Many fundies seem to think being a Christian is about what you believe. It's not. Being a Christian means that you have been baptized with water in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
This is well understood by people in most of the mainstream faiths. Many fundies do not seem to understand that most of the world's Christians are not Protestants and that even within Protestantism, fundamentalism is just a fringe movement albeit a noisy one. In other words, fundamentalism is a minority of a minority. Theologically they are not as significant as they may imagine they are.
They certainly do not qualify to define what it means to be a Christian, for Christians in general. Fundamentalists need to get out more and mingle with others and listen to others and learn from others.
2007-03-06 20:28:03 · 17 answers · asked by fra59e 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christianity is following Jesus, not any other belief. Jesus said He is the way, the truth and the life. So we have to follow the way. I was born in a protestant background, but our birth christianity surely doesn't take us anywhere unless there is personal relationship with God. And very true every christian should ask for Holy Spirit annointing, cause I received it and Holy Spirit is helping me always and teaching me about God and His ways. Thats the most wonderful experience I have ever got in my whole life.
"Ask and you will receive" Jesus said. So ask God.
2007-03-06 20:38:46 · answer #1 · answered by Brinda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many types of Christians that have built many different churches each one believing it is the only true church and anyone not welcomed into their fold will spend an eternity in Hell. And - in each variant there are the fundamentalists - the hardliners that like to take everything in the Bible at their interpreted face value and wish to keep a hard line on all those in their flock.
2007-03-15 04:17:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A true Christian is this You ask Jesus to come into you heart and ask Jesus to forgive your sins.Then you follow the Holy Spirit By praising Jesus Thanking Jesus Loving Jesus Loving everyone forgiving everyone and doing what the Holy Spirit tells you what to do .But you have to test the spirit and the way you do that is by confirmations of what is around you and if there is no way it can be a coincidence than it is from God.If you have a deep relationship with Jesus than this thing that the Holy Spirit tells you to do you know that you know you have to do what He tells you because you are living for Beautiful loving Jesus who gave up everything so we could communicate our love together forever.And let me add that it is always for someones GOOD>
2007-03-07 04:40:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Christian is a person who accepted Jesus as his Savior and lives according to His word an example - to love people as He loves you an always rely on God His father through the Holy Spirit show you what His will is - and thank Him for all the blessings you receive everyday
2007-03-07 04:36:33 · answer #4 · answered by cheri 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The term "Christian" is not in the Bible and I am unable to determine a clearly defined meaning for the label.
I can tell you this....Jehovah's Witness's are not Christians.
Catholics are Christian's but they worship an Idol, and that is not tolerated by other Christian's. (ironic, but what do I know?)
Jehovah's Witness's (which are not Christians), will tell you that they are the only "true" Christians.
Bla bla bla....it's a very difficult thing to understand in my opinion.
2007-03-07 04:46:30 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
So... by your logic, anyone who was baptized is a christian, regardless of what they actually believe? So... I'm christian, even thought I know that god doesn't exist, and also therefore could have had no son? Interesting. But stupid.
2007-03-07 04:39:59 · answer #6 · answered by The Resurrectionist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pasters of high denomination of Christianity declared that there are 50,000 errors in Holy Bible.
http://www.jamaat.net/bible/AwakeArticle(1957).html
http://www.jamaat.net/bible/Bible4-6.html
http://www.ahmed-deedat.co.za/bible/13.html
www.al-sunnah.com/bible.htm - 43k.
www.muslimworld.co.uk/errorsinbible.htm
Examples of Corruption in Bible
http://www.quransearch.com/sake.htm
Christians admitted perversion in bible
http://www.bibleperversion.com/
Example of biblical interpolation, corruption and addition by pasters and these pasters deserve the plague according to Jesus pbuh.
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Bible/NLT/nlt_exposed.htm
http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/nivdelet.htm
Corruption and interpolation in bible exposed.
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Bible/american_standard_version_expose.htm
16 Pasters of high rank removed the verse John 5:7 from Bible. Because this verse advocates the concept of trinity.
http://www.30below.com/~ethanl/1John5v7.html
www.1john57.com
www.wayoflife.org/fbns/defending1.htm
www.studytoanswer.net/bibleversions/1john5n7.html
There are more than 2,000 versions of bible in this world.
Seventh Day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses.
First Roman Catholic Bible was published at Rheims in 1582.
Second one published at Douay in 1609.
These called RCV version of Bible.
The Protestants regarded 7 books as ‘apocrypha’ (doubtful authority) and removed them from Bible.
(The Book of Judith
The Book of Tobias
The Book of Baruch
The Buck of Esther, etc. )
Jesus pbuh said in the book of Revelation Chapter 22 Verse 18-19 ". . . If any man shall add to these things (or delete) God shall add unto him the plagues written in this Book."
On deleting 7 books from bible, the Catholics call ‘cult of Christianity’ to the Seventh Day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses.
2007-03-07 04:30:18 · answer #7 · answered by Punter 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes . Absolutely . The whole thing was a statement.
2007-03-15 01:43:19 · answer #8 · answered by Apis03 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For me, to put it simply.....a Christian in one who strives to be Christ-like. Plain and simple.
God knows our hearts and intentions. I judge no one, and won't be judged by anyone other than God. At least, I won't acknowledge judgment by others.
What I know and what God knows...is all that matters to me.
2007-03-07 04:36:38 · answer #9 · answered by treefrog 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Christian is one who follows and believes in God, Jesus Christ the Almighty.
Worship him and read his Book, The Holly Bible for spiritual education.
2007-03-07 04:34:22 · answer #10 · answered by Bluelady... 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋