Christians don't seem to have a clue what christianity is about, none of them seem to agree.. What's going on?
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EASY...\nBecause the Bible was written by men...\nPaul claimed he had a dream - maybe he did - but it was his and the other three's writings after all, and they wrote it in different places at different times and that's why the Bible is full of contradictions. \nPeople do their best to interpret the Bible and make it sound related but how come while 4 men wrote it!\nAlso, if you will notice, the New Testament doesn't contain any laws or rules, it's just the teachings about how Jesus was great so that's why the Christians didn't have a choice but to add the Old Testament to it, and now they want to focus on the New Testament.\nFor example, if you will tell a Christian that the Bible is full of violence he will tell you "No! It's just the Old Testament"... got what I mean?\n\nSo the bottom line... it's a book written by men who forgot most of what Jesus had said cause they started writing it about 10 years after the crucifiction, and now the new Priests are trying to make anything out of it as much as the old Priests tried. Some of them were violent, some of them were nice, many of them molested children... etc.\n\nDon't expect them to ever agree.
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You are right on the money. Non-believers seem MUCH more knowledgable about the history of Christianity and the bible as well. Seems like the more you know about it, the less sense it makes....
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I believe it is human nature to assume that someone who defies what you believe in, doesn't know what they're talking about. That doesn't make this assumption true however. I am a Christian and I know there are many people out there that are well versed in Christianity, even if they do not share the belief. Some of them probably even know more about it than I do. I know about other religions as well. I think it is important to know about and the different faiths and non-faiths of the world.
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religious ppl of all natures can be like that. but lately its christians that seem to be the biggest pains. because they so firmly feel they're right, and everyone else is wrong. to them, its as if you're arguing that 1+1 is 3. they view religion as though its not a personal choice, theres only 1 answer, and if you dont agree, you're wrong. which is interesting because Jesus Christ was a JEW. how do we know he meant to change people from judaism to another religion? maybe he just wanted them to be better jews and we took it the wrong way.
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Have to love christians - follow god or you will suffer for eternity. Please, give us a break with all of your religious crap. Nothing like trying to scare people into believeing something.
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All Christians interpret the Bible differently because it is so convoluted and contradictory.  They pick and choose which verses suit their own personal interests regardless of what anyone else thinks.  If the same one God was speaking the same words to everyone, then they should all have the same answer.  Clearly that isn't happening!  People are just using the bible as a weapon for their own gain.
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You exaggerate a bit I think... People are very different, even the ones who are similar...how many different sects of Christianity are there right here in America? More than I can name for sure... If we were all alike this would be one boring planet so revel in the fact that everyone is different and stop worrying so much.
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Christianity is not open because people are so critical of others.  If we make one mistake then people look down on us and make the remark "and your a christian".  People forget that we are all human and we all sometime or other make mistakes.
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None of these answers make any sense at all, Christianity is self-serving situational rationalization, what a joke.
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I don't understand that. We as christians should be in the world, not separating ourselves from it. They're not gonna spread the Gospels by hiding.
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They sound like a Christian to me.  I've never met one who follows the teachings of Christ. Intead they follow the politics of their "religion" usually to the compleat exclusion of the teachings of Christ.
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Well, how pleasantly surprising to find that only 75% of the people responding to this are ignorant proselytizing judgmental morons...I was expecting something like 90-100%.\n\nHonestly, how is Christianity supposed to keep its flocks on the straight and narrow path (that leads to the collection plate) if they don't do a little scaremongering?  And you, my friend, are the perfect target...why, your NAME, according to my religion, implies evil incarnate; I might as well take my preacher at his word and not bother to find out anything more for myself.  I'll just keep my eyes and ears closed to anyone that might try to enlighten me on the subject...they're only after my soul, of course; they will only lead me astray...if I just trust in the people to whom I give my money I'll go to heaven and be all right...\n\nAhem.  Sorry.  I just get going.  No, seriously, it's the name, buddy.  Most people in the US are Christians and your namesake is their arch-nemesis.  But you don't need to be told that, am I right?  It probably wouldn't do a lot of good, but you could put a link with your question to a site that might enlighten the uninitiated.
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This is one of those standard retorts that drives a stake through the hearts of bleedin' heart christians and their rabid war-mongering associates even.\nIt's a stumper for some, an opportunity for trotting out the prepared church answer for others.\nI am not one of either of these, thank the Dog!
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People in the world do not know what their religion is exactly. There are so many types of each religion now, nobody knows what they are.
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I don't think it's the focus of ALL religion, but many Christians do tend to dwell on that fact.  And then it tends to spill over when they're trying to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  And that's where is gets weird.  Because "gospel" means "good news."  How can you spread the Gospel when you're focusing totally on what will happen WITHOUT Jesus Christ.  Maybe their priorities are out of whack.
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Salvation and church are almost mutually exclusive.  Good, church going folk are almost never true Christians.
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lets see, 80% of this country are christian so is the question, "why are christians not tolerant to other christians?"  It's a question that really cant be answered.  \n\nI think the problem is Christians seem to be confused about teaching theology on the tax payers dime.  It's not a question of tolerance, but a question of law.