Originally Posted by sour_claw

I like and dislike others based on how they treat me and others. Saying that they are one religion or another is not enough proof for me. I feel that many that claim to be Christian have been deceived by false teachers and rarely read their scriptures. However, all sin no matter what so I must leave judgement to The Lord. I just do not associate with immoral people reguardless of their religious beliefs. I would really love to one day live in a truly Christian community that ignores the evil culture of this world and support each other- help keep each other in line. We have no right to force our views on those who do not agree, so we should seperate ourselves into eccleastical communities where we can build each other up and bare witness to each other. Not that we should be seperate in all ways but since the general public is far from moral why sink with them? Why allow ourselves to be influenced by those with different goals? Non-believers should be loved as well- but so should enemies of the faith.

THe problem in my opinion is when someone tries to have it both ways- one cannot be a true Christian and still "fit in" with the consensus of society in general.