matthew_member@newsguy.com wrote...
> In article , fred says...
>
> >Hello fellow Christians,
>
> >Would somebody please define what the so-called christian fundamentals
> >are?
>
> I hope you will not be too surprised to find how much people differe
> even about what these 'fundamentals' are.

Satan has certainly successfully created controversy and pointless
debate within the Body of Christ.

In the Protestant branch of Christianity, "the fundamentals" usually
refers to this:

http://www.xmission.com/~fidelis/

Matthew will argue about this because he can't help himself. I won't
reply to it. I'm not an apologist for The Fundamentals, nor am I
going to be an agent for dissent with the Body of Christ.

I hope this is close to the answer the original poster was seeking.

> > I gather that Christians themselves probably coined the term as a
> >way of claiming neutrality with respect to avoiding interdenominational
> >christian bickering.
>
> If that was the prupose, I am afraid it was a failure.
>
> > The bottom line for me is that other than
> >accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior
>
> Already you have a problem: there is a reason you will NOT find this
> exact phraseology in Scripture. It is because this is NOT a Scriptural
> teaching!
>
> > and doing your best to
> >obey Christ's teachings with respect to your understanding of the
> >Scriptures,
>
> And this too, if problematic. For you will find many in the NG who
> will insist that obedience is "works theology".
>
> > Romans 14 arguably indicates that there is actually no such
> >thing as Christian fundamentals anyway.
>
> The key word is 'arguably'. I do not believe that it makes this
> argument at all.
>
> > When it comes to issues such as the Trinity, water baptism and
> >creationism, as examples, I will volunteer my 2 cents worth, but then
> >I get out of the discussion.
>
> That might be a good idea, because these issues are where the sparks
> do tend to fly!
>
> Now what really _does_ have a right to be called "Christian
> fundamentals"? Those teachings that the Church declared at the very
> beginning of our period of freedom of speech are the indispensible
> beliefs, i.e., the Nicene Creed.
>
>
>

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