religion they follow
2006-11-30 16:49:51 · 9 answers · asked by maybe 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i think it defines the religion they follow. because 2 different christians does not have the same type of relationship with God. i mean som people only call themself a christian but they have no 'real' relationship with God
2006-11-30 16:54:10 · answer #1 · answered by allemapstieks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In practice, they're effectively the same. However, there is a singular distinction between the two that's important (well, important only in the intellectual or philosophical sense). Namely, if one merely lacks a belief, that is the default position--lacking a belief until it is shown to be justified by evidence. However, if one actively disbelieves something, it implies they are making their own positive claim about the thing they disbelieve (namely, that that thing does not exist). In this later case, instead of merely finding insufficient evidence, the person is actually making a claim and should be able to back it up with their own evidence. Of course, if someone is proposing something such as an interventionist version of an omnipotent, omnipresent, all-good god with very specifically defined attributes/wants/dislikes/etc., the lack of sufficient evidence (or, really the lack of any reliable evidence whatsoever) can be taken as evidence against the thing (although, it's technically not very intellectually rigorous to make this conclusion). After all, if it existed, there'd be a ton of evidence. (And the claims are that it exists, is extremely intelligent, omnipotent, and wants you to know it exists... and the best evidence it could it could provide you with is say, the bible... Yeah, right.) So basically, as far as everyday purposes go, the two definitions you've effectively mean the same thing. Philosophically, however, a distinction between the two exists, and that distinction is important.
2016-05-23 07:02:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A follower of Christ is a Christian. It is the name of the religion.
2006-11-30 17:05:54 · answer #3 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a good question...
If there is no relationship, the religion is empty and void of any true value. It is simply a belief system that has no life....but Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith,is life.
2006-11-30 16:55:07 · answer #4 · answered by whitehorse456 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use it to identify what my beliefs are...
My relationship with God, is Christianity...
So I'd say both...
2006-11-30 16:57:02 · answer #5 · answered by Abbasangel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity=One who believes that Jesus Christ was the Messiah.
2006-11-30 16:56:34 · answer #6 · answered by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is nothing more then a private club.
2006-11-30 17:05:48 · answer #7 · answered by Xfile 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's about a relationship.
2006-11-30 16:57:27 · answer #8 · answered by Red neck 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's both. In a secular context it's the latter and in a personal context of faith it's the former.
God bless! :)
2006-11-30 16:57:51 · answer #9 · answered by zeromeyzl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋