A "cafeteria christian" is someone who takes what they want from the Bible and says the rest is corrupted.  A "cheaster" is someone who only goes to church on Christmas and Easter and leaves church and God in the building.
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Salvation and church are almost mutually exclusive.  Good, church going folk are almost never true Christians.
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Yes.  Salad bar seekers.  They pick and choose what they want and leave the rest behind.\n\nA devoted Christian follows Christ. It is difficult.  But it is not impossible.\n\nHannah
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Christianity is a religion.
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"Religious" = practices, rituals... going through the motions\n\n"Spiritual" = the motivation behind what you believe, faithfulness
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A true Christian...knows God's word,that Jesus Christ is our Savior,and tries to live their life according to the bible...but we are all human and all fail at times..thats when we turn to God and ask for forgivness...get back up and follow Christ's path...Also we love one another as Christ has loved us!!!
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No idea whatsover. Good point! The key word there is PROTEST. \nCatholic means universal. The Church is spread throughout the entire world and is UNITED.\nProtestant means protest.\nProtestants all claim to use the Bible alone, yet they all teach radically different things.\n\nSomehow, I don't think this is what Jesus wanted when he prayed for us to be ONE.
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the bible says if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forrgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. \nrighteousness means right standing with god.\n it also says what soever you sow you will also reap in THIS lifetime.\nthat means no free lunch, here and now. if you want to be bad you still have to pay for it. before the judgement. and no priest can change that. so start praying for crop failure.
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I am sorry, but those words you just said were descriptions of Jesus.  I am no Jesus.  The Bible says that a Chrstian is a follower and believer of Jesus Christ who STRIVES to be like the almighty.  The Bible makes it clear that you will fail.  No one is perfect.  I am a Christian because I try to have the best relationship with God that I can, I have and will see people delivered and set free from sin, I try to worship God as much as I can, and I strive to be part of my local church.  The one think that makes you and I human, not God, is the fact that we will never always succeed.  God knew this, so he sent us a way to not have to pay for our sins, he sent his son jesus to lift the burden off our backs and to sacrifice himself for every person on earth.  All you need to do is believe and ask for forgiveness.  That is a REAL Christian.
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Church is a people who have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.\n\nJust because a person does not go to a building to worship does not mean they are not a Christian, but we are to gather togather in order to uplift and encourage one another.
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I'd say its someone's devotion to their passion.\n\nBible Thumper = Someone who's dedication to the bible is not only apparant, but often forced upon others\n\nTrekkie = Same thing, only Star Trek
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There is a lot of difference between claiming to be Christian and actually being one.  Many churches blessed the weapons of WWII Germans, while their brethren are doing the same thing here.
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Jesus is the salt and life.  Salt that seasons, and He gives life.\n\nGod Bless!\nSue
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A Christian is one who believes in Jesus as God and accepts Jesus as his/her personal saviour. As such, Catholics ARE Christians. The Roman Catholic church is said to have started with Peter, to whom Jesus said,\n\nMatthew 16:18-19\nAnd I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.\n\nRoman Catholics say they have a direct line of Popes starting from Peter, to the Pope of today.\n\nThen along came King Henry VIII, who liked to chop and change, as it were. He took issue with the Christian doctrine of not being allowed to divorce and remarry, so started his own church: the Church of England - the first form of Protestantism. "Protestant" comes from "protest" as they were protesting against the rules of the existing Church. According to my year eight history teacher (oh so long ago!) any Christian denomination that isn't Roman Catholic, *is* Protestant by definition due to the origins of the term "Protestant." And on the story goes, with different sects popping up along the way.\n\nCatholicism does tend to be a bit more "flowery" and ornate than other denominations of Christianity. I grew up in the Roman Catholic church and changed to Pentecostal fundamentalism later on. I did the rounds and tried nearly every denomination out there to see what felt right for me. My experience has been that while basically the same overall, the Catholic church tends to be far more formal where other churches are a little more laid back. Catholics have a set hierarchy, where many modern Christian denominations have lay people participating at higher levels than in the past, and women being more involved in church leadership. I'm not saying this is either good or bad; this is just an observation. Other than that, there aren't many differences in core beliefs. \n\nSome people do argue that Roman Catholics "aren't really Christians" because of different rituals and practices, such as confession and penance. However, it's not about receiving forgiveness from a Priest instead of God. It's about confessing your sins as the bible instructs Christians to do - it's about the act of confession and the Priest affirming forgiveness from God. Some people find this helpful; others don't. Certainly, praying specific prayers as a form of atonement may seem strange - but think for just a minute: who are the prayers really for? God can't benefit from anything we do. The prayers are for the benefit of the person who is praying, and no one else. There are reasons behind things that people who have never been Catholic won't understand. It may seem strange - but *anything* that isn't understood seems strange, whether that be religious ritual or otherwise. Scripture to support this is:\n\nJames 5:16\nConfess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.\n\n1 John 1:9\nIf we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.\n\nAnother thing that can be seen as strange by non-Catholics is the fact that priests and nuns don't marry. The explanation for that is quite simple: they used to. Way back when, when priests had families and they died, they left everything to their families. Unfortunately, the Church at the time didn't like this. Priests usually lived on the church property, causing a problem for the Church. It was a question of financial gain, rather than anything religious, and so the church banned priests from marrying. This way, even if they had a child, it would be out of wedlock - making the child illegitimate (by their standards) and consequently the chil
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Christians are people that believe in and worship God the Father and his son Jesus Christ. \n\nI look at this way, if you want to call yourself a Christian go right ahead my friend, that is your right. Call yourself whatever it is you want to call yourself. :)
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Chelsey goes to heaven while Henrick goes to Hell. God is not specific about your religion but is specific about you have done in your lifetime. Remember: What is from the inside that goes out is what defiles ones soul. Besides, Henrick overcharges just to give to the church he doesnt want to give from his own wallet so basically, the money he gives to church is the money from his clients.
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Preacher, Pastor, Minister, Chaplain, Priest are basicly the different words for the same person.\n\nIn some lay people can be licenced to preach but not be a pastor.\n\nPastor can also be an assitant to the head pastor, and so on\n\nA Chaplain is normally a Minister or Priest who works normally as a non denominational ministery working with the homeless, hospital, military and so on.&#92;&#92;\n\nSo why not go to the person, what ever his title is that heads your church and discuss your relisgion issues with them.
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i'm pretty sure the catholic church would categorize them as sins, especially gluttonous activities like bulimia and binge eating, as they are greedy acts and therefore sins. \nother churches, not so sure, but Protestant churches tend to provide support groups and help for most kinds of ailments or disorders, so they can't have TOO much against them. good luck . JP