Thread: Avvakum

Originally Posted by cinnabar

Originally Posted by Crocodile

Well, I'm not really a Christian, but I reckon the sufficient test would be "How many people were baptized into Christianity in Russia?"

Sufficient for what? If you just like to think that 60 percent of the population belong to the Orthodox church, the formula "consider themselves" is actually the best.

Sufficient to consider themselves Christians. If you were baptized and commit no sin, you're saved, aren't you?

Originally Posted by cinnabar

(Since, technically, not going into the Church is not a sin.)

yes technically it is a sin for a baptized person not to go to church.

Any reference from the Scripture why it's a sin?