What is a Christian

[Xiahou]

This was my first idea too, but what is 'the Christ' ? Jesus=God is ehavily disputed by some, Jesus=Messiah is commonly accepted amongst christian, yet I do now some people who wouldn't subscribe to that. I also know people who refer to themselves as christians who don't believe the Jesus of the Bible is the historical Jesus. Who am I to say they can't call themselves christians ? How is anyone able to do that ?

I would put forth that acknowledging Jesus as the Christ would have to also acknowledge at some level his divine nature. I think there's an important distinction in "the Christ" as opposed to the literal definition of "christ". As such, I would not call anyone who denies Christ's divinity a Christian- I can't control what they want to call themselves though.

Seriously, if you're calling yourself Christian but don't think Jesus was divine, what are you saying? You believe he was covered in oil? The meaning of the Christian Christ is much more than the literal meaning of it's Greek root.