why is christianity so influential in the world?
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I know this is long, but it's worth reading.\n\nI believe in God because I've found peace in Him.\nWhen I have a bad day at school, or if my parents get mad at me, all I have to do is read my Bible. Instant spirit boost. It reminds me that God is always there right beside me, no matter what I'm going through (and that he went there before me and knew everything that was going to happen, and that nothing happens that he doesn't already have worked out). It's a faith thing.\nTo answer your last two questions: Indeed, we are all sinners. It had to be that way. God wants us to have a relationship with him. That relationship is called "fellowship", and you can't have real fellowship with someone unless they genuinely want to. It wouldn't be a true relationship if, say, you tried to be friends with a computer; the computer just does whatever you tell it to do, it doesn't have a real choice of whether to stay with you or go somewhere else, so its friendship really means nothing. So, in order for God to have true fellowship with His creations, there had to be something standing between humans and God, so that only people who genuinely wanted God in their lives had a relationship with Him. That's why there had to be sin, and all of us had to be sinners, so that we could opt to have fellowship with God. And, if He destroyed us, there still wouldn't be fellowship. You just have to realize, God has already won. He won when He sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross for all the sins of mankind, so we can have a relationship with Him. He loves you and He wants you, and He's already forgiven you; all you have to do is accept it.\nTo answer your last question: I'm not sure about either Ghandi's or Einstein's faith in God or their salvation, so I don't know if they went to heaven or hell. But I do know this: Jesus said "No one comes to the Father except through me." So if Jesus wasn't their personal Saviour and they had not placed their trust in Him, they did not go to heaven. For the Bible says that no good deeds on this Earth are enough to "buy" your way into heaven, even if you're incredibly smart or act on integrity all the time, you still need atonement for your sins through Jesus Christ.
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Wow where did you get this information? Christianity is called Christianity because of the followers of Christ that would be those called Christians. Where did you ever get he was against religious laws? He said that not one jot or title shall pass away until he returns. Jesus came to fufill the law not to destroy it. god is the same yesterday today and tommorow although mans relationship to God does change.
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Christianity in Poland is still strong. The Church has got big power there e.g. in political life. Poland is a very catholic country and will be long time.
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No. It differs on the fact that Christianity has a faith different from the others.
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Because the secret agenda is to "convert" everybody to Christianity.\n\nThe way Christianity operates specially in the US nowadays is through fear and to do as they say. In other words our leaders are manipulating the people in grounds of religious believes or "moral values".\n\nWe MUST respect everybody and their believes!!!!\n\nGOD has to be bigger than that.
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Yes, Christianity is the largest community of faith. There are more nations that claim Christianity as their faith than any others.
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Not only was it written thousands of years ago and changed many times, the first writings of the gospel were put down many years after Christ's death...which explains why they don't agree. More importantly, the religion of Christianity was created by Paul, who never met Jesus. He created it out of the popular practice of the time: sacrifice. Jesus is seen as the ultimate sacrifice offered to God, which frees everyone from sin. Basically a BIG version of sacrificing a goat to god for a good harvest. Jesus had nothing to do with the creating of the religion. As always, it's just a bunch of guys trying to get people to do what they want. Religion is simply the mystical version of politics.
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Yes I agree completely.  Christianity is just a dangerous weapon used by leaders for power and control.
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Christianity is faith based and centered on a risen Savior. Those that have not accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior do not comprehend this faith, therefore cannot explain it. Since they cannot explain this faith that Christians possess, it scares them. Therefore, it is easier to condemn and shy away from Christians and Christianity then to accept those that have this faith.\n\nTrue Christians are peace loving people that follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. (Key words: True Christians) These teaching are against what non Christians want to practice and how they choose to live. They fear that Christians will change the way they want to live, and so they spend their lives running from this faith based religion.\n\nPersonally, if I had never met Jesus Christ, I truly believe I would be praying to do so. I had rather leave this world believing that Jesus is the Son of God, and find out I was right... than to leave this world not believing and find out I was wrong.
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Crusades, Holocaust, Inquisition, War in Iraq, Witchtrials, converting starving Africans and giving them AIDS, throwing your children on the streets, hatred, rape, slavery in the Civil War era, the Knights Templar, animal abuse and neglect, most of the worlds problems are attributed to christianity
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Religion is about power...Christians want control of everyones minds world wide.
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Christianity is not a religion. It's a relationship with God. Of course it's up-to-date. The Holy Spirit guides us and helps us apply the Bible to our daily lives.
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It is such a broad term "Christianity" that no one would listen to just one person.  Just the history of Christianity shows that as soon as one person starts to speak they're followed by a group of others all trying to speak louder.\n\nThe Bible, since it's the basis of Christianity, is the only thing that covers "all" of Christianity but even quoting from it leads to much confusion and disagreement.\n\nSo, the answer is, No body is speaking for all of Christianity.  Just individual speakers for parts of it.
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Christianity has been changed to the convienience of the people in power of it during the years, maybe it simmilarities were made because someone wanted to eliminate the egyptian beliefs and put the image of his god over the image of horus. Maybe it is a coincidence or more. maybe is a cultural mixture
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Churches are filled with rich, poor, black, white - there are 2 billion Christians in the world. Perhaps you need to look a little harder.\nCheck out how Christians reach out to the poor and help needs around the world...
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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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You are kidding right? Jesus, Mohammad, and Moses have shaped the world in such a way that it is completely unfathomable how the world would be without them. The amount of believers alone and how they have gone about their lives differently because of their faith... I mean it's a bit mind-boggling that one couldn't see how these characters have shaped world events.\n\nIt's like one of those things where there are so many things to list you can't even think of one.\n\nHow about the trouble in the middle east over the nation of Israel? The renaissance was inspired so much by Christian themes. The US was founded for a haven of religious tolerance.\n\nMorally, you ask though.  These religions propogate the innate dignity inherent in all human beings. They fortify stances against murder.\n\nI just don't even want to go on. I don't know how you could be convinced if you haven't already.