What religion are you?

percentage-wise, of course.

The church grew something like %3.5 in the last couple years.

Not bad, eh?

the church is supposed to have 40 million members by 2020.


Eric Jacob

Ok, for everyone here who is confused about Christianity/Catholicism/Protestantism, heres how it is.
Christianity is the main religion, Catholicism and Protestantism are sects or groups within Christianity.
You can\'t be just "Christian", if your Christian you\'re either Catholic, Protestant, or one of the other groups.
So you can\'t say your mom is Catholic and your dad is Christian, because they\'re the same thing. Your dad isn\'t just Christian, he\'s one of the religions within Christianity. Now if your mom was Catholic and your dad was Protestant, then it would make sense.

People are always argueing with me about this. I repeat, there is no single religion called just Christianity.

Ok, for everyone here who is confused about Christianity/Catholicism/Protestantism, heres how it is.
Christianity is the main religion, Catholicism and Protestantism are sects or groups within Christianity.
You can\'t be just "Christian", if your Christian you\'re either Catholic, Protestant, or one of the other groups.
So you can\'t say your mom is Catholic and your dad is Christian, because they\'re the same thing. Your dad isn\'t just Christian, he\'s one of the religions within Christianity. Now if your mom was Catholic and your dad was Protestant, then it would make sense.

People are always argueing with me about this. I repeat, there is no single religion called just Christianity.

Well, solid I do see it differently while the Christian religion is split into sub groups they are still part of the Christian religion. I am a Christian because I believe in Christ. All true Christians weather Catholic Protestant or whatever believe in the same thing basically. There is a difference in the way it is taught but it still is Christianity. If someone asks if I\'m Christian I\'m most certainly not going to say were did you get that idea I\'m Baptist stupid, it\'s the same thing basically. I believe what\'s in the Bible because it\'s God\'s word and for that I will continue to call myself Christian even though I do go to a Baptist church.

 

Hmm, well, I basically classify myself as a Christian. I beleive that Jesus died for our sins, and that if we love him, he\'ll love us back.

Yes Racer it is very simple, infact i would say it is harder to live a non Christian life.

i would say it is harder to live a non Christian life.

Probably. In not being Christian, I:

1. Have no higher being that loves me that I can look up to at any point, whenever I am feeling down or alone
2. I have no assurance as to where I will go when I die

There\'s probably more, but those two things are the biggest ones for myself.

But, I can\'t get myself to blindly follow the religion. I need complete evidence of it being factual before I can follow it. In the meanst, I\'ll stick to my agnostic stance.

Originally posted by Tetrad


Well, solid I do see it differently while the Christian religion is split into sub groups they are still part of the Christian religion. I am a Christian because I believe in Christ. All true Christians weather Catholic Protestant or whatever believe in the same thing basically. There is a difference in the way it is taught but it still is Christianity. If someone asks if I\'m Christian I\'m most certainly not going to say were did you get that idea I\'m Baptist stupid, it\'s the same thing basically. I believe what\'s in the Bible because it\'s God\'s word and for that I will continue to call myself Christian even though I do go to a Baptist church.

 

Yes Racer it is very simple, infact i would say it is harder to live a non Christian life.

Thats not what I mean. What I mean is that when someone comes up to you and says they\'re Christian and you ask them if they\'re Catholic, Protestant, whatever and they say "None of them. I\'m Christian."
That doesn\'t make sense.
Maybe I worded it badly. What I mean is you can\'t be just "Christian". You\'re Christian, yes, but you belong to one of the branches of Christianity.

Yeah, all the Christian religions are taught and believe in many of the same things.
And there are some differences too, like Protestants not believing in Saints or Mary. But mostly they\'re all the same.

I see many people here who are Atheist or technically Christian but don\'t believe it. What I believe is that no matter what religion you are, whether you\'re Atheist, Jewish, Budist, Christian, Muslim, or some pagan religion, if you are generally kind to other people and are a decent person, then good things are in store for you.

And yes I\'m Catholic. Catholic dad, Protestant mom.

[nO-One]

Religion is just made for people who need to fill a void in their lives, they need someone to blame for all the evil so they made the devil, and they need to belive that there is something or someone up there that will help them when they are in need and will always love them.

Religion was created through ignorance, when they didn\'t understand something, they tried to explain it by saying they saw an angel or a demon.

As I said before, I belive in myself, I don\'t have to blame the devil when I fall down, or thank god when I pass a test, it\'s all up to me.And the thing that pisses me off the most is when people say you need to be good to get into heaven crap, there is no big guy up there that\'ll spank me if I don\'t behave, it\'s up to me to decide when I\'ll be good or bad.

No no-one religion isn\'t ignorance what you just said is.

Originally posted by nO-One
Religion is just made for people who need to fill a void in their lives, they need someone to blame for all the evil so they made the devil, and they need to belive that there is something or someone up there that will help them when they are in need and will always love them.

Religion was created through ignorance, when they didn\'t understand something, they tried to explain it by saying they saw an angel or a demon.

As I said before, I belive in myself, I don\'t have to blame the devil when I fall down, or thank god when I pass a test, it\'s all up to me.And the thing that pisses me off the most is when people say you need to be good to get into heaven crap, there is no big guy up there that\'ll spank me if I don\'t behave, it\'s up to me to decide when I\'ll be good or bad.

Err, I totally dissagree with what you just said. i mean, wouldn\'t life suck if there was just \'this\'. I mean, we live, we die, that is it. Don\'t you ever want to beleive that there is something better out there?

Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
Err, I totally dissagree with what you just said. i mean, wouldn\'t life suck if there was just \'this\'. I mean, we live, we die, that is it. Don\'t you ever want to beleive that there is something better out there?

I completely agree with n0-0ne. I think religion is created by people who think like you just did. They\'re scared there\'s nothing when we die. Well, too bad for them I guess.

You guys have been smokin too much pot I think...

So, if there is no heaven when you die, then what do you believe that there is?

Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
You guys have been smokin too much pot I think...

So, if there is no heaven when you die, then what do you believe that there is?

The absolute nothingness that comes from the rational realization that there is nothing but death at the end of your existence. Any rumors/innuendoes contrary to this believe have been grossly exaggerated by human fear of the unknown.

Then how the hell do you think that the world got here? Has it always been here?

Anyone who believes that something like the big bang exploded really doesnt have many brain cells.

I mean, has anyone ever seen anything \'explode\' to create something else?

THere have been stars that explode, but they certainly dont create other worlds.

I nearlly exploded my VRX engine and all I got was a large bill

When science can explain everything, I\'ll stop believing in God. Therefore, I know I\'ll be Christian for life. And just plain Christian, not any of those inane subcategories. Christianity is my belief, not my religion. I don\'t trust any religions, they are organizations of men, like any other organizations.

Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
You guys have been smokin too much pot I think...

So, if there is no heaven when you die, then what do you believe that there is?

1) No, I don\'t do drugs.

2) Then there\'s nothing. It\'s like when you\'re sleeping - without the dreaming of course. A lot of people can\'t imagine what it\'s like and get scared, so they feel the need to invent stuff (religion) - so they can go through life feeling safe because they\'ll be saved, yadda yadda yadda, instead of just being dead and gone (what\'s so horrible about it anyway? It\'s not like you know you\'re dead, so you can\'t complain about it - another example of how silly mankind really is). Just suck it up and be a man!

And just because science can\'t explain everything doesn\'t mean it can\'t be explained through science someday. Think back 100 years or more - how many things haven\'t we discovered since then? I think science can explain a lot of things in 100 years or more, in regards of life/creation/the universe etc. But humankind being the weak species it is, creates fairytales to make life better because they can\'t explain certain things. "But an almighty being created us and the universe - oh, and when we die everything will be peacy!". Please!

Summa summarum: I don\'t feel the need to make up stories to feel safe just because science at this point can\'t explain everything possible thinkable about life and death.

Disclaimer: The above ranting was just a personal opinion.