What's wrong with "Merry Christmas"?

Tonks tonks_op at yahoo.com
Fri Dec 28 02:56:58 UTC 2007


> Geoff:
> Speaking, as usual(!), as a Christian, I differentiate 
> between "faith" and "religion". If someone says to me 
> "You're religious aren't you?", my standard reply is "No. 
> I'm a Christian".
snip)
In Christianity at least, the basic belief 
> is that we follow a person and not a life style which we 
> try to maintain by picking ourselves up by our own bootlaces. 

Tonks:
I guess I would answer to someone asking if I were religious, "Yes, 
I am a Christian". (Or if asked 'are you a Religious'(cap.R), "Yes, 
Benedictine".) In the first case I assume the question to be "do you 
believe in God?". I would answer, yes and say what "way" or belief I 
was following. I am sure you know that Christianity was orginally 
called "the Way".  The second is, of course, a noun and the answer 
shows the method of living in the 'Way' of Christ.

Tonks_op





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