is christian culture based on living your life based on other people´s experience??

Question

do christians behave the way they think others expect them to behave?
When christians say they have a personal relationship with god, do they say that because a good christian is expected to have a personal relationship with god??
how much of christian religion is truly personal???

Answer 1

I'm a Christian, and I don't waste too much time worrying about what other Christians think. Let them do and think what they will, but I've got to live my own life, and pursue my own spiritual development. When I say that I have a relationship with God, that is based on my own personal perception, and not that of my next-door neighbor. Yes, there are some aspects of Christianity that are group-oriented (a church service would be an example), but attending church services are only a small part of one's life as a Christian. And even aspects of church attendance are quite highly personalized. Obviously, I will not have an identical spiritual experience at church to that of the priest, the choirmaster, a five-year-old child, or the person sitting in the pew next to me.

Answer 2

Christians are expected to live a certain type of life. Not all christians live a perfect life.Christianity gives us a guide in which we should live based on stories from the Bible.We choose to become christians because we strive for a better life for ourselves.We don't behave on the basis of what other people think.But on the basis of who we strive to be. We are suppose to be leading examples to others and behave accordingly.All christians don't have relationships with god but they say it. I think people should'nt say they have a relationship with god unless they constantly pray and talk with god.How can you have a relationship with someone you don't talk to? It's not possible!

Answer 3

I wonder... it seems most of them only experience what they can quote from the Bible. Which, to me, isn't an experience. I can read books all day about being a lumberjack... doesn't mean I experience it nor does it mean I have any true working knowledge of it to share with others. If I have to quote the books I'm reading about it, then all I'm doing is passing on the experience of another.

Answer 4

christians behave the way that God wants them to behave, that is the reason for the bible, it is his words. you can have a personal relationship with God, by talking to him and living in his word, he bcomes a friend and you have personal relationships with your friends.

Answer 5

From Paul Harvey:

I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue
somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December. I
don't agree with Darwin, but I didn't go out and hire a
lawyer when my high school teacher taught his theory
of evolution.

Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be
endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer
before a football game.

So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is up there
Reading the entire book of Acts. They're just talking to a
God they believe in and asking him to grant safety to the
Players on the field and the fans going home from the game.

But it's a Christian prayer, some will argue.

Yes, and this is the United States of America, a country
Founded on Christian principles. According to our very
own phone book, Christian churches outnumber all others
Better than 200-to-1. So what would you expect-somebody
Chanting Hare Krishna?

If I went to a football game in Jerusalem,
I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer.


If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad,
I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer.

If I went to a ping pong match in China,
I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha.


And I wouldn't be offended.
It wouldn't bother me one bit.
When in Rome .

But what about the atheists? is another argument.

What about them?
Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to
pass the collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. If
that's asking too much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear
plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession stand.
Call your lawyer!

Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or
two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do.
I don't think a short prayer at a football game is
going to shake the world's foundations.

Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other
cheek while our courts strip us of all our rights. Our
parents and grandparents taught us to pray before
eating; to pray before we go to sleep.

Our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Now a
handful of people and their lawyers are telling us
to cease praying.

God, help us.
And if that last sentence offends you,
well .. just sue me.

The silent majority has been silent too long.. It's time we
let that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard
that the vast majority don't care what they want. It
is time the majority rules! It's time we tell them, you don't
have to pray; you don't have to say the pledge of allegiance;
you don't have to believe in God or attend services that
honor Him. That is your right, and we will honor your
right.. But by golly, you are no longer going to take our
rights away. We are fighting back . ..
and we WILL WIN!

God bless us one and all ... especially those who denounce
Him. God bless America, despite all her faults. She is still
the greatest nation of all.

God bless our service men who are fighting to protect
our right to pray and worship God.

Answer 6

Religion is the purest form of puppetry and or slavery.

Seneca: Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

Answer 7

For me, it is wholly appreciated and known personally, yet at the same time, often in unity with others. That is how true Christianity is possessed.

Answer 8

It's all about being like each other. Go figure how they decide who to imitate.