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A '''Christian in Name Only'''<ref name="name">[http://www.ucg.org/doctrinal-beliefs/christians-name-only/ Christians in Name Only?]</ref> (abbreviated '''XINO'''), also called a '''cultural Christian''',<ref>[http://www.equip.org/perspectives/cultural-christian Are you a Cultural Christian?] from the Christian Research Institute</ref> '''nominal Christian''',<ref>[http://www.comprehensivechristian.com/The-Nominal-Christian-comprehensivechristian.com.asp The Nominal Christian]</ref> or more often, a [[Liberal Christianity|Liberal Christian]],is someone who professes to be a [[Christian]] in public, but has a considerable lack of knowledge about their faith, including not being able to name the 4 Gospels, the 10 Commandments or even that Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount. They also hold beliefs contrary to what Jesus did and taught. Such beliefs include considering such things as [[abortion]]s, [[special rights]] for [[homosexual]]s, and cohabitation between unmarried people to be morally acceptable.<ref name="name"/> They also might believe there are other ways to attain salvation rather than accepting [[Jesus]] as Savior.  When challenged on their views with quotations from Scripture, Christians in name only, if they believe in God at all, often respond with [[Logical fallacy#Proof by assertion|unsupported assertions]] as to what God really wants.

A '''Christian in Name Only'''<ref name="name">[http://www.ucg.org/doctrinal-beliefs/christians-name-only/ Christians in Name Only?]</ref> (abbreviated '''XINO'''), also called a '''cultural Christian''',<ref>[http://www.equip.org/perspectives/cultural-christian Are you a Cultural Christian?] from the Christian Research Institute</ref> '''nominal Christian''',<ref>[http://www.comprehensivechristian.com/The-Nominal-Christian-comprehensivechristian.com.asp The Nominal Christian]</ref> or more often, a [[Liberal Christianity|liberal Christian]], is someone who professes to be a [[Christian]] in public, but has a considerable lack of knowledge about their professed faith, including not being able to name the 4 Gospels, the 10 Commandments or even that [[Jesus]] gave the [[Sermon on the Mount]]. They also hold beliefs contrary to what Jesus did and taught. Such beliefs include considering such things as [[abortion]]s, [[special rights]] for [[homosexual]]s, and cohabitation between unmarried people to be morally acceptable.<ref name="name"/> They also might believe there are other ways to attain salvation rather than accepting Jesus as Savior.  When challenged on their views with quotations from Scripture, Christians in name only, if they believe in [[God]] at all, often respond with [[Logical fallacy#Proof by assertion|unsupported assertions]] as to what God really wants.

== Opposition to the term==

== Opposition to the term==

*[[Jesse Jackson]]

*[[Jesse Jackson]]

*[[Oprah Winfrey]]<ref> a liberal so-called "Christian" and a [[New-Age]]ist [[occult]]ist.</ref>

*[[Oprah Winfrey]]<ref> a liberal so-called "Christian" and a [[New-Age]]ist [[occult]]ist.</ref>

*[[Helen Keller]]<ref> Who was a rather radical Socialist, founding member of the anti-[[Christian]] [[ACLU]], and personal friend of [[Planned Parenthood]] founder [[Margaret Sanger]]. Most don't know this about her and only know about her from The Miracle Worker.</ref>

*[[Helen Keller]]<ref> Who was a rather radical Socialist, founding member of the anti-[[Christian]] [[ACLU]], and personal friend of [[Planned Parenthood]] founder [[Margaret Sanger]]. Most don't know this about her and only know about her from ''The Miracle Worker''. </ref>

*[[Al Gore]]<ref> To be precise, he's the head of the Church of [[Global Warming]], that insists that man-made global warming is real, and you must give tithes to it.</ref>

*[[Al Gore]]<ref> To be precise, he's the head of the Church of [[Global Warming]], that insists that man-made global warming is real, and you must give tithes to it.</ref>

*[[Harry Reid]]

*[[Harry Reid]]

*[[John Kerry]]

*[[John Kerry]]

*[[Fred Phelps]]<ref>The leader of radical Hyper-Calvinist church that protests the funerals of soldiers killed on duty. Due to the indecent and Un-American nature of this activity, it likely he is a liberal and therefore Un-Christian.</ref>

*[[Fred Phelps]]<ref>The leader of radical Hyper-Calvinist church that protests the funerals of soldiers killed on duty. Due to the indecent and Un-American nature of this activity, it likely he is a liberal and therefore Un-Christian.</ref>

*[[Adolf Hitler]]<ref>Despite being raised Roman Catholic and claiming that [[Jesus]] was his inspiration, Hitler was only using Christianity to gain favor with the German people. His true beliefs were based off of his [[social darwinism|social darwinistic]] views.</ref>

*[[Adolf Hitler]]<ref>Despite being raised [[Roman Catholic]] and claiming that [[Jesus]] was his inspiration, Hitler was only using Christianity to gain favor with the German people. His true beliefs were based off of his [[social darwinism|social darwinistic]] views.</ref>

*Any practitioner of [[liberal Christianity]]

*Any practitioner of [[liberal Christianity]]

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