Christianity is an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and oral teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament.
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Hitler was not following Christ's example or obeying His commandments. Therefore Hitler wasn't Christian. He was a wolf in sheep's clothing and was not a true subscriber of Christianity.
Some politicians try to use Christianity to justify their actions and/or gain popularity.
Hitler was not following Christ's example or obeying His commandments. Therefore Hitler wasn't Christian. He was a wolf in sheep's clothing and was not a true subscriber of Christianity.
Some politicians try to use Christianity to justify their actions and/or gain popularity.
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Get the Christianity mug.The belief of God. When you are a Christian, you go to church and read the bible. Some Christians get baptized. According to Christianity, when you die, if you don't believe in Jesus Christ, you will go to Hell. If you do believe in the Lord and are a Christian, you will go to a wonderful place called Heaven where all of your friends and family who are no longer among Earth live. According to Christians, the end of the world will result in God fighting Satin, the Devil.
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Get the Christianity mug.Christianity is monotheistic religion which worships one patriachal all-powerful God. The Holy Book of Christianity is the Bible, from the greek word Biblios, which translates to 'Book', although technically the Bible is not one book but indeed 66 books.
There are many different denominations of Christianity, and it is incredibly hard to estimate how many Christians there are in the United States because there is no common belief on what defines a Christian. The most liberal view of everyone who says they are a Christian being a Christian would place the figure around 75%, whereas the considerably more conservative belief that anyone outside your own denomination is not a Christian can place the figure as low as 0.1%.
Denominations sprout from the original idea of Christianity because some phrases from the bible contridict each other, and thus to harmonise this people say phrase A is literal whereas phrase B is symbolic. However, one group might say A is symbolic, but another might say B is symbolic. Thus, there are now hundreds of different denominations preaching slightly different versions of effectively the same source material.
Unfortunately, as Christianity is the 'big' religion of the Western World, it gets a lot of negative press. However, like all groups, Christianity has the best and worst among their number. The Christians who get the most press are the ones who give the stereotypical image of never doing anything wrong, and sitting on streets shout 'REPENT OR GO TO HELL', or something similarly pleasant.
However, many Christians - most, in fact - are decent people who just want the right to practice their own religion, like everyone else (or the right to NOT practice a religion, in the case of some).
There are many different denominations of Christianity, and it is incredibly hard to estimate how many Christians there are in the United States because there is no common belief on what defines a Christian. The most liberal view of everyone who says they are a Christian being a Christian would place the figure around 75%, whereas the considerably more conservative belief that anyone outside your own denomination is not a Christian can place the figure as low as 0.1%.
Denominations sprout from the original idea of Christianity because some phrases from the bible contridict each other, and thus to harmonise this people say phrase A is literal whereas phrase B is symbolic. However, one group might say A is symbolic, but another might say B is symbolic. Thus, there are now hundreds of different denominations preaching slightly different versions of effectively the same source material.
Unfortunately, as Christianity is the 'big' religion of the Western World, it gets a lot of negative press. However, like all groups, Christianity has the best and worst among their number. The Christians who get the most press are the ones who give the stereotypical image of never doing anything wrong, and sitting on streets shout 'REPENT OR GO TO HELL', or something similarly pleasant.
However, many Christians - most, in fact - are decent people who just want the right to practice their own religion, like everyone else (or the right to NOT practice a religion, in the case of some).
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Some of the most violent wars and genocides during the last 2000+ years can be blamed on the spread of Christianity.
by AYB June 10, 2003
Get the Christianity mug.post-gothic christianity is a multicultural, all inclusive, especially considering black christian traditions in north america, philosophical construction of christianity that is especially uniquely artistic and individual in scope. Occasionally artists who are post-gothic as christians will include christianity as part of their artistic ouevre, and within this ouevre they have developed the history and culture of post-gothic christianity.
Post-Gothic Christianity is not necessarily theological, it is oftentimes ironic in scope, political in purpose, and it is completed by it’s flaws, including the flawed contributor to the post-gothic christian purpose. Post-Gothic Christianity is prominent especially for questioning the white supremacy of all historical christian traditions, and the “Arian” beginnings of the Christian Church, in Rome, namely Gothic.
Contemporary Romans by and large are more accepting of Post-Gothic Christianity, on the whole, than they are of Gothic Christianity.
One Post-Gothic Christian alive and producing theology today is Kanye West, a black billionaire who is both a musician and an entrepreneur.
Post-Gothic Christianity is not necessarily theological, it is oftentimes ironic in scope, political in purpose, and it is completed by it’s flaws, including the flawed contributor to the post-gothic christian purpose. Post-Gothic Christianity is prominent especially for questioning the white supremacy of all historical christian traditions, and the “Arian” beginnings of the Christian Church, in Rome, namely Gothic.
Contemporary Romans by and large are more accepting of Post-Gothic Christianity, on the whole, than they are of Gothic Christianity.
One Post-Gothic Christian alive and producing theology today is Kanye West, a black billionaire who is both a musician and an entrepreneur.
man, you would be better off listening to post-gothic christianity stuff if you're trying to question your christian background.
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Get the Post-Gothic Christianity mug.A religion that follows primarily the teachings of Jesus Christ and the New Testament of the Holy Bible. Christianity has warped over the years. One perfect example is Mark 16:15. Because of this verse, many modern-day "Christians" take it upon themselves to go door-to-door and convert people to their religion. Real Christians, however, don't try to force their religion upon others, as they try to be more Jesus-like, and Jesus never forced his religion upon others; People followed him willfully.
Due to Mark 16:15, many a man believes that Christianity is made up of nothing more than some door-a-knockin' hooligans who only want to bother you while you watch Magnum P.I. to spread "the good news".
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