What religion are you?

[trop8cana]

Religion is all the same...praising a higher power with a different name but with the same hopes that we all are doing what we need to do to get into heaven.
But as a short and simple answer I am Christian......a child of God!!
Praise Him 

                                     

                                               

[miket730]

catholic

[liljp617]

Religion is all the same...praising a higher power with a different name but with the same hopes that we all are doing what we need to do to get into heaven.
But as a short and simple answer I am Christian......a child of God!!
Praise Him  

                                    

                                              

And for the religions that do not speak of a heaven?

A lot of people are saying religion is the same across the board, with different labels, when it's pretty easy to see that's not true.  The core principles and theology taught in most religions differ from one another quite a bit.

[Stealth3si]

Scripture doesn't teach this.

Depends...

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[Stealth3si]

I use to be a Buddhist and Atheist a couple of times around.
But now I'm a Christian for almost a decade.

From what I know of Christianity, if you truly believe that Jesus is the son of God and is your savior, you have a duty to your fellow man to save as many of them as you possibly can, and that means making people believe who don't already.

Scripture doesn't teach this.

It's confusing in that context, but yes it does.

I don't find it confusing at all. Simply, we don't have a duty to man.

We can't save anyone. That's God's job. There is only one Savior and His name is Jesus. The wind blows where it wills. We have no control over the regenerating power of God's Holy Spirit.

His knowledge of Christianity describes the life and experience of radical evangelism but this isn't what a rational evangelical means by "duty," though.

It shows one side of the coin and reads very little into the actual nature of Scriptural "witnessing."

But this is not the end of the story...

But not as a duty to man, rather as a duty to God.

Right. Our "job" is to live our lives to the glory of God. In this we are called to evangelize the lost - which simply means share the good news of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus for our sins.

1 corinth. 3:6-8
"I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building."

Many have said - we do not convert a soul - we scatter the seed and God brings the harvest.

We do this not even first and foremost to save the lost, but to glorify God. So we should be as busy as God calls us to be in the business of our Father.

Or at least in my denomination. Jesus said, and I quote Matthew 28:19, "Go, and make disciples out of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit." So, in a sense, yes.

Keep in mind the passage isn't about making just "converts" but making disciples, which is something we should be actively doing by encouraging our Christian brothers and sisters, sharpening one another, challenging, speaking life, etc. And inviting others who aren't following Christ yet.

But if the idea of Christianity is all about "saving people," then I think the whole story is not being told.

And I do think that a one-sided "call of duty" requires a much more nuanced treatment of the parallels between holiness and evangelism in the NT (Jude 17-22) than currently exists.

You should try to save others.

The 'saving' is done by God. God saves people.

Salvation starts with God and ends with God.

Sometimes he lets us be a part of this happening by us being in the right place at the right time or whatever.

All we can do is proclaim the good news. Or so it seems to me.

See also: Wretched Urgency.

[Stealth3si]

Religion is all the same...

Out of curiosity, what kind of research have you done to conclude this?

But as a short and simple answer I am Christian......a child of God!!
Praise Him 

                                     

                                               

You sound like a Gnostic.

[ptkds6]

I'm mormon (LDS)! I love my church and all the teachings!

[bjge_42]

I'm agnostic.

[tabyl]

i am catholic but never go to church

[ferchuvega1]

WELCOME TO EVERYVODY!!  JESUS ITS COMING SOON!!

[pookie07]

I am Christian, Roman Catholic. I was born and raised catholic.  Once I was an adult, I tried this non denominational christian church and all they ever thought about was money, money and more money.  I went back to the catholic church and now I cantor every Sunday.

[kathrynh]

I'm Catholic, but because of my appearance everyone assumes I am Jewish.

[extinct]

I am a muslim, and only a muslim, the reason im that is because even though christianity judaism and islam are very close, christianity and judaisms holy book's words are edited by man, while with islam the book hasnt changed ever since god said what was to be written inside it

[wrjosh88]

I'm pretty a religious Christian I guess, I go to church every so often, whenever I feel I need to or whenever I can.

[liljp617]

I am a muslim, and only a muslim, the reason im that is because even though christianity judaism and islam are very close, christianity and judaisms holy book's words are edited by man, while with islam the book hasnt changed ever since god said what was to be written inside it

If my head wasn't attached, it probably would have just fallen off...

I think you have some things to learn, but this probably isn't the thread for it =/

I am Christian, Roman Catholic. I was born and raised catholic.  Once I was an adult, I tried this non denominational christian church and all they ever thought about was money, money and more money.  I went back to the catholic church and now I cantor every Sunday.

That's quite ironic