Is this what Christians pretty much believe?

Question

I am Christian so I am a 100% right about everything because I live by the Bible. I know the truth and that makes me feel safe and secure. Without the Bible, I would be a desperate and morbidly insecure human. The truth has been proven to me by God Himself. I have seen the Bible fall from the sky, and I know of its divine origins. I know because I know, and if anything, it is the non-believers who are insecure because they do not accept the truth. I am special so I will go to Heaven instead of the non-believers. My glory belongs to God, and God will have everlasting glory.

Answer 1

I'm a Christian and this is what I pretty much believe:

I am a sinner saved only BY GRACE. I am not special or perfect enough to go to heaven and very much deserve to go to hell like everyone else. Yet Christ still chose to die for me so I can have eternal life. Same goes for you too.

I don't live 100% by the Bible. I want to and try to, but many times I just fall short. If I were perfect then I wouldn't need a Savior, would I?

I know the truth but it doesn't necessarily make me feel 100% safe and secure (after all I'm human). But the truth did set me free.

I don't believe the Bible fell from the sky nor have I seen it. Unless there are printers up in the clouds then it's pretty much impossible. But you already knew that, didn't you?

I do believe that without God in my life, it ceases to become meaningful. No, non-believers are insecure. If anything, they are pretty much secure and confident in their belief that there is no God. But it doesn't make them right.

And yes, I give Glory to God. Why should I claim any of it for myself? Why should anyone?

Answer 2

Well I am a self-proclaim Christian. I do not think that I am 100% right about everything and I TRY and live by the Bible. I know some of the truth but I still struggle with doubt. I was not always a Christian and I have never be tagged as an insure human let alone a morbidly insecure human. The truth has been revealed to me through God, himself, that is a testimony for another time. I did not see the Bible fall from the sky but I do know its origins. (because it did not fall from the sky, it was written by prophets, disciples and followers) . I know because I have faith and I believe. I do not think that non-believers are insecure because they have not accepted the truth, I do believe that many are not experiencing full joy and peace of life but that is my opinion not fact. I am not special but I do get to go to heaven by the grace of God because I truly believe and my actions and intentions are aligned with that belief. And yes my glory belongs to God and God will have everlasting glory.

But that is just what this Christians believes - even though we might be brothers and sisters in Christ we are still individuals and are at different steps in the Christian maturity process. Ten years since I became a Christian and I still consider myself still looking and much to learn.

I am a strong will individual, above average intelligence, good career and self motivated and self disciplined. My life changed around when I learned about Christ and the love that he has - I do not tell people about Christ to change their belief I tell people about Christ because I am so excited about what he has done in my life I want others to experience this kind of peace, joy and love. That is what I believe.

Thanks

Answer 3

No!,I am a Christian and I know that even though I try to live by the Bible I have at times managed to please God yet other times I have failed miserably even so God has mercy and gave his only begotten son JesusChrist, to die for my sins and I therefore can sincerely and repentantly and ask God for forgivenes, and that on the basis of Jesus sacrifice I will be cleansed of my many sins. I have never seen the Bible fall from the sky because that's not the way God works, Without the Bible I would not know the truthor know God and his wonderful purposes.Only God can make my paths straight Without God I would be a totally different person It is only through knowing God that has made me who I am today, and made me appreciate the the purposes that he has and the reasons for the way the world is today.Through studying his Word the BibleI have learnt a lot about God and I am still learning more everyday,that I know everybody would benefit from, I know I will not Go to heaven and I don't want to go there because my place is to be on earth, and my goal is to be counted worthy to have a happy life on earth as a subject of God's kingdom, which Jesus has been placed in charge of and he will soon following his Fathers direction cleanse the earth of all wickedness and sorrow on earth and bring it to its former glory, so that faithful mankind will be able to live on forever in perfect peace and security,and under the rulingn of God's kingdom led by Jesus the ambassador in charge of Gods kingdom which is the only hope for mankind! Yes God will have everlasting Glory and all people will soon know that Jehovah is God in all the universe,non-believers who have died in the past will also receive a resurrection to be given an opportunity to take hold of the true life in paradise forever in perfection and happiness! this is some of what the word of God in the Bible promises for all, Anyone who wants can have this opportunity by learning the truth from the Bible, and then living by it, I am not special and I do not know something that others can'teverything I know is available to all that wish to know the doors are still open for any who want to get to know God in accurate truth, and thereby puting themselves in line for the real life in an earthly Paradise without death or sorrow, in perfecthealth and and happiness forever. This is what I believe, and it is what the Bible promises!(Revelation21:3,4)

Answer 4

Alrighty then....

The lines become blurred when it comes to "Christians". You seem to think that a "Christian" is a specific term, when really, it is not. There are over 20 different "sects" (if i may use the term) of Christianity, and they all have different beliefs.

A little history: "Christianity" at one time (around 100 C.E) referred to a single, monothiestic religion. In the middle ages, a man called Martin Luther protested against the Pope, citing a number of reforms which he believed would set the Church back on the proper path (there were severe problems with corruption at that time). In case you hadn't noticed, Luther started "Protestantism", the "Lutheran" church, and "Reformist" beliefs. This is where the separation between Roman Catholicism (the religion Luther protested against) and Protestantism took thier seperate paths. Inside the Lutheran church, many people, including John Calvin (for example) created their own reforms and respective churches.

Though each of these groups believe in slightly different (or extremely different, in some cases) ideas, they each have a couple of beliefs that transcend all Protestant (or Christian) religions:

1. They read the Bible literally. They think, for example, that God created two humans, and that's where we all came from (so we're all inbred? lol). In contrast, most Roman Catholics (for example) read the Bible from a metaphorical stand. So they read the passages, reflect on the stories, and interpret the messages behind them.

2. They think that to get to heaven, they must convert as many people as possible. Ever wonder *why* we get so many Jehova's Witnesses at our doors? They're another offshoot of Protestantism. In contrast, Roman Catholics believe that to get to heaven, one must confess their sins, follow the ten commandments (i.e be a good person), and don't be shy of spreading the faith (although it's not pushed like it used to be)

3. They think that God is some almighty dictator that will smite you if you do anything wrong.

I kind of oversimplified these, but I wrote it this way so anyone can understand the basic ideas.

Answer 5

The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims Version

With Challoner Revisions 1749-52
1899 Edition of the John Murphy Company

IMPRIMATUR:
James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899.

Pope Damasus assembled the first list of books of the Bible at the Roman Council in 382 A.D. He commissioned St. Jerome to translate the original Greek and Hebrew texts into Latin, which became known as the Latin Vulgate Bible and was declared by the Church to be the only authentic and official version, in 1546.

The DR New Testament was first published by the English College at Rheims in 1582 A.D. The DR Old Testament was first published by the English College at Douay in 1609 A.D. The first King James Version was not published until 1611. This online DRV contains all 73 books, including the seven Deutero-Canonical books (erroneously called Apocrypha by Protestants). These seven books were included in the 1611 KJV, but not in later KJV Bibles.

The whole Douay-Rheims Bible was revised and diligently compared with the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner in 1749-1752 A.D. The notes included in the text were written by Dr. Challoner.

The DR Bible was photographically reproduced from the 1899 edition of the John Murphy Company, Baltimore, Maryland, by Tan Books in 1971. Eventually, this edition was optically scanned to produce a large text file which this publisher used for creating this website, with the aid of text-processing software.

One important goal of this project was to preserve the original text "as is", without making any changes in the wording, because the original text had the Imprimatur of James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, dated Sept 1st 1899.

The text file was checked quite thoroughly by software written by the publisher for punctuation errors and verses out of order. The index was humanly checked for misspelled words and the corrections were made to the text. However, some spelling errors may still be present in the text. Many verses were out of order in the original file. These have been corrected.

Every effort was made to ensure that this online version is an exact match to the original printed version. No words were added or ommitted from the text, except for correcting errors caused by the scanning process. No words were rearranged. No verse numbers were changed, except in the case of Psalm 9.

Psalm 9 originally contained 21 verses and there were 2 versions of Psalm 10, numbering 1-18 and 1-8. This obviously caused a conflict, so it was decided to make the first Psalm 10 as the last part of Psalm 9 and renumber the verses 22-39. This retains the same numbering as all the Douay Rheims. Note, in the Protestant Bibles the numbering of Psalms 10 through 146 differs by one.

Answer 6

Only doctrines that are explicitly found in the bible can be trusted. I just need more time to find the verse.
There is a verse that lists the books of the bible that fell out of the sky, landing in front of each individual believer in the KJV and everbody back then could read.
Jesus commanded us to read the New Testament.
The apostles could only teach what was in the New Testament because everything about Christianity is contained in the Bible.
(these are common fallacies, I am not being serious)

Answer 7

I'm a Christian and I know without a shadow of a doubt that I'm not right 100% of the time. I also know that I'm not a desperate and morbidly insecure human.

Actually, I am happy and secure in my life, with a great family who has a lot of fun together. And I know where I'm going when I die and I have a lot to live for. I don't have the answers to all. And I have a ton of questions. But life is really really great.

Can you say the same?
I think your post sounds very angry and bitter and frankly not very happy.

Answer 8

Not this Christian! Here's my personal beliefs:

I am so a nothing and fall short of Jesus' standards. I will never make them because I am merely a human and can do nothing worthwhile unless i have help. I am wrong a lot of the time, since i was not created perfect and need constant fixing up. I believe in Jesus Christ, which is faith because i cannot see him or prove he exists. The Bible to me is the inspired word of God, other books (the Apocrypha) were left out because they were not ‘inspired'. Since i am such a nothing and cannot get to heaven, Jesus payed my fare because He loves me. I have no idea why He loves me, because i am nothing to love at all. That is the mystery, why he cares. But I'm betting my life on it. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

Answer 9

Here's one Christian who would probably not believe that:

"...Humanly speaking, in fact, who can say for sure about anything? And yet there are some things I would be willing to bet maybe even my life on.
That life is grace, for instance - the givenness of it, the fathomlessness of it, the endless possibilities of its becoming transparent to something extraordinary beyond itself. That...in the long run, whether you call on him or don't call on him, God will be present with you. That if we really had our eyes open, we would see that all moments are key moments. That he who does not love remains in death. That Jesus is the Word made flesh who dwells among us full of grace and truth. On good days I might add a few more to the list. On bad days it's possible there might be a few less."
--Frederick Buechner

I wished all Christians believed that way, but I'm sure there are many that are closer to what you describe. Just know that there are some other folks out there too.

Answer 10

There is only one who is right that is god, always remain humble. The closer you become to god the greater power you are given so to those who wish to be greatest they are servant to all. Good, all that is written in the bible has been tested and found true and right. So when they ask questions and they will ask the holy spirit for the words. all that we are and all that we have is not our own but from the holy spirit, that is how we become blameless.
Anything further, ask and i will answer what the lord wishes for you to hear