The Upper Room

12:01 AM

I really should not be sitting down to dinner to the strains of "Sailing By".

Now BBC Radio 4 has finished for the night. And the first headline on World Briefing Report on the World Service is the death of Steve Jobs. Second headline is Sarah Palin dropping out of politics.

I like BBC World Service. You often get African news in the top of the headlines.

Chelonian

12:27 AM

Looks like Brilliant kind of went ballistic and posted three of the same sort of question, flouting the points made in this chat (though not sure of the timing). It strikes me as essentially trolling at this point.

@TRiG I just read the first piece of news elsewhere (too bad for me, I attempt to avoid all news carefully, but some gets through now and then). Sad.

TRiG

I've been wandering through chat transcripts, starring things said by @HedgeMage.

Chelonian

12:43 AM

@TRiG BBC News is currently not high on my most admired list, after that awful interview with that "trader" Rastani. What a pathetic moment for them.

TRiG

@Chelonian I missed that story.

There was a lovely bit on FOOC the other day about Pakistan. There was a public park closed because it was close to the American embassy, and they were afraid of terrorist attacks. Now the embassy has moved, and the park has reopened. The correspondent was describing booksellers, an impromptu literary festival, and break-dancing teenagers.

Chelonian

@TRiG Just as well for you. If curious, you can Google about it.

BeatMe

1:00 AM

RIP steve jobs

TRiG

Well, it looks like @brilliant is on a roll.

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Q: How much can I understand about Christianity before I know the definition of a Christian?

How many things can I understand about Christianity before I know the definition of a Christian?

definition

-1

Q: Is there any difference between a Christian and a true disciple of Christ?

Is there any specific difference between a Christian and a true disciple of Christ?

disciple

-2

Q: Is the possibility for a true follower of Christ to be a person who does not believe in Trinity biblical?

How biblical is the possibility for a true follower of Christ to be a person who does not believe in Trinity?

trinity

-1

Q: Is the possibility for a true follower of Christ to be a person who never prays to Jesus biblical?

Is the possibility for a true follower of Christ to be a person who never prays to Jesus biblical or not?

prayer

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Q: Is it possible to be a Christian or a brother in Christ without praying to Jesus once?

Is it possible to be a Christian or a brother in Christ without ever praying to Jesus?

prayer definition

Stack Exchange

1:19 AM

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Q: Do I have no right to answer questions here?

In FAQ it says: For the purposes of this site, any group that identifies themselves as Christian are to be considered part of that set. This is critical! Well, on one hand I do consider myself to be a Christian, so I think according to this definition above, I am "part of that set". How...

discussion

Chelonian

2:19 AM

Although I find much of the Biblical "sleuthing" on the site interesting, I'm quite interested in the very content that appears to not be in the scope of Christianity.SE, such as one's personal opinions and feelings, what lead one to or away from Christianity, etc. I completely understand why this should be reigned in carefully or just disallowed on an .SE site. That said, it is fascinating to understand how people view these biggest of big issues. Thanks.

brilliant

4:13 AM

@TRiG "It's off topic because the answer is there already in the FAQ, so the question is just clutter" - As far as I understand, the answer given

there is merely about who is considered a Christian on this particular website. And given that

it is a secular site (as the FAQ page itself says), that answer can’t even be considered a relevant answer, not to

mention a qualified one. Well, it IS qualified, but only as much as if I asked “According to the owners of this website, who is a real Christian?” However, if I wanted to

know who a real Christian is according to Catholics, or according to Mormons, or according to Lutherans, or according to Adventists, or according to the

Unification Church members, or according to Jehovah’s Witnesses, then that answer would be totally non-qualified as it isn’t given on behalf of any above-mentioned religious groups, but rather on behalf

of a secular group of people, precisely the ones who own this site. It’s like if you asked me “According to Japanese, which place on earth is the most beautiful one?” and I

answered “Well, according to Nigerians, all the places on earth are beautiful” You see my point here? The answer is totally irrelevant.

brilliant

7:46 AM

Or better "According to the International Association of Filmmakers, all the places on earth are beautiful" - totally irrelevant.

Waggers

7:57 AM

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A: Is there any specific difference between a Christian and a true disciple of Christ?

Your definition of a Christian seems a bit arbitrary, but one thing I notice is that the whole thing is based on beliefs. But the word disciple comes from the same root as discipline, which suggests a few things as to its meaning. Discipleship is not about belief, it's about what you do with th...

This question can go one of two ways...

(1) the OP provides definitions for both terms. The question is then "what's the difference between these two definitions" - which is not really in scope here

or (2) each answerer responds according to their own definitions of one or both terms, in which case we end up with a bit of a list question

(My own answer, according to the way I define the terms, is that they're synonymous)

TRiG

9:03 AM

@brilliant I'll try to put together an answer to your question on Meta, but I don't know what I can say that hasn't already been said by me and others here. Anyway, busy day in work today.

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