2007-09-27 07:18:00 · 14 answers · asked by The Drummer 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You must hate non-Christians, women, non-Caucasians, non-Anglo Saxons, non-Americans, non-ultra-conservatives, non-ultra-rich people, non-heterosexuals, anyone who believes in freedom of worship, speech, expression, assembly, or the press, anyone who isn't pro-gun, anyone who isn't pro-war, anyone who isn't pro-death penalty, anyone who isn't anti-abortion, anyone who isn't anti-euthanasia, anyone who creates or appreciates art of any kind, anyone who's ever had any kind of higher education, and anyone who doesn't hate every single one of the preceding kinds of people.
You must believe faith = money, and the richer someone is, the more God loves them, and the poorer someone is, the more God hates them.
You must never do anything to help those less fortunate than you in any way, for any reason, at any time, because they are God's enemies, and you will become an enemy of God too if you do. You must believe God's enemies are not human beings, but living piles of Satan's feces. And you must destroy them.
You must believe big business is God on earth, and it can do whatever it wants, and you must be part of it. You must believe government exists to destroy God's enemies and empower corrupt businesses.
And you must pretend to be sorry for all your evil deeds. Note: no matter what you do, it's not evil if you scream "Jesus Jesus Jesus" while doing it.
2007-09-27 07:33:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
The tenents of the Christian faith are not determined by consensus; nor are they up for revision. Theology is from God, not man-made.
The three Ecumenical Creeds are the Apostle's Creed, the Nicene Creed & the Athanasian Creed. You can find them here: http://www.lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?NavID=582.
Church bodies that hold to these creeds in belief & practice are considered Christian. Some of these church bodies, however also hold to some heterodoxical teachings or practices. These churches are still considered Christian, but are heterodox. Church bodies who openly do not hold to these creeds (e.g. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Jehovah's Witness, etc.) are heretical, so they are not considered Christian.
Is that objective enough for you? Many Christians don't know enough about their own faith to tell you that, so that's why a person has a hard time finding "consensus" among Christians, but there is an objective measuring stick, if you will, to judge whether a church body is Christian or not.
2007-09-27 15:48:45 · answer #2 · answered by Sakurachan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bible says God gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(Romans 14:12)
As it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.(Hebrews 9:27)
Apparently, the main belief is to have Christ in one's heart, and once He is there, all other things will fall into place. You will read the Word more, discern more, and hopefully be spiritually healthy. But the main belief should be in Jesus, not religion or a long" to do "list
*I feel very bad for you 'sky-king', because a Godless" society says:
Kill babies
Have sex with animals because they are so called just like us
Animals first
Get rid of the Ten Commandments so we as Human, moral beings, can have no morals, and have "freedom"
Lets move Christmas carols from the books because they are so like Christ
Party all night long, and drink and drive and have sex before marriage, then wonder who you slept with the night before or who gave you crabs,
Did I miss anything?
2007-09-27 07:29:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is our Catholic belief, and what we stand and recite at Mass every Sunday:
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
one in being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he was born of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered, died and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in fulfillment of the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son
he is worshipped and glorified.
He has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. AMEN.
2007-09-27 07:20:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
consensus has nothing to do with The Salvation Message... God makes The Rules... play by God's Rules...or...ultimatly... you lose
All who come to God in The Way He prescribes will receive his free gift of Salvation. Those become part of The Body of The Church of which Jesus The Christ is The Head. Those are the ones of The True Chirstian Faith. Only those of The Church will enter heaven.
It must be in The Way God prescribes... man does not get to make up his own way to God.
2007-09-27 07:24:04 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My GOODNESS there are some hateful people on here. Christians have to hate everyone? WOW.
For the record, I agree with Catholic Crusader. I think they summed it up nicely. Oh, and I'm not Catholic.
The Apostle's Creed is used in some variation in every Christian denomination.
2007-09-27 07:53:57 · answer #6 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The question should include the word "SAVED". In order to be saved, once must accept Christ's sacrifice as payment in full for their sins and then confess their sins to Him.
That is what it takes to be a Christian AND to be saved.
God bless!
2007-09-27 07:24:52 · answer #7 · answered by Devoted1 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-09 22:32:22 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This would be very difficult to determine what the majority consensus would be.
2007-09-27 07:26:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Majority Christian consensus?
Christian CONSENSUS?
Good luck with that.
2007-09-27 07:22:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋