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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 | + | '''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, while none of them can agree on all aspects of the religion, 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 [[atheism|atheist]]. While I think that Christianity is capable of doing moral works, I find the religion to be deeply flawed. | + | 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 internally inconsistent and deeply flawed. |
==Denominations== | ==Denominations== | ||
| − | Christians refer to their various sects as "denominations." | + | Christians refer to their various sects as "denominations." The religion traditionally broken into five major branches: Church of the East, Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism, but each of these has many other divisions resulting in thousands of different Christian denominations. Growing up in America, I only learned Catholicism and Protestantism from school, church, and friends, but I've since tried to expand my understanding of the other branches. |
==Scriptures== | ==Scriptures== | ||
Revision as of 10:56, 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, while none of them can agree on all aspects of the religion, 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 internally inconsistent and deeply flawed.
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Denominations
Christians refer to their various sects as "denominations." The religion traditionally broken into five major branches: Church of the East, Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism, but each of these has many other divisions resulting in thousands of different Christian denominations. Growing up in America, I only learned Catholicism and Protestantism from school, church, and friends, but I've since tried to expand my understanding of the other branches.
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.
- Binding of Isaac
- Deluge myths
- Exorcism of Legion
- Extreme longevity in Genesis
- Jesus cursing the fig tree
- Sodom and Gomorrah
- Virgin birth of Jesus
Essays
The following are essays I have written which address various topics related to Christianity.
- Can a god create a rock so heavy he can't lift it?
- False origins used by Christians
- God at the end of the rainbow
- Hell doesn't exist in the bible
- In God we trust
- Is atheism a religion?
- Jesus spoke Aramaic
- List of biblical words with uncertain meanings
- List of misunderstood words in the King James Bible
- Misinformation religious people tell their children
- Pascal's wager
- Post hoc beliefs
- The problem of evil
- Would you murder your child?
- What is a religion?
- What the Christian god wants
- Why is there something instead of nothing?
- Yahweh is a volcano
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