In other words, how is Christianity different from other religions? Please dont give me an answer like "It's the truth."
2007-09-27 02:53:39 · 15 answers · asked by MrMyers 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
tres: Greeks have stories of gods interacting with humans. Even to the point of taking human and animal form. Assurance of salvation is not accepted by all Christians.
2007-09-27 03:00:05 · update #1
Kenny p: Greeks again had stories of people returning from Hades, crossing the river Styx.
The crucifiction? Other religions have martyrs.
2007-09-27 03:01:27 · update #2
Honshu: Trust me, other religions allow that to.
2007-09-27 03:03:06 · update #3
Father K: COuld you expound on that idea of Grace? Thank you.
2007-09-27 03:10:24 · update #4
Simple: Grace.
[Edit] Sure. Every other religion has a code of conduct or a set of Laws to follow in order for God to "approve" of a person. Other religions have Messiahs, resurrections, martyrs, etc., as you have pointed out. But Christianity is unique in that God loves us entirely based on His Grace - His "unmerited favor" toward us. There is nothing, no amount of works we can "do" to earn God's favor. It's all grace for the Christian. No other religion has that concept.
This story from Philip Yancey is probably well known:
`During a British conference on comparative religions, experts from around the world debated what, if any, belief was unique to the Christian faith. They began eliminating possibilities. Incarnation? Other religions had different versions of gods appearing in human form. Resurrection? Again, other religions had accounts of return from death. The debate went on for some time until C. S. Lewis wandered into the room. "What's the rumpus about?" he asked, and heard in reply that his colleagues were discussing Christianity's unique contribution among world religions. Lewis responded, "Oh, that's easy. It's grace."' `Only Christianity dares to make God's love unconditional.'
2007-09-27 03:01:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, the concept that God is a personal God, a God that we can call "Abba" (Aramaic = "Father").
A God that so loved mankind that He became one of us and died for us so that we may have eternal life (John 3:16)
Some claim that there were pagan, heathen religions in the past that had these elements, but even if that were to be true (it can be debated) where are these religions now? It's by God's design that Jesus Christ and His Church have been ascendant for the past two thousand years. Nothing happens by accident or coincidence.
Many other religions and beliefs preach that all roads lead to God and that all are equally valid. Christianity does not. "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." - the words of Jesus Christ Himself in the Gospel of John. Christianity's claim of exclusivity......
Every religion has maybe one of these characteristics, but not all of them together. Muslims for example claim exclusivity, but find the idea of a personal God we can call "Father" offensive. Jews claim the one God of Abraham and the prophets, but deny that Christ was Messiah.
To sum this all up, Christianity may, by reason of *independent parallel anthropological development*, have some individual features similar to earlier religions, but no other religion has *all* of the attributes of Christianity, or the *exact theology*. IOW, just because some features may be similar doesn't necessarily mean they were borrowed from an earlier time.
2007-09-27 03:07:00 · answer #2 · answered by the phantom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes ..Is the Only religion where Jesus Christ who came on the earth and has been crucified and resurected from dead -
is Son of God .
No other religion acknowleges Jesus as Son of God....
having also in Ortodox and Catholic church the condition of etrenal God , but obeying God the Father.
there are many many other things that cannot be find in other religion..but the have became foundaments for some of the human Laws ..of the Christian countries...having good influence over the people from around..
Christianity is the only religion where there is nothing done against the human person....everything suports the people...in christianity..and respects the dignity of everyone of them..even a sinner..but this is in christianity..not in all the human Laws..
2007-09-27 03:04:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity changed the religious age and defeated karma....
For instance, if you were rewarded according to your works, Christ changed that. We could not have good works, but through our belief and faith in HIS good works, obtian the same end...
No other religion has ever proposed that...
That ALL were welcome, no matter the race, the back ground.
That we were to go into the world and preach, find new members. Not just derive members from expansion, but expand by trying to get new members...
Christ was not a "war hero"... A legendary king and he is the center of our religion. A humble person, not a legendary (by legnedary I mean prodigious) warrior.
The idea of the Devil is farily original, so is the continuation of monotheism.
and more besides.
2007-09-27 03:03:19 · answer #4 · answered by TK421 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God sent Jesus into the world to become our atoning sacrifice. We can not save our selves. So God has paid the price. We must accept this gift and turn from our own ways and do God's will.
He has also promised to give us His Spirit with power as a foretaste of what is to come.
Millions of people have the Spirit of God in them today.
2007-09-27 03:01:06 · answer #5 · answered by tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True christianity is the belief that Christ is God, that he resurrected from the dead (and is alive today) and was born of a virgin (establishing his sinless nature). No other religious orgasation believes this (eg. JWs, Mormons, Judaism, Scientology, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism.)
2007-09-27 03:12:35 · answer #6 · answered by cheir 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the only one with assurance of salvation, as well as God who came to earth and walked as a man in order to restore the people unto Him.
2007-09-27 02:57:43 · answer #7 · answered by treseuropean 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely THE biggest item of all.
We have a Savior who retunred from the dead.
Not one other religion even makes this claim.
2007-09-27 02:58:52 · answer #8 · answered by kenny p 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The ability of the followers to offend over and over and over on a daily or hourly basis and then repent on their death bed and be treated the same as the most perfect.
2007-09-27 03:00:37 · answer #9 · answered by honshu01 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Crucifixion. We believe that Christ died for our sins and rose again. He went to Heaven and will return one day for his children. Read the New Testament and you'll find many answers.
2007-09-27 03:02:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋