salam dears
im a muslima but i cant understand your religion
i mean im confused
some of you say that the god is gesus him self
and others say that jesus is the son of god
of coures in my own believe and all muslims jesus is a prophet like mohammad and moses peace be upon them
will my question is are there a diffrent kinds of christians
who have some diffrents in thier believes or
you are all the same?
2007-01-21 21:32:38 · 21 answers · asked by anno 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We believe that one God exists in three distinct and equally divine persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. A human being, of course, is incapable of this. The human mind cannot even comprehend it. But the infinite God, who dwells beyond our three dimensions of space and one dimension of time, can certainly choose to do so. It can even be shown mathematically that a being with access to just two dimensions of time (one more than ours) can exist simultaneously in multiple forms, and yet remain a single entity.
2007-01-21 22:00:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes they're right about the trinity dogma. The Roman Catholic Church is very clear that the trinity dogma is not a teaching of scripture but of the clergy. They view the clergy as having the right and authority to teach/interpret The Scriptures any way they want and that no one else has this right. When the dogma of the trinity came in to the church that is also when the persecution of those that disagreed came into the church. The spirit of persecution is the spirit of Satan. When Nicea was convened there were 304 bishops attending out of a possible 5,000 bishops of the church. These 304 presumed to speak for the whole church and came up with the trinity. There were other other councils called that were attended by majorities of the bishops and these anathematized the trinitarian teachings of Athanasius but they don't want to talk about those councils. Eusebius, the first church historian outside of scripture, was opposed to the trinity. That's why he's not called a saint but he is referred to as a reliable source of church history. Trinitarians want everyone to think the matter was settled in 325 but the debate has NEVER gone away. 325 didn't even talk about the holy spirit and what it was and how if figured into the newfangled trinity. That came later at Chalcedon. Most people that say the believe in the 'trinity' don't even know what it is. It's a catch phrase, buzzword, whatever you want to call it that the 'in people use.' Side point: Constantine was supposedly 'converted' on his deathbed and baptized as an 'Arian Christian' by an Arian bishop. Even pagans know 1+1+1=3, not 1.
2016-05-24 15:43:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both statements are true. Let me explain......We believe God came to us in human form. To bridge the gap between Heaven and Earth. God is everywhere and all things are possible with Him. A part of God, therefore, renounced His power, might, control and became like us. As Jesus, He could call upon the Angels, He could stop the world from turning, He could do anything He wanted, but He didn't. He gave up all power. The miracles Jesus did were only as God (the Father) allowed.
However, Jesus was part of God and God was part of Him.
There are many Christian denominations. Some are so far off center (the Bible) that they have written their own version of it or added to it.
Other denominations simply have disagreement regarding different aspects of the faith. The bottom line is this: A Christian believes that Jesus was sent by God, came to Earth of His own will, lived a perfect/sinless life, was crucified, died and rose on the third day when He ascended into Heaven. Because Jesus lived a perfect life and was sinless. But we are not sinless and must attone for our sins. However, we can never attone for all our sins! Jesus took on the sins of all mankind and took our punishment in our place. The punishment we should rightly have.
We believe when we stand before God and are to give an account of how we lived our life Jesus will be there beside us to say, "Father, this is Dawn, I have paid her punishment and she is wholly acceptable, free and clear. She is debt free".
2007-01-21 21:58:45 · answer #3 · answered by D.W. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's confusing. All Christians believe that Jesus was the Son of God. Some Christians believe that Jesus, God the Father and the Holy Spirit are each part of the same godhead called the Trinity.
There are different beliefs within Christianity just as in Islam there are Sunni, Shiite, Wahhabi, etc.
2007-01-21 21:46:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are different kinds of Christians.
Some believe in the trinity- that is, the father, the son and the holy spirit.
Others are unitarians and believe in God and Jesus as his prophet.
Either way, Christians don't believe that Jesus is actually God.
Jesus is the son of God; that is a part of God that came to Earth to take away the sins of man.
People sometimes refer to Jesus as God because he is a part of God and the spirit of God is in him.
It's hard to explain, but Jesus did not create the Earth in 6 days, God did, but then God put a part of himself into Jesus so that he could come to earth. Does that differentiation help?
Remember, Christians, Muslims and Jews believe in the SAME God except their understanding of Him and his prophets are different.
2007-01-22 00:57:23 · answer #5 · answered by pinwheelbandit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is actually 3 in1: God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. They are all one and the same, so yes Jesus is God, but also the Son of God.
A little confusing, I know, but it's difficult to explain.
2007-01-21 21:50:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ah yes, the trinity. God is one person, but actually three, but actually one.
"In Christianity, the doctrine of the Trinity states that God is one being who exists, simultaneously and eternally, as a mutual indwelling of three persons: the Father, the Son (incarnate as Jesus of Nazareth), and the Holy Spirit. Since the 4th century, in both Eastern and Western Christianity, this doctrine has been stated as "one God in three persons," all three of whom, as distinct and co-eternal persons, are of one indivisible Divine essence, a simple being. Supporting the doctrine of the Trinity is known as Trinitarianism. The majority of Christians are Trinitarian and regard belief in the Trinity as a test of orthodoxy. Opposing, nontrinitarian positions that are held by some groups include Binitarianism (two deities/persons/aspects), Unitarianism (one deity/person/aspect), the Godhead (Latter Day Saints) (three separate beings) and Modalism (Oneness).
The doctrine of the Trinity is the result of continuous exploration by the church of the biblical data, thrashed out in debate and treatises, eventually formulated at the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD in a way they believe is consistent with the biblical witness , and further refined in later councils and writings. The most widely recognized Biblical foundations for the doctrine's formulation are in the Gospel of John."
Did you understand that? Yeah, me neither.
2007-01-21 21:41:57 · answer #7 · answered by eldad9 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always liked this picture example: If you have water it can also be ice and steam and is still a form of water.
God sent His Spirit to Mary and she was impregnated with His seed, Jesus was born to Mary a virgin having had no man. When Jesus died He sent His spirit to live in the heart of man, This is the very same spirit that had the power for Jesus to rise from the dead.
Jesus was perfect that is why He became a sacrifice on the cross for each of us. He purchased our eternity with His perfect blood.
There is really only one kind of Christian, those who love Jesus with all of there heart and follow him.
Anyone else who says they are a Christian and doesn't live like this is a fake.
2007-01-21 21:49:43 · answer #8 · answered by greatnewsbearer 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jesus reconciles (brings God to man) so He has to be both in order to accomplish this. He is God in Human flesh. Son of God is a way to describe a relationship. It does not mean God had relations with Mary. There is God, infinite, which cannot be fully explained for He is Spirit, and everywhere all at once. And then there is the portion of God that we can relate to. God as man. In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. And the word became flesh and dwelled among us. Thank you for your question
2007-01-21 21:44:38 · answer #9 · answered by Lover of God 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
well, doesn't your religion have Sunni, Shi'a, Sufism, Kharijites and god knows what other little subsects? It is the same for the christians.
Some people wrote a book thousands of years ago and everybody and his mother has an opinion about it. The logical thing would be to say 'this is a book written a few thousand years ago so it is an interesting artifact of how people used to live and nothing more'. But nooooo! You all go and claim your imaginary god is better and kill each other over it. Well, enjoy.
2007-01-21 21:46:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋