A question for someone who is not catholic!?

Question

hi i am catholic and honestly i am not really familiar with any other beliefs. I would really like to know what you believe and why if you dont mind.

Answer 1

I am a Protestant, I have gone to most of the different denominations, and have friends in the other ones. we do not always agree on our beliefs, and sometime we discuss them, we believe that Jesus was the Son of God, we believe in the Virgin birth, we believe that Jesus died for our sins, and that he rose again on the third day. we believe that we should live a Godly life, and when we do sin we believe we should confess our sin. where we differ with the Catholics is we confess our sins to God the Father in the name of Jesus, and we ask for forgiveness. as you can see our beliefs are not that different from yours.

Answer 2

You are unique, Usually Christians like to speak about their religion but never want to hear the other, but you are different :)

I m Buddhist of Theravada tradition, I can't write english well so wikipedia will tell you a lot.

Why I am a Buddhis? I think the taught is special. I never feel intimidate by this religion. Everything that happened to us is our resposible, and no one will be blame even the devils or God.

Buddha's Taught never ask us to believe Buddha But we must analyse and experience what He taught (ehipassiko). If we feel that suitable then we can become the students or just make it as a way of thinking, no need to be Buddhist.

No hell for the one that not believe Him. No guarantee that we will go to heaven as goddest or get nibbana just by believe Him. Only by understanding and practising Dhamma well and fully, we will feel happiness and may come the Heaven, but heaven is not eternal.The eternal is nibbana, the goal. the ultimate happines, that no words could describe it.

His teaching is Universal. I start feel understand to many phenomenas that happened in universe. He Taught Truths(Dhamma) that happened in the universe. And He said even he never exist, the truths keep going and going.

Thats all

Answer 3

I am a 46 yr. practicing pagan. If you take the simplest definition of the word, pagan is "any non-Christ-based religion." With that in mind, you are already one step ahead of most. The ignorant in the world believe that pagan is the same as witch, but it most certainly is not!
The basis for my belief system is similar to yours; There is a Universal Spirit (equates to your God). There are minions of that spirit (think of your angels). The intent of my action is the most important factor in everything I do. And in my practice, detrimental intent is not acceptable.
The greatest difference in how I practice my belief and how you practice yours is this; I do not ask my Spirit to do things, I tell my Spirit what needs to be done. I create a sense of how the outcome should feel (positive, loving & supportive) and envision it's completion. You may be able to equate this to "visualization" or "affirmation," but my personal use goes much deeper. Perhaps that's because I've been doing it so long!
In my studies, I have found that there are different powers in the elements, as well as the compass directions. I use 5 elements (Fire, Earth, Water, Air & Spirit), and 7 directions (North, East, West, South, Above, Below & Within).
Being a practitioner of the oldest of the Pagan ways, I am more participatory in my interaction with Spirit than most Christ-based religions are. It is up to me to create the means for Spirit to deliver what needs to be accomplished. And, I am wholly responsible for the outcome. Thus, I must be very certain that whatever I deem necessary not interfere with the true path of any person. Also, my tasks must never be revealed. The rede is as follows:
To Know (to feel it into your soul).
To Dare (be brave)
To Will (put things in motion)
To Be Silent (never reveal the means by which you do your tasks).
And, the most commonly reported words; Do as thee will, But harm ye none.

Answer 4

I believe in God. I have attended Baptist, Christian, Jehovah Witness Church and Catholic. I found that I believe there is a God and we as people do not have a full understanding. I also believe in trying to do your best. We know right from wrong in our spirit but sometimes its still a battle. So many people go to church and are religious but are judgmental, followers and unfortunately some are hypocrites. That is why I believe in going to a Unity church is positive and the people are not like other churches I attended.

Answer 5

That's a really loaded, general question. However, I will say that I believe Jesus died on a cross to cover the sins of the world, and then rose again on the 3rd day to be reunited with the Father in Heaven. If we choose to accept that we are sinners and unworthy of Heaven and admit that we need God to forgive us, we will be saved. I also believe that once someone is saved, they are always saved, no matter what! By the way, I'm Baptist.

Answer 6

Well honestly (I mean no disrespect) I don't like a lot of the practices they use in worship. The praying to saints and confessional for example. I cant see how either one have anything to do with what the Bible says about being saved. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the light no one shall enter heaven but through me. I don't see where confessional comes in to play. Also the praying to the saints seems a little far fetched to me. No where was it mentioned in the Bible that you should pray to saints in an effort to contact God. There are more reasons but I won't get into them. I am SDA, however I probably am not a good example of one. I follow many of the teachings however if I ever come into one that conflicts with what I understand from reading the bible I opt to go by the Bible.

Answer 7

I believe that faith in Jesus gets us into heaven.
I grew up in a Lutheran church, very much the same beliefs as Catholic - which is that Confirmation and sprinkling of water on a baby saves them. But Jesus says he is the way.
As an adult, I realized my thinking and that of the church was wrong. I'm now a born again Christian.

Answer 8

basically I am a christian, in the sense I firmly believe in Christ. But I don't follow all christian Ideals. I'm not a "firm" believer in the bible, but I do think its a good guide. I believe ALL religions have good points and some bad. So I try to keep my options open by not affiliating with any one religion. So I guess I'm Christian denomination with an open mind, lol.

Answer 9

I am a Jehovah's Witness.
I believe Jesus is the ONLY mediator between God and man.
I believe that God has a personal name and that we should use it (Psalm 83:18)
I believe that all scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness
I believe that interpretation of scrilpture belongs to God alone and that if we search the scrilptures carefully, we will learn what God is telling us.
I believe that Jesus is the Messiah and the one that God sent to rescue mankind from the consequences of Adam's sin.
I believe that God is one God, not part of a trinity.
I believe that the use of the cross is a slap in God's face because of the horrible way his son had to die.
I believe that the meek will inherit the earth and that only 144,000 will go to heaven to rule as kings and priests with Christ.
I believe that the Kingdom that Jesus prayed for is a real government which will crush and put an end to all men's governments. It will rule from heaven and Jesus will be it's king for 1,000 years, after which time he will turn it's rulership back to God.
Out of my wholehearted love for Jehovah God, I would never allow myself to be prejudiced against any person because of nationality, race or social status.
I believe in being neutral in all political things and refuse to learn war.
I believe that worshilpping God properly means avoiding immoral conduct, including lying, stealin, fornication, adultery, homosexuality, the misuse of blood, idolity, and other such things condemned in the scriptures.
I believe in 2 resurrections--the first, of the 144,000 to their promised places in heaven which has already begun. The second, of the righteous and the unrighteous to life on earth (provided they learn to be peaceful and be led by God).
I believe that at death, all conciousness ends, until the resurrection.
I believe all this and more because I have diligently studied the Bible for the past 21 years and God's holy spirit has revealed it to me.
Thanks for asking!!

Answer 10

95% of humanity believes in God. Well I dispute that but lets take it as a given. Thus this means I believe that only 5% of humanity is sane.

GOD is a childish belief for emotional cripples and intelectual morons.

Probably not the answer you wanted but a bluntly honest one.