Christianity is not a religion its a Personal Relationship with Jesus... most people don't know, or believe this. Most churches follow the teachings of men, instead of Jesus...i.e the Catholic church. which elavates Mary and dimishes the works of Christ.
2007-02-05 09:18:26 · 13 answers · asked by jdoh10 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Is judging others a part of your personal relationship with Jesus?
2007-02-05 09:21:08 · answer #1 · answered by Militant Agnostic 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Being Catholic, you my friend are wrong. The Church does not elevate Mary above Christ. Go into any Catholic church and you will see the biggest statue in there is Christ on the Crucifix. He is the Central part of the Catholic Religion. Now for your question: Christianity is a Religion. It has many branches (please refer to the link as it is a non-biased, factual database of all religions), Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Catholic, Fundamentalist, etc. What you should be asking is this: Religion vs. Spirituality. Now there's a difference between the two of those. Spirituality is what you are referring to when you say "Personal Relationship with Jesus". Religion is a set of Dogmatic Beliefs that you are taught to subscribe to. Sprituality is your interpretation of those beliefs independent of anything a "religious" leader (Priest, Pastor, Rev, etc) tells you.
2007-02-05 09:27:42 · answer #2 · answered by Cajun 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People associated with religions that have their faith based on the teachings of Jesus Christ are called Christians. The teachings of Christ are basically to follow the Commandments of God, i.e, Don't steal from, kill, envy or try to screw your neighbor's wife. The Jews have almost the same philosophy except they believe Christ was a prophet, not the Messiah. Through the years different variations of Christianity and Jud ism have evolved due to the restrictions the religions have placed on them. Men with their divine wisdom have started up different religions to make more palatable Christ's teachings to followers who do not prefer the restrictions.
2007-02-05 09:45:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No your actually wrong. Christianity is indeed a religion in which u could develope a prsonal relationship with God. And Catholics ( not all) do follow the teachings of Jesus through the Bible. Being Christian and religious is omewhat the same. U become religious through the study of Christianity.
2007-02-05 09:24:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I also find this misconception on this board. People think that because Catholics or Evangelists or Protestants teach something wrong that all Christians must be dumb or evil. People need to realize that to call yourself Christian you must only be a follower of Jesus according to your own beliefs. That doesn't make you a true Christian, but that is the criteria. That would be like denouncing all Muslims because of Muslim extremists. It's a twisted version of the original.
2007-02-05 09:23:09 · answer #5 · answered by Epitome_inc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jews and Christians do no longer worship an identical god. Christians worship a trinity and a guy; Jews worship the author of the universe who's one and who has no actual toddlers. Christianity is polytheistic and Judaism is monotheistic. traditionally conversing, the rift befell even as maximum Jews rejected the concept Jesus is the Messiah. The early Christians, who were Jewish, declared that throughout order to change into Christian, one had to remodel to Judaism first. The apostle Paul change into extra pragmatic, and he then declared that it truly is adequate to remember on Jesus with the intention to change right into a Christian. subsequently, there change into an rather good inflow of recent converts to Christianity. Later, Emperor Constantine, who ruled a crumbling Roman Empire, determined to apply faith with the intention to unite the empire. the biggest non secular team change into the Christians (4% of the inhabitants), so Constantine made Christianity needed. With the creation of the Catholic (meaning accepted) church in Rome, the rift between Judaism and Christianity widened even extra.
2016-11-02 10:11:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Exactly it is NOT the same. A born again christian believes in ONE truth, and that is Jesus Christ and yes we have a personal relationship with Him and are secure in Him. We do not seek other paths, for we know that there is one path to life and heaven and that is with Him--As Matthew 7:13-14 states about the "narrow path leading to life"
Relegious people are usually seekers- and they want anything that has to do with god or gods or peace. But the difference is, they are not grounded in the truth of Jesus Christ---and that is why relegion is the broad path that leads to death.
2007-02-05 09:25:06 · answer #7 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why is your particular version right? Since the church decided what books would be included in the Bible and you get Jesus' words from that source (I assume), how do you really know what Jesus said?
just curious
2007-02-05 09:24:02 · answer #8 · answered by Howard K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There has to be turn away christians, unreligious, third of mankind, believers, unbelievers, and so on. now, christianity did not come until after christ went up to heaven alone. everyone else watched. see people do follow teachings of men, and aren't ashamed.
2007-02-05 09:25:51 · answer #9 · answered by tammuzjune 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word 'religion' is just latin for reconnect, religari
It means reconnect with the divine, not going to church once a week. If your reconnecting then it's true religion
2007-02-05 10:22:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol. It's a religion whether you admit it or not. You believe some things that others like myself don't believe.
I'm not particulary religious, just spiritual. I don't follow set religion.
Catholic church diminishes works of Christ? Lol. Clearly, you've never set foot in one.
2007-02-05 09:21:55 · answer #11 · answered by rostov 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋