Do you Consider yourself "Christian" and what does this imply? (page 2)

monophonic

i consider myself christian, but decaf agnostic with a buddhist twist.*

we're all suffering, and universal sovereignty theory doesn't make sense to me...would a god of love allow this to continue? who knows, i'm imperfect human and i don't have the answers and the bible leaves them open for interpretation which pisses me off...and the wtbts has steered me wrong enough to really fuck with my head.

in fact, i'm pretty pissed at god, and if things are revealed in my lifetime or if for some reason we get access to god, i'll bow and tell him/her of my wish to give 'im a clock across the jaw for sentencing us to crimes we didn't commit.

christian philosophy, i subscribe to, as well as some buddhist philosophy.

if someone born in a muslim country is killed by god b/c he didn't accept christ, i think that's a load of crap and that's where the bible contradicts itself.

i have hope and faith and i embrace that i'm imperfect, skeptical and claiming christianity is the truth for me would be judging buddhists, hindus, muslims and i'm in no place to judge and particularly in buddhism, there is some great teachings.

i'm not religious, but i read the bible, have read some of the koran and read books on buddhism. i don't think i'll ever be religious or affiliated with a religion again.

*hmm, might have to start my own church

Hortensia

No. I don't believe. That kind of puts it in a nutshell. I hesitated over names like atheist or agnostic. Now I am proud to be called apostate!

TwentyYearsOut

I believe spirituality should be unique to each individual.

A label, like "christian", tells me next to nothing about the person it's referring to.

The best thing we can do is to discard the labels and create our own spiritual paths.

As soon as I tell you I'm "_________", you start making assumptions about me.

heathen

No , not a christian that's why my alias of heathen . I think it's a way of life and not just a belief system . You either live a life devoted to the christian teachings on love and suffering or you don't .Most people that call themselves christian are hypocrites .IMO

proplog2

Even though I am an Atheist I consider myself a Christian.

Whether he actually was the person the Bible says he was doesn't matter.

He is the symbol of a new paradigm for humans. Salvation of the human race requires that people die without weapons in their hands. Humans need to get rid of their nationalism or it will destroy them.

Part of this process is a preparation for joining the heavenly kingdom/government.

Earthlings need to find their place in the universe.

Gregor

No, I realized I was not a Christian shortly after my escape from the Brooklyn mob. I was born OK the first time and don't need to be born again.

a friend

The first time anyone was called Christian was in Antioch and reported in the Book of Acts. These that were first called Christians were before called followers of "The Way" - that is, those followers of "the Way" were following Jesus. So, if we are to be called Christian, then we are followers of Jesus. The only way to follow Jesus is to know the Word that was written for us to follow. This is not easy. But this is the answer - know the Word. John 1: 1-14 spells this out for us pretty plainly. The word Christian has been mauled over pretty often, but it in its true form is a good word. Just thought I'd add my thoughts here.

Mulan

I do consider myself a Christian, but am not religious in any sense of the word.

I question whether there is a god at all. I absolutely do not believe Jesus was god or a son of god. But he was a very good life coach, so to speak.

To me, being a Christian is living, for the most part, according to the teachings of Jesus. And saying I'm a Christian seems to be politically correct these days.

BCberean

Don't like the 'word' Christian

Don't like the 'word' God

And....NOW.....

I don't like the 'word' Jehovah

BUT.....I '''do''' believe in THE WORD made manifest...the trick is...sorting

out all the words that have been written about how someone who 'believes' should think...feeel....and be.......

Mysterious

No I don't. A christian is a follower of Christ. However simply believing that Christ had a few good points (love your neighbor etc) is not enough.

Do you Consider yourself "Christian" and what does this imply?

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