I personally have disbanded form Christianity at a young age due to rational thought. I want to know why you are a Christian, and why you are in the division of Christianity you are in. Thanks for your answers!|||Gave my life to Jesus at the age of 7 ish, then took it back.
Found myself drawn to a need for answers to questions formed throughout my adult life and went to Alpha at age 47.
Attended second year Alpha and some fellowship evenings with the group but do not attend any Church.
Have considered Baptist but was led to scripture that put me off, went to Methodist but found that they adhere to one or two non-biblical doctrines, also the Minister eye balled me and stated that it was 'his' job to study the Bible and my place to attend Church regularly!
I would describe myself as a God fearing individual who believes that the Bible is the inspired word of God, while I don't understand all of it, I believe all of it is relevant.
The Lords prayer says 'give us this day our daily bread' I look upon the Bible as the loaf and take a morsel every day. Have also learnt that fasting therefore can mean to stop reading the Bible and meditate purely on what the mind has already absorbed.
I suppose the starting point for me is the Bible itself telling us that the 'world has been deceived'.
The questions then begin to flow.
If the world has been deceived, what is the truth?
when did the deception start?
The Alpha did not answer these questions but the Bible itself plus research has established sufficient evidence to say that the world is truly deceived and it is time for individuals to do their own research.
There truly have been thousands of false prophets preaching a false Christ, they are at it now and many many people will be horrified when they discover the truth.
I would say I am a Bible believing Christian who aspires to membership of the Spiritual Church of God.|||34 years....Methodist...im saved|||I was a born-again Baptist for 18 years. I got out of it due to Bible College in my early 20s.|||I grew up and got over needing the company of an 'invisible sky-pixie' as a friend.|||Born again, under a year.
Why? Bottomed out %26amp; my AA sponsor helped me find the light. It literally saved my life.|||Calvinist, you dirty dirty souls. The only way to redemption is to wait and accept that you're hideous and God is going to burn you the **** alive - once you're dead.|||Here is my testimony
http://myfaithsite.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?…
I'm a believer and follower of Jesus Christ. He is my Lord and Savior.|||A long time. Why am I a Christian? I believe The Inspired Word Of GOD to be just that. I am in Covenant Relationship with Yeshua/Jesus because I believe He Is The ONLY WAY to Heaven, Him And The Father. Non Denominational Fundamentalist Creationist (Real) Christian.|||I have been a Christian for 10 years. I am 43. I am the branch of Christianity that follows Jesus.
The fact that you are calling it divisions and branches is not good satire. It is a display of your ignorance and lack of basic respect for others.
You are welcome.|||i have been baptist for 19 years but im not saved . I was raise as a christian since i was little.|||"at a young age due to rational thought" ?!? - are you kidding me?
C S Lewis expands on the idea and shows why the non Christian really has no logical alternative but to accept that Jesus is God:
“I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God.” That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic-on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg-or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God; or else a madman or something worse.
You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon; or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God. “|||I am a Christian because, when I was deeply depressed I called out to God, and he calmed my soul. Sense then he has shown me great things that I have put into a 176 page book that is almost ready to publish. It is how events of the world are repeating themselves to prove God is real and his plan for mankind. I am a Southern Baptist and I believe all who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 34yrs.|||I was a typical American Evangelical Christian for about seven years until I realized most of it was crap. I started to question many things about why certain rules were put in place even though they weren't in the Bible. This caused a whole lot of strife with my family and the churches I attended. Now, I consider myself a Christ-follower because I am against what most Christians stand for in America. I believe in living like Christ through acting like Christ which is sacrificial love. I believe it is our duty to help make this world better rather than convert everyone to our faith. I'm an emerging/missional/organic Christians if I had any labels. I've been this way for three years now and my life has been so much better|||Denomination: Born Again/ Pentecostal
Years being christian:all my life grew up in a christian home
Reason:being a christian gives me freedom sure i go through many trials but i know God is looking out for me and even you! he gives you choice, is a forgiving father and loves you more than any love you can find on this earth. Our world is stuffed up we need to look up to someone for support!|||I was raised as a Christian, so 25 years. I am a Christian because not only is it how I was raised, but I have witnessed miracles and the movement of the Holy Spirit, so I absolutely cannot deny my faith. I feel that I have undeniable proof (for me) that God exists, and to denounce that would be trampling on my soul. I am Non-denominational because I am comfortable in various denominations. If I'd have to pick, it would be Baptist, but in preference, I hold to Non-denominational.|||Dear friend,
I was born a Christian. I was with Anglican Church. I am no more a Christian. What I meant is that I don't attend any Church.
I love God. I love Jesus. I made Jesus' teaching relevant in my life. I am protected by God. I am guided by God.
I attended many Churches in the past. None of them is based on Christ. None of them has realized that Jesus is greater than Paul. Every one of them teach that the mission of Jesus was to die. Jesus said that he came as light (knowledge) into the world. In other words, he brought knowledge about God, his kingdom and the way to it. The Church has rejected Jesus and his teaching. Instead, the Church substituted Saul turned Paul for its doctrine.|||I have been a Christian for about 17 or 18 years now, having abandoned atheism because of its general hypocrisy ("because I believe there is no proof of God, and because I believe in no God, that therefore means there is no God", and then say "you're stupid and wrong" to those who believe in God- who, by empirical means, can be no more right nor wrong than the atheist) and lack of willingness to discover truth (mind you, I did not say "facts", I said "truth" - science and facts can state the sky is blue, but truth determines why it is blue and not plaid).
I am a Christian. I see no need for denominations... as such, I could best be defined a "Fundamentalist Evangelical Christian" (I feel it needs to be said that that does not necessarily make me a right-winger politically... I find myself to be fairly liberal, but consider myself "Independent'). My particular beliefs share some similarities with many major (and some minor) denominations, but not enough in any particular point to label me as one over another.|||I have been a Christian for 20 years. I am 43. I had no use for Christianity when I was a child - I thought everyone who went to church just either were "lucky" enough to just be born christian or holy or something and I just wasn't one of them, or they were a bunch of fakers. Since I've been a christian, I have visited many different denominations, including Unitarian, Jehovah's Witness, Assemblies of God (where I first became a Christian), Messianic, Presbyterian and Non-Denominational. I have been attending the Non-Denominational church since 1990. I really enjoy going to a non-denominational church because I believe that if God had preferred one denomination over another, Jesus would've talked about it in the Bible. Besides, I think that idea is exclusive, hurts people and shuts them out. Therefore, it is wrong! I am sorry that you don't go to church anymore - not because you are in some big sin or anything, but because I have found the friendship and love from other believing people to be very encouraging. Of course, there are many non-christian people who are very loving, kind and encouraging. But rarely do groups of them meet together just for the purpose of encouraging each other. And the idea that they pray for me and ask God to help me with any of life's needs or troubles is very dear to me. My church friends have loved me through the death of my father, the imprisonment of one of my family members, great depression that I suffered from (I had two suicide attempts over the years), troubles at work, troubles with family, troubles with friends, and the death of several other family members and friends. They also celebrated with me when my dad finally became a christian (10 years before he died), when his life began to change and he finally became happy, with the births of my neices and nephews, with every family engagement or wedding - they have just really been there for me for 20 years. If you have gone somewhere that has hurt you or caused you to be disillusioned and made you think that faith is nothing but a farce, I hope you wil go somewhere else and find people that love and accept you. People are very faulty, including those of us who call ourselves Christian. Only God is good and loving all of the time. You are more than welcome for the answer. Have a great day!|||Islam is the true religion of peace
