What I mean is, people get confused with a Christain compared to Christianity. For instance, someone can be a Christain and not be a Catholic, or Jahova Witness. Does anyone know what I'm talking about. I have a friend that is a Johava Witness, and refers to a Christain as a religion.
2007-02-01 16:49:24 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ok, I don't want to KNOW what Christianity is. Because I am a Christain; meaning, I'm not anything else but a Christain - a follower of Christ. Its not a specific religion. Does anyone understand what I'm saying?
2007-02-01 16:54:08 · update #1
True Christians are primarily interested in WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES (see Scriptures below).
Meanwhile, trinitarians repeatedly pretend that Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christian. Trinitarians use an artificial, trinity-specific definition of the term "Christian" which excludes anyone who does not believe that Jesus is God Himself, rather than the Son of God. Interestingly, pagans in the first century pretended that Christ's followers were Atheists(!) because the Christians had a somewhat different idea from the pagans about the nature of God.
Jehovah's Witnesses teach that no salvation occurs without Christ, that accepting Christ's sacrifice is a requirement for true worship, that every prayer must acknowledge Christ, that Christ is the King of God's Kingdom, that Christ is the head of the Christian congregation, that Christ is immortal and above every creature, even that Christ was the 'master worker' in creating the universe! Both secular dictionaries and disinterested theologians acknowledge that Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian religion.
The Trinitarian arguments are intended to insult and demean Jehovah's Witnesses, rather than to give a Scripturally accurate understanding of the term "Christian".
In fact, the bible most closely associates being "Christian" with preaching about Christ and Christ's teachings. Review all three times the bible uses the term "Christian" and note that the context connects the term with:
"declaring the good news"
'teaching quite a crowd'
'open eyes, turn from dark to light'
"uttering sayings of truth"
"persuade"
"keep on glorifying"
(Acts 11:20-26) [The early disciples of Jesus] began talking to the Greek-speaking people, declaring the good news of the Lord Jesus... and taught quite a crowd, and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians.
(Acts 26:17-28) [Jesus said to Paul] I am sending you, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God... Paul said: “I am not going mad, Your Excellency Festus, but I am uttering sayings of truth and of soundness of mind. ...Do you, King Agrippa, believe the Prophets? I know you believe.” But Agrippa said to Paul: “In a short time you would persuade me to become a Christian.”
(1 Peter 4:14-16) If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy... But if he suffers as a Christian, let him not feel shame, but let him keep on glorifying God in this name
So why do anti-Witnesses try to hijack the term "Christian" and hide its Scriptural implications? Because anti-Witnesses recognize that it is the preaching work that makes it clear that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are by far the most prominent followers of Christ:
(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded
2007-02-04 06:07:22 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being Christian is a follower of Christ. Christianity is the basic principles that Jesus Christ set forth and fulfilled in Old Testament prophecy. Being Christian means that you believe every word Jesus Christ spoke and you believe every prophecy concerning Him. Jehovah's Witness is a cult. And they expect to control you by telling you that the watchtower society knows things you don't and has higher knowledge than you do. But you could never discern that because God is the one who searches the heart and allows knowledge to abound. Who is the watchtower to say what your heart is like? Or any man for that matter!
2007-02-02 00:59:42 · answer #2 · answered by Hurray for the ANGELS! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple, If you follow the teachings of Christ, you are a christian.
If you follow the teachings of Bhudda, you can still be a Christian cause they don't really disagree ... and more later.
Re-read the Sermon on the Mount for your own understanding.
If you are a Christian civilization/culture/country act like it . That's all that needs to be done.
Jonnie
2007-02-02 01:14:06 · answer #3 · answered by Jonnie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, not everyone knows this because not everyone grew up in a Christian household or has even gone to church, so you can't really expect everyone to know these things. "Christianity" is a religion. A "Christian" is one who practices the religion of "Christanity". Jehova's Witness, Evangelists, Episcopalians, Baptist, Lutheran, Latter Day Saints etc., are actually all just different doctrines that are practiced in the Christian religion so in essence, your friend is right except he misusing "Christian" instead of "Christanity" and I'm afraid you are wrong.
2007-02-02 00:59:12 · answer #4 · answered by Rock, Paper, Scissors 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is the belief that there is a God, and that he sent his Son, Jesus to die for our sins.
Jahova's witnesses believe the same thing so they are considered 'Christianity'
Catholics believe that Mary saves them, and they aren't Christians, because they do not accept Jesus Christ as their savior.
Think about it Catholics, Jesus died on the cross and rose again or believe in his Mom, where the only commandment she said in the Bible was to follow her son.
2007-02-02 00:55:17 · answer #5 · answered by Steph [♥] 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I love how you spell it......chri-stain.
I thought it was a typo til I realized that you did it everytime!
And christianity IS a religion....just because you don't follow any particular denomination doesn't mean that you aren't following the religion of christianity. A christian is a member of the christian religion.
2007-02-02 01:03:30 · answer #6 · answered by Medusa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this even worth asking? A christian is one who believes in Christianity. Christian being a person, Christianity being a religion. Who cares if some people are dumb and don't get it.
2007-02-02 00:52:28 · answer #7 · answered by kingshighway77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Christian is someone who is supposed to be a follower of Christ. They can be Catholic, Lutheran, Pentecostal etc.
2007-02-02 00:52:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people are pretty sure they know exactly what A Christian is. For good or bad.
2007-02-02 00:53:05 · answer #9 · answered by swamp elf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a lot of people understand the concept that you are awkwardly trying to explain. The real questions is "Who really cares?"
2007-02-02 00:53:03 · answer #10 · answered by bewitching_green_fairy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋