Religion vs. Christianity: What’s the difference?

[flying fish]

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^ But religion is also about building and developing a relationship with Christ.

i agree, the purpose of religion is to strengthen its relationship initially w/ the assign avatar & ultimately to understand & paractice its teachings.

Religion is the way.
And there are different highways- hinduism, buddhism, zoroastranism, islam, christianity
To claim that christianity is more than just a religion is a simple admiration to christianity.
Ang appropriate para nako na isulti is- For me Christianity is a good religion "For Me", more honest.

Honestly at first i was confused of the thread title- difference between religion & christianity?
its like asking the difference between toothpaste & colgate?

[regnauld]

The truth is Christ.

And the TRUTH is WITHIN because CHRIST is within us.

"If you meet the CHRIST on the road, Kill him."

[Tirong-say]

Ill give my opinion on this..

The BIG BIG BIG difference is People believe in interpretation of the so-called TRUTH. Mao na ang problema sa DOCTRINE og KULTO. People do something outside the scope to prove he/they are right. This is acceptable in SCIENCE but not in RELIGION. In RELIGION its not about YOU its about GOD. So forget your contribution...

Thanks for the reply Bro,
I think the right context is the relation between me and GOD. The link between me and GOD is my faith guided by religion. Nobody could prove that their religion,doctrine, cult or whatsoever is the correct and absolute belief and that is a fact, what makes religion viable is merely faith, faith that gives me a notion that I can be saved from my sins if I only follow what GOD wish me to do.

[countrykidanthony]

I agree w/ homo, & of couirse the bible storey shoudnt be taken literally,
I would like to think that "WE are servants of sins or of goodness" not sinner per se,
our job here is to make the proper choice, we err of course since thats part of our ignorance, & if their is an original sin-that would be ignorance

"we are servants of sins or of goodness".

If u agree that we're not sinners but our actions are just the results or consequence of our ignorance then how can we make the proper choice if we are blinded by our ignorance and how can we tell that our actions is an err or not and how can we tell that we make proper choices or not if everything is so black and white?

if we are servants of sins and of goodness, how can we tell which is which when there is no such thing as sins?

[sanggano_boy]

^ That's true. But sanggano_boy was talking about Christianity.

yes, genuine Christianity is more than a religion. The reason for it's existence is all about for CHRIST, JESUS

[kebotDiNaMute]

Thanks for the reply Bro,
I think the right context is the relation between me and GOD. The link between me and GOD is my faith guided by religion. Nobody could prove that their religion,doctrine, cult or whatsoever is the correct and absolute belief and that is a fact, what makes religion viable is merely faith, faith that gives me a notion that I can be saved from my sins if I only follow what GOD wish me to do.

Tumpak kaau brad. You are well right! I couldnt say more... and i agree...

[kebotDiNaMute]

And the TRUTH is WITHIN because CHRIST is within us.

"If you meet the CHRIST on the road, Kill him."

Patay na! BOOM nani REG? hmmm! kabalo baka masyador sa bwangan tawgon nila kristo... hmmm. Becareful ha not to miss... gud luck... happy hunting!

[josephdc]

i agree, the purpose of religion is to strengthen its relationship initially w/ the assign avatar & ultimately to understand & paractice its teachings.

Religion is the way.
And there are different highways- hinduism, buddhism, zoroastranism, islam, christianity
To claim that christianity is more than just a religion is a simple admiration to christianity.
Ang appropriate para nako na isulti is- For me Christianity is a good religion "For Me", more honest.

Honestly at first i was confused of the thread title- difference between religion & christianity?
its like asking the difference between toothpaste & colgate?

Hello Sir.

I'm not sure though sir if all road does lead to Rome. I think each of the major religions of the world are different from each other with regard to their core beliefs. Like, for Muslims Jesus is only one of the prophets, while for Christians he is God made flesh. So they both can't be true at the same time. They both can't lead to the same God because they essentially have different ideas as to who God is. Only one of them got it right or both of them didn't get it right.

When a Christian makes a statement like, "I believe Christianity is true," I don't think he is merely expressing his feelings or his emotions. I think what he really means is that his belief is objectively true. Similarly, when a Muslim makes a statement like, "I believe Islam is true," I think he really is saying that his belief is objectively true.

[flying fish]

Hello Sir.

I'm not sure though sir if all road does lead to Rome. I think each of the major religions of the world are different from each other with regard to their core beliefs. Like, for Muslims Jesus is only one of the prophets, while for Christians he is God made flesh. So they both can't be true at the same time. They both can't lead to the same God because they essentially have different ideas as to who God is. Only one of them got it right or both of them didn't get it right.

When a Christian makes a statement like, "I believe Christianity is true," I don't think he is merely expressing his feelings or his emotions. I think what he really means is that his belief is objectively true. Similarly, when a Muslim makes a statement like, "I believe Islam is true," I think he really is saying that his belief is objectively true.

Hi josephdc,
On the contrary all good religions are similar in its core teachings.
All good religions teaches the following universal values- Justice, fairness, compassion, sincerity,
the golden rule, honesty etc.

The difference actually is in the rituals, dogmas & interpretations of its own doctrines.
Concept about god as to whether it is anthropomorphic, pantheistic, naturalistic, scientific etc
are part of of the peripheral teachings. What really matters most is- the message & its integration to ones life. Thus any religionist might ask oneself-
Do i really practice the inner or core teachings of my religion?

The teaching is more important than the teacher, when we focus on the teachings we can never fail to be united, but if we focus on the teacher rest assured our sentimental human nature will always get the better of our judgement, that instead of seeing the similarities we look for the differences.

The word is never the thing.

[handsoff241]

^Indeed, and the hard part is where we swallow the dogmas and interpretations to get to those core teachings.