savior, believing he was born of a virgin, resurrected from the dead, or any of the other ancilliary dogma that has been built up around him.

I tend to agree with this. Even though I believe a fair bit of the things certain of you find objectionable (I have no problem with the Nicene Creed, for example.) I don’t consider it necessary. If someone is trying to live by his teachings, then that’s enough for me.