Zone1 What separates Christianity from all other religions

[Yugóm]

What separates Christianity from all other religions

The most important difference is that it's true. Christ is Lord and no other "gods" exist but as delusions or demonic entities.

 

[Paradoxical#1]

The most important difference is that it's true. Christ is Lord and no other "gods" exist but as delusions or demonic entities.

In all likelihood you would be asserting the same thing about Islam if you were born in Iran.

 

[Yugóm]

In all likelihood you would be asserting the same thing about Islam if you were born in Iran.

Maybe, and I'd be wrong. Are you familiar with the sira? Even Muhammad knew that wasn't an angel in the cave.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

The teachings of Jesus in every translation on Earth back the JW religion. You should learn them correctly.

You deny the divinity of Christ. That's enough

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Years ago I was teaching an adult Bible class and we were discussing how the ancient Jews observed the Sabbath. And somebody asked me how Jewish people knew when Sundown came to start the Sabbath if they happened to have no clock/watch and it was a cloudy day. I had absolutely no clue but said I would try to find out.

That was in the days of old AOL when chatrooms were a strong feature of that app and I sought out a couple of Jewish chatrooms. I was quickly advised that I was not welcome there and was strongly urged to leave. I fully understood that unkind people often trolled those rooms to mock or denigrate them and their faith/beliefs and I did not take it personally. I did try to explain I wasn't trolling but I wasn't believed.

Shortly after leaving the second chatroom I received an instant message from a gentleman I didn't know. He identified himself as a person in the chatroom I had just summarily been dismissed from and chatted with me a bit. I was grateful he was convinced I wasn't a troll and wasn't out to harass or criticize anybody. And he said he couldn't speak for everybody but in his opinion, the Sabbath began when dinner was on the table.

Such a simple and elegant answer. I thanked him and will always think kindly of that gentleman. And he was typical of almost all experiences I have had with Jewish people since that day.

What does this have to do with the OP? Nothing really except that Christians can't claim to have the market cornered on kindness.

You desperately want to make "friends" to the point that you are tolerant of false doctrine and lies.

Christ said the Mark if His followers would be they are HATED for his name. You seek the approval of men.

 

[Paradoxical#1]

Maybe, and I'd be wrong. Are you familiar with the sira? Even Muhammad knew that wasn't an angel in the cave.

You assert that your beliefs would be wrong if you lived in Iran but billions of people say YOU are wrong. How can you be so sure? They are sure they are right and you are wrong. Do you "win" because your book says things you believe but their book says things too but is wrong?

If I came down here in a spaceship, how can I tell if you are right, they are right or not or both of you are wrong? Am I to just believe you because you believe it or believe them because they believe it? Help me out here.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

You assert that your beliefs would be wrong if you lived in Iran but billions of people say YOU are wrong. How can you be so sure? They are sure they are right and you are wrong. Do you "win" because your book says things you believe but their book says things too but is wrong?

If I came down here in a spaceship, how can I tell if you are right, they are right or not or both of you are wrong? Am I to just believe you because you believe it or believe them because they believe it? Help me out here.

Many are called, few are chosen.
Now is not the time God is calling all Mankind. I don't spend my time worrying about Iranians. My focus is NY salvation. I will tell you what I believe, but the unbeliever is God's responsibility, not mine

 

[BreezeWood]

That didn't answer my question. How do you know what Jesus taught?

- provide your proof the heavens have ever planned to send a messiah to save the jews.

what jesus taught is passed down through the centuries by those that as jesus chose liberation theology, self determination as in the 1st century and gave their lives for their beliefs ... than the desert lies of servitude and denial.

where is your proof the heavens ever would consider sending a messiah to save the jews -

they proved what jesus taught without one as is well known with or without a phony desert bible.

 

[Foxfyre]

You desperately want to make "friends" to the point that you are tolerant of false doctrine and lies.

Christ said the Mark if His followers would be they are HATED for his name. You seek the approval of men.

You seem to ignore Jesus's admonition to judge not lest ye be judged also.

 

[Lisa558]

You seem to ignore Jesus's admonition to judge not lest ye be judged also.

Carl typifies that arrogant attitude I find in some Christians who insist their way is the ONLY correct way, and all others are wrong.

This is a sentiment foreign to Jews. We are taught that there is more than one path to Gd, and that good people of all religions - and not just Jews - have a share in The World To Come. This tolerance and acceptance of others’ beliefs is, I feel, one of the best things about Judaism.

 

[dudmuck]

The most important difference is that it's true. Christ is Lord and no other "gods" exist but as delusions or demonic entities.

that description is for all monotheistic religions. Islam and Judaism and Christianity are all monotheistic, aka one God.

What sets Christianity apart is God as three persons with one essence, Father Son and Holy Spirit, with Jesus as God incarnated as man on earth.

 

[BreezeWood]

You seem to ignore Jesus's admonition to judge not lest ye be judged also.

not sure how the crucifiers came to a conclusion being judged is a problem - and to claim that is not the right hand of a desert dweller to judge others is simply a comedy of ignorance.

perhaps to believe the judgement of others is what jesus taught to be held in certain terms for determination when their judgement is based on forgeries and fallacies - in the end, if the shoe fits may as well wear it.

 

[Yugóm]

that description is for all monotheistic religions. Islam and Judaism and Christianity are all monotheistic, aka one God.

What sets Christianity apart is God as three persons with one essence, Father Son and Holy Spirit, with Jesus as God incarnated as man on earth.

Yet neither of them are true. Islam began with Muhammad being assaulted by what he initially understood to be a demon in the Cave of Hira and ended with his rambling laws and political decrees while judaism began with the Council of Jamnia when the Pharisee leaders met to recreate their fathers' religion in a post-Temple context and fully anti-Christian orientation. Both are the invention of man.

 

[Paradoxical#1]

Many are called, few are chosen.
Now is not the time God is calling all Mankind. I don't spend my time worrying about Iranians. My focus is NY salvation. I will tell you what I believe, but the unbeliever is God's responsibility, not mine

Your first sentence is just a word salad platitude. Made up pablum suggesting zYOU are special and why? Because you drank the kool aid and believed the story.

 

[dudmuck]

Yet neither of them are true. Islam began with Muhammad being assaulted by what he initially understood to be a demon in the Cave of Hira and ended with his rambling laws and political decrees while judaism began with the Council of Jamnia when the Pharisee leaders met to recreate their fathers' religion in a post-Temple context and fully anti-Christian orientation. Both are the invention of man.

Jesus himself was a Jew.

The near-death experiences teach us that all religions are a combination of things from men and from God. We know this is correct because of how culture is mixed with religion. Its the role of each person to seek the truth, which starts with loving God and loving people.

 

[Yugóm]

Jesus himself was a Jew.

"Jew" has around five mutually exclusive meanings, which suits jewry just fine, as they can flit from one to another as expedient. In the sense of "post-Temple Pharisee," the typical definition, no, He is not; that's incoherent to suggest.

The near-death experiences teach us that all religions are a combination of things from men and from God. We know this is correct because of how culture is mixed with religion. Its the role of each person to seek the truth, which starts with loving God and loving people.

The near-death experience changes between individuals and background. There's good reason to believe it's a sort of stress-induced dream and no real reason to believe it's a real spiritual experience.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Your first sentence is just a word salad platitude. Made up pablum suggesting zYOU are special and why? Because you drank the kool aid and believed the story.

The first "word salad" sentence is JESUS' Words, not mine. You are an idiot if you don't understand that sentence.

No, my relationship with God is deeply personal. I will tell you what I believe and why if you are genuinely interested. I don't try to "convert" you with reason or the sword (like lslam.). What you believe is between you and God as long as you mind your shit.

I don't know who you are, neither do I care about your opinion. If you continue the insults I'll just move you to the ignore pile

 

[Foxfyre]

not sure how the crucifiers came to a conclusion being judged is a problem - and to claim that is not the right hand of a desert dweller to judge others is simply a comedy of ignorance.

perhaps to believe the judgement of others is what jesus taught to be held in certain terms for determination when their judgement is based on forgeries and fallacies - in the end, if the shoe fits may as well wear it.

Neither Christians nor Jews oppose criticism of those behaviors or actions that are harmful to a person's self or to others.

But judgment of what is in a person's mind and heart is the prerogative of God.

 

[ding]

what jesus taught is passed down through the centuries by those that as jesus chose liberation theology, self determination as in the 1st century and gave their lives for their beliefs ... than the desert lies of servitude and denial.

where is your proof the heavens ever would consider sending a messiah to save the jews -

they proved what jesus taught without one as is well known with or without a phony desert bible.

How do you know what Jesus taught? It's a simple question.

 

[Woodznutz]

does that make a public religion true, their personal witness ... by omitting their false commandments - catechisms and 4th century bible of forgeries and fallacies ... et al.

everything that is contrary to the teachings of liberation theology, self determination those in the 1st century gave their lives for.

- who's to say which is more relevant.

You're preaching to the choir. Most Christians are aware of the meanings of the covenants.