The Christian Discussion Thread VI

[Menassa]

The entire corpus was written in Greek, "The language of the oppressor." and you still think it's a Jewish book? Never mind the clearly non-Jewish content.

Not the originals.

Debatable.

[Menassa]

Ok I figured I'd add this to the thread because I've been contemplating it recently andre-examining some stuff from my past. What are different church stances on exploring faith?
There was a time when I looked into other religions (without formally leaving my church ind you). I'm firmly cemented in where I stand now but I get the feeling my experience may have been..."skewed" with the general good natured responses I got at the time.

The truth is the truth..

[Nordengrund]

Ok I figured I'd add this to the thread because I've been contemplating it recently andre-examining some stuff from my past. What are different church stances on exploring faith?
There was a time when I looked into other religions (without formally leaving my church ind you). I'm firmly cemented in where I stand now but I get the feeling my experience may have been..."skewed" with the general good natured responses I got at the time.

I did the same thing. I was raised Southern Baptist and began to wonder if I was blindly following what I was raised to believe. I explored all over Christianity from Catholicism, to Orthodoxy, and even Mormonism. I decided to stay in the SBC. Every now and then I still explore but always find myself returning to the Southern Baptists.

[Menassa]

Ok I figured I'd add this to the thread because I've been contemplating it recently andre-examining some stuff from my past. What are different church stances on exploring faith?
There was a time when I looked into other religions (without formally leaving my church ind you). I'm firmly cemented in where I stand now but I get the feeling my experience may have been..."skewed" with the general good natured responses I got at the time.

I did the same thing. I was raised Southern Baptist and began to wonder if I was blindly following what I was raised to believe. I explored all over Christianity from Catholicism, to Orthodoxy, and even Mormonism. I decided to stay in the SBC. Every now and then I still explore but always find myself returning to the Southern Baptists.

Did you move to faiths other than Christianity?

[Nordengrund]

I did the same thing. I was raised Southern Baptist and began to wonder if I was blindly following what I was raised to believe. I explored all over Christianity from Catholicism, to Orthodoxy, and even Mormonism. I decided to stay in the SBC. Every now and then I still explore but always find myself returning to the Southern Baptists.

Did you move to faiths other than Christianity?

I experimented with Deism and Buddhism but never rejected the Christian view of God.

[Menassa]

Did you move to faiths other than Christianity?

I experimented with Deism and Buddhism but never rejected the Christian view of God.

Why do you think that is?

[The Alexanderians]

Did you move to faiths other than Christianity?

I experimented with Deism and Buddhism but never rejected the Christian view of God.

To be honest the only thing that called me to any measurable degree, outside Christianity, was Zoroastrianism.
I really like duality, which makes me think I might have gotten enticed by the Cathars if they were around still.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I experimented with Deism and Buddhism but never rejected the Christian view of God.

To be honest the only thing that called me to any measurable degree, outside Christianity, was Zoroastrianism.
I really like duality, which makes me think I might have gotten enticed by the Cathars if they were around still.

IIRC, there was a move to revive Catharism. But that was before your time. In the 18th and 19 centuries.

Correction: there were several circles of neo-Cathars that formed in France, in Gadal, around the 1930s. Although some say that neo-Catharism had little to do with Catharism.

[Diopolis]

I experimented with Deism and Buddhism but never rejected the Christian view of God.

To be honest the only thing that called me to any measurable degree, outside Christianity, was Zoroastrianism.

In all reality, Zoroastrianism did interest me significantly at one point; so did Confucianism, and to a lesser extent, Mormonism. That ends the list of non-Christian religions that have fascinated me.

[Menassa]

To be honest the only thing that called me to any measurable degree, outside Christianity, was Zoroastrianism.

In all reality, Zoroastrianism did interest me significantly at one point; so did Confucianism, and to a lesser extent, Mormonism. That ends the list of non-Christian religions that have fascinated me.

Lol, Mormonism.

[Zoice]

To be honest the only thing that called me to any measurable degree, outside Christianity, was Zoroastrianism.

In all reality, Zoroastrianism did interest me significantly at one point; so did Confucianism, and to a lesser extent, Mormonism. That ends the list of non-Christian religions that have fascinated me.

Mormonism's history as an invention of a fraudster cult leader is pretty well documented.

[Living Stones]

What language do you read the Pesach in?
Do you read the originals?
If not, what language is it translated from?

Pesach is the Hebrew word for Passover.

Oops
As you can see, I don't know Hebrew at all. The word I was looking for was "Besorah". I vaguely remember Efraim using it, & he must not like the term "New Testament", putting it in quotation marks & all.
I don't know Greek either, but my point was, the scholarly consensus is that the New Testament was written in Greek. Fragments exist in other languages, but they're all clearly translations from the Greek.
http://lavistachurchofchrist.org/LVansw ... 2-18b.html
http://www.pfrs.org/jewish/hr08.html

[The Alexanderians]

To be honest the only thing that called me to any measurable degree, outside Christianity, was Zoroastrianism.
I really like duality, which makes me think I might have gotten enticed by the Cathars if they were around still.

IIRC, there was a move to revive Catharism. But that was before your time. In the 18th and 19 centuries.

Correction: there were several circles of neo-Cathars that formed in France, in Gadal, around the 1930s. Although some say that neo-Catharism had little to do with Catharism.

I should point out I was looking for stances not to convert or search. Sorry if I gave the wrong impression. That being said I did hear of them at one point and I normally have little to say of "neo" or reconstructionist movements. They're too far from the mark often times. (There are exceptions in my mind to this opinion though). If the original Cathars never got wiped by a Crusade I'd have been very tempted to give them a try.

[Menassa]

Pesach is the Hebrew word for Passover.

Oops
As you can see, I don't know Hebrew at all. The word I was looking for was "Besorah". I vaguely remember Efraim using it, & he must not like the term "New Testament", putting it in quotation marks & all.
I don't know Greek either, but my point was, the scholarly consensus is that the New Testament was written in Greek. Fragments exist in other languages, but they're all clearly translations from the Greek.
http://lavistachurchofchrist.org/LVansw ... 2-18b.html
http://www.pfrs.org/jewish/hr08.html

Most of Messianic Judaism, including its very own name, replaces Christian things with Jewish terminology to make the religion more appealing to Jews. But they don't usually touch the Jewish stuff.

[Luminesa]

In all reality, Zoroastrianism did interest me significantly at one point; so did Confucianism, and to a lesser extent, Mormonism. That ends the list of non-Christian religions that have fascinated me.

Lol, Mormonism.

I dunno what about that made me laugh as much as it just did, but congrats, Menassa,
you made my day. Have a cookie. *Hands him a snickerdoodle.*

[Menassa]

Lol, Mormonism.

I dunno what about that made me laugh as much as it just did, but congrats, Menassa,
you made my day. Have a cookie. *Hands him a snickerdoodle.*

Inasmuch as he called it a 'non-Christian religion'

[Luminesa]

I dunno what about that made me laugh as much as it just did, but congrats, Menassa,
you made my day. Have a cookie. *Hands him a snickerdoodle.*

Inasmuch as he called it a 'non-Christian religion'

Yeah. Hmmm...Mormonism is just weird, to me...

[Salus Maior]

The only non-Christian religion I ever had a thought of converting to at one point was Judaism, but that was a long time ago. As for just having an interest in learning more about? I've got a long list. Old Pagan religions and Islam are pretty interesting to read up on, and I really want to learn about Sikhism but I haven't found a lot of material on them.

[Pulau Singapura]

Um, hello everyone i would like to introduce myself as a person of Eastern Orthodox faith however, i was baptized in an Armenian Apostolic Church due to the fact that my own church (which is considered Eastern Orthodox proper instead of Oriental Orthodox like the Armenian one) told me that there is a tax for baptism(around 30 or so Euros) and i could'nt come up with the cash so i had to go to a friend in the Armenian Church to get baptized without paying a fee.
Well, im not here to speak ill or wrong the church by any means because i go there frequently but nevertheless has any one had such a weird experience because maybe this is just my own church(I live in Bulgaria and by tradition i should have been baptized in a Bulgarian church but my parents did not baptize me as a child and when i decided to do it myself i could'nt because of the stupid fee).
It was a very stupid situation and even awkward at times to talk about it but i think that this is something we need to discuss.

What kind of church makes you pay to get baptized?

Churches in my part of the Philippines does that, About US$5 per child.

[Zoice]

Inasmuch as he called it a 'non-Christian religion'

Yeah. Hmmm...Mormonism is just weird, to me...

Not just to you.

[Luminesa]

Yeah. Hmmm...Mormonism is just weird, to me...

Not just to you.

Lol. I am aware.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

IIRC, there was a move to revive Catharism. But that was before your time. In the 18th and 19 centuries.

Correction: there were several circles of neo-Cathars that formed in France, in Gadal, around the 1930s. Although some say that neo-Catharism had little to do with Catharism.

I should point out I was looking for stances not to convert or search. Sorry if I gave the wrong impression. That being said I did hear of them at one point and I normally have little to say of "neo" or reconstructionist movements. They're too far from the mark often times. (There are exceptions in my mind to this opinion though). If the original Cathars never got wiped by a Crusade I'd have been very tempted to give them a try.

Oh no, no. Don't get me wrong. It was just me adding something about your comment on the Cathars. No, not about conversion of any kind.

[Pulau Singapura]

Ok I figured I'd add this to the thread because I've been contemplating it recently andre-examining some stuff from my past. What are different church stances on exploring faith?
There was a time when I looked into other religions (without formally leaving my church ind you). I'm firmly cemented in where I stand now but I get the feeling my experience may have been..."skewed" with the general good natured responses I got at the time.

I have explored Buddhism and Jainism (even a dash of Greek paganism)
Now I'm pretty firm on Islam, but have not formally converted yet.

[Efraim-Judah]

Pesach is the Hebrew word for Passover.

Oops
As you can see, I don't know Hebrew at all. The word I was looking for was "Besorah". I vaguely remember Efraim using it, & he must not like the term "New Testament", putting it in quotation marks & all.
I don't know Greek either, but my point was, the scholarly consensus is that the New Testament was written in Greek. Fragments exist in other languages, but they're all clearly translations from the Greek.
http://lavistachurchofchrist.org/LVansw ... 2-18b.html
http://www.pfrs.org/jewish/hr08.html

You read the Pesach Seder in Hebrew of Course!

[Efraim-Judah]

Oops
As you can see, I don't know Hebrew at all. The word I was looking for was "Besorah". I vaguely remember Efraim using it, & he must not like the term "New Testament", putting it in quotation marks & all.
I don't know Greek either, but my point was, the scholarly consensus is that the New Testament was written in Greek. Fragments exist in other languages, but they're all clearly translations from the Greek.
http://lavistachurchofchrist.org/LVansw ... 2-18b.html
http://www.pfrs.org/jewish/hr08.html

Most of Messianic Judaism, including its very own name, replaces Christian things with Jewish terminology to make the religion more appealing to Jews. But they don't usually touch the Jewish stuff.

that's Hebrew Roots Christianity.