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That is what you do when you say "They aren't real Christians because they do X." It is the poster child of the no true Scotsman fallacy.
Unless you think it requires changing after the start of the conversation in which you are completely wrong.
Ok, let me put it in a way that you might understand:
You: "No true Scotsman! Anyone who calls themselves an Atheist is an Atheist, no matter if they believe in God."
Do you see how this makes no sense?
An Atheist is a person who doesn't believe in God, not a person who calls themselves an Atheist. And saying you aren't an Atheist if you believe in God isn't a fallacy but just purely the definition of the term.
Here's the Wikipedia definition of a Christian:
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christians)
So someone who does not follow or adhere a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ is not a Christian. Not by fallacy, but by definition. And it doesn't matter what they call themselves.
What you are doing is saying they are not really Christians because they do or don't do X and that is exactly what the fallacy is.
Are priests who molest children not real Christians?
Atheist is different because it is a singular thing, like calling that priest a child molester. He did the thing so that is what he is.
Again: "They are no true Atheists because they believe in God."
No true scotsman or not?
Not.
An atheist who believes in god is like a vegan who regularly and knowingly eats bacon, they are using the wrong labels. Those both have narrow and clear definitions, unlike religion where there are a ton of things that vary between local practices and traditions that can be used to say that they aren't really X religion.
And a christian who doesn't even follow (or doesn't even know) the basic teachings of Christ is also using the wrong label.