??? Limbo must be a great place to be then. Second only to heaven, of course.

I think most people are considered christians just because they were born into a christian family and just go along with it because they have never actually thought about the issue. They haven't made any actual choices one way or the other.

Personally I think you should only consider yourself a christian if you have considered the issue and actually decided 'yes I believe in the premises put forward by such-and-such christian sect as opposed to something else'.

What things below make you a christian? Do you have to do all these things to be a christian? Do you have to do any of these things to make you a christian?

-Being born and raised in a christian family?
-Having a Grandmother, or an uncle or another relative who's christian?
-Being baptized as an infant or an adult?
-Being confirmed?
-Attending church regularly?
-Attending Sunday school?
-Observing christian holidays?
-Reading the bible occasionaly?
-Reading the bible daily?
-Serving in the church?
-Donating money to a church?
-Being a good and kind person?
-Participating in Communion?
-Being a formal member of a church?
-Obeying the Ten Commandments?
-Praying Frequently?
-Having some kind of spiritual or emotional experience

For once, GHO, we are in complete agreement.  I don't think anyone should remain part of a religion unless they have had a personal conversion to that religion.  Of course, the exercising of faith in the process would also qualify even before the actual conversion.

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