Christian

Poet WH Auden wrote in 1945 the following:

“Christianity is a way, not a state, and a Christian is never something one is, only some thing one can pray to become..”

Do you agree? Can someone not be a Christian?

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Kim Siever

Queer Mormon poet with radical political views. I have been married 27 years, and we have 6 children. Sunday school president. Served in the Utah Provo Mission. View all posts by Kim Siever

3 thoughts on “Christian”

Sally says:

14 Apr 2006 at 00:23

they can NOT be a Christian if they do not believe that Jesus is the Christ.
ltbugaf says:

14 Apr 2006 at 04:50

Auden holds out a definition of “Christian” that is an ideal. If seeking to be Christlike is the essence of true Christianity, and no one succeeds in being absolutely Christlike in this life, then in that sense, Christianity is a thing we seek for but don’t fully reach.
Nikki Workman says:

18 Apr 2006 at 09:17

Similar to perfection perhaps. I can’t imagine one day being perfect, as we define it. I imagine it is always a state that can be added upon. Perhaps, like being Christian. There will always be room for improvement.

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