For Non-Christians Only: If You Were Christian, What Kind of Christian Would You Be?

[Aštra’el]

Christian Templar build, high Faith/ Vitality/ Endurance, Heavy Armor, Sacred Longsword with Holy Enchantment & Shield

I would probably spend my time wandering around the map inflicting divine retribution upon the enemies of God, baptizing infidels in their own blood, while protecting the innocents and reclaiming territory for the Christian cause.

 

[Aupmanyav]

I cannot ever be any kind of Christian. I am a strong atheist and a believer in science.

 

[Audie]

As someone who has never once considered himself a Christian, I obsess about this question a lot.

The thread title is all you need to answer the question for yourself, and with this introductory post I am going to elaborate on this for myself.

So, the main groups I am interested in include: Messianic Judaism/Jewish Christianity, Mennonites, Evangelical Lutheranism and Mormonism. I will list each in its own paragraph explaining why I'm interested in them.

Messianic Judaism/Jewish Christianity: Possibly the most legitimate version of Christianity out there, that teaches to respect both the new and the old, and if you can quote scripture Jesus literally says that following the Torah is essentially following him, that he is the Law. And I don't really subscribe to replacement theory, where the New supersedes the old in any way. If you only believe in the Gospels why is there a Old Testament? Jesus was Jewish. End of story.

Mennonites: I consider myself a pacifist. Mennonites are both against abortion and the death penalty. I would have a hard time believing that any other group in America is also against both at the same time.

Evangelical Lutheranism: Okay, so I took a religious quiz and got 100% Evangelical Lutheran. I would say half of the responses were "only if I were a Christian" where the other half was truly me. The reason why I think I would make a good Evangelical Lutheran is they both promote the inerrancy of the scripture and at the same time are mainline and for things like gay marriage and women pastors. And I agree!

Mormonism: Mormons believe in many Gods, that you can become a God, and all of that, and to that remark I say Mormonism is very close to the Earthseed and Syntheist argument of, "God is change."

I have thought about this so hard I am surprised I haven't already called myself a Christian. The last service I went to was an Evangelical Lutheran service, and it would be very easy for me just to walk there and (eventually) get baptized. This syntheist pantheistic trinity I hold: The Omniverse, Entropy and Extropy can easily be translated into The Holy Spirit, The Father and The Son. Honestly, when I answered the questions as if were a Christian I didn't feel as if I was really lying either.

I am not saying I am Christian. Gnostic syntheism runs strong in my veins. I feel as one who is this faith I can know and understand God better than any Christian ever could. Maybe it is because I focus a lot of it on The Omniverse or Holy Spirit. I don't know.

What I do know however is, if one day I decided to convert, I would get baptized at the Evangelical Lutheran church minutes away from my house. If I decide to attend church on Sunday, that's great, but that church has video recordings of services on YouTube. Whenever I would feel like my faith isn't strong enough I would study the Old Testament on Saturdays to understand the Torah and prophets thereafter. And honestly I could see myself possibly one day, if I could deny my own syntheism, to just follow Christ in a way that would best suit me.

In the end I would probably not call myself any of those four labels, but instead, just a Christian and I would probably own a cross necklace. And I wouldn't let anyone let me get between The Son and me, and I would tell nobody how is the correct way to get to Him.

Overall I could be a very decent and upright Christian. And Christianity has it in the way which, as long as you believe in Him, that you can virtually be any kind of person you want to be. There are maybe three types of syntheists: the pantheist, the atheist and the humanist syntheists. All three are essentially the same. Things like pacifism doesn't really apply directly to syntheistic teachings. Having a religion of 2.2 billion followers offers more flexibility than say, a religion of maybe ten thousand followers.

I already own multiple Bibles, both in print and in audiobook format. I have contemplated many times how I can do this in a way where I'm not just arguing my syntheism to the pastors. The last service I went to I felt uplifted by the message but also felt like the things being said disagreed with my scientific understandings. And probably the hardest thing for me to truly wrap my head around is, well, I'm gnostic. I feel like right now I know God so well already, as time progresses I see things change more and more. And if, let's say, I became a Lutheran, I might only have faith in God again, rather than the knowledge of God I understand from my syntheism.

Anyways, I think about this more often than I would like to admit. And I know there's probably some Christians right now who are probably reading this who are like, "we're so close!" I developed my syntheism when I was 14, and have been in the syntheist realm since then. As far as Christian Syntheism goes, I might as well at that point become a Mormon. But Mormonism is a bit too hands-on for my tastes, honestly.

So, what do you think?

If I had been, I'd call myself
"recovering".

 

[blü 2]

As someone who has never once considered himself a Christian, I obsess about this question a lot.

The thread title is all you need to answer the question for yourself, and with this introductory post I am going to elaborate on this for myself.

So, the main groups I am interested in include: Messianic Judaism/Jewish Christianity, Mennonites, Evangelical Lutheranism and Mormonism. I will list each in its own paragraph explaining why I'm interested in them.

Messianic Judaism/Jewish Christianity: Possibly the most legitimate version of Christianity out there, that teaches to respect both the new and the old, and if you can quote scripture Jesus literally says that following the Torah is essentially following him, that he is the Law. And I don't really subscribe to replacement theory, where the New supersedes the old in any way. If you only believe in the Gospels why is there a Old Testament? Jesus was Jewish. End of story.

Mennonites: I consider myself a pacifist. Mennonites are both against abortion and the death penalty. I would have a hard time believing that any other group in America is also against both at the same time.

Evangelical Lutheranism: Okay, so I took a religious quiz and got 100% Evangelical Lutheran. I would say half of the responses were "only if I were a Christian" where the other half was truly me. The reason why I think I would make a good Evangelical Lutheran is they both promote the inerrancy of the scripture and at the same time are mainline and for things like gay marriage and women pastors. And I agree!

Mormonism: Mormons believe in many Gods, that you can become a God, and all of that, and to that remark I say Mormonism is very close to the Earthseed and Syntheist argument of, "God is change."

I have thought about this so hard I am surprised I haven't already called myself a Christian. The last service I went to was an Evangelical Lutheran service, and it would be very easy for me just to walk there and (eventually) get baptized. This syntheist pantheistic trinity I hold: The Omniverse, Entropy and Extropy can easily be translated into The Holy Spirit, The Father and The Son. Honestly, when I answered the questions as if were a Christian I didn't feel as if I was really lying either.

I am not saying I am Christian. Gnostic syntheism runs strong in my veins. I feel as one who is this faith I can know and understand God better than any Christian ever could. Maybe it is because I focus a lot of it on The Omniverse or Holy Spirit. I don't know.

What I do know however is, if one day I decided to convert, I would get baptized at the Evangelical Lutheran church minutes away from my house. If I decide to attend church on Sunday, that's great, but that church has video recordings of services on YouTube. Whenever I would feel like my faith isn't strong enough I would study the Old Testament on Saturdays to understand the Torah and prophets thereafter. And honestly I could see myself possibly one day, if I could deny my own syntheism, to just follow Christ in a way that would best suit me.

In the end I would probably not call myself any of those four labels, but instead, just a Christian and I would probably own a cross necklace. And I wouldn't let anyone let me get between The Son and me, and I would tell nobody how is the correct way to get to Him.

Overall I could be a very decent and upright Christian. And Christianity has it in the way which, as long as you believe in Him, that you can virtually be any kind of person you want to be. There are maybe three types of syntheists: the pantheist, the atheist and the humanist syntheists. All three are essentially the same. Things like pacifism doesn't really apply directly to syntheistic teachings. Having a religion of 2.2 billion followers offers more flexibility than say, a religion of maybe ten thousand followers.

I already own multiple Bibles, both in print and in audiobook format. I have contemplated many times how I can do this in a way where I'm not just arguing my syntheism to the pastors. The last service I went to I felt uplifted by the message but also felt like the things being said disagreed with my scientific understandings. And probably the hardest thing for me to truly wrap my head around is, well, I'm gnostic. I feel like right now I know God so well already, as time progresses I see things change more and more. And if, let's say, I became a Lutheran, I might only have faith in God again, rather than the knowledge of God I understand from my syntheism.

Anyways, I think about this more often than I would like to admit. And I know there's probably some Christians right now who are probably reading this who are like, "we're so close!" I developed my syntheism when I was 14, and have been in the syntheist realm since then. As far as Christian Syntheism goes, I might as well at that point become a Mormon. But Mormonism is a bit too hands-on for my tastes, honestly.

So, what do you think?

You remind me of many of the reasons I'm not a Christian.

Okay, here I stand as founder of the blüChristian religion.

Our symbol is the globe of the earth. It is certainly not a crucified male in torment.

Our teachings stress there's no such thing as original sin.

And that since there's no coherent concept of a real God, blüChristians will use the concept of an imaginary being who embodies human virtues. (The imagined embodiment of human vices is called Trump. In this sense we look forward to the Last Trump.)

The list of virtues starts with acting towards others with decency, respect and inclusion, emphasizes personal honesty and integrity, and stresses the principle, "Do no harm" ─ including, to the Earth.

We'll be active in our community, helping out the schools, seeing to the provision of facilities for sports, making sure there are plenty of parks and gardens, putting age care services in place, and so on.

As for communion, there'll be a bar next to the meeting room, where your choice of refreshments, and delicious fresh snacks, are available, an atmosphere conducive to meeting and talking.

 

[Riders]

As someone who has never once considered himself a Christian, I obsess about this question a lot.

The thread title is all you need to answer the question for yourself, and with this introductory post I am going to elaborate on this for myself.

So, the main groups I am interested in include: Messianic Judaism/Jewish Christianity, Mennonites, Evangelical Lutheranism and Mormonism. I will list each in its own paragraph explaining why I'm interested in them.

Messianic Judaism/Jewish Christianity: Possibly the most legitimate version of Christianity out there, that teaches to respect both the new and the old, and if you can quote scripture Jesus literally says that following the Torah is essentially following him, that he is the Law. And I don't really subscribe to replacement theory, where the New supersedes the old in any way. If you only believe in the Gospels why is there a Old Testament? Jesus was Jewish. End of story.

Mennonites: I consider myself a pacifist. Mennonites are both against abortion and the death penalty. I would have a hard time believing that any other group in America is also against both at the same time.

Evangelical Lutheranism: Okay, so I took a religious quiz and got 100% Evangelical Lutheran. I would say half of the responses were "only if I were a Christian" where the other half was truly me. The reason why I think I would make a good Evangelical Lutheran is they both promote the inerrancy of the scripture and at the same time are mainline and for things like gay marriage and women pastors. And I agree!

Mormonism: Mormons believe in many Gods, that you can become a God, and all of that, and to that remark I say Mormonism is very close to the Earthseed and Syntheist argument of, "God is change."

I have thought about this so hard I am surprised I haven't already called myself a Christian. The last service I went to was an Evangelical Lutheran service, and it would be very easy for me just to walk there and (eventually) get baptized. This syntheist pantheistic trinity I hold: The Omniverse, Entropy and Extropy can easily be translated into The Holy Spirit, The Father and The Son. Honestly, when I answered the questions as if were a Christian I didn't feel as if I was really lying either.

I am not saying I am Christian. Gnostic syntheism runs strong in my veins. I feel as one who is this faith I can know and understand God better than any Christian ever could. Maybe it is because I focus a lot of it on The Omniverse or Holy Spirit. I don't know.

What I do know however is, if one day I decided to convert, I would get baptized at the Evangelical Lutheran church minutes away from my house. If I decide to attend church on Sunday, that's great, but that church has video recordings of services on YouTube. Whenever I would feel like my faith isn't strong enough I would study the Old Testament on Saturdays to understand the Torah and prophets thereafter. And honestly I could see myself possibly one day, if I could deny my own syntheism, to just follow Christ in a way that would best suit me.

In the end I would probably not call myself any of those four labels, but instead, just a Christian and I would probably own a cross necklace. And I wouldn't let anyone let me get between The Son and me, and I would tell nobody how is the correct way to get to Him.

Overall I could be a very decent and upright Christian. And Christianity has it in the way which, as long as you believe in Him, that you can virtually be any kind of person you want to be. There are maybe three types of syntheists: the pantheist, the atheist and the humanist syntheists. All three are essentially the same. Things like pacifism doesn't really apply directly to syntheistic teachings. Having a religion of 2.2 billion followers offers more flexibility than say, a religion of maybe ten thousand followers.

I already own multiple Bibles, both in print and in audiobook format. I have contemplated many times how I can do this in a way where I'm not just arguing my syntheism to the pastors. The last service I went to I felt uplifted by the message but also felt like the things being said disagreed with my scientific understandings. And probably the hardest thing for me to truly wrap my head around is, well, I'm gnostic. I feel like right now I know God so well already, as time progresses I see things change more and more. And if, let's say, I became a Lutheran, I might only have faith in God again, rather than the knowledge of God I understand from my syntheism.

Anyways, I think about this more often than I would like to admit. And I know there's probably some Christians right now who are probably reading this who are like, "we're so close!" I developed my syntheism when I was 14, and have been in the syntheist realm since then. As far as Christian Syntheism goes, I might as well at that point become a Mormon. But Mormonism is a bit too hands-on for my tastes, honestly.

So, what do you think?

None of those. I am not a Christian and the United Methodist Church which is liberal has told me I can go to their church and as long as I don't try to join I can go and not have to worry about people trying to convert me to Christianity. So I would be a liberal United Methodist.

 

[Orbit]

If I had to be a Christian I'd go back to the Presbyterian Church USA. (liberal Christian)

 

[crossfire]

A Heretical Christian.

 

[Clara Tea]

As someone who has never once considered himself a Christian, I obsess about this question a lot.

The thread title is all you need to answer the question for yourself, and with this introductory post I am going to elaborate on this for myself.

So, the main groups I am interested in include: Messianic Judaism/Jewish Christianity, Mennonites, Evangelical Lutheranism and Mormonism. I will list each in its own paragraph explaining why I'm interested in them.

Messianic Judaism/Jewish Christianity: Possibly the most legitimate version of Christianity out there, that teaches to respect both the new and the old, and if you can quote scripture Jesus literally says that following the Torah is essentially following him, that he is the Law. And I don't really subscribe to replacement theory, where the New supersedes the old in any way. If you only believe in the Gospels why is there a Old Testament? Jesus was Jewish. End of story.

Mennonites: I consider myself a pacifist. Mennonites are both against abortion and the death penalty. I would have a hard time believing that any other group in America is also against both at the same time.

Evangelical Lutheranism: Okay, so I took a religious quiz and got 100% Evangelical Lutheran. I would say half of the responses were "only if I were a Christian" where the other half was truly me. The reason why I think I would make a good Evangelical Lutheran is they both promote the inerrancy of the scripture and at the same time are mainline and for things like gay marriage and women pastors. And I agree!

Mormonism: Mormons believe in many Gods, that you can become a God, and all of that, and to that remark I say Mormonism is very close to the Earthseed and Syntheist argument of, "God is change."

I have thought about this so hard I am surprised I haven't already called myself a Christian. The last service I went to was an Evangelical Lutheran service, and it would be very easy for me just to walk there and (eventually) get baptized. This syntheist pantheistic trinity I hold: The Omniverse, Entropy and Extropy can easily be translated into The Holy Spirit, The Father and The Son. Honestly, when I answered the questions as if were a Christian I didn't feel as if I was really lying either.

I am not saying I am Christian. Gnostic syntheism runs strong in my veins. I feel as one who is this faith I can know and understand God better than any Christian ever could. Maybe it is because I focus a lot of it on The Omniverse or Holy Spirit. I don't know.

What I do know however is, if one day I decided to convert, I would get baptized at the Evangelical Lutheran church minutes away from my house. If I decide to attend church on Sunday, that's great, but that church has video recordings of services on YouTube. Whenever I would feel like my faith isn't strong enough I would study the Old Testament on Saturdays to understand the Torah and prophets thereafter. And honestly I could see myself possibly one day, if I could deny my own syntheism, to just follow Christ in a way that would best suit me.

In the end I would probably not call myself any of those four labels, but instead, just a Christian and I would probably own a cross necklace. And I wouldn't let anyone let me get between The Son and me, and I would tell nobody how is the correct way to get to Him.

Overall I could be a very decent and upright Christian. And Christianity has it in the way which, as long as you believe in Him, that you can virtually be any kind of person you want to be. There are maybe three types of syntheists: the pantheist, the atheist and the humanist syntheists. All three are essentially the same. Things like pacifism doesn't really apply directly to syntheistic teachings. Having a religion of 2.2 billion followers offers more flexibility than say, a religion of maybe ten thousand followers.

I already own multiple Bibles, both in print and in audiobook format. I have contemplated many times how I can do this in a way where I'm not just arguing my syntheism to the pastors. The last service I went to I felt uplifted by the message but also felt like the things being said disagreed with my scientific understandings. And probably the hardest thing for me to truly wrap my head around is, well, I'm gnostic. I feel like right now I know God so well already, as time progresses I see things change more and more. And if, let's say, I became a Lutheran, I might only have faith in God again, rather than the knowledge of God I understand from my syntheism.

Anyways, I think about this more often than I would like to admit. And I know there's probably some Christians right now who are probably reading this who are like, "we're so close!" I developed my syntheism when I was 14, and have been in the syntheist realm since then. As far as Christian Syntheism goes, I might as well at that point become a Mormon. But Mormonism is a bit too hands-on for my tastes, honestly.

So, what do you think?

"What kind of Christian would you be?"

God obeying. Lonely. Very very very lonely. There isn't another one like me. I'm all alone.

Christians mixed with politics.

But to be their candidate you must support the National Rifle Association, and you must ridicule legitimate war heros (Kerry and McClellan (triple amputee), and promote your draft dodger with Vets for Truth (who finally admitted lies).

God: Don't kill. Christians: War, torture.

God: Don't lie: Christians: Redefine torture, make phony orange alerts to make war in North Korea, send Wilson to lie about Niger's yellow cake Uranium (linking to terrorists and Iraq). Out Plame (punish Wilson for truth).

The road to heaven is a very lonely one. You can't get there following lying preachers tempting to defy God and make war. You must interpret the bible your own way, not get some translation of a sinner (regardless of his theology degree).

Reverend John Hagee said that we must pray to Jesus to win the war (that is, kill more effectively).

You can't bury your nose in scriptures, but apply those scriptures (not just a cherry-picked subset) to the world today. The bible isn't just an ancient history course. It isn't the only source of piety. For example, in the movie Roots, Kunta Kinte wasn't allowed to talk to the master about being beaten to accept the name Toby, because the master was too busy getting more pious by reading the bible.

The correct way is to live the way God wants, and not bury your nose in scripture, analyzing every word. While we, in this forum, lose sight of the reality of the mess that this world has become, we look only at the scriptures.

I am unusual because I don't just read the bible, I apply it to the world today.

 

[firedragon]

Ebionite

 

[Mock Turtle]

In name only, given that is what many are probably.

 

[danieldemol]

@EthanReilly I would most probably be a liberal Christian and join a Unitarian Universalist church.

 

[Exaltist Ethan]

@EthanReilly I would most probably be a liberal Christian and join a Unitarian Universalist church.

Most people don't consider Unitarian Universalism a Christian denomination anymore ... they split off and became their own thing. In theory you could be a liberal Christian in Unitarian Universalism but now days they mostly cater to the atheists and humanists.

 

[ChristineM]

As someone who has never once considered himself a Christian, I obsess about this question a lot.

The thread title is all you need to answer the question for yourself, and with this introductory post I am going to elaborate on this for myself.

So, the main groups I am interested in include: Messianic Judaism/Jewish Christianity, Mennonites, Evangelical Lutheranism and Mormonism. I will list each in its own paragraph explaining why I'm interested in them.

Messianic Judaism/Jewish Christianity: Possibly the most legitimate version of Christianity out there, that teaches to respect both the new and the old, and if you can quote scripture Jesus literally says that following the Torah is essentially following him, that he is the Law. And I don't really subscribe to replacement theory, where the New supersedes the old in any way. If you only believe in the Gospels why is there a Old Testament? Jesus was Jewish. End of story.

Mennonites: I consider myself a pacifist. Mennonites are both against abortion and the death penalty. I would have a hard time believing that any other group in America is also against both at the same time.

Evangelical Lutheranism: Okay, so I took a religious quiz and got 100% Evangelical Lutheran. I would say half of the responses were "only if I were a Christian" where the other half was truly me. The reason why I think I would make a good Evangelical Lutheran is they both promote the inerrancy of the scripture and at the same time are mainline and for things like gay marriage and women pastors. And I agree!

Mormonism: Mormons believe in many Gods, that you can become a God, and all of that, and to that remark I say Mormonism is very close to the Earthseed and Syntheist argument of, "God is change."

I have thought about this so hard I am surprised I haven't already called myself a Christian. The last service I went to was an Evangelical Lutheran service, and it would be very easy for me just to walk there and (eventually) get baptized. This syntheist pantheistic trinity I hold: The Omniverse, Entropy and Extropy can easily be translated into The Holy Spirit, The Father and The Son. Honestly, when I answered the questions as if were a Christian I didn't feel as if I was really lying either.

I am not saying I am Christian. Gnostic syntheism runs strong in my veins. I feel as one who is this faith I can know and understand God better than any Christian ever could. Maybe it is because I focus a lot of it on The Omniverse or Holy Spirit. I don't know.

What I do know however is, if one day I decided to convert, I would get baptized at the Evangelical Lutheran church minutes away from my house. If I decide to attend church on Sunday, that's great, but that church has video recordings of services on YouTube. Whenever I would feel like my faith isn't strong enough I would study the Old Testament on Saturdays to understand the Torah and prophets thereafter. And honestly I could see myself possibly one day, if I could deny my own syntheism, to just follow Christ in a way that would best suit me.

In the end I would probably not call myself any of those four labels, but instead, just a Christian and I would probably own a cross necklace. And I wouldn't let anyone let me get between The Son and me, and I would tell nobody how is the correct way to get to Him.

Overall I could be a very decent and upright Christian. And Christianity has it in the way which, as long as you believe in Him, that you can virtually be any kind of person you want to be. There are maybe three types of syntheists: the pantheist, the atheist and the humanist syntheists. All three are essentially the same. Things like pacifism doesn't really apply directly to syntheistic teachings. Having a religion of 2.2 billion followers offers more flexibility than say, a religion of maybe ten thousand followers.

I already own multiple Bibles, both in print and in audiobook format. I have contemplated many times how I can do this in a way where I'm not just arguing my syntheism to the pastors. The last service I went to I felt uplifted by the message but also felt like the things being said disagreed with my scientific understandings. And probably the hardest thing for me to truly wrap my head around is, well, I'm gnostic. I feel like right now I know God so well already, as time progresses I see things change more and more. And if, let's say, I became a Lutheran, I might only have faith in God again, rather than the knowledge of God I understand from my syntheism.

Anyways, I think about this more often than I would like to admit. And I know there's probably some Christians right now who are probably reading this who are like, "we're so close!" I developed my syntheism when I was 14, and have been in the syntheist realm since then. As far as Christian Syntheism goes, I might as well at that point become a Mormon. But Mormonism is a bit too hands-on for my tastes, honestly.

So, what do you think?

I can't see myself being a Christian again. But if it were magical to happen I'd be the type that all other Christians would say "she's not a real Christian"

 

[Exaltist Ethan]

I can't see myself being a Christian again. But if it were magical to happen I'd be the type that all other Christians would say "she's not a real Christian"

Answers like this made me re-think if I really wanted to make a topic like this. You are essentially saying that if you were a Christian you wouldn't really be a Christian. I was quite elaborate on my views on this, explaining in very good detail which Christian denominations I have sympathies for, and not only that, expressing my own Christendom to a certain degree. To simply say something like this is as almost as bad as not responding at all.

Can you at least entertain me on why other Christians wouldn't see you as a Christian?

 

[ChristineM]

Answers like this made me re-think if I really wanted to make a topic like this. You are essentially saying that if you were a Christian you wouldn't really be a Christian. I was quite elaborate on my views on this, explaining in very good detail which Christian denominations I have sympathies for, and not only that, expressing my own Christendom to a certain degree. To simply say something like this is as almost as bad as not responding at all.

Can you at least entertain me on why other Christians wouldn't see you as a Christian?

Rethinking is good but as it stands you asked a question. Why would everyone wants to conform to a specific limited list of groups? There are ove 40,000 brands of Christianity, many argue that others are not Christian, and are extremely judgemental of different groups

Perhaps i would be a Christian atheist, following jesus with no belief in god. That would cause many to say "she is not a real Christian"

 

[Exaltist Ethan]

Rethinking is good but as it stands you asked a question. Why would everyone wants to conform to a specific limited list of groups? There are ove 40,000 brands of Christianity, many argue that others are not Christian, and are extremely judgemental of different groups

Actually that "40,000 brands" of Christianity has been debunked. When they made that list they counted every religion in every country as its own religion. The actual real numbers of Christian denominations around the world stands at about 300.

However, even with 300, you still have a point...

Perhaps i would be a Christian atheist, following jesus with no belief in god. That would cause many to say "she is not a real Christian"

If you would have said that right off the bat (or cultural Christian) I wouldn't have said a thing about it. Cultural Christianity is a real thing and many people practice it, despite of "actual" Christians considering it phony.

 

[ChristineM]

Actually that "40,000 brands" of Christianity has been debunked. When they made that list they counted every religion in every country as its own religion. The actual real numbers of Christian denominations around the world stands at about 300.

However, even with 300, you still have a point...



If you would have said that right off the bat (or cultural Christian) I wouldn't have said a thing about it. Cultural Christianity is a real thing and many people practice it, despite of "actual" Christians considering it phony.

Yeah, it's closer to 50,000 now.

Why does Christianity have so many denominations?

 

[Exaltist Ethan]

Yeah, it's closer to 50,000 now.

Why does Christianity have so many denominations?

I believe this video instead.

 

[ChristineM]

I believe this video instead.

Is it made by an independent body or a group of Christians trying to rebuild Christianity.

It may be true that there are 2 or 3 hundred bigger denominations in America, i wonder how many of the small groups that have gone their own way have been counted in that.

BTW, there are over 200 English language bibles, each slightly different from the others. How many in other languages? I don't know? Each of those bibles has various groups who each interpret the bible they favour in their own way

 

[wellwisher]

Yeah, it's closer to 50,000 now.

Why does Christianity have so many denominations?

The main reason has to do with 3-D thinking, which is not yet supported by human language.

Picture a tennis ball that part of 3-D reality. We can approximate this 3-D ball, with a large number of 2-D circles, each with a common center; Jesus, but each at different angles, filling in the 3-D volume.

Each denomination is one of the circles, with each having it own unique angle or spin on Christianity. Even though all have different angles, they are all, nevertheless, centered on Jesus. The sum of all these circles approximates the 3-D tennis ball, which is the whole integrated 3-D truth.

Three dimensional or 3-D thinking is not easy to do, since there is no current human language that can support the speed of 3-D thinking. Human Language is more designed for 2-D thinking; cause and affect. To approximate 3-D concepts, it is needs to be done using an approximation in 2-D, so human language can be used.

All the 2-D circles; based on some version of biblical cause and affect, expresses part of the truth. However, it requires all the circles, together, to reach the full truth in 3-D. This extra third thought dimension is felt through intuition and faith, based on focusing, not on your specific angle, but on the common center that all circles sense; Jesus. Atheism which is more 2-D, may not be able to comprehend 3-D thinking and ways to approximate it.

Consider this scenario. Say God used his golden tennis racket to serve this 3-D tennis ball of Christianity. God has a hard serve, causing the ball to distort in 3-D; function of force impulse over time; 4-D thought. It also moves in space and time. The hit would cause many of the 2-D circles, to distort and move out of their 2-D planes, creating local 3-D affects ; inspiration that can add another circle. This 4-D thinking is even harder to describe with 2-D language, but it anticipates the future, such as new denomination circles, with the time element in 4-D, like an inspirational spirit that has a mind of its own; subroutine.

Some day I will discuss thought dimensionality theory which can better explain the levels of human thought. It was a useful tool for mapping out the human psyche with 0-D to 4-D thoughts. In the case of the tennis ball being hit and one inspired to make a new circle this is about 3.5-D thought.