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Why choose christianity?

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A REAL CHRISTIAN

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This is meant to be an outline as some people are confused on how to filter out thousands of religions until christianity

One cant learn all of the thousands of religions but one can just set up a simple test:
1. Wouldnt a true religion have some sort of instruction manual easily accesible? That filters out all but a few religions.
2. Do any of these contain prophecy? The bible is practically all prophecy while the other spiritual books dont even really try.
 
Earthling

Earthling

David Henson
A REAL CHRISTIAN said:
This is meant to be an outline as some people are confused on how to filter out thousands of religions until christianity

One cant learn all of the thousands of religions but one can just set up a simple test:
1. Wouldnt a true religion have some sort of instruction manual easily accesible? That filters out all but a few religions.
2. Do any of these contain prophecy? The bible is practically all prophecy while the other spiritual books dont even really try.
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All you are doing is building the requirements for discovering an appropriate religion by describing a specific religion. That really has little to do with anything outside of self affirmation.

Why Choose Christianity? Because you agree with the teachings of Christ. Maybe you like what he promises as mediator through the grand creator Jehovah God, his father and you want to be a part of mankind who have the hope of resurrection to everlasting life on paradise earth and you demonstrate this by living accordingly.
 
Altfish

Altfish

Veteran Member
A REAL CHRISTIAN said:
This is meant to be an outline as some people are confused on how to filter out thousands of religions until christianity

One cant learn all of the thousands of religions but one can just set up a simple test:
1. Wouldnt a true religion have some sort of instruction manual easily accesible? That filters out all but a few religions.
2. Do any of these contain prophecy? The bible is practically all prophecy while the other spiritual books dont even really try.
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Pastafarian fits into that.

All praise The Flying Spaghetti Monster
 
Jumi

Jumi

Well-Known Member
A REAL CHRISTIAN said:
One cant learn all of the thousands of religions but one can just set up a simple test:
1. Wouldnt a true religion have some sort of instruction manual easily accesible? That filters out all but a few religions.
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That would also rule out Christianity for most of history. It would only have been true for a few hundred years and not many.

A REAL CHRISTIAN said:
2. Do any of these contain prophecy? The bible is practically all prophecy while the other spiritual books dont even really try.
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Prophecy can be interpreted. If lots of people say that this event and that event were prophesied, but they are not the same, is it really a prophecy? I've seen people constantly read from Revelation about things of today, but then use the same thing again. Sometimes you read it used 200 years ago for a different thing.
 
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Unveiled Artist

Veteran Member
A REAL CHRISTIAN said:
This is meant to be an outline as some people are confused on how to filter out thousands of religions until christianity

One cant learn all of the thousands of religions but one can just set up a simple test:
1. Wouldnt a true religion have some sort of instruction manual easily accesible? That filters out all but a few religions.
2. Do any of these contain prophecy? The bible is practically all prophecy while the other spiritual books dont even really try.
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1. No
2. No

Why does every other christian feel as if others are lost without their belief?

1. Spirituality is within you, everthing else is commentary

2. How does prophecy validate ones spiritual experience and the other invalid?

How does a fulfilled prophecy (external evidence) more important than spirit (internal)?

Bonus question: why have faith if you need prophecy?

Ooh.... Jesus did prophecy and miracles because people didnt have faith. Now that one can have faith, why is the rest important?
 
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A REAL CHRISTIAN

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The problem with individual experiences/spirituality/ supposed miracles is that its not proveable to anyone else. A person could easily be tricking themselves. A true religion needs something that can be examined over time. Not aware of any other religion that has that. Any other book is just a bunch of beleifs but nothing imbedded in it that is supernatural.
 
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GoodbyeDave

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So how many "true prophecies" can you cite from the Bible? Jesus telling his disciples that the end of the world would occur in their lifetimes?

And what sort of "instruction manual" do you want? I assume you mean a list of commandments? And how many of those in the Bible do you observe? Did you keep the Sabbath last Saturday? Do you keep a kosher kitchen?

Individual experiences may not be individually provable, but they are cumulatively reinforcing. I cannot prove to you that I have been granted two cures by Asklepios, but so many others have made the same claim that it would be silly to put them all down to gullibility.
 
IndigoChild5559

IndigoChild5559

Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
A REAL CHRISTIAN said:
This is meant to be an outline as some people are confused on how to filter out thousands of religions until christianity

One cant learn all of the thousands of religions but one can just set up a simple test:
1. Wouldnt a true religion have some sort of instruction manual easily accesible? That filters out all but a few religions.
2. Do any of these contain prophecy? The bible is practically all prophecy while the other spiritual books dont even really try.
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How do you respond to Judaism?
 
sayak83

sayak83

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Premium Member
A REAL CHRISTIAN said:
This is meant to be an outline as some people are confused on how to filter out thousands of religions until christianity

One cant learn all of the thousands of religions but one can just set up a simple test:
1. Wouldnt a true religion have some sort of instruction manual easily accesible? That filters out all but a few religions.
2. Do any of these contain prophecy? The bible is practically all prophecy while the other spiritual books dont even really try.
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Oh cool! Please predict something that is going to happen this year with date and time based on the Bible. Thanks.
 
Windwalker

Windwalker

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A REAL CHRISTIAN said:
The problem with individual experiences/spirituality/ supposed miracles is that its not proveable to anyone else.
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Why would it need to be? My relationship isn't with them. It's with God. It only needs to convince me.

A REAL CHRISTIAN said:
A person could easily be tricking themselves.
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Yes, they could fool themselves into thinking that have the "right beliefs" constitutes a valid relationship with the Divine. But if someone has an actual experience of the Divine, there is no self-deception because it is undeniable, like imagining someone hitting you full force in the face might have just been your imagination.

A REAL CHRISTIAN said:
A true religion needs something that can be examined over time.
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A true religion is a changed heart. Not scientific evidence to be examined by priests who give you their opinions, typically from ignorance.

BTW, to qualify a true religion as giving you "an owner's manual", is pure rubbish. Spirituality cannot be explained. It has to be lived. Then you know.
 
MonkeyFire

MonkeyFire

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I am a Judaic/dharmamic groundhog fundamentalist. LOVE and God are the two most centered things in nature.
 
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