Christian is only in the bible twice!!!

[teflonfanatic]

I want opinions from gnostics, atheists and christians and other faiths on this bombshell!!!!!!

My personal opinion is this... If God wanted to know the true religion in his book you would think it will appear in more then just 2 places in his book!!!(referring to the bible), fortunately witness appears all over the bible 

[trucktina]

Why would God be confused about which religion the Bible refers to? I doubt this is some sort of bombshell.

[Falconer02]

If God wanted to know the true religion in his book you would think it will appear in more then just 2 places in his book!!!(referring to the bible), fortunately witness appears all over the bible

So do the words "put to death", "jealousy", "sorceress", "demon", etc...pretty wacky stuff!

I have no idea what this bombshell is that you're talking about though.

Edit: Better not do whatever you're doing in your signature-- don't get banned!!!

[teflonfanatic]

If God wanted to know the true religion in his book you would think it will appear in more then just 2 places in his book!!!(referring to the bible), fortunately witness appears all over the bible

So do the words "put to death", "jealousy", "sorceress", "demon", etc...pretty wacky stuff!

I have no idea what this bombshell is that you're talking about though.

Edit: Better not do whatever you're doing in your signature-- don't get banned!!!

Forget about my sig it's not important, anyway the bombshell is the fact christian only appears twice in the whole bible, the church has been teaching christianity is the true religion for centuries. If it was the true religion you would think God will let people know about it in more then 2 places in the bible!!!! Also Jealously, put to death etc appear in more then 2 places in the bible.

[Falconer02]

Also Jealously, put to death etc appear in more then 2 places in the bible.

You think this would be a little more important on the believer's scale-- associating themselves with a book that has these qualities in them. Aside that, I don't really see a bombshell of importance.

[trucktina]

How about this for a bombshell? God figured that we were smart enough to figure out which religion it is, since people called His son Jesus Christ. Christ + (followers of/ ian) = Christian.

[macy332]

I want opinions from gnostics, atheists and christians and other faiths on this bombshell!!!!!!

My personal opinion is this... If God wanted to know the true religion in his book you would think it will appear in more then just 2 places in his book!!!(referring to the bible), fortunately witness appears all over the bible 

I don't think God would be confused about the Bible. Considering that God is fairly knowledgeable, He can could probably figure it out.  I guess I'm a bit confused about your opinions.

[teflonfanatic]

How about this for a bombshell? God figured that we were smart enough to figure out which religion it is, since people called His son Jesus Christ. Christ + (followers of/ ian) = Christian.

Even if what you said is true it still only appears(christian) in two places in the bible. Anyone can make up a name and claim they're following Christ without using the word CHRISTIAN.

@Macy: I'm not saying God's confused i'm saying if it was as important as the churches wanted you to believe then it would be in more then two places in the bible. Witness however appears all over the bible in both the Hebrew and Greek canons, however I know the very phrase Jehovah witness doesn't, so i'm just  going to be a witness of the word I guess 

As for my quote it should have read "if God wanted us to know" My intention was to show how important it was for God to include the word christian in the bible for us to know not for God to learn the true religion from his own book Jesus paradox in the trinity btw...

[trucktina]

How about this for a bombshell? God figured that we were smart enough to figure out which religion it is, since people called His son Jesus Christ. Christ + (followers of/ ian) = Christian.

Anyone can make up a name and claim they're following Christ without using the word CHRISTIAN.

Give an example...? You could just as easily say that people who call themselves Christian but don't do a very good job of it shouldn't use the word "Christian".

Regardless, I think God gets to judge who is following Him correctly, not you or me. Isn't there something in the Bible about casting a beam out of your own eye first?

[davidf938]

Just a reminder A "God" did not write the Bible. It was written by humans. I don't care what if any religion it favors. It is just a work of fiction. Go to a public library and look for a Bible. Hint: look next to Aesop's Fables.

[JediJohnnie]

The Bible was written by men under Divine Inspiration.So it is the Word of God.

[falcon9]

The Bible was written by men under Divine Inspiration.So it is the Word of God.

Unless you can substantiate your claim, it's an empty faith-based one.

[teflonfanatic]

How about this for a bombshell? God figured that we were smart enough to figure out which religion it is, since people called His son Jesus Christ. Christ + (followers of/ ian) = Christian.

Anyone can make up a name and claim they're following Christ without using the word CHRISTIAN.

Give an example...? You could just as easily say that people who call themselves Christian but don't do a very good job of it shouldn't use the word "Christian".

Regardless, I think God gets to judge who is following Him correctly, not you or me. Isn't there something in the Bible about casting a beam out of your own eye first?

tian

Some hindu circles believe Jesus was Khrisna and therefore those who worship Khrisna say they follow christ or worship Christ but don't call themselves Christian.  Anyway I never gave my opinion on who's following the most high I simply stated some say that there following Christ but don't call themselves christian. You somehow read or interpreted differently

[Stealth3si]

I want opinions from gnostics, atheists and christians and other faiths on this bombshell!!!!!!

My personal opinion is this... If God wanted to know the true religion in his book you would think it will appear in more then just 2 places in his book!!!(referring to the bible), fortunately witness appears all over the bible  

I don't think this should be an issue.

Is 'bible' or 'religion' found anyhere in it?

[Annella]

The word Christian is mentioned twice (Acts 26:28, and I Peter 4:16), both New Testament.

The word Christians (plural) is mentioned once in Acts 11:26, saying that Christ's disciples were called Christians FIRST in Antioch.

How can people be called Christians in the Old Testament when Christ had not come yet to bring Salvation? His death, burial and resurrection happened in the New Testament and after he arose, His followers are called Christians. The "title" was first applied in Acts, which is the birth of the church and those redeemed by the Blood of Christ. The word Christian means to be "Christ like". The saved, redeemed, blood washed, saints, heirs of Salvation, righteous, and Children of the most high, etc, are also words in the Bible referring to Christians.

The word "witness" has many meanings according to the Hebrew and Greek interpretations of the Bible. Mostly witnesses were always required at family dealings of inheritance, buying and selling, family events like weddings and deaths, etc, as well as being a witness for God.

I don't understand your hang up on the number of times a word is mentioned in the Bible and the significance of it's importance if it's mentioned many times or not. That doesn't make sense. It's the plan of Salvation that is important and saving of mankind.

Note: The hare krishna's do not follow Christ but an Indian/hindu god called krishna. Their belief does not even consider a son of God.