text: does the church of christ really believe they are the only christians and that everyone else is going to hell? does any one else find them very narrow minded, legalistic and discouraging  to be around? unfortunately many of them do believe just that. in the past they have as a group been extremely legalistic and devoid of anything about the spiritual side of worship.  today many members of the church of christ are trying hard to run from their legalistic past but it is never far below the surface although they are not as strident as they once were.  but in general yes they do think they are the only ones