What Kinda Christian?

I here ya, Don. The most glaring differences are, of course, between Protestants and Catholics, and other more minor differences exist between the Protestant denominations. 

But to me, it seems like the vastest differences exist in how individuals, regardless of denomination, structure and apply thier faith. Some Catholics believe church doctrine letter for letter, others practice "cafeteria" Catholicism. Lots of Protestants of differeing denominations are fundamentalists, many others, again regardless of denomination are more progressive in their beliefs.

Because of this, it's hard, first of all, to categorize Christianity as a whole, and harder still to ascribe a set of beliefs even to a particular denomination without stereotyping. 

I was wondering about that. It sounds better than "most vast", so I went with vastest. 

I would think vast would not need anything in front of it (or the endo of it).

Either something is vast or it isnt...

Kind of like unique

I like it though Jim, it is my new word for the week.

Kind of like when I was in San Fran and made up jackowacked. Meaning something is jackowacked when it is f**ked up.

I'd argue the point, but I have to go to the bathroom. 

Wiktionary:

vast (comparative vaster or more vast, superlative vastest or most vast)

I'm a love-the-Lord-thy-God-with-all-thy-heart-and-mind-and-soul-and-love-thy-neighbor-as-thyself-Christian, a sort of judge-not-that-ye-be-not-judged Christian and perhaps a touch of a let-him-without-sin-cast-the-first-stone Christian.  But, I'm not dogmatic about it.

TW

There is an Evangelical Christian Church, but moreover it's just an adjective to describe the doctrine of spreading the word of Christ. 

Wow. So, to use vast in a sentence in COJ terms, "The distance between my office and the bathroom is a most vast wasteland that I must have bear's permission to cross."

Vastest is also correct (wiktionary is never wrong). 

Evangelical describes lots of churches. And I'd like to learn more about the Catholic church. I covered the memorial service for Pope John Paul's passing for the small town newspaper I used to work for, and stood out like a sore thumb when I just walked in and sat down in a pew. The respect and quiet that was in that sanctuary as people came in was amazing.

Cool. So maybe BT will host the vastest ecumenical dialogue on the internet!

Good question!  I never really thought about it even though I am a member of a church that considers themselves Evangelical. It is probably one if the larger churches in San Diego. Horizon Christian Fellowship. I did a quick search and came up with this:

"To begin, lets break down the two words. The term "Christian" essentially means "little Christ." Christian is the term given to followers of Jesus Christ in the first century A.D. (Acts 11:26). The term "evangelical" comes from the Greek word that means "good news." Evangelism is sharing the good news of the salvation that is available through Jesus Christ. An Evangelical, then, is a person dedicating to promoting the good news about Jesus Christ. Combined, the description "Evangelical Christian" is intended to indicate a believer in Jesus Christ who is faithful in sharing and promoting the good news."

Most churches that I have visited come under this description. 99.9% of the time there is little talk of goverment or how we can "take over the nation". Most is spent on teachings and what can be done to share our beliefs with others. 

Temporary hijack:

People, there's nothing wrong with the common words "greatest, largest or broadest". Let's be a bit more attuned to our prose!

/hijack

The thesaurus is fun too, for our adventure in the world of most vast prose.

dontracy, I'd love to join you in the internet talk. There would be much to be learned from each other!

Would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?

Sorry, Don! This is a fine thread you started. I'll stop goofing 'round.