Quick heretical thoughts.

Not that my thoughts are heretical - I hope - but thoughts regarding the questions I asked below about heresy.

Unfortunately, I don't have the time to write extensively about it today, so I will just make bold statements without any argumentation or scriptural backing and hopefully come back to them.

1. Heresy and false teaching are not necessarily the same.
2. Heresy has to do with the centre of Christianity.
3. The centre of Christianity is Jesus. As long as a group/person has a "correct enough" understanding of Jesus, he can be considered Christian, despite whatever other errors they/he hold to.
4. What is "correct enough" requires some thought and qualification. For example, what amount of revelation is a person exposed to, how long have they been Christians etc. etc. It is not hard and fast. Ultimately it is in God's hands.
5. Not everyone we consider heretics are necessarily unsaved.
6. Not everyone that should be excommunicated is necessarily unsaved.
7. Christianity is not a matter of just belief, it is a matter of belief, Spirit and love-in-action. Put another way, it's a matter of thinking, feeling and doing. All of these things need to be present for genuine Christianity to be present.
8. Sometimes what is perceived as heresy is more an imbalance of these things.
9. And so on...