2007-02-12 08:07:47 · 27 answers · asked by Kerilyn 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It means everything to me...It means fully relying on God and trusting Him and trying to live my life according to Him and making it to the end of this life and be able to go to Heaven and live with Him forever...
2007-02-12 08:10:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
It means following the values that I learned as a child.
It means respecting others for who and what they are. It means helping others where that is possible.
It means expecting from others no less than I would do for them, but also no more.
It means valuing others as people and as individuals, and it means listening to their opinions and trying to undertand them before responding. That includes atheists, and scientists, many of whom think the two terms are interchangeable.
It means I accept the unexplainable as unexplainable and that means I accept that science is very often wrong.
It means I respect God, not fear Him, and that I should be thankful for the blessings I receive, and perceive.
The blessings, and my understanding of the failures of science, include my being able to write this today, despite my experience of having it determined that I was dead, and being left for dead for more than an hour. They include my being allowed for all of my life to use my hands to help in healing others.
Those "others" include both animal and human: a cat that four separate veterinarians gave only 48 hours to live, but survived five years after that, and, a dying old lady, after doctors said they could not stop her convulsive seizures. They did stop. Her heart rate and breathing came almost back to normal, then stayed that way, which allowed her to die in peace some time later.
It means I can be patient, and wait to see what the future holds for me, without fear.
2007-02-12 16:30:15 · answer #2 · answered by Ef Ervescence 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that whoever is a Christian is a member and believer of the Christian dogma, as would a Jew be a member and believer of the Jewish dogma.
2007-02-12 16:12:40 · answer #3 · answered by markos m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means treating others with a measure of sympathy and respect; as I would like to be treated.
It means not being a programmed drone who quotes incessantly from Scripture, but rather a person that has internalized his spirituality to where he does not need to constantly "educate" others about belief, etc.
It means not being totally closed-minded to others' ideas and philosophies. It is not up to me to correct everyone around me based on my beliefs. I can share them, but I do not need to force them on people.
2007-02-12 17:03:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word christian comes from movies.
2007-02-12 16:11:27 · answer #5 · answered by JAY 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm an atheist. To me, being a Christian means being indoctrinated in organized superstition.
2007-02-12 16:10:07 · answer #6 · answered by nondescript 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It means saying you believe in a 2000 year old dogma that many times one doesnt even begin to read or much less understand
2007-02-12 16:10:48 · answer #7 · answered by Mayonaise 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To me being a christian means a biggoted, racist, ignorant, selfish, pig. Something like Pat Robetson, Jerry Falwell and the german clown in Rome.
2007-02-12 16:10:36 · answer #8 · answered by elias92553 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
To do the right thing in bad situations, to pray for others and love my enemies, love God with all my heart and try my hardest not to sin - Without God in my life - my life would have no meaning.
God bless..x
2007-02-12 16:12:08 · answer #9 · answered by Ali baba And the 40 thieves! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being a true believer means following Scripture. Having been given the power of YAHOSHUA to understand and to obey.
2007-02-12 16:09:49 · answer #10 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋