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I don't believe for a second that Christianity is not a religion.
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Do you agree with this statement?
"Christianity" is not a religion.
please post your reasons with your answer.
btw, I meant to tell you that you're a hypocrite. No offense.
You're always on about naming names and here you are, not naming names.
I appreciate the offer, but I'm not into geriatric booty.
It's what you claimed about Catholicism that was bullshit.
Backpedal fail.
The purpose of a creed is to act as a yardstick of correct belief. The creeds of Christianity have been drawn up at times of conflict about doctrine: acceptance or rejection of a creed served to distinguish believers and deniers of a particular doctrine or set of doctrines. For that reason a creed was called in Greek a σύμβολον, a word that meant half of a broken object which, when placed together with the other half, verified the bearer's identity. The Greek word passed through Latin "symbolum" into English "symbol", which only later took on the meaning of an outward sign of something.[5] The Nicene Creed was adopted in the face of the Arian controversy. Arius, a Libyan preacher, had declared that although Jesus Christ was divine, God had actually created him, and "there was when he was not,"[6] also worded by others of the era "there was once when he was not" and "he was made out of nothing."[7] This made Jesus less than the Father and contradicted the doctrine of the Trinity.[8] Arius's teaching provoked a serious crisis.
The Nicene Creed of 325 explicitly affirms the divinity of Jesus, applying to him the term "God". The 381 version speaks of the Holy Spirit as worshipped and glorified with the Father and the Son. The Athanasian Creed describes in much greater detail the relationship between Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Apostles' Creed makes no explicit statements about the divinity of the Son and the Holy Spirit, but, in the view of many who use it, the doctrine is implicit in it.
Catholicism's beliefs are more about the popes and the teachings of the popes than they are about Christ.
I've actually presented arguments on this thread. You've demonstrated your need for tampons, because clearly, it's your time of the month.
Tampon jokes? Already?
Well, at least it shows you realize how inadequate your alleged 'arguments' are.
Tell me, Manifold. Which doctrines of Christ are key tenets of your faith?
Is religion the same as faith?
Reluctantly, I must admit that manipoo is correct and Kitty is dead wrong.
What, exactly, am I incorrect about? The doctrines of the Catholic church owe more to Paulian writings and their own administrative hierarchy than they do to the teachings of Christ.