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'''Christianity''' is a [[religion]] that began as a sect of [[Judaism]], but slowly evolved to be so different it is now considered a unique religion. Christianity is currently the world's largest religion, although [[Islam]] is expected to overtake it in the next few decades. There are thousands of different sects of Christianity around the world, and they all disagree on pretty much every major tenant of the religion, but their is a set of tenants that the majority of denominations agree upon such as [[Yahweh]] being their supreme deity, the significance of the books in the [[New Testament]], and the importance of [[Jesus]].
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'''Christianity''' is a [[religion]] that began as a sect of [[Judaism]], but slowly evolved such differences, it is now considered a unique religion. Christianity is currently the world's largest religion, although [[Islam]] is expected to overtake it in the next few decades. There are thousands of different sects of Christianity around the world, and they all disagree on pretty much every major tenant of the religion, but most agree that [[Yahweh]] is their supreme deity, the books in the [[New Testament]] are significant, and that [[Jesus]] is very important.
  
I grew up in a secular home, but I attended an [[Assemblies of God]] church (a Pentecostal denomination, a type of Evangelical Protestant Christianity) weekly with my aunt and uncle from around age 10 to 19. Although I am now an [[atheism|atheist]] and have a rather negative view of all religions, I still find religions interesting and try to learn about them, but mostly in order to help de-convert people.
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I grew up in a secular home, but I attended an [[Assemblies of God]] church (a type of Evangelical Protestantism called Pentecostalism) weekly with my aunt and uncle from around age 10 to 19, although I am now an [[atheism|atheist]]. While I think that Christianity is capable of doing moral works, I find the religion to be deeply flawed.
  
 
==Denominations==
 
==Denominations==
Christians refer to their various sects as "denominations." There are thousands of different Christian denominations, but the religion as a whole is traditionally broken into five major branches: Church of the East, Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism. Growing up in America, the only two I was taught anything about were Catholicism and Protestantism, and then, mostly Protestantism.
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Christians refer to their various sects as "denominations." There are thousands of different Christian denominations, but the religion as a whole is traditionally broken into five major branches: Church of the East, Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism. Growing up in America, the only two I learned anything about from school, church, and friends were Catholicism and Protestantism, and then, mostly Protestantism.
  
 
==Scriptures==
 
==Scriptures==
Nearly all sects of Christianity agree that the books canonized into the [[New Testament]] are the most important Christian scriptures. However, various sects disagree on which versions of the source material should be considered canon. Most Christians also consider a version of the [[old testament]] (essentially the Jewish [[Torah]]) to be canon. Beyond that, there are dozens of other books that various denominations consider canon or at least very important to their faith including the [[Book of Mormon]] and various apocryphal and pseudographical books.
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Nearly all sects of Christianity agree that the books canonized into the [[New Testament]] are the most important Christian scriptures. However, various sects disagree on which versions of the source material should be considered canon. Most Christians also consider versions of the [[old testament]] (essentially the Jewish [[Torah]]) to be canon. Beyond that, there are dozens of other books that various denominations consider canon or at least very important to their faith including the [[Book of Mormon]] and various apocryphal and pseudographical books.
  
 
The following are stories from Christian scripture, and my take on each.
 
The following are stories from Christian scripture, and my take on each.
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* [[Why is there something instead of nothing?]]
 
* [[Why is there something instead of nothing?]]
 
* [[Yahweh is a volcano]]
 
* [[Yahweh is a volcano]]
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{{Link|Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity}}
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[[Category: Religion]]
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[[Category: Christianity]]

Revision as of 09:26, 8 October 2019

Christianity is a religion that began as a sect of Judaism, but slowly evolved such differences, it is now considered a unique religion. Christianity is currently the world's largest religion, although Islam is expected to overtake it in the next few decades. There are thousands of different sects of Christianity around the world, and they all disagree on pretty much every major tenant of the religion, but most agree that Yahweh is their supreme deity, the books in the New Testament are significant, and that Jesus is very important.

I grew up in a secular home, but I attended an Assemblies of God church (a type of Evangelical Protestantism called Pentecostalism) weekly with my aunt and uncle from around age 10 to 19, although I am now an atheist. While I think that Christianity is capable of doing moral works, I find the religion to be deeply flawed.

Denominations

Christians refer to their various sects as "denominations." There are thousands of different Christian denominations, but the religion as a whole is traditionally broken into five major branches: Church of the East, Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism. Growing up in America, the only two I learned anything about from school, church, and friends were Catholicism and Protestantism, and then, mostly Protestantism.

Scriptures

Nearly all sects of Christianity agree that the books canonized into the New Testament are the most important Christian scriptures. However, various sects disagree on which versions of the source material should be considered canon. Most Christians also consider versions of the old testament (essentially the Jewish Torah) to be canon. Beyond that, there are dozens of other books that various denominations consider canon or at least very important to their faith including the Book of Mormon and various apocryphal and pseudographical books.

The following are stories from Christian scripture, and my take on each.

Essays

The following are essays I have written which address various topics related to Christianity.

Links

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