Being a part-time Christian is a contradiction in and of itself.

Is being a part-time Christian a contradiction in and of itself?

Pro argues it is, con argues it isn’t.

We look at what Christianity says and see if being “part-time” is incompatible.

Round 1

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SomeDebatePerson

Pro #1

Merriam Webster Dictionary defines Christian as "one who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ."

How could you go back and forth with belief and unbelief? Even worse, how could you decide which days you do it (like every other day)? Belief is not something that can be on a schedule.

We all know that con worships Satan, but Jesus condemned this. The devil told Jesus "All these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt adore me." But Jesus said, "Begone, Satan: for it is written, The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve." (Matthew 4:9-11) The Bibles says we must adore God and Him alone. This would forbid not adoring Him and also adoring others. To be a part-time monotheist, one would disobey one or both of these on the other days. We also have to adore God in the right way. Just deciding to worship God in a Christian way on one day but deciding to worship God in another way that is still monotheistic would also be rejecting what the Bible actually says.

Matthew 6:24 and Luke 16:13 say that a man cannot serve two masters. 1 Corinthians 10:21 says "You cannot drink the chalice of the Lord, and the chalice of devils: you cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord, and of the table of devils." The Bible says that being part-time will divide a man. It's impossible. The Bible doesn't say you just shouldn't but that you can't.

The Bible doesn't let you only choose to sometimes do what it says. If someone "becomes" a "Christian" but only decides to do it when he feels like it, he is not even a real Christian. "Part-time" should really just be "fake." It's just a disguise to cover up your sins and also do them while you feel like it.

SatanLucy

Con #2

You started this debate on assumption that I believe in logic, which I dont, so no contradictions exist.

Round 2

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SomeDebatePerson

Pro #3

Again the Bible teaches logic:

Isaiah 1:18"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD..."Proverbs 2:6"For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding."1 Peter 3:15"But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense..."Romans 12:2"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind..."

Why are you willing to throw logic out? Plus, this isn’t a debate about you per se but about people who claim to be part-time Christians.

SatanLucy

Con #4

"Again the Bible teaches logic:"

Not if you dont believe in logic. You need logic to come to that conclusion.

Also, all logic is self-contradictive, so the topic is likewise self-contradictive and thus isnt proved.

Also, even if we were to accept logic here, there is no person who is full time Christian. All Christians are part time Christians.

Further, you seemed to ignore that one brain can host multiple persons, so it is indeed possible for one brain to host both Satanist and Christian.

Round 3

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SomeDebatePerson

Pro #5

If you don’t believe in logic you can’t believe in the Bible. Isn’t this debate already logic?

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous (1 Peter 3:8)

I don’t think you understand what one mind even means.

I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. (1 Corinthians 1:10)

Part-time “Christianity” leads to division. This is not what the Bible wants.

Enough with the logic-doesn’t-exist nonsense.

SatanLucy

Con #6

If you don’t believe in logic you can’t believe in the Bible.

that is only true if you believe in logic, which I dont.

Finally, be ye all of one mind

Not all people can have one mind. Different people have different minds, and multiple minds can exist in one head.

that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.

So all Christians failed that goal. Nothing specific to part time Christians.

Extend unchallenged arguments:

all logic is self-contradictive, so the topic is likewise self-contradictive and thus isnt proved.

Since you are using logic to prove logic, which is a logical fallacy, your logic falls apart.

Also, even if we were to accept logic here, there is no person who is full time Christian. All Christians are part time Christians.

No person is full time Christian. People arent born Christians. Each person becomes Christian after being non-Christian. So each person is Christian for only part of his life, not for whole life in any case ever.

Further, you seemed to ignore that one brain can host multiple persons, so it is indeed possible for one brain to host both Satanist and Christian.

Not responded to. Not all people in the world are Christian, so likewise not all people in my head need to be Christian either.

SatanLucy

People who are obviously biased on the topic and even agree with Pro before the debate should probably skip voting.

SatanLucy

"He could have made the case that many Christians are part-time Christians"

I literally made that case. But I guess trash voters have reading issues.

SatanLucy

What a bad vote from goy. Ignores all my arguments. Not that Goy could do any better.

SatanLucy

Easy win for me, I guess.

GreatfulGoy

Criterion	Pro	Tie	Con
Winner

Reason:

Pro gave categorical evidence such as verses from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (which btw in the key verses about having 2 masters come from directly quoting Yeshua the Christ Messiah or at least are accredited to that)

Pro builds on this in Round 2 with verses (especially the 1st and 4th verse of Round 2) Which prove the Bible did not simply teach the 'shut off your brain and believe' methodology that some other religions may do.

In complete contrast, Con's entire case relied on us entertaining that logic doesn't need to be believed by a Christian, in order to avoid all logical flaws with being a Christian sometimes and a literal non-Christian at others, fluctuating wilfully (with premeditation it would seem) between the 2.

The actual area Con could have won on is the many examples of people wavering in faith and righteousness. He could have made the case that many Christians are part-time Christians. Nonetheless, he made a hyper-minimalist case that I am 0% convinced by and which doesn't address what Pro raised, especially in Round 2.

Round 1

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