im confused religiously?

Question

i keep reading in YA people saying "im a catholic - im a proud christian"-or "as a jehovah witness my christianity"...and so on--isnt christianity a religion of it's own-i HAVE read a history book or three-however im confused by this-i thought catholic and jehovah witnesses,etc are different religions-they perceive god and jesus and mary differently,correct?ALL of these have very specific very different teachings.please clarify if you can.

Answer 1

Well, god knows I'm not the most religious person in the world, hell I don't even have a religion, luckily my parents raised me to find my own faith, I have an immense spirituality though, and believe that there is a composer to this beautifuI, bewildering, and intricate symphony of life, but i think that the fear of death is what helped religion thrive and that it was created only to control people. I think all the religious fanatics are mentally challenged in some way because they need someone to tell them how to live their lives. How closed minded can you get? I don't think I answered your question lol oh well.

Answer 2

Maybe a great starting place is Nobody actually knows what jesus said or did - it's all a matter of faith...We only have the perceptions of the writers of the bible and we dont actually know who there people were - according to historians they certainly weren't Mathew, Mark, Luke & John..Its important to remember that the original gospels were never actually written in the same language that Jesus spoke......the different christian religons have developed over time and some have quite different teachings and interpretations....the reason the different versions of christianity developed is due mostly to the perversions of the catholic church who completely drifted away from the message of love that jesus taught....the catholic church became a political & military force that was quite happy to murder people for not following the teachings of the pope.....in my mind a christian is somebody who follows the example of Jesus as set out in the bible.....when u find yourself arguing with a "Christian" you can rest assured they arent a Christian...Jesus didnt argue religon with people....he shone a bright light instead

Answer 3

Some will argue but most will concede that Catholicism is the original Christianity. Other denominations branched off at certain times in history when the Catholic Church did things that made people justifiably unhappy. The beliefs defer in terms of Saints, the Virgin Mary, transubstantiation, etc. etc. At the end of the day they all love Jesus and what not. It'd be better if they spent more time loving everybody else too.

Answer 4

There are different denominations within Christianity. As a whole they all believe in Jesus Christ. Catholics are Christians but they are different from Jehovah Witnesses who are also Christians.

Answer 5

Christian means 'follower of Christ'

People do not all agree on what exactly following Christ means, they have differing and sometimes opposite views. So those with similar views group up together. To differentiate one group from another, additional names are necessary.

Usually the name is derived from one of their basic beliefs (e.g Seventh Day Adventists), or from their main objective (e.g Jehovah's Witnesses) or the name of the founder (e.g Lutherans) or the place where the group started or where their HQ are (e.g Roman Catholic), sometimes the name starts as a nickname and sticks. (Baptists)

Answer 6

It started out with just the Catholic Church..then there was divisions Eastern Orthodox,, From the Catholic Church came all of the Protestant churches. All Christian... different denominations. All believe in Jesus. A different religion would be like Pagan, or Muslim etc, where they don't believe in Jesus.

Answer 7

There's only one "religion" Jesus Christ preached. And that is "Holiness." I Cor. 7:1 says.."let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." Ans Eph. 4:24 says " And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." Different religions are just different beliefs in how to serve God. But the only way to serve God is to live in righteousness and true holiness. And all that means is that you do all you can to live godly according to what you believe. Catholics, Methodist, Lutherans, Jehovah Witness, all should follow one guideline without separating themselves with traditions, and that is "HOLINESS."

Answer 8

Take the story of Loki and the dwarves as a comparison. Just as those dwarves had squabbled amongst themselves to determine where Loki's head begins and his neck ends, so do the Christians squabble over "What Would Jesus Do?". Both will continue to squabble for eternity and come up with no results.

Answer 9

Don't get baffeled by the bull ****, the only requirement is believing in Jesus and what he did and taking it on yourself. organized religions spend too much time arguing about how to do it and what this or that means and none can agree. The bible is the ONLY thing to depend on for a follower, I don't recall anywhere in the bible where Christ said [ or the apostles ] that we were to do otherwise. In fact they all said that church leaders were to be humble servants of all, not the bosses, that's His job.

Answer 10

Christianity is a blanket term for a lot of religions, all of which believe that Jesus existed, and that he was divine. "Christianity" isn't really the name of a religion itself (although it was at the beginning, when there were no other denominations). Any religion that holds that belief is considered Christian.