freecocoa:
Christianity is simply a religion of people who claim to follow christ, I don't understand how you can separate the two

if you omits yourself, that's how you understand Christianity because you belong to different kingdom, the pagans first call the apostles christians because the apostles do not follow the commercial world of the pagans. The substance is in the word,which you cannot see.

malvisguy212:
if you omits yourself, that's how you understand Christianity because you belong to different kingdom, the pagans first call the apostles christians because the apostles do not follow the commercial world of the pagans. The substance is in the word,which you cannot see.

Oh! Not again.

freecocoa:
Oh! Not again.

stay mute.

malvisguy212:
stay mute.

Yes master.


Quick question.

Do you know the meaning of the word "Religion"?

malvisguy212:
God bless you too

.....same

malvisguy212:
God bless you too

.....same

cloudgoddess:
"religion (n) - the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods."

Nope, still religion.

Dats d dictionary.... go search d scriptures...d bible... Dats Christian's dictionary....and find out its true meaning..Christianity is no religion but a way of life tru Christ!

openmine:

Dats d dictionary.... go search d scriptures...d bible... Dats Christian's dictionary....and find out its true meaning..Christianity is no religion but a way of life tru Christ!

Religion is a way of life...... A way of life you share with billions of people who believe that a dead jew sacrificed himself to himself on a cross.....they just gotta believe and they won't be punished


Religion is “human beings’ relation to that which they regard as holy, sacred, spiritual, or divine. Religion is
commonly regarded as consisting of a person’s
relation to God or to gods or spirits.

Worship is probably the most basic element of religion.......... moral conduct, right belief, and participation in religious institutions are generally also constituent
elements of the religious life as practiced by believers and worshipers and as commanded by religious sages and scriptures”


How exactly do you dissociate christianity(a way of life) from religion

freecocoa:
Yes master.


Quick question.

Do you know the meaning of the word "Religion"?

yes, I know the meaning, did Jesus use the word religion to describe His followers ?. The Latin word from which the English word "religion" is derived means "to bind up." Jesus did not come to bind us up in rules and regulations or rituals of
devotion, but to set us free to be man as God intended.

Excellent piece bro! Let me add:

Religion is Adam trying to cover his unclothedness with leaves!
Christianity is Adam receiving a covering made from animal skin, from God (and it came at a price paid by another).

Religion is man trying to DO things to appease God
Christianity is man receiving life through faith in Christ and expressing that life daily.

Humblebloke:



Religion is a way of life...... A way of life you share with billions of people who believe that a dead jew sacrificed himself to himself on a cross.....they just gotta believe and they won't be punished


Religion is “human beings’ relation to that which they regard as holy, sacred, spiritual, or divine. Religion is
commonly regarded as consisting of a person’s
relation to God or to gods or spirits.

Worship is probably the most basic element of religion.......... moral conduct, right belief, and participation in religious institutions are generally also constituent
elements of the religious life as practiced by believers and worshipers and as commanded by religious sages and scriptures”


How exactly do you dissociate christianity(a way of life) from religion

sadly from ur writeup its obvious u simply dont understand wat it means 2 b a christian.... Christianity is not a title or an appendage but a believer's identity in christ...its wat a believer is in Christ Jesus....

but I guess such explanations will b like reggae 2 ur ears if u haven't studied d scriptures or if u don't believe in God...

and how do u expect me 2 make u understand wen u r stuck in Anoda man's dictionary meaning....obviously u hope d dictionary will give u more answers Dan d word of God...

Go search d scriptures cos Dats where d answers are not a dictionary dat is always altered just 2 remain updated and relevant in a fast paced world....

U can draw up ur opinions about wat u tink about Christianity...after all opinions are free....

malvisguy212:


A religious man may be likened as a man who try to swim from river kaduna to niger by his own strength, he will never make it. But the man who is save by faith is likened to be a man who get on a ship, hoping it will take him to his destination. This man simply rests upon the ship and lets the ship do all the work.

3. RELIGION: The religious man is busy
"working" (doing good works) in order to
be saved.

CHRISTIANITY: The saved person is "not working" (Rom. 4:5) but is RESTING upon the finished work of Another. Although he must beware

Not working in what sense?
How about.. 100days fasting, praying and rebinding the devil every morning afternoon and night, praying for healing after falling sick, constant need for fellowshiing and paying tithe and offering, backsliding and frontsliding... How are all these not working?

Keep deceiving urself.

frank317:


Not working in what sense?
How about.. 100days fasting, praying and rebinding the devil every morning afternoon and night, praying for healing after falling sick, xobtant need for fellowshiing and paying tithe and offering, backsliding and frontsliding... How are all these not working?

Keep deceiving urself.

kai, see what atheism has done to you.

openmine:

sadly from ur writeup its obvious u simply dont understand wat it means 2 b a christian.... Christianity is not a title or an appendage but a believer's identity in christ...its wat a believer is in Christ Jesus....

but I guess such explanations will b like reggae 2 ur ears if u haven't studied d scriptures or if u don't believe in God...

and how do u expect me 2 make u understand wen u r stuck in Anoda man's dictionary meaning....obviously u hope d dictionary will give u more answers Dan d word of God...

Go search d scriptures cos Dats where d answers are not a dictionary dat is always altered just 2 remain updated and relevant in a fast paced world....

U can draw up ur opinions about wat u tink about Christianity...after all opinions are free....

Please define religion

Who wrote the bible anyways


You should know a dico is more relevant than the bible.......you mean I should dump an updated advanced dictionary for an ancient book written centuries ago

A book without proof

Btw....... When you read books and come across complex words........ Do you consult the dico or ur bible for clarification

cloudgoddess:
"religion (n) - the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods."

Nope, still religion.

No, that is dictionary definition..

Christianity definition of Religion is this : "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." (James 1:27)

Humblebloke:



Please define religion

Who wrote the bible anyways


You should know a dico is more relevant than the bible.......you mean I should dump an updated advanced dictionary for an ancient book written centuries ago

A book without proof

Btw....... When you read books and come across complex words........ Do you consult the dico or ur bible for clarification

Bro to start with...i don't care about ur opinion of the bible...dats ur opinion and u r entitled to it...
If u weigh or believe ur so-called advanced dictionary is capable of lecturing u about the bible...dats fine with u...not me..
Its not by force to believe that Christianity is a way of life or living....whether u call it a book without proof or not...I never expected ur likes to comprehend such knowledge....

And dere is obviously no need to get into a sane and healthy discus with you since you have already made up ur mind about wat u believe in...

Christianity according to the scriptures is a way of life and a pattern for living in christ ...get it?

If u don't like it or believe in it,Thats ur problem and cup of tea NOT mine...and i think you are on the wrong thread..enough said!

Humblebloke:



Please define religion

Who wrote the bible anyways


You should know a dico is more relevant than the bible.......you mean I should dump an updated advanced dictionary for an ancient book written centuries ago

A book without proof

Btw....... When you read books and come across complex words........ Do you consult the dico or ur bible for clarification

why are you atheists like fooling around ? Do you think the bible is an English text book ? So you think if I want to look for word meaning, I will check the bible and not dictionary ? What a foolish atheist!!!

openmine:


Bro to start with...i don't care about ur opinion of the bible...dats ur opinion and u r entitled to it...
If u weigh or believe ur so-called advanced dictionary is capable of lecturing u about the bible...dats fine with u...not me..
Its not by force to believe that Christianity is a way of life or living....whether u call it a book without proof or not...I never expected ur likes to comprehend such knowledge....

And dere is obviously no need to get into a sane and healthy discus with you since you have already made up ur mind about wat u believe in...

Christianity according to the scriptures is a way of life and a pattern for living in christ ...get it?

If u don't like it or believe in it,Thats ur problem and cup of tea NOT mine...and i think you are on the wrong thread..enough said!

God bless you bro.

Christianity is a Religion.

orisa37:
Christianity is a Religion.

you can't just say something without proof, did Jesus preach religion on His disciples ? What about the disciples.

orisa37:
Christianity is a Religion.

Dats ur opinion...i tink the op's write up is very explicit about christianity and religion...
Wat u sud do is to refute wat he has said using the scriptures NOT the dictionary...

openmine:


Bro to start with...i don't care about ur opinion of the bible...dats ur opinion and u r entitled to it...
If u weigh or believe ur so-called advanced dictionary is capable of lecturing u about the bible...dats fine with u...not me..
Its not by force to believe that Christianity is a way of life or living....whether u call it a book without proof or not...I never expected ur likes to comprehend such knowledge....

And dere is obviously no need to get into a sane and healthy discus with you since you have already made up ur mind about wat u believe in...

Christianity according to the scriptures is a way of life and a pattern for living in christ ...get it?

If u don't like it or believe in it,Thats ur problem and cup of tea NOT mine...and i think you are on the wrong thread..enough said!

Way of life=religion........


You don't like it.....that's not my problem



Adios

Humblebloke:


Way of life=religion........


You don't like it.....that's not my problem



Adios

if you disagree with the op, bring fort your argument, show me were I misinterpret the scripture in the op.

malvisguy212:
why are you atheists like fooling around ? Do you think the bible is an English text book ? So you think if I want to look for word meaning, I will check the bible and not dictionary ? What a foolish atheist!!!

....... Okay,Fopdoddle.....


Anything else

Humblebloke:


Way of life=religion........


You don't like it.....that's not my problem



Adios

See wahala ohh...If you knew its was not ur problem,then why reply...?
Smh..

malvisguy212:
if you disagree with the op, bring fort your argument, show me were I misinterpret the scripture in the op.

There nothing to interprete......


Stop spreading ignorance......christianity is a religion(dogmas,laws,divinity,sacradness,spirituality)......
Just like buddhishm,Islam and the others

Way of life-religion

Humblebloke:



There nothing to interprete......


Stop spreading ignorance......christianity is a religion(dogmas,laws,divinity,sacradness,spirituality)......
Just like buddhishm,Islam and the others

Way of life-religion

you are an atheist, maby you claim to be a freethinker, but that implies that have
choice. In a universe where every
succeeding action comes from a preceding event .to be an atheist is more of a belief, just like 'A' religion.

malvisguy212:
you are an atheist, maby you claim to be a freethinker, but that implies that have
choice. In a universe where every
succeeding action comes from a preceding event .to be an atheist is more of a belief, just like 'A' religion.

Smh.........now you admit xtianity is a religion(way of life)


Lemme break this down..... Atheism is no belief system.......its lack of belief........ It requires evidence for belief.....


So brova......atheism is no belief system(or) just like a religion.

malvisguy212:
kai, see what atheism has done to you.

Of course, u have nothing to defend your lies with.

Humblebloke:



Smh.........now you admit xtianity is a religion(way of life)


Lemme break this down..... Atheism is no belief system.......its lack of belief........ It requires evidence for belief.....


So brova......atheism is no belief system(or) just like a religion.

where in my post I say Christianity is a religion ? How do you come to the conclusion, God does not exist ? Atheism required evidence, and when the evidence were presented to you, you belief in it. How can you accept evidence without believing in it ? Keep on deceiving yourself.

frank317:


Of course, u have nothing to defend your lies with.

see, let me tell you something, your post is one of the silly post I've read since I joined nairaland, your interpretation of "work" is not biblical, it is canal. When paul say faith without work, what kind of work is he talking about ? I cannot believe I am having this conversation with you.

openmine:

Dats ur opinion...i tink the op's write up is very explicit about christianity and religion...
Wat u sud do is to refute wat he has said using the scriptures NOT the dictionary...

Opinion opinion opinion... We are all bringing our opinion to the table, why do u sound angry? You don't want to be refuted then u don't respond to any post you don't like. You accuse people of making up their mind... Have u also not made up ur mind about ur belief? If there were no holes on all the nonsense the Bible said, no one would refute it.

malvisguy212:
see, let me tell you something, your post is one of the silly post I've read since I joined nairaland, your interpretation of "work" is not biblical, it is canal. When paul say faith without work, what kind of work is he talking about ? I cannot believe I am having this conversation with you.

Lol... What kind of work was Paul talking about? The one you sit down and do nothing and you almighty father in heaven whom you believe in does everything for you? Pls what's the biblical meaning of work?