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| − | + | '''What the Christian god wants''' is a list of questions about divinity and how each major [[Christianity|Christian]] denomination believes their god answers the question. | |
| − | {| class="wikitable" | + | Each answer is sourced directly from an authoritative Web site for the specific denomination. A gray box means I couldn't find an authoritative citation answering the question, and a yellow box means the denomination either can't agree internally or believes their god finds either answer acceptable. |
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| + | ==Table== | ||
| + | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! Question | ! Question | ||
! Anglican | ! Anglican | ||
! Assemblies of God | ! Assemblies of God | ||
! Calvinist | ! Calvinist | ||
| − | |||
! Eastern Orthodox | ! Eastern Orthodox | ||
! Jehovah's Witness | ! Jehovah's Witness | ||
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! Seventh Day Adventist | ! Seventh Day Adventist | ||
! Southern Baptist | ! Southern Baptist | ||
| + | ! United Church of Christ | ||
! Unitarian | ! Unitarian | ||
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| style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | | | style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/immortality.html Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/immortality.html Yes] | ||
| − | |||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#52 Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#52 Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201512/the-soul No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201512/the-soul No] | ||
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| style="background-color:#FFFF70;" | [http://charlestonwv.quaker.org/meeting-the-spirit.html Y/N] | | style="background-color:#FFFF70;" | [http://charlestonwv.quaker.org/meeting-the-spirit.html Y/N] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s2c1p6.htm Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s2c1p6.htm Yes] | ||
| − | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [ | + | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.adventist.org/death-and-resurrection/what-is-your-soul-according-to-the-bible No] |
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/2265/on-evangelism-and-soulwinning Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/2265/on-evangelism-and-soulwinning Yes] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | | ||
| style="background-color:#FFFF70;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq Y/N] | | style="background-color:#FFFF70;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq Y/N] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Assurance-Of-Salvation Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Assurance-Of-Salvation Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/kingdom_of_god.html Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/kingdom_of_god.html Yes] | ||
| − | |||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#52 Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#52 Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jehovah-witness-beliefs Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jehovah-witness-beliefs Yes] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://absg.adventist.org/assets/public/files/lessons/2009/2Q/ER/PDFs/ERQ209_09.pdf Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://absg.adventist.org/assets/public/files/lessons/2009/2Q/ER/PDFs/ERQ209_09.pdf Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/basicbeliefs.asp Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/basicbeliefs.asp Yes] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | | ||
| style="background-color:#FFFF70;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq Y/N] | | style="background-color:#FFFF70;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq Y/N] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Does God | + | | Does God require good deeds to get into Heaven? |
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://anglicansonline.org/basics/thirty-nine_articles.html No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://anglicansonline.org/basics/thirty-nine_articles.html No] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Statement-of-Fundamental-Truths#5 No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Statement-of-Fundamental-Truths#5 No] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/kingdom_of_god.html No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/kingdom_of_god.html No] | ||
| − | |||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#31 Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#31 Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jehovah-witness-beliefs Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jehovah-witness-beliefs Yes] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://dialogue.adventist.org/21-1/fowler/work-out-your-salvation Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://dialogue.adventist.org/21-1/fowler/work-out-your-salvation Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/446/resolution-on-the-necessity-of-salvation No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/446/resolution-on-the-necessity-of-salvation No] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Statement-of-Fundamental-Truths#15 Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Statement-of-Fundamental-Truths#15 Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/hades.html Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/hades.html Yes] | ||
| − | |||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#53 Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#53 Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jehovah-witness-beliefs No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jehovah-witness-beliefs No] | ||
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| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://absg.adventist.org/assets/public/files/lessons/2009/2Q/ER/PDFs/ERQ209_09.pdf No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://absg.adventist.org/assets/public/files/lessons/2009/2Q/ER/PDFs/ERQ209_09.pdf No] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/basicbeliefs.asp Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/basicbeliefs.asp Yes] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Statement-of-Fundamental-Truths#2 Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Statement-of-Fundamental-Truths#2 Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/trinity.html Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/trinity.html Yes] | ||
| − | |||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#11 Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#11 Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/believe-in-jesus No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/believe-in-jesus No] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.adventist.org/en/beliefs/god/trinity Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.adventist.org/en/beliefs/god/trinity Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/basicbeliefs.asp Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/basicbeliefs.asp Yes] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Assurance-Of-Salvation Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Assurance-Of-Salvation Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/free_will.html No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/free_will.html No] | ||
| − | |||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#16 Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#16 Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/free-will-in-the-bible Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/free-will-in-the-bible Yes] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://absg.adventist.org/assets/public/files/lessons/2009/2Q/ER/PDFs/ERQ209_09.pdf Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://absg.adventist.org/assets/public/files/lessons/2009/2Q/ER/PDFs/ERQ209_09.pdf Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/basicbeliefs.asp Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/basicbeliefs.asp Yes] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq Yes] | ||
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| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Water-Baptism No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Water-Baptism No] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/baptism.html Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/baptism.html Yes] | ||
| − | |||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#42 Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#42 Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-simplified-march-2016/young-ones-ready-baptism No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-simplified-march-2016/young-ones-ready-baptism No] | ||
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| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://ssnet.org/blog/children-and-baptism No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://ssnet.org/blog/children-and-baptism No] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.sbc.net/faqs.asp No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.sbc.net/faqs.asp No] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.ucc.org/worship_baptism Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | ||
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| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Abortion-Sanctity-of-Human-Life No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Abortion-Sanctity-of-Human-Life No] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.reformed.org/social/abortion.html No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.reformed.org/social/abortion.html No] | ||
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| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://mospat.ru/en/documents/social-concepts/xii No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://mospat.ru/en/documents/social-concepts/xii No] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g19930522/the-abortion-dilemma No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g19930522/the-abortion-dilemma No] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.adventist.org/en/information/official-statements/guidelines/article/go/-/abortion Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.adventist.org/en/information/official-statements/guidelines/article/go/-/abortion Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/2256/on-the-sanctity-of-human-life No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/2256/on-the-sanctity-of-human-life No] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.ucc.org/justice_womens-issues_reproductive-justice Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq Yes] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Abortion-Sanctity-of-Human-Life Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Abortion-Sanctity-of-Human-Life Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1014729 Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1014729 Yes] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://mospat.ru/en/documents/social-concepts/kh Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://mospat.ru/en/documents/social-concepts/kh Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jw-dating Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jw-dating Yes] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.adventist.org/en/information/official-statements/statements/article/go/-/sexual-behavior Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.adventist.org/en/information/official-statements/statements/article/go/-/sexual-behavior Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/1196/on-biblical-sexuality-and-public-policy Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/1196/on-biblical-sexuality-and-public-policy Yes] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.ucc.org/justice_womens-issues_reproductive-justice No] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Abortion-Sanctity-of-Human-Life Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Abortion-Sanctity-of-Human-Life Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://reformed.org/webfiles/antithesis/v1n4/ant_v1n4_issue1.html Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://reformed.org/webfiles/antithesis/v1n4/ant_v1n4_issue1.html Yes] | ||
| − | |||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/3/14.aspx Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/3/14.aspx Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/contraceptives-bible-view Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/contraceptives-bible-view Yes] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.adventist.org/en/information/official-statements/statements/article/go/-/birth-control Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.adventist.org/en/information/official-statements/statements/article/go/-/birth-control Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#FFFF70;" | [https://www.baptiststandard.com/news/faith-culture/16187-southern-baptist-attitudes-changing-on-birth-control Y/N] | | style="background-color:#FFFF70;" | [https://www.baptiststandard.com/news/faith-culture/16187-southern-baptist-attitudes-changing-on-birth-control Y/N] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.ucc.org/justice_womens-issues_reproductive-justice Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq Yes] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/The-Role-of-Women-in-Ministry Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/The-Role-of-Women-in-Ministry Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#FFFF70;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordination_of_women_in_Protestant_churches#Presbyterian_or_Reformed Y/N] | | style="background-color:#FFFF70;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordination_of_women_in_Protestant_churches#Presbyterian_or_Reformed Y/N] | ||
| − | |||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#35 No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#35 No] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/women-ministers Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/women-ministers Yes] | ||
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| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2015-07-10/gc-president-says-ordination-vote-doesnt-change-current-policy No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2015-07-10/gc-president-says-ordination-vote-doesnt-change-current-policy No] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.sbc.net/faqs.asp No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.sbc.net/faqs.asp No] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.ucc.org/ucc-celebrates-an Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq Yes] | ||
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| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://ag.org/top/Beliefs/Position_Papers/pp_downloads/PP_The_Doctrine_of_Creation.pdf No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://ag.org/top/Beliefs/Position_Papers/pp_downloads/PP_The_Doctrine_of_Creation.pdf No] | ||
| style="background-color:#FFFF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/creation/index.html Y/N] | | style="background-color:#FFFF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/creation/index.html Y/N] | ||
| − | |||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://mospat.ru/en/2013/11/28/news94995 Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://mospat.ru/en/2013/11/28/news94995 Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/ask/creation-evolution-part-2 No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/ask/creation-evolution-part-2 No] | ||
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| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2014-08-18/wilson-no-room-for-evolution-as-truth-in-adventist-schools No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2014-08-18/wilson-no-room-for-evolution-as-truth-in-adventist-schools No] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/967/resolution-on-scientific-creationism No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/967/resolution-on-scientific-creationism No] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq Yes] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Statement-of-Fundamental-Truths#1 Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Statement-of-Fundamental-Truths#1 Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/documents/icbi.html Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/documents/icbi.html Yes] | ||
| − | |||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/tca_solascriptura.aspx Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/tca_solascriptura.aspx Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/are-there-contradictions-in-the-bible Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/are-there-contradictions-in-the-bible Yes] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.adventist.org/en/beliefs/god/holy-scriptures Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.adventist.org/en/beliefs/god/holy-scriptures Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/1225/on-biblical-scholarship-and-the-doctrine-of-inerrancy Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/1225/on-biblical-scholarship-and-the-doctrine-of-inerrancy Yes] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.ucc.org/beliefs_theology_dunkirk-colloquy-2000 No] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Sabbath-Observing-the-Sabbath Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Sabbath-Observing-the-Sabbath Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/ethics/sabbath/sabbath_Hodge_article.html Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/ethics/sabbath/sabbath_Hodge_article.html Yes] | ||
| − | |||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#39 Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx#39 Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102011325 No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102011325 No] | ||
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| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.adventist.org/en/beliefs/living/the-sabbath/article/go/-/is-saturday-the-sabbath No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.adventist.org/en/beliefs/living/the-sabbath/article/go/-/is-saturday-the-sabbath No] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/basicbeliefs.asp Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/basicbeliefs.asp Yes] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:#E0E0E0;" | | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Homosexuality-Marriage-and-Sexual-Identity Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Homosexuality-Marriage-and-Sexual-Identity Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/homosexuality.html Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.reformed.org/definitions/homosexuality.html Yes] | ||
| − | |||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://mospat.ru/en/documents/social-concepts/xii Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://mospat.ru/en/documents/social-concepts/xii Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201012/explain-bibles-view-of-homosexuality Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201012/explain-bibles-view-of-homosexuality Yes] | ||
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| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.adventist.org/en/information/official-statements/statements/article/go/-/sexual-behavior Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [https://www.adventist.org/en/information/official-statements/statements/article/go/-/sexual-behavior Yes] | ||
| style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/1196/on-biblical-sexuality-and-public-policy Yes] | | style="background-color:#70FF70;" | [http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/1196/on-biblical-sexuality-and-public-policy Yes] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [http://www.ucc.org/beliefs_theology_does-god-have-a-plan-for No] | ||
| style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | | style="background-color:#FF7070;" | [https://www.unitarian.org.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions-faq No] | ||
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| <span style="font-size:80%">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members 65,000,000]</span> | | <span style="font-size:80%">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members 65,000,000]</span> | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members 25,000,000]</span> | | <span style="font-size:80%">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members 25,000,000]</span> | ||
| − | |||
| <span style="font-size:80%">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members 240,000,000]</span> | | <span style="font-size:80%">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members 240,000,000]</span> | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members 8,200,000]</span> | | <span style="font-size:80%">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members 8,200,000]</span> | ||
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| <span style="font-size:80%">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members 18,100,000]</span> | | <span style="font-size:80%">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members 18,100,000]</span> | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members 15,700,000]</span> | | <span style="font-size:80%">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members 15,700,000]</span> | ||
| − | | <span style="font-size:80%"></span> | + | | <span style="font-size:80%">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members 900,000]</span> |
| + | | <span style="font-size:80%">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/unitarianism/ataglance/glance.shtml 800,000]</span> | ||
|} | |} | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Purpose== | ||
| + | The main reason I created this table is to illustrate a problem with Christianity. Most Christians I've spoken with agree that their god wants everyone to obey his commandments, and has the ability to easily disseminate his commandments and make them clearly understood by all. If this is the case, why do Christians disagree on nearly every single one of them? How could the Christian god allow the vast majority of his followers to be led astray so easily? Many Christians would argue that it shows a failing of people to understand the bible, but, if the Christian god is all-knowing, he knew this problem would happen, and, if he's all-powerful, he had the ability to create a failure-proof way of getting his message across, like directly communicating his desires to everyone's brain. Since this has not happened, he either doesn't want his commandments unequivocally known to all, or doesn't exist in the manner Christians believe he does. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Of course, this isn't just a Christian problem, every religion in history has similar factions and a failure to agree on any theological issue. I'm willing to accept such a failure if either the god doesn't care that his follower don't understand his commandments, or if he's not all-powerful, and therefore unable to spread them. | ||
| + | |||
| + | I was inspired to create this table after meeting a Methodist minister who explained that their denomination doesn't believe in a soul separate from the body, a belief I had never previously encountered in my Christian life. This was quite a shock to me because, all the Christians I spoke with growing up believed in a separate soul, and I just assumed it was an intrinsic part of Christianity. This got me wondering how many other aspects of Christian theology were up for grabs, and, as it turns out, nearly all of them are. | ||
| + | |||
| + | By adding a number of adherents to table, it a helps give some perspective to how many Christians disagree on important issues. For example, around 1,200,000,000 Christians follow a church which says their god disapproves of birth control, but 630,000,000 do not. Obviously, this is not a definitive number since I'm still missing several major branches of Christianity. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Future Questions== | ||
| + | This is a list of additional questions I want to add to the list when I have time to research them. | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Does God allow Christians from other denominations to get to Heaven? | ||
| + | * Does God condemn people who fight in wars? | ||
[[Category: Religion]] | [[Category: Religion]] | ||
[[Category: Christianity]] | [[Category: Christianity]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:53, 30 September 2022
What the Christian god wants is a list of questions about divinity and how each major Christian denomination believes their god answers the question.
Each answer is sourced directly from an authoritative Web site for the specific denomination. A gray box means I couldn't find an authoritative citation answering the question, and a yellow box means the denomination either can't agree internally or believes their god finds either answer acceptable.
Table
| Question | Anglican | Assemblies of God | Calvinist | Eastern Orthodox | Jehovah's Witness | Lutheran | Methodist | Mormon | Presbyterian | Quaker | Roman Catholic | Seventh Day Adventist | Southern Baptist | United Church of Christ | Unitarian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did God give you a soul distinct from your body? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Y/N | Yes | No | Yes | Y/N | ||
| Does God allow good people to enter Heaven? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Y/N | Yes | Yes | Yes | Y/N | |
| Does God require good deeds to get into Heaven? | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Does God let evil people go to Hell? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Y/N | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| Was Jesus God incarnate? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Y/N | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Did God give people innate free will? | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Does God want infants to be baptized? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Does God permit abortion in circumstances like rape? | Y/N | No | No | No | No | Y/N | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does God think premarital sex is wrong? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Does God permit contraception? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Y/N | Yes | Yes |
| Does God allow women to be ordained? | Yes | Yes | Y/N | No | Yes | Y/N | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Does God allow for biological evolution? | Yes | No | Y/N | Yes | No | Y/N | Yes | Y/N | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
| Does God ensure that the bible is error free? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Y/N | Yes | No | Y/N | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Does God prefer worship on Sundays? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
| Does God condemn homosexuality? | Y/N | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Y/N | Yes | Yes | Y/N | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Adherents in this denomination? | 85,000,000 | 65,000,000 | 25,000,000 | 240,000,000 | 8,200,000 | 70,000,000 | 50,000,000 | 15,500,000 | 45,000,000 | 400,000 | 1,166,000,000 | 18,100,000 | 15,700,000 | 900,000 | 800,000 |
Purpose
The main reason I created this table is to illustrate a problem with Christianity. Most Christians I've spoken with agree that their god wants everyone to obey his commandments, and has the ability to easily disseminate his commandments and make them clearly understood by all. If this is the case, why do Christians disagree on nearly every single one of them? How could the Christian god allow the vast majority of his followers to be led astray so easily? Many Christians would argue that it shows a failing of people to understand the bible, but, if the Christian god is all-knowing, he knew this problem would happen, and, if he's all-powerful, he had the ability to create a failure-proof way of getting his message across, like directly communicating his desires to everyone's brain. Since this has not happened, he either doesn't want his commandments unequivocally known to all, or doesn't exist in the manner Christians believe he does.
Of course, this isn't just a Christian problem, every religion in history has similar factions and a failure to agree on any theological issue. I'm willing to accept such a failure if either the god doesn't care that his follower don't understand his commandments, or if he's not all-powerful, and therefore unable to spread them.
I was inspired to create this table after meeting a Methodist minister who explained that their denomination doesn't believe in a soul separate from the body, a belief I had never previously encountered in my Christian life. This was quite a shock to me because, all the Christians I spoke with growing up believed in a separate soul, and I just assumed it was an intrinsic part of Christianity. This got me wondering how many other aspects of Christian theology were up for grabs, and, as it turns out, nearly all of them are.
By adding a number of adherents to table, it a helps give some perspective to how many Christians disagree on important issues. For example, around 1,200,000,000 Christians follow a church which says their god disapproves of birth control, but 630,000,000 do not. Obviously, this is not a definitive number since I'm still missing several major branches of Christianity.
Future Questions
This is a list of additional questions I want to add to the list when I have time to research them.
- Does God allow Christians from other denominations to get to Heaven?
- Does God condemn people who fight in wars?
