Danes feel Obama is greater than Jesus

[kandrathe]

Your definition of "Christian" has little or nothing to do with the 2 billion people popularly called "Christians." Have you considered perhaps using a different word, given that this one is already taken? From the sound of it, you're looking for something halfway between "Saint" and "Angel." Might I suggest Cherubim? Nobody really uses that one any longer.

I dunno. What do you call people who've read and understand what that Rabbi Jesus taught, and actually live it?

Edit: regarding "No True Scotsman" -- "In situations where the subject's status is previously determined by specific behaviors, the "no true" construction is not a fallacy of this kind." I define a Christian as a person who is has internalized the teachings of that rabbi Jesus, and lives their life accordingly. Murder and torture are inconsistent with Christianity, and so when committed are not in keeping with the philosophy. Those that commit them may call themselves Christians, but they are not following the philosophy of Christianity. No true vegetarian eats meat. But, if an otherwise faithful vegetarian did eat meat once, they might still be redeemed and return to a vegetarian lifestyle.

Even in the broad view of Christians (those who've had some water sprinkled on their heads as babies), I reject the hypothesis that because some X are Y, that All X are Y. In this case, because some Christians (throughout history) have been involved in atrocities, that Christianity is a religion of atrocities. Likewise, some Muslims (throughout history) have been involved in atrocities, that Islam is a religion of atrocities. Or, that Theism, or Atheism has anything to do with crime statistics, other than to show that Atheists, who are usually well educated commit less crimes, while Theists more of whom are uneducated commit more crimes. The correlation is actually between education level and crime, with a position on theism being the red herring in this case. Except that, involvement of youth in character building extracurricular activities correlates to less juvenile delinquency and less adult crime. Even education level is a bit off track, because it correlates to income level. The actual hard correlation is between poverty and crime.

I think it would likewise be a fantasy that all people become wealthy enough to become post graduates, and educated enough to rise above our more simple moral social structures, like religion.