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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]],{{fact}} 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.
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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.
    
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