Well explained, except that this is not the general belief all Christians, but the special teaching of evangelical(and other?) Protestants. It leaves out the sacramental and ecclesiological elements essential to Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Orthodox understanding of what it means to be Christian.

You are way over your head in denying that members of the Church, who by your earlier statement have had a revelation of God, are "true Christians".

My issue with your post is not that you argue for the evangelical (do I have the right term? non-offensive?)point of view, but that you take it for granted.

I'm afraid you stumbled on a post of what i believed over two years ago. I'm not sure exactly how i would phrase my current belief on this matter, as these days i have a lot more "don't know" than "it's like this" views about theology and religion. But i'm sure i wouldn't take the same stance i did two years ago.

Sorry, you missed the argument : )

Bon