How would you describe christianity?

Question

In 50 words or less... Go!

Answer 1

Equal to brainwashing, pointless, a hope for something that does not exist, a work of fiction.. Like scratching a lottery ticket that you know your not going to win...

Answer 2

Christianity is having the proper thankfulness for a merciful, loving, and omniscient God. It is recognizing that this perfect God requires justice for our sins. Because he loves us and is merciful he became flesh and lived among us. He took the punishment and paid the price that we owed. He gave us the gift of salvation that we did not deserve and could never earn.

Okay thats more than 50 oh well.

Answer 3

"Christianity" was a word the secular used describing followers of "the Way" - the Way, being Jesus. It was only used perhaps 3 times in the New Testament - but references to "the Way" was mentioned like approximately times.

The first time the word "Christian" was used, was at Antioch.

Answer 4

The structured and fabricated religion that the Apostle Paul inadvertantly created from Jesus' life and teachings - which ironically were that man should seek spiritual guideance from the Holy Spirit, not from a church, a man, or books.

Answer 5

Christianity is the belief that the person known as Jesus was the son of God. And that he came to give his life to pay a debt that humankind incurred when it chose evil over good.

Answer 6

The belief that because of the sin of man, God became man and took on punishment for sin, so that all men might gain eternal happiness. Also that He set up a church that all men might be sanctified, and be made perfect through his divine mercy.

Answer 7

its knowing that you have a creator who loves you very much , who sent his son to die for your sins , therefore setting you free. that he suffered so therefore you will suffer for believing in him, from the outside world. but that for all this suffering comes great rewards because on judgement day he will be by your side defending you to his / your father . and that when you are in heaven it will all be worth all your suffering. ok i couldnt do it in 50 words or less i'm sorry

Answer 8

God is an egocentric monarch who demands people to praise Him as if He needed such praise. I mean good men, who chose others religions, like Ghandi for example, are are going to burn forever, because they chose 1/1000 religion, and simply did not hit the "right one"? I mean common, give me a break.

Answer 9

Giving up on trying to earn God's acceptance, and instead trusting that Jesus's blamelessness is ours. Since Jesus willingly accepted the blame for all my guilt and was tortured and executed for it, when he died my guilt died with him. And when he rose from the dead, I rose with him blameless. The amazing part is that Jesus suffered for the guilt of those who would never love him. Isn't that the saddest yet most loving thing you've ever heard?

Answer 10

It is not a simple task to describe Christianity. There are on the order of 1,500 different Christian faith groups in North America which promote many different and conflicting beliefs. Further, many groups believe that they alone are the "true" Christian church and that all of the others are in error. As a result, one cannot write an introduction or a history of Christianity that is acceptable to all faith groups. The following is supported by historical evidence and is probably agreeable to most.



About Yeshua (Jesus):
Christians follow the teachings of, and about, Yeshua of Nazareth, commonly referred to as Jesus Christ. (Jesus is the Greek form of Yeshua which is normally translated as Joshua; Christ is Greek for "the Messiah" or the "anointed one.") Yeshua was a Jewish itinerant preacher who was born probably between 7 and 4 BCE. He was executed by the Roman occupying authorities in Palestine, perhaps on a Friday, in the spring of the year 30 CE (e.g. 0030-APR-7). Estimates range over about a five year interal from the late 20s to the early 30s. Most Christians regard him as the son of God. They further believe that he is God, the second person in the Trinity. (The Trinity consists of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit; three separate persons, all eternal, all omnipresent, all omnipotent, all omnibeneficient, who form a single, unified deity.) Most Christians believe that Jesus co-existed with God before the creation of the world, was born of a virgin, was bodily resurrected about a day and a half after his death, and later ascended to Heaven. Most conservative Christians believe that Hell awaits anyone who has not repented of their sins and trusted Jesus as Lord and Savior.



Church history:
After Yeshua's death, his followers formed the Jewish Christian movement, centered in Jerusalem. One of Yeshua's followers, Simon Peter, may have headed the group. James, who was either Yeshua's brother, cousin, or friend, took over leadership later. They regarded themselves as a reform movement within Judaism; they continued to sacrifice at the temple, circumcise their male children, follow Jewish kosher food laws, etc.

Saul of Tarsus, originally a persecutor of the Jewish Christians, reported having a vision of the risen Christ, circa 34 CE while on the road to Damascus. Adopting the new name of Paul, he became the greatest theologian of the early Christian movement. His writings, along with those of the author(s) of the Gospel of John, provided much of the theological foundation for what has been called Pauline Christianity, a movement that he spread throughout the northern and eastern Mediterranean basin. Paul's ministry was directed mainly to Gentiles -- non-Jews. Another belief system was Gnostic Christianity. They taught that Jesus was a spirit being sent by God to impart knowledge to humans so that they could escape the miseries of life on earth. They regarded the Yahweh of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) to be an inferior, short tempered, vicious creator deity who performed many genocides, and other evil acts. In addition to Gnostic, Jewish, and and Pauline Christianity, there were many other versions of Christianity being taught. Often, there would be a number of conflicting Christianities being propagated within a single city. After the destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman Army in 70 CE, the Jewish Christian movement was largely dissipated. Gnostic leaving Pauline and Gnostic Christianity as the dominant groups. Gentiles within the movement took over control of the former movement.

The Roman Empire recognized Pauline Christianity as a valid religion in 313 CE. Later in that century, it became the official religion of the Empire. Church authority became concentrated among the five bishops or patriarchs located in Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, Jerusalem and Rome. Gnostic Christianity was severely persecuted, both by the Roman Empire and the Pauline Christian churches. It was almost exterminated, but is experiencing rapid growth today. With the expansion of Islam throughout the Middle East during the seventh century CE, power became concentrated in Constantinople and Rome. These two Christian centers gradually grew apart in belief, and practice. In 1054 CE, a split was formalized between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches; their leaders excommunicated each others. The split remains in effect today. Efforts are being made to heal the division. However, they are making little progress.

The Protestant Reformation in the 16th century led to a split within the western church. The Protestant movement further fragmented into what is now thousands of individual denominations and groups of denominations.