What is it to be Christian ?

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Originally Posted by wolf

What's wrong with that? Isn't that the point of religious difference to begin with, to provide some defining characteristics that separate you from the fellah living alone over the next hill who offers beer libations to trees, and the folks over on that island who face East five times a day and pray to their God-concept?

There's nothing wrong with that - except that lots of people who belong to any particular religion think eveyone else should belong to, or at least respect, their religion. That alone is annoying at best - but in this age of nucular weapons and airplanes, its become downright scary.