how does christian theology account for....?
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This is a  better question. Unprovoked, a  Nazi kills a Jew. After the war, the Nazi dedicates his life to Jesus. The Nazi dies. Who is in heaven-the Nazi, the Jew, neither, or both?
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Lets take it further. There is only one belief system in the world whose God humbled himself, came to earth, and suffered & died for his followers. And that is why Christianity stands apart from the rest and makes it so unique. See, the other gods demand, demand, demand. But Christianity's God loves and gives and blesses!
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All true Christians know this there are sects which call themselves Christian that do not believe this.According to Christian doctrine Christ would have to be God. Our salvation dep0end upon it as Christ was sacrificed for our sins. It is a Christian belief that no man could overcome sin because man is falible and that the wages of sin is death. Therefore no created being was perfect there was no one who couold save us from our sin. God who loved us so much even in our sin. Had mercy upon mankind and came down to us to be tempted by the devil to overcome all the temptations of mankind as a man and to be sacrificed to pay the penalty for all who accept him.
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No, I really don't know what you mean...are you referring to Christians or who? I have no idea, otherwise I would do my best to properly respond to your query.
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I don't know the exact number, but I don't think that's what you are looking for anyway. I'm glad to hear you speak up for what I believe to be TRUE  Christianity...Which if I'm correct is to LOVE everyone. I am not a Christian, but I have GREAT respect for real, non-hypocritical, loving Christians...Peace to you and thank you for making this world a bit less hate filled!
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Doesn't sound like a very Christian answer to me.\n\nYou need help.
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With Christianity it is based on faith and belief that Jesus died on the Cross for the sins of the world.  Christianity addresses forgiveness of sin. \n\nWith other religions it seems that you have to earn your way to heaven such as doing good deeds.  But the question with earning your way into heaven is how do you know if you have done enough good deeds?  Are all good deeds weighted equally?
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There have been some good answers so far but let me add another perspective. When a person becomes a Christian, they become a different person with a new nature-the nature of God. With this new nature comes a whole new set of desires. A Christian wants what God wants. As someone once said, "if it pleases you to please God then you can do what you please." \n\nOf course there are times in the life of a Christian when we let our human desires over-rule what God wants. But when you do something wrong, which the Bible describes as sin, then a true Christian will immediately feel bad about it and repent. Repent means to change your thinking and thus your actions. So a Christian will immediately acknowledge it as sin, reject it, and receive God's forgiveness. Since Christ died for all of our sins, He thus secured God's forgiveness for us. Therefore, as Christians we are forgiven. \n\nHowever, this is NOT an excuse to keep on sinning. And as a true Christian you should not want to continue in a life of sin.  For additional info you might check out the chapter entitled Your Means of Exchange: The Cross-Forgiveness in the book, Introducing The New You.
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I read through your paper and I must admit that it must have been difficult to cram so much into something so little. Theological debate can go on and on. Just the history of Christianity can even be volumes. \n\nNow, I don't know where you stand with God, I just know that one thing you failed to mention was (well I guess you touched on it a little) was the fact that Christianity is spiritual, hence, "God is Spirit, and His worshippers must worship in spirit and truth." (John 4:24) Ones own relationship with Jesus Christ cannot be by or through the intellect. There's where faith come in. With all do respect, your presentation was accurate, however, we MUST remember that we cannot bring God down to OUR level, we must assend to HIS level through the Holy Spirit and the only way the Truth can be discovered is by faith alone. Good job, and God bless you.
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I'd like to know the answer too. It's a phenomena that links Christians to the political right and thus to gas-guzzling, Bush-supporting SUV's. My vote for a church that believes that "a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions?"...Try United Church of Christ. Its a socially progressive denomenation that truly looks at the words of Christ and tries to make a difference in the community. Good question.
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You need to follow the basic rules of hermeneutics. Understand a passage in the immediate context of the statements before it and after it. Cross reference the words or passages you are studying with the rest of the Bible to get the fuller view. The Bible often explains itself and that explanation is to be accepted before anyone else view. Certain churches or preachers have their own interpretations but it is most important to see for yourself by studying the Scriptures what is the best view. For example if you do a basic check with a Bible concordance on the words or subject of "keys of the kingdom, you will get a better understanding about that instead of what you will get by a dictionary description of the word "key" alone. Follow the basic rule of scripture that "the Scripture cannot be broken". That is to say that a view of certain scriptures should never go against what the Bible says about that subject. Be careful when you run into people who will say things like, " the Bible does say that but that's not what it means" or something similar to that because often they are not putting the Bible first. Often people accept a popular Christian's view or their pastors view because they are held in such high esteem. We should esteem others but not above the Word of God.  As far as the doctrine of salvation, I would not say that it is primarily taught in Acts because Romans and the Gospels hit on it alot as well.
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The answer to this question is difficult because humans tend to interpret things differently and then when you add religion to the mix it just gets that much more difficult.  Christianity comes in many "flavors" Not all believe exactly the same and some may allow for more personal interpretation of their doctrine than others.  One sect for example may view premarital or extramarital sex as a sin, but view abortion as an even worse sin because it is the shedding of innocent blood.  Others may view both acts as equal on the sin level.  In any case each person has their agency to do as they wish and it sounds like she made the decisions that she was comfortable with at the time.
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Yes, I see it very much related to my faith.  God has given humanity power over the earth to take care of it (Genesis 1-2).  Christians really do need to take care of the earth.\n\nHow to do it is another question.  I think this is a question that can be better answered through scientific study rather than theology.  The Bible simply doesn't address directly the challenges that we are facing today.
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Evangelical Christianity has been spreading pretty well outside of the US as a theology.  Since this is the group that holds to dispensationalist theology, then I would say that dispensationalist theology is spreading successfully outside of the US.
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I'm not sure which circular you were looking at, but, check out:\n\nhttp://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product/?item_no=53148X&p=1010575#curr
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Hello, Christian Minister here,\n\n"Christians" have to walk a fine line between doing whats right and fighting whats evil.\n\nIf a christian believes something is wrong its their duty to fight the injustice, but if they do it in the wrong way, its actually doing evil.\n\nFor example, lets just assume that abortion is wrong, just for the sake of arguement. Now, if I were to speak out against abortion and say how Its really horrible that someone would end the life of a baby, that would be fine and moral. If I struck out and killed an abortion doctor to enforce my views, I would be doing evl.\n\nChristianity has a clause about obeying your government, so if the government says to shut down abortion clinics, it would prevent the offending act, as well as keep those forcing their views upon you feeling morally upright.\n\nGod gave every person free will, there are increasing number of christians who believe that free will should not be impeded, that those who wish to sin should be allowed to. I'm all for it, unless it harms another person. Being sent to heaven is typically a better situation than the baby would have had.\n\nIts tangled, but it comes down to, christians need to fight what is evil, but evil has crept in to the methods they use. Should abortion, once more for example, actually be outlawed, much more harm and immorality would come of it, due to coat-hanger abortions, and orphaned children. It's a losing battle, and if christians continue fighting for whats right, by outlawing whats wrong, you will have a large group, like yourself, arguing that it is not immoral, simply to have it legalized and restore free will.\n\n(For the benefit of those posting before me, let me lay something out, Marriage was a concept LONG before the days of the bible, early mesopotamians(you know, the believed earliest civilized society?) were believed to have a form of wedding vows, and pagan groups have had forms of hand bindings and oaths of love for a long long time. There are even strange types of marriage in the christian bible, Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines, and he was honored throughout most of his part of the bible as a great leader and the example of Wisdom)
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Do you mean in general (mainstream; common) terms?\n\nFor me, it is personal and it's about my relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\n\nMost will try to make Christianity fit like a puzzle piece.  Truth be told, to follow Jesus isn't always 'popular'.  Some babes (young Saved souls) in Christ have a hard time with professing the Word, truth and witnessing; some feel that living by example is enough.  My folks and friends thought I was a Holy Roller or a prude, because God spoke to my heart and I changed my views, lifestyle, the way I spoke and etc.   And if I backslid, it was "oh, I thought you were a Christian?"  as to say if you claim you are a Christian you no longer have problems or fall.  AND that couldn't be further from the truth, but God forgives and forgives and forgives some more.  And thank God He is in control, because if He were like man, holding grudges, bouy we'd all be in trouble! \n\nSometimes people feel that Sunday Service is enough...but think about it this way, if you only ate once a week you would be starving by Tuesday! \n\n\nI think we've all made the mistake of saying we're all children of Father God.  We are all 'offspring' of God in the sense we are His products of the creative work of God (Acts 17:25ff), all men are not children of God in a personal sense as a father with a son. \n\nScripture teaches that God only dwells in those who have put their faith in Christ. All others, while God’s offspring by creation, have been separated from Him because of sin. When a person turns to God by believing in His Son, Jesus Christ, they are spiritually regenerated, born anew, given new life, justified (declared righteous in Christ), forgiven of all their sin, past, present, and even future, and made children of God (John 1:12-13). \n\n\nAt the same time, at the moment of faith, God the Holy Spirit comes to indwell their lives to enable them to experience fellowship with God and understand, grasp the truth of Scripture in a personal and meaningful way.\n\nSorry I think I went on a tangent here.  I am not sure if I even answered your question, but I believe it had to be said.  With that good night!\n\nGod bless and take care.