What is a Christian?

I know we're human and that no one is perfect, but does that give people the excuse to judge those who aren't perfect? Know what I mean? Some churches say "Come as you are" or "Passion for God, Compassion for People". But I find a lot of gray areas in there.

In one situation, someone strays from the church and gets pregnant. She loses the baby and is searching for some comfort from those she trusts. What happens? Those that she trusts doesn't see her in the same light as they used to. Yes, she's fallen. But does that excuse people to look at her differently, gang up their biased judgments to make her look bad?

This is the very reason people look at Christians in a bad light. Though we're human and still make mistakes, we're expected to uphold a higher code of conduct. Christians are looked upon as judgmental hypocrites. But for a Christian to forsake another Christian is just mind-boggling. They ike to reach out to those who have nothing and have fallen flat on their back. But if you're falling right now, they let u fall. They let you crumble so that they can "save" you for their own testimony.

I'm not speaking of ALL Christians, no way. There are Christians who really do care. And it doesn't matter what denomination you're in, if you love God and love people, then you're doing just fine. I'm just talking about those who think they know God and feel they have a right to say who's right and who's wrong.

Another thing that bothers me is how some protestant Christians don't think Catholics are Christian. What is a Christian? By definition, it is to be "Christ-like" or to follow Christ. So by definition, if you are that way or you do follow Jesus then you are a Christian. As far as your set of beliefs are concerned, I could care less. The real focus is God.

A friend of mine (protestant) replies to that last statement as "yes and no". Yes and no?! Does that mean maybe?! How can u say yes and no to anything? either YES or NO! That's an outright cop-out. Yes and no. Are you gay? "Yes and No". Oh, so ur bi? Are you human? "yes and no". Oh, so you're a Cyborg? "Are Catholics Christian?" "Yes and no." "You're still indecisive I see..."

I've been to many different churches and I admire the fact that when you're doing a testimony, they try to encourage you from the audience saying "Thats good!" "Come on!" After hearing 10 "that's good"'s, you start to get irritated. There are other phrases like "right on!" or "yay!" lol!

When we die, God's not going to separate us by our denomination or judge us according to our set of beliefs, it will be according to His. And we will all be in one heaven. There wont be episcopalean, baptist, catholic, non-denomination, etc... It'll be heaven. Now THAT's good!

K bye.