Wow... lots of replies
Well first off, I do not like christianity as a religion. I am a spiritual christian, and I live in God, not the bible. Religious groups such as the catholics, protestants, mormans, etc.. have become less and less close to God, and they become obsessed with their status rather than God. Wars such as the infamous crusades have been brought up, and then there was the halocaust and more oppression. I believe that Christianity is about spirituality, not religion. I dont believe that we should divide into different groups, and I think that some people that claim to be christian aren't neccessarily true christians.
I believe that I personally know God, and at certain times I feel the Holy Spirit inside me, and I find myself saturated and glowing. I think that I generally understand who God is, and that he is not bound within any limits, and well, I can't explain.
My replies shouldn't be seen to represent christianity as a whole, but from what I believe.
I'll reply to the first post, then go down consecutively (unless it's not really a question or a comment about christianity)
Lajawab:
I dont exactly believe that abstaining from the consumption of non-koshure (sp) foods still apply today, because I believe that God issued that simply to protect the Jews' health. God prohibited the eating of pork, blood, some other things. Food had to be killed a certain way unless they couldn't be eaten. Food after a certain amount of time couldn't be eaten. Pigs were considered dirty, they were probably unhealthy to eat then because they couldnt be prepared properly. Blood was the source of a lot of diseases, and we all know that food rots after a period of time after being left out too long (they didnt have spices 3000 years ago)
sholay:
I would agree that christianity has been distorted, and I do not like it.
ahmadjee:
1: I believe that God is one as a whole, and that the Son, the Father and the Holy Spirit are terms that try to describe God, though not completely successful. I like to refer to Jesus as God. Other christians tend to refer to him as Jesus or the Son, and they end up sounding like two different figures, which is wrong. Anyway, there's no need to make a big deal out of the trinity.
2: If you mean that literally, I'll tell you right now not to take that verse literally. If you mean that we don't neccessarily act as Christ tells us, I'm inclined to agree. I believe that we are flawed, and we always make mistakes. Vengeance is part of human nature, and it's hard to do things God's way. However, with God's help, we can do it!
One thing that I do not like at all is war. I think that wars glorify God's name at all, and that our struggle is against Satan, not each other.
3: We are equal under God's eyes. I'm against racism. (Something I really like about this one church I sometimes go to is that sometimes they have songs, and we sing the lyrics in English, French, Chinese, African, and some other languages.)
Dai_sista:
There are flaws in the bible. I dont doubt that. The bible is God inspired, but human written. This means that there will be flaws here and there, but the truth will still remain in the book. Think of it as a true sentence with a gramatical error.
moona:
Basically, the church used to teach everything in Latin, the songs were in monotones and they were completely religious. Nobody understood anything, and not a lot of people were spiritual. However, where did you get the %1 from?
Seminole:
Maybe the interpretation has changed, maybe it hasn't. I interpret the Bible my own way.
Nadia_H:
Heh, I have a knack of creating controversial threads.
Iqbal:
"T.S. Eliot: "Christianity is always adapting itself into something that can be believed.""
As a religion, yes.
google:
"there is no clear cut guide on how a person should live and what is required of him by Almighty God"
My christianity is not a religion, it is a faith, and its spirituality. There's no set course of actions that you must do to be a christian, unlike Islam.