Quote Originally Posted by Lorenzo_H
A Christian generally:

1. Accepts the Bible as the word of God.
- Therefore believes in God.
2. Wishes to carry out the will of this God.
3. Accepts that Jesus Christ is
i) A perfect example of how we should live our lives.
ii) that we have fallen short of this standard of perfection.
iii) and therefore deserve punishment for failing to comply with God's supreme plan for the universe.
4. Accepts that Jesus Christ made a great sacrifice by allowing himself to die in our place as a perfect sacrifice without blemish.
i) note that Jesus proved he was sovereign over death by rising from the dead.
5. And therefore can once again be holy and pure.
I think you're getting directly into the kind of bias that Doc Bean was worried about. Much of the Bible (in fact the entire Christian testament) was written after Jesus' death. Does this mean that his followers during his lifetime were not Christians? I think you'll find Christian sects that take issue with some of your other criteria as well.

Ajax