Many christians are saying that christianity is not religion but a relationship with god through the belief in the jewish carpenter and his death and resurrection. Well, people who say christianity is not a religion need the Oxford advanced learner's dictionary(OALD) or any good dictionary because I doubt if they know what the word religion means.

According to OLAD, religion means
1) the BELIEF in the EXISTENCE of a GOD or gods and the activities that are connected with the worship of them.
2) one of the systems of FAITH that is based in the BELIEF in the existence of a particular GOD or gods.
3) a particular interest or influence that is very important in your life.

Given those definition, we can say that christianity is a religion. Some sheeples will say that believing that Yahweh exists doesn't make you a christian that you must believe in their beloved Jewish carpenter as the son of god and that he died for the sins of the world and rose on the third day. Well didn't the bible make it clear that those that come to God must believe that HE IS and a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.

KUDOS to you for your POINTLESS POINTS.... but Christianity stopped being a religion when GOD in form of JESUS decided to DIE ON THE CROSS.... THEN IT BECAME SOMETHING ELSE.

Martinez19:
Many christians are saying that christianity is not religion but a relationship with god through the belief in the jewish carpenter and his death and resurrection. Well, people who say christianity is not a religion need the Oxford advanced learner's dictionary(OALD) or any good dictionary because I doubt if they know what the word religion means.

According to OLAD, religion means
1) the BELIEF in the EXISTENCE of a GOD or gods and the activities that are connected with the worship of them.
2) one of the systems of FAITH that is based in the BELIEF in the existence of a particular GOD or gods.
3) a particular interest or influence that is very important in your life.

Given those definition, we can say that christianity is a religion. Some sheeples will say that believing that Yahweh exists doesn't make you a christian that you must believe in their beloved Jewish carpenter as the son of god and that he died for the sins of the world and rose on the third day. Well didn't the bible make it clear that those that come to God must believe that HE IS and a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.

greatnaija01:
KUDOS to you for your POINTLESS POINTS.... but Christianity stopped being a religion when GOD in form of JESUS decided to DIE ON THE CROSS.... THEN IT BECAME SOMETHING ELSE.

oh, it became something else? What could that be? Tell me.

John 15:13
John 3:16

It is a LOVE RELATIONSHIP of a Father recovering his LOST CHILDREN.

Martinez19:
oh, it became something else? What could that be? Tell me.

greatnaija01:
John 15:13
John 3:16

It is a LOVE RELATIONSHIP of a Father recovering his LOST CHILDREN.

mtewwwwwww. How can you have such relationship if you don't believe in him? You should please read my post very well before commenting. Hebrew 11:6 says that without faith it is impossible to please God and those that come to him MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS and is a rewarded of those that diligently seek him.

A belief in God and the activities of worshipping him is called religion.

greatnaija01:
John 15:13
John 3:16

It is a LOVE RELATIONSHIP of a Father recovering his LOST CHILDREN.

mtewwwwwww. How can you have such relationship if you don't believe in him? You should please read my post very well before commenting. Hebrew 11:6 says that without faith it is impossible to please God and those that come to him MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS and is a rewarded of those that diligently seek him.

A belief in God and the activities of worshipping him is called religion. It might be a love relationship but it is still religion.

greatnaija01:
KUDOS to you for your POINTLESS POINTS.... but Christianity stopped being a religion when GOD in form of JESUS decided to DIE ON THE CROSS.... THEN IT BECAME SOMETHING ELSE.

sorry but i need to point out something here.. Christianity was not existing before Jesus came or even after he came... until close to about 100AD... so how then could Christianity cease to be a religion after Christ came when it had not been existing before then?

Martinez19:
oh, it became something else? What could that be? Tell me.

permit me to ask . but are you an atheist or deist

Wilgrea7:


permit me to ask . but are you an atheist or deist

I am scientific. #criticalreasoning.

greatnaija01:
KUDOS to you for your POINTLESS POINTS.... but Christianity stopped being a religion when GOD in form of JESUS decided to DIE ON THE CROSS.... THEN IT BECAME SOMETHING ELSE.

Lol. There was no such thing as Christianity before the alleged crucifixion and subsequent resurrection of Christ, so you're the one making a POINTLESS POINT.

EVERYONE BELIEVES IN GOD.... the issue is HIS SON JESUS... that is what makes it not a religion

Martinez19:
mtewwwwwww. How can you have such relationship if you don't believe in him? You should please read my post very well before commenting. Hebrew 11:6 says that without faith it is impossible to please God and those that come to him MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS and is a rewarded of those that diligently seek him.

A belief in God and the activities of worshipping him is called religion. It might be a love relationship but it is still religion.

as long as you have no scriptures to speak from... your point is quite baseless here. religion is man seeking GOD..... what we call Christianity is GOD SEEKING MAN

TLuzzie:
Lol. There was no such thing as Christianity before the alleged crucifixion and subsequent resurrection of Christ, so you're the one making a POINTLESS POINT.

Disciples were called Christians even in the bible... so stop talking about 1000AD.... its about the definition of religion.... which is clearly MAN SEEKING GOD or man's way of Belief in GOD.... BUT IN CHRIST... ITS DIFFERENT... GOD CAME TO SEEK US OUT BY SENDING HIS SON.... HE BELIEVED IN US when no one else would. NOW THAT CAN NOT BE A RELIGION..

Wilgrea7:


sorry but i need to point out something here.. Christianity was not existing before Jesus came or even after he came... until close to about 100AD... so how then could Christianity cease to be a religion after Christ came when it had not been existing before then?

Disciples were called Christians even in the bible... so stop talking about 1000AD.... its about the definition of religion.... which is clearly MAN SEEKING GOD or man's way of Belief in GOD.... BUT IN CHRIST... ITS DIFFERENT... GOD CAME TO SEEK US OUT BY SENDING HIS SON.... HE BELIEVED IN US when no one else would. NOW THAT CAN NOT BE A RELIGION.

Wilgrea7:


sorry but i need to point out something here.. Christianity was not existing before Jesus came or even after he came... until close to about 100AD... so how then could Christianity cease to be a religion after Christ came when it had not been existing before then?

greatnaija01:
EVERYONE BELIEVES IN GOD.... the issue is HIS SON JESUS... that is what makes it not a religion

everyone?

Johnydon22, hopefulLandlord, catfishbilly, HardMirror etc come and see o.

Martinez19:
everyone?

Johnydon22, hopefulLandlord, catfishbilly, HardMirror etc come and see o.

lol

greatnaija01:
as long as you have no scriptures to speak from... your point is quite baseless here. religion is man seeking GOD..... what we call Christianity is GOD SEEKING MAN

I see that scriptures is better than historical records to you. You still don't know what religion means. Read my original post again and get a good dictionary.

they will claim they dont UNTIL death N YOU WILL SEE THE R.E.A.L person in them calling out to any higher being for HELP.

its the most ignorant fellow who does not have all the answers of the universe that will claim there is NO GOD..... even the word EARTH can not be found in origin other than the BIBLE. Atheist Ignore GOD but do not have PROOF enough to explain the mysteries of the UNIVERSE.

Martinez19:
everyone?

Johnydon22, hopefulLandlord, catfishbilly, HardMirror etc come and see o.

HISTORY can be BROKEN and DISTORTED but SCRIPTURE works. am not religious

Martinez19:
I see that scriptures is better than historical records to you. You still don't know what religion means. Read my original post again and get a good dictionary.

greatnaija01:
they will claim they dont UNTIL death N YOU WILL SEE THE R.E.A.L person in them calling out to any higher being for HELP.

its the most ignorant fellow who does not have all the answers of the universe that will claim there is NO GOD..... even the word EARTH can not be found in origin other than the BIBLE. Atheist Ignore GOD but do not have PROOF enough to explain the mysteries of the UNIVERSE.

lol. Many atheist who died did not renounce there faith. Some did but many did not. Christopher Hitchens did not. I will not either.

greatnaija01:
Disciples were called Christians even in the bible... so stop talking about 1000AD

firstly... the Christians in acts are a lot different from the Christians today.. in fact... the Christianity then was considered a denomination of Judaism..

The first Christians, as described in the first chapters of the Acts of the Apostles , were all
Jews either by birth or conversion, for which the biblical term " proselyte" is used, [1] and referred to by historians as Jewish Christians . The early Gospel message was spread orally, probably in Aramaic , [2] but almost immediately also in Greek .[3] The New Testament 's Acts of the Apostles and Epistle to the Galatians record that the first Christian community was centered in Jerusalem and its leaders included Saint Peter , James, the brother of Jesus , and John the Apostle. [4]
After the conversion of Paul the Apostle, he claimed the title of "Apostle to the Gentiles". Paul's influence on Christian thinking is said to be more significant than that of any other New Testament author .[5] By the end of the 1st century , Christianity began to be recognized internally and externally as a separate religion from Judaism which itself was refined and developed further in the centuries after the destruction of the Second Temple .
Numerous quotations in the New Testament and other Christian writings of the first centuries, indicate that early Christians generally used and revered the Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh ) as religious text , mostly in the Greek ( Septuagint) or Aramaic ( Targum ) translations.

source : Wikipedia

its about the definition of religion.... which is clearly MAN SEEKING GOD or man's way of Belief in GOD....

and where did you get such definitions from?

BUT IN CHRIST... ITS DIFFERENT... GOD CAME TO SEEK US OUT BY SENDING HIS SON.... HE BELIEVED IN US when no one else would. NOW THAT CAN NOT BE A RELIGION.

that's a nice theology but it doesn't make Christianity less of a religion.. i can say “in Judaism.. God saw us when no one else did.. when we didn't know him.. he saved us from Egypt and fought wars for us and gave us good standards to live by.. that cannot be a religion" i can also say “in Islam, God loved us so much that he sent Muhammad to show us the way so that we can be with him after we die.. that cannot be a religion" ... the list goes on and on.. simple sugarcoating definitions doesn't make a religion any less of a religion

Wilgrea7:

firstly... the Christians in acts are a lot different from the Christians today.. in fact... the Christianity then was considered a denomination of Judaism..


source : Wikipedia


and where did you get such definitions from?



that's a nice theology but it doesn't make Christianity less of a religion.. i can say “in Judaism.. God saw us when no one else did.. when we didn't know him.. he saved us from Egypt and fought wars for us and gave us good standards to live by.. that cannot be a religion" i can also say “in Islam, God loved us so much that he sent Muhammad to show us the way so that we can be with him after we die.. that cannot be a religion" ... the list goes on and on.. simple sugarcoating definitions doesn't make a religion any less of a religion

Very good. This greatnaija01 is a hypocrite. I just showed everyone the meaning of religion and he ignores to persistently spew trash. What sort of intellectual dishonesty is this?

Martinez19:
mtewwwwwww. How can you have such relationship if you don't believe in him? You should please read my post very well before commenting. Hebrew 11:6 says that without faith it is impossible to please God and those that come to him MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS and is a rewarded of those that diligently seek him.

A belief in God and the activities of worshipping him is called religion.

Now, that's wrong. According to the OALD you quoted, a religion is a belief to a God or gods... Well Christianity isn't a belief to a God but the God. The father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God, isn't "a" God, He is "the" God. He is the only true God. No other gods is like Him. He is Supreme. That's our God, our Father.

Wilgrea7:

firstly... the Christians in acts are a lot different from the Christians today.. in fact... the Christianity then was considered a denomination of Judaism..

Wrong answer. The disciples were first called Christians in antioch. The reason being that, these set of people were acting like Jesus. They were more like Jesus. And so the name was coined. That's why Christianity is far more than a religion. It's God kind of life in man... God seeking man and not man trying to seek God.

Shawl001:

Now, that's wrong. According to the OALD you quoted, a religion is a belief to a God or gods... Well Christianity isn't a belief to a God but the God. The father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God, isn't "a" God, He is "the" God. He is the only true God. No other gods is like Him. He is Supreme. That's our God, our Father.

*facepalms* I have nothing to say to you.

Shawl001:

Wrong answer. The disciples were first called Christians in antioch. The reason being that, these set of people were acting like Jesus. They were more like Jesus. And so the name was coined. That's why Christianity is far more than a religion. It's God kind of life in man... God seeking man and not man trying to seek God.

You mean being a nuisance acting drunk and patronizing prostitute?

Deicide:

You mean being a nuisance acting drunk and patronizing prostitute?

What's this one saying? Are you sure you're meant to be on this thread?

Martinez19:
*facepalms* I have nothing to say to you.

Of course, you have nothing to say...

Shawl001:

Wrong answer. The disciples were first called Christians in antioch. The reason being that, these set of people were acting like Jesus. They were more like Jesus. And so the name was coined. That's why Christianity is far more than a religion. It's God kind of life in man... God seeking man and not man trying to seek God.

it seems you didn't read the rest of my post.. or the quote from Wikipedia.. please ensure to read it

An2elect2:
Sigh, just another stupid thread with a good title

what makes it stupid? How invalid are my points? I dear you to answer these questions. It seems once someone posts something against the ideology of theists, they pointlessly label it stupid, nonsensical etc. I dear you to tell me how this thread is stupid without insulting my intelligence.

An2elect2:
Sigh, just another stupid thread with a good title

Just keep quiet if you have nothing to say