When Christians can't even decide amongst themselves whether or not Christianity is a religion, how can we

Question

trust that their interpretation of scripture isn't equally flawed?

Answer 1

People have to agree to accept that one or a specific interpretation is true.

Religion refers to what generally goes on in Church

Spirituality refers to a real relationship with God.

Answer 2

It depends on if you are talking about a Baptise, A Methodist, catholic, & whatever, they all can be classified as a religion, But true salvation can only be classified as an experince, That will lead you into All Truth as the Holy Ghost is to do, & not lead you into thousands of directions, How can God lead me to the Apostles teachings, & then lead someone else away from it, & then lead that 3rd person even further away until you have thousands of religions, But still only ONE TRUTH. When people ask me what religion are you, I tell them no religion, But I am a true Christian & Believer in the Apostles doctrine, Do you see, Religion can carry many names, But salvation can only carry that true experince by God through the Blood of Jesus Christ, & that same spirit that the Apostles had will then also lead my life.

Answer 3

The Bible isn't the word of God and that's why I left the religion. The BIble has been edited and manipulated to serve the leaders of those days to the point that the original Bible (if it even ever existed) has been lost forever!!!

The word of God shouldn't be interpreted because God's word is to be taken literally.

Answer 4

for most Christians,
religion "per se" is of very little importance.
what is important is YOUR personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
don't get hung up on "religion".
John 3: The Words of Jesus Christ (God in the flesh)
3. "Verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
4. Nicodemus saith unto Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"
5. Jesus answered, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God."
6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again."
16. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18. He that believeth on Him is not condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."

Answer 5

how can you trust a bunch of people who work on nothing but translation and dont even take the time to read the original script?

a lot gets lost in translation...

Im not Christian..and even my own people get bothered by the fact that I have to learn a different language to read my Book in its original language...they see it as a fault...

since when did worshipping your own language become the norm and learning become a fault?

Answer 6

Since when is it your job to decide if my interpretation and belief system is flawed or not? Maybe it's really yours that is flawed - how sure are you it isn't?

Answer 7

There are different factions of Christianity just as there are different factions of Muslims. When's the last time you heard of a war that pitted one Christian faction against the other? Christianity is a belief not a religion.

Answer 8

Christianity is definitely a religion

Answer 9

It actually doesn't really matter what they think, Christianity as defined and practise by most of its adherents is most definately a religion.

Answer 10

You just answered your own question. That the point, basically.