Is Their any real Christians left?
- mdawson17posted 13 years ago
0I personally think no one can tell if if someone is a faithful Christian, simply because no one sees the heart of man or the skeletons in his cupboard.
I'm sure there are faithful christians but as the world gets crazier that number is reducing. I mean what do we say about Gay Pastors, leading a church - they probably consider themselves to be faithful christians and the church they are leading obviously see them in that light too.
Must stop here before I write 10 more paragraphs. lol. Interersting question though.
I am a true Christian I do not judge others for there doing because I to will be judged. I do not push my beliefs on others because that is not what Jesus would want me to do. I believe others are entitled to there own beliefs and all of us have fallen short of the Glory I do try my best to not be deceitful or evil and when I am I certainly apologize. I cannot and will not worry about what others believe because I have to worry about myself. Yes there are many artificial Christians I have ran into them myself but I just pray for them and ask God to have Mercy that they find the truth.
I do not believe in your god AEvans, as you know well, but as far as people go, I would be honored to be in your company. You and I may disagree about religion, but I will honor the honorable. You are a great asset to us all, with your kindness and decency on display for some 2 years now.... Hard to beat a track record like that. You give meaning to some of the better things you believe in, mainly.. "You will know them from their works" You are the best argument for Christianity I have seen here. You not believing is o.k. with me and I as well would be honored to be in your presence,thank you for the compliment and although we may disagree about religion I respect all about you as a human being and person, if others would just put down the sword and stop persecuting they just may become closer to there religion/religions without trying so hard, they should watch "The Passion Of The Christ" again and see how Jesus really did handle it, he certainly would have not handled it in the manner that I have seen and that comes right out of the old testament or "FireProof" even though that is for relationships the way that it is handled in that movie is similiar to how speaking to someone who does not believe in your God or religion should be handled, but as you know it is only my opinion and everyone will continue to scream and not embrace and I myself am prepared for another Christian to pound me for my opinion someone always does. **sigh***
It is interesting to me that the early believers were called Christians by the Romans because they were mocking them for acting so much like Messiah.
These believers did not announce it to them, they just lived it and were given the name in being mocked.
They did not wear it like a badge, they lived it with love.
It is in my opinion best to let another call you a Christian because they see you act like one.
Just a thought is all.
This really is a loaded question, eh?
Just like "which ones of you are REAL Americans?" From my understanding, Christians are followers of the teachings of the individual called Jesus, the Christ.
So, what denotes one follower as being 'real' and another not? In my estimation, Jesus himself would probably make a terrible Christian by the standards of most organized religions. I've a feeling if this alleged messiah returned, he'd be treated in much the same way by the religious groups as he was the first time around. Ironic, I suppose.
I believe that he taught some wonderful truths, which were not exclusive to him (nor can they be obtained exclusively through his teachings). Included in these truths was the idea that each man/woman is a manifestation of god. This makes me quite suspicious of the idea that church clergy members hold some special link to the almighty that I cannot achieve on my own (maybe they have a red phone, like Batman and Commissioner Gordon?).
I think I know what you're getting at, OP, all my rambling aside. There are a lot of "Christians" who are hateful, full of judgment and disdain, and who do not practice what they preach. I make my character assessments without consideration of a person's religious persuasion. If someone is nice (or a jerk) their claim of being one thing or another doesn't sway my opinion.I thought so, too. Probably why so many (self included) are turned off by religion in general. What happened to us?? Have "we" ever been in such a state of Christlike-ness? I am certainly no religious scholar, but it seems like humans have always been a rather nasty bunch if taken on the whole. I suppose I have no real answers here, but appreciate your thought-provoking threads - you have always been very civil in my experience, too. Niiiice!
- pgrundyposted 13 years ago0
That's a really good point.
Another part of the problem though, is that evangelicals seem to be always taking each other's spiritual temperatures when I would think they'd have some poor people and sick people to clothe and feed and whatnot.
Also, it's easier to practice what one preaches if one isn't constantly preaching.
Whatever happened to the contemplative side of life?
How about a little more prayer and introspection and a little less pontification and blah, blah, blah? (I don't mean you personally!)
The preaching is what gets on everybody's nerves around here. I wish this new brand of American Christians would spend more time walking the walk, and less time talking the talk.2 cents? Hell, I'd pay a nickel for that.
- \Brenda Scullyposted 13 years ago0
I am so glad God.....is NOT.....a "religion"
God is God
Religion is.....?????......whatever men make it to be!!!- Onusonusposted 13 years ago0
It seems a moot point really, as all people who call themselves christians believe they are true christians.
All fair questions, I might leave to someone who is a believer.
1.I believe I am a true Christian , I do not condemn but embrace, I do not judge unless I expect judgement, I love thy neighbor as thy self.
2. The determination of who is real is by how you act walk and behave as a Christian only God knows who is putting on the Ritz and who is not.
3. Because a person who does not believe in the same thing that I do does not make them imperfect, they have there beliefs and I have mine. There are many who do the right thing by giving, not condemning are accepting and are not believers of God. I don't consider them better I consider them equal to a true Christian they only thing different is they do not believe. It is only my opinion.
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