I love asking these questions, as all the responses I get are incredibly interesting, yet they all seem to be so different.
Jesus is incredibly interesting. His followers would be no different.
I always thought christians had the same beliefs straight from the bible.
Leftist propaganda sir. Christians are very open-minded people BECAUSE, Christians all come from people.
While the core beliefs are typically the same, ambiguous passages are interpreted very differently.
Core beliefs are not ambiguous. That is cultic/heretic propaganda. Other than that, "Christianity" has proven to be an outstanding example of "tolerance and diversity."
I haven't discussed religion with many christians, so this could be my own ignorance, but I was under the impression that the general christian population believed the earth was no older than 6000 years, was created in 6 days, and dinosaurs never existed (at least not in the ways we are taught about in school).
You need to stop reading Newsweek and Time and stop watching CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and HBO's Bill Maher show for your info on Christians and "Christianity." It all starts with 0 x 0 = atheism. Christians believe in facts and not fairy tales. Jesus walked the earth in real time and in a real place.
A good example would be a thread I made yesterday. One of my questions was regarding homosexual Christians.
That would be rather: "Christians" that engage in homosexual behavior. "Homosexual Christians," sounds too much like "Gay Christian." It just doesn't jibe with facts.
some said you can be gay and go to heaven as long as you don't act on it. some say that because you're gay, you will not go to heaven, regardless of whether or not you engage in homosexual activities.
BUT, what do the writers of the New Testament "say?" Same-gender sex acts are not to be engaged in by "Christians." And absolutely NO promoting of homosexuality to others. That's an even worse sin. It's in the NT.
I know others who say that homosexuality is fine.
They would be the "Christians" that have no basis in fact for their "opinion." Homosexuality is not fine, according to the writers of the New Testament. And "marriage" according to Jesus (an important figure in "Christianity), "marriage" is between a man and a woman. No one can alter that.
It seems like there is so much ambiguity in the religion itself.
Or rather "tolerance and diversity." Christians literally invented that.
How do you know if you've got the right idea when half of the religon agrees and another half has a different idea?
Wait and see on judgment day. Jesus was also clear that He (or rather His angels) would seperate the wheat and the weeds, the sheep and the goats, and the wheat from the chaff, etc., etc.. But until judgment day, Christians should stay very clear of homosexual promoting people, and those that paint the ambiguous into doctrine, whether in the Church or out of the Church. You wonder, why these people can have the audacity to present ambiguity as a license to do evil things. BUT ahhh, that is mentioned "in the New Testament" as well.
You had some great points Eclyps19.
