Are you a christian?

[Shiny Star]

Yes, I am Christian.

 

[dreamykitty]

I am a Muslim and darn proud of it! I am not so very religious, but I pray, fast and do the requirements.

...Should I have not replied to this? ._.

 

[Deleted member 1609]

I am a Muslim and darn proud of it! I am not so very religious, but I pray, fast and do the requirements.

...Should I have not replied to this? ._.

Why shouldn't you reply to it? This topic asks, "Are you a Christian?" You answered, "No! I'm a Muslim and I'm proud!" That seems perfectly okay to me...

I respect everyone's religious beliefs; I just don't like the idea of organized religion.

 

[SettledHate.]

I am an Atheist.

 

[Talk Horror]

I believe in God, but my brother don't.

 

[hanorotu]

I think there is a higher power but not necessarily god. I don't think Jesus ever existed or else he would be documented. After we die we go into a void state and come back later on as another person with no remembrance of our previous life, but what we do in the previous life does not determine whether or not we have good or bad fortunes in the next. I do not believe in warship or sacrifice, for example praying. I do believe the saying what goes around comes around (talk gets around) but this does not follow over to the next life. I do think that we will be reunited with the dead but only in the next life with no remembrance of them.

 

[Ashish92]

I am a Hindu and I am from India.
I believe in God but also i believe that nothing can happen if we won't do work by ourselves. 🙂
I don't believe in imposing my own thinking over others, everyone has there right to think 🙂

 

[WIGHAngel]

I am a Christian. But, my views are just that...mine. Each person needs to work out their own ways in this world. I am not about to tell anyone who or what they should believe in and I expect the same respect in return.

 

[Justin]

Dude, I am full Christian man, love it 🙂

are you? know all about your religion and also about all other major religions and similarities between them.
it also has answers to atheist people

Actually yes, I went to a new church today. I have had the answers. I had the chance to be a college ministers assistant for the day. I learned so much that day.

 

[Bejay]

I used to go to church but I hardly go anymore. I do go to Youth Church sometimes though. 😉

 

[Nathan54AB]

I'm not a Christian. I used to be a Christian. I used to be a real zealot as a matter of fact. Despite this, I retained a little bit of free thinking and individuality. In time that lead me to debunk my Christian world view. It happened as a very difficult spiritual crisis I went through in 2007. It's a long story, but it wasn't easy and I say I'm much more enlightened now.

Religion, especially Christianity, is a drug. People get involved in it and start believing in all these fallacies, convince themselves it is all true and that they are "saved" and "chosen", and that they most go out and "save" others. Then they use those asinine delusions to give themselves the authority to condescend, belittle, and rule over people. Christianity is a real pro at this. It has a very bloody past.

Nowadays, society has become more enlightened in some ways. Christianity is dying out. People are now realizing what it really is. Listen to the word on the street and you hear of many people turning away from their church and their religion in favor of something more eternal.

Now I still believe that there is a creative force behind the universe. We are one with this creative force. You can call it God, but God is such an overused term. I think that this physical realm we live in is a very small fraction of reality. I think it is the lowest realm in a hierarchy of many different realms. It's like a pyramid or a triad, and the higher you are in the triad, the closer you are to absolute reality and the origin of everything. When we die, we go to one of those higher realms, but we also come back down to the physical (reincarnation) at some point so we can further master the physical and advance to a higher realm next time. These "ascended masters" talked about in history also go the these higher realms when they've mastered all they can from the physical realm and "ascend."

 

[Fullmoon]

I used to think I was christian, But then I was never taught of anything else. I never believed in there being only 1 god and I have always believed in the goddesses.

I used to go to Church and Sunday School. But hated every minute of there brainwashing lies.

Many churches wouldn't accept my disabled stepdad. We were often looked down upon. Even though 'Jesus came to him' when he has his motorbike accident.

I have since read up on alot of religions and I know call myself a Heathen (Norse Paganism)

 

[DracoJesi]

I am against the concept of organized religion.

I would have to agree, to say that I'm completely against it is a rather strong stance, but I'm weary of any religion with any kind of "middle man" or "church hierarchy"

Also, for the record. I'm Wiccan, which can be "organized" but only if you want it to be, and without somebody thinking for you.

Not that I have anything against the concept of Christianity, which was originally a movement, not a religion. I know Christians who follow the word of Jesus but don't read the bible because it's been edited several times and has always had a political side to it most people don't realize. They also are weary of "the church".

Just take everything you read with a grain of salt, even the Bible.

Nathan54AB, Very nice post, although I think to say that about all religions is rather harsh, they aren't all like that. I would defend Christianity to as I know not all Christians are like that, just the majority sadly, but I'm not sure what else to say here because the ones I meet who are like this probably wouldn't be considered "Cristian" by the majority.

 

[Fullmoon]

Also, for the record. I'm Wiccan, which can be "organized" but only if you want it to be, and without somebody thinking for you.

Bright Blessings :great:

 

[DracoJesi]

Also, for the record. I'm Wiccan, which can be "organized" but only if you want it to be, and without somebody thinking for you.

Bright Blessings :great:

Likewise, 🙂

It's nice to see there are other Pagans out there, on this board no-less. I know there are others but sometimes it just doesn't feel that way. 🙁

 

[Nathan54AB]

Nathan54AB, Very nice post, although I think to say that about all religions is rather harsh, they aren't all like that. I would defend Christianity to as I know not all Christians are like that, just the majority sadly, but I'm not sure what else to say here because the ones I meet who are like this probably wouldn't be considered "Cristian" by the majority.

That's why I said "especially Christianity." I don't think all religions are equally screwed up though. Some are definitely more enlightened than others, but they do all have one thing in common. They are all highly disempowering on some level in the fact that there is always some rigid doctrine to follow or some deity to worship and/or follow. All religion is just more assumed knowledge of things its actually quite ignorant about. That is what makes a religion a religion. Any group or system that doesn't have those traits is not a religion. Even Buddhism, one of the more enlightened religions if you ask me, still obsesses over things it knows nothing about, such as the karmic debt of past lives.

As to those "Christians" whose minds are not completely gone, as opposed to the majority of Christians, I think it's only a matter of time before they turn on their religion. Once they realize how different they are from the majority of the group they're in, they will start to disassociate from it. It's only natural. Either that or they will continue to call themselves a Christian, but really aren't.

 

[DracoJesi]

Nathan54AB, Very nice post, although I think to say that about all religions is rather harsh, they aren't all like that. I would defend Christianity to as I know not all Christians are like that, just the majority sadly, but I'm not sure what else to say here because the ones I meet who are like this probably wouldn't be considered "Cristian" by the majority.

That's why I said "especially Christianity." I don't think all religions are equally screwed up though. Some are definitely more enlightened than others, but they do all have one thing in common. They are all highly disempowering on some level in the fact that there is always some rigid doctrine to follow or some deity to worship and/or follow. All religion is just more assumed knowledge of things its actually quite ignorant about. That is what makes a religion a religion. Any group or system that doesn't have those traits is not a religion. Even Buddhism, one of the more enlightened religions if you ask me, still obsesses over things it knows nothing about, such as the karmic debt of past lives.

As to those "Christians" whose minds are not completely gone, as opposed to the majority of Christians, I think it's only a matter of time before they turn on their religion. Once they realize how different they are from the majority of the group they're in, they will start to disassociate from it. It's only natural. Either that or they will continue to call themselves a Christian, but really aren't.

I'm just saying that it might have been a good idea to mention not all of them "follow the crowd"

It's true that structure is the difference between spirituality and religion, that's not to say it has to be a rigid structure. Not all religions are dis-empowering. Sure there are things you are ignorant to, discovering those things is part of the journey, and you won't know until that journey is "done".

Several religions take this into account and don't claim to have all the answers.

Knowing as in the details or as in the concept? Who is to truly say who knows what when it comes to spirituality. Karma makes sense, and while I can't prove that it exist, I've seen, yes you can say it's a coincidence. All actions have consequences in one way or another, even without the aid of any judge. Your actions can effect you mentally, why not spiritually? Forget a Divine judgment system, the basic principle is that what you do effects others and will eventually effect you in someway. Spirituality aside, it shouldn't be clear to see that what goes around, comes around.

Obsessing? I think that really depends the practitioner. I wouldn't consider any of my Buddhist friends worrisome to the point that it's detrimental to their health. In fact, they deal quite well with things.

I think it depends more on the individual here than anything else and that it's not really fair to characterize the whole that way. It's just such a general statement that is more about the person than the religion in question. I could pick any religion and find someone who worries to the point that it's de-constructive.

Also, there are several types of Buddhism.

 

[unismartin]

Hi,
I believe all god. I go to church,temple,masque and pray and i believe that all regions give us the same way to heaven.So for me there is only one god.We all choose names as our wishes to the god.......

 

[David]

I think there is a higher power but not necessarily god. I don't think Jesus ever existed or else he would be documented. After we die we go into a void state and come back later on as another person with no remembrance of our previous life, but what we do in the previous life does not determine whether or not we have good or bad fortunes in the next. I do not believe in warship or sacrifice, for example praying. I do believe the saying what goes around comes around (talk gets around) but this does not follow over to the next life. I do think that we will be reunited with the dead but only in the next life with no remembrance of them.

Excuse me, but Jesus was documented. The Bible has mentioned Jesus many times. Did you know that the Bible is a collection of events, all brought together? Or is it just a coincidence that so many different people, that did not know each other, mentioned the name Jesus? Jesus has been documented plenty of times. The Vatican church has special mentions of Jesus, Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) has solid evidence of Jesus, and the fact that we speak of Jesus is documentation.

The fact that Jesus did exist and his miracles have been documented, is enough to say that there is a higher power somewhere. His mortality then immortality does not seem logical nowadays, but who's to say that the world was not advanced back then? Proof?

There have been so many battles in Europe, where Christianity has been the symbol of survival, and so the evidence does in fact state that Jesus did exist. Or is the name Jesus Christ a coincidence too?

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I am Christian, but I am not 100% religious. I do look at the facts, and the evidence that supports my religion. Above all, no offense, Christianity is the only religion that has a leader which is immortal. Evidence, well, in Buddhist, Muslim, Judaism, Islamic, Hinduism teachings etc. have all stated that their leader is a man. Non have recognized that they have an immortal leader, unlike Christianity.

Now, what seems to be a joke to many, how come Christianity is taught all around the world? Note that atheists are a small niche of the world. Christianity covers one third of all religious teachings. Such teachings are so strong, so strong that the immortality of Jesus should be true. It has been brought down from generation to generation, from then to now, and so the facts all line up and show that there is a higher power, but not visible to us.

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Anyway, thats just my view. I respect all other views. You shouldn't judge according to religion, because the fact is that we are all one kind. The Human race. :yes:

 

[David]

Edit: so you decided to delete your post?

I really need a flowchart to describe all the fallacies in that post, but I'll go ahead and make my point.

Sure, the Bible mentions a character named Jesus (they actually called him Yeshua, as Jesus is the Anglo-Saxon translation of the name). That doesn't make everything in it factual. It would be naive to think that. Ever heard of the saying, "Don't believe everything you read/hear."? We've heard that saying it many times, it's not taken seriously enough, and it applies to the Bible as well.

You say the Bible is documented proof of the life of this Jesus (only 3 out of 30 or so years of it, just to remind everyone), but there is also "documented proof" that the books in the Bible were tampered with many times. And what about the many inconsistencies between the Gospels of the Bible and the apocryphal Gospels. Both contain writings about a Jesus, so which ones are the facts?

The fact that we speak of this Jesus is not documentation at all. It's just talk. By saying that, you even justify that Jesus is a myth. For example, we talk of Santa Claus, yet we know he is a myth. What do we know about myths? They are stories which stem from actual occurrences, but are elaborated and altered over time the more it's told by everyone, or the more it's talked about. This is actually a wonderful thing. These stories that are myths give us some truth about our souls and who we really are, because we as a collective created them. So in a way, they do contain some great truth, but no actual facts. Hear the Gospel about Jesus/Yeshua as a reflection of the vast deepness and potential of the human. Who cares whether or not the story really happened. It doesn't matter in the least.

Someone once said "Religion is the opiate of the people." It's so true. Once a myth is treated as a fact, you've got yourself a narcotic to numb the pain you feel from the fear of realizing how little you know about the world you live in (this is not directed at any one person by the way).

Saying you don't believe in Jesus is one thing, but saying I am wrong is another. All my points have come from modern day evidence, and have been proved. You don't think the 50 documentaries of the life of Jesus and the Myths and Facts about him, is enough to get the idea.

Don't even start with Santa Claus. Many have shown that Santa Claus derived from Saint Nicolas who in turn did acts of kindness. This story has been tampered with, but was tampered to make him appear friendly to children.

You make some relevant points...

You say the Bible has been tampered with. Correct. But enough to say that Jesus and his miracles, disciples, acts, himself didn't happen, is a bit far, and will offend many Christians. I myself am not offended, as I gather facts and see how they work together.

Might I mention again that the Bible is a collection of stories, written by those who have not met each other. How is that the name Jesus, or the happenings a coincidence? Or again, was it tampered with, enough to basically re-write the whole bible?