Question to christians?
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None of the Bibles are the true one. The bible came about as a result of the Council of Nicea in the early 4th century. Prior to Nicea there were several stories and books about Jesus, both as a man and as a God. \n\nSince the council voted by a narrow margin to accept Christ as being Devine as opposed to only being a man( which many Christians believed he was only a man up to then) they then had to reject any books and stories that presented Jesus as anything less than devine or only as Human.As a result many good and honest stories were rejected that would have painted a more balanced and rounded perception of just who Jesus Christ was.\n\nEssentially through Archeological finds such as the Nag Hammadi scrolls and the Dead sea scrolls further books about Jesus have come to light which give a better picture of who he really was. \n\nThe book of Thomas, the book of Phillip and more recently the Book of Judas( Iscariot) show that the early Christians had a totally different perception of Christ , a perception that unfortunatley in this modern age has been PERVERTED by the CHURCHES and their FOLLOWERS\n\nPerhaps the interesting things about these books is that they are all similar in saying that you DO NOT need priests , churches or an organised religion to have a relationship with God....ummmmmmmm food for thought
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Being good is not enough and not even for a christian. We can't continue in sin and expect God to reward us Heaven. God is not willing to turn his back on us if we do the right thing and that's serve him wholeheartedly. God is merciful and forgiven but we must repent and turn away from that lifestyle or sin.
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God would never command such a sinful act that pleases you so selfishly from His people.\n\nPeace.
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errr....i kinda wish this question was better written.. but i'll try to answer it anyways...\nthe reason we sin is b/c God gave us that option.... if u sin.. its satan work... so dont sin?.. \n(this is harder than i thought)
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I really hope you are asking this because of genuine desire to know the answer. Here is my opinion.\nI am a Christian. I love God, Jesus, etc. I pray all day and try to be a compassionate and caring person. However, I do not, condemn people for disagreeing with my belief.\nI embrace my imperfection knowing I, like every other person on the planet, make mistakes. Plenty of them.When someone asks me a question or advice, I offer heartfelt council and advice HUMAN TO HUMAN.\n\n  What I have noticed in life and on this Yahoo thing is that there are a lot of self-ritous (sp?). Read a few of the posts above. Some ignoramous wrote that Christians are not self-ritous, they just know right from wrong. That statement is the definition of self-ritous. (sorry for the spelling) Over and over I see these so-called Christians Judging people so harshly. I dont remember our savior behaving like that.\nOver and over, I see these quotes from the bible.\nQuotes about the wrath of God against these people asking simple questions. That is not only  Not Christian behavior, it is just plain rude.\n My mom says "it's not what you say, it's how you saw it."\nIf you don't agree with someone, maybe you could say something compassionate and from the heart rather than tell the person how vile and disgusting you and the Lord think they are. Maybe telling a berson they will burn with the devil isn't very Christian.\n  To be Christian is supposed to mean "Christ-like" from what I was lead to believe. I don't remember the parts of the Bible where Jesus insulted people and told them they are going to burn. Even if he did, I'm sure he did it in a kind and caring way. Not mean and judgemental.\n\nWhen Muslim's act like that and pull the "you are wrong, our God is the right God" thing, we call them Terrorists.\nWe  Christians need to remember that.\n\n I am interested in many religions because we all have a lot to learn from eachother. And respect that others believe differently than we do. They are not wrong or stupid or have less faith than a Christian. Just be a little nicer.
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My impression from the Christians on this site (myself included) is that we are trying to at least clear up the confusion about Christianity and the Bible, but whether or not anyone is interested I can't say. \n\n My personal feeling is that if you're going to reject something, say Christ, you should at least know about what you're rejecting.  Some people do understand and reject what the Bible says, but most don't understand at all and have all kinds of pre-conceived notions that they've learned from the culture at large.
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Wow a Christian using scripture in their thoughts on dogma- novel idea that I hope continues. I totally agree- Ephesians 2 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. Kinda hard to argue with that scripture too huh? But we must see-as James points out- that good works are a result of our faith. Not that  we need to do them to get into Heaven-but if we follow Christ- and He was a servant to all- then we will do the same. Great point!
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My friend, I agree with you, yet I also see a more pressing matter at hand. What about those persecutors and all the non-believers? If they die, they will not rejoice with all of us in heaven with the Lord God. I will pray for both the believers and the non-believers. There isn't much I can do from my present state but pray and preach the Word, since i'm not in a position to do anything but that. Email me if you have questions or are a fellow believer in Christ at questinchrist@yahoo.com. God bless
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AMEN! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEN! :)\nPRAISE GOD BROTHER! YOU SAID IT!!!\nWOO HOOOO!\n:))\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibletruths_forbelievers/
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I'm hearing you!!!\n\nI ask several questions which are of interest to me as they seem to be contradictory to Christian teachings.\n\nI'm not trying to offend, I'm just asking for a little outside the box thinking.\n\nMy questions are met with rudeness and vitriol and are normally answered by way of hurling quotes from the bible at me endlessly - no autonomous thought - just sermons.\n\nGggrrrr - that's why my last few "questions for Christians" have been more of a sarcastic nature.\n\nI figure if I'm not getting any straight answers and am persecuted for my interest, then I may as well just play it for the comic relief
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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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how does one differentiate between 'real christians' and the rest who are somehow........ imaginary?--real christians try to end suffering any way they can--voting is one way they can do this--however, I am kind of glad 'Love my lord' does not
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Christians never take the time to explain such a basic question.  When written, the writers were talking about the people living at that time, of course.  If Rangedog is right,  there will never come a time when even the people who cannot read get the message, so it will never happen.  That is convenient for the believers. They can claim forever that the end is coming.
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Christian  believing in Christ
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Ok guys (and girls).   You all know that the reason you don't like Christianity is simple:  It goes against you.  If you were to become Christian, you wouldn't be able to do the sinful things you enjoy doing.  As a Christian, I am called to like a life according to the Bible.  Sure, I mess up, but I'm sorry for what I did, and ask forgivness from the person I offended and from God.  The whole thing of it is this:  Christianity convicts you.  If you accepted it, you would have admit you were wrong.  At least admit this:  You wouldn't want to say "I was wrong, forgive me"  would you?  No.  It would hurt your pride.  Pride is the thing that keeps us from heaven as sinful humans.  Jesus didn't come for the people who think they are perfect, He came for the sinners.  Who do you think would be more thankful, the one who was forgiven much?  Or the one who was forgiven little?
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Again, why do people like to question Christianity and whether Jesus was married or not?! What are you trying to prove by asking that?! All you need to know is that Jesus was God! He (despite what others may tell you) is the only one who really gave us the key to happiness! He taught us about love, about respect, about forgiveness! Look at all the other religions, they either have casts to discriminate the poor and the sick, or they call people to kill and take revenge on others!! You take advantage of the fact that as Christians we can't do much but forgive you for your indiscretions. I'd like to see you come with questions like this one for people of other faiths! Everybody likes to give their two cents and judge others based on their reactions! and it is really easy to say...look at all the Christians and this and that...but when your religion is the one being questioned...oh then it's different...then it's a sin...blah,blah,blah
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I can't answer your question fully, but as a Christian I can try to answer some of it.  I can only answer for myself as well.  It's very hard to answer for the majority when everyone has their own take on Christianity and how to act.  I only tell people because I want to see them in heaven and I believe the way is through Jesus Christ.  I don't demand my own way and I respect other's views.  I have a very, very good friend who is an athiest and I respect him and he respects me.  I still talk to him about God and we banter back and forth, but respect each other.  For the majority, I truly believe Christians just want to help others and bring as many people to Christ as possible for the sake of saving them, NOT for their own personal benefits.  You'll get many answers.  This is an age-old question.  I'm not afraid, I just care a lot.  Good luck to finding your answers.