"Christians" Look Here - Questions & Answers

[Lucky DAWG]

Tradition is nice, but not if it means bending principles found in the bible just to follow tradition.

Also the idea of Christianity is to try to convert others to see there is a God, and Jesus. Not to just tell people to piss off and quit bashing your religion. You know this website, they will bash you for anything, and those who dont understand Christianity will bash it. So accept it and try to help others see your way.

Catholisim is a denomination of Christianity, not a religion by itself. In Fact all the different denominations are man made anyway. Thats why i feel some of the denominations have rules and traditions that i feel really dont add to bringing others closer to God or helping to worship God. Not to dis any denomination, but tradition is nice, but when we put it above worshiping God, thats basically like a false idol. I think this is where some people have problems with the catholic church. With all the bad press about priest's taking matters into their own hands, and having to ask the virgin mary for forgiveness as apposed to Jesus.

You don't know the modern Catholic Church then. If you came to my church for a week and heard the sermon's you would think differently. The tradition is not held higher then the message, it is simply a guideline to how the mass is held, the message is different every week.



I think if you asked any Catholic in my church that they would tell you the exact same thing.



I don't simply feel that the acceptance of the Communion is something that will save you, and like i said i don't feel like others around would think so either. That is why the Church has our own Habitat of Humanity branch of does a lot of mission trips

[yerrow]

You don't know the modern Catholic Church then. If you came to my church for a week and heard the sermon's you would think differently. The tradition is not held higher then the message, it is simply a guideline to how the mass is held, the message is different every week.

he was jesus the "nazorite"
nazareth as a town did not exist at the time of jesus

a nazorite was not someone from nazareth

[metalman]

he was jesus the "nazorite"
nazareth as a town did not exist at the time of jesus

a nazorite was not someone from nazareth

I can dig what youre saying about Christ being a "Nazarite" or a "Nazarene"
(like Biblical Sampson and others) and I know there is slight hoopla from some 'thinkers' about Nazareth supposedly not existing at the time of Christ...BUT, in honesty, the evidence, both historical and archaelogical, is NOT on that side at all.
And then of course, if you add the Biblical record theres another serious 'problem' for that theory.

Interesting comment however.

[yerrow]

I can dig what youre saying about Christ being a "Nazarite" or a "Nazarene"
(like Biblical Sampson and others) and I know there is slight hoopla from some 'thinkers' about Nazareth supposedly not existing at the time of Christ...BUT, in honesty, the evidence, both historical and archaelogical, is NOT on that side at all.
And then of course, if you add the Biblical record theres another serious 'problem' for that theory.

Interesting comment however.

there is no map from jesus' lifetime that shows nazareth being in existance

[metalman]

there is no map from jesus' lifetime that shows nazareth being in existance

lol...looking for a 'paper' map is likely a waste of time.
Looking at archeological finds and written records would be more accurate.
Both indicate a small city existed at that time.