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Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by live4dgospel(m): 7:09pm On Mar 10, 2018
Is Christianity a religion? No! To us who believe in this gospel of water and the Spirit it is not a religion. But to those who don't believe in this gospel Christianity has become a religion!
When one keeps abusing opium, he will die in the end. Religion is an opium to those who fall into it. It is perhaps even more addictive than any drug. To believe in a religion called Christianity, one has to believe even more, strive more, serve more, live more virtuously, and sin no more. It entails an endless series of more and more requirements, suffocating its followers till they are dead. If one is virtuous, he has to be even more virtuous, and when he becomes more virtuous, he still has to be more virtuous than this; and so mankind strives ceaselessly to reach perfection, only to die without reaching it. The same phenomenon is found in the religion called Christianity. How horrific it is! Some people even sacrifice their lives for the religion they believe in. It’s the Devil who taught them this. When people believe in a religion at first, the Devil makes them feel as if they have no more sin, but with this he makes them addicted to their religion. So they must remain in their religion, as the Devil makes it seem as if they would die if they left. Put simply, Satan has injected mankind with an opium of religion. The substance in this syringe is a vile fluid called religion, and it is this shot that Satan has injected mankind. Once injected with the opium of religion, everyone tries to become divine like God, only to die in vain. To some people, Satan injected a shot of particularly noxious religious opium called Buddhism. He said to them, “You must become divine. You must be emancipated. You must reach Nirvana.” Whoever was injected with this shot of religion had to climb onto a mountain, practice asceticism, and pretend to have transcended this world. Each and every one of all those injected with the shot of religion has to fast and deceive himself. Whoever gets the shot of religion, even just once, is headed to hell; such a person ends up standing against God, opposing His Word of Truth, and rejecting His blessings bestowed on him. This is how terrifying the shot of religion is. The injection of religion is the most fearsome drug on this planet. I’ve heard that drugs nowadays are extremely powerful, more than ever. Apparently, just trying them once is enough to make one completely addicted. So when someone tries them just once, from this very moment on, he gets absolutely hooked and has to keep using them time after time. Likewise, the injection of all religions, not just of Christianity, is powerful enough to make one addicted with just a single shot. It makes no difference which religion we are speaking of; from Islam to Hinduism, Buddhism, Adventism, Mormonism, Confucianism, Unification Church, shamanism, and animalism, every religion alike is extremely addictive with just one shot, and at its end is the gaping mouth of hell. This shot of religion is such a deadly shot. Who, then, made the substance of this injection called religion? It’s the Devil who made it. It’s the Devil who administered this shot of lies, saying, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil,”(Genesis 3:4-5) Everyone who received this shot tempted by the promise of “becoming like God” all reached death. Falling into sin, he became a sinner; trying to escape from this sin on his own, he suffered; desperate to forget this suffering, he took a drug called religion; and the moment he got addicted, he mistook it to mean that he was somehow freed from sin. You must realize that it is for not believing in Jesus Christ and rejecting Him that one is cast into hell. Yet Satan has injected such a toxic shot that many people remain unable to break free. However, even those who were injected with this shot can now be saved by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit given by Jesus Christ. Chapter three of Genesis speaks about this shot. What kind of injection is this shot? It is an injection that deceives mankind and makes human beings drift away from and become separated from God. Satan stirred up doubt by asking, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” This was not the truth, but disbelief stemming from doubt. It’s because people received the shot of religion that they are constantly doubting their prospect for entering Heaven and trying to save themselves all on their own. From Genesis 3:1 and on, the Bible explains how Satan injected mankind with religion. It’s the Devil who administered this shot of religion. What kind of injection did the Devil give, and what kind of antidote has God provided? The Devil injected the shot of religion, while God has injected its antidote that neutralizes the toxic effects of this religious shot. The specific medicine that God freely gives that cures you from the fatal toxin of Satan is the gospel of the water and the Spirit. I admonish you all to realize that it is the gospel of the water and the Spirit that God wants to bestow upon you, to turn you around and return you to the Truth, and to be truly born again by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Get to know this gospel of water and the Spirit today by visiting www.bjnewlife.org to request for free books, or get this e-book for free here
[PDF] (2 megabytes only)

https://drive.google.com/uc?id=17wYgaNITSYbZMJ8zrf38T6Ft9iQ_YcCX&export=download
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by Redoil: 7:15pm On Mar 10, 2018
And ur point is people should not practice any religion
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by live4dgospel(m): 9:36am On Mar 11, 2018
Redoil:
And ur point is people should not practice any religion
This is exactly what atheists want hear?
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by paxonel(m): 10:42am On Mar 11, 2018
live4dgospel:
Is Christianity a religion? No! To us who believe in this gospel of water and the Spirit it is not a religion. But to those who don't believe in this gospel Christianity has become a religion!
When one keeps abusing opium, he will die in the end. Religion is an opium to those who fall into it. It is perhaps even more addictive than any drug. To believe in a religion called Christianity, one has to believe even more, strive more, serve more, live more virtuously, and sin no more. It entails an endless series of more and more requirements, suffocating its followers till they are dead. If one is virtuous, he has to be even more virtuous, and when he becomes more virtuous, he still has to be more virtuous than this; and so mankind strives ceaselessly to reach perfection, only to die without reaching it. The same phenomenon is found in the religion called Christianity. How horrific it is! Some people even sacrifice their lives for the religion they believe in. It’s the Devil who taught them this. When people believe in a religion at first, the Devil makes them feel as if they have no more sin, but with this he makes them addicted to their religion. So they must remain in their religion, as the Devil makes it seem as if they would die if they left. Put simply, Satan has injected mankind with an opium of religion. The substance in this syringe is a vile fluid called religion, and it is this shot that Satan has injected mankind. Once injected with the opium of religion, everyone tries to become divine like God, only to die in vain. To some people, Satan injected a shot of particularly noxious religious opium called Buddhism. He said to them, “You must become divine. You must be emancipated. You must reach Nirvana.” Whoever was injected with this shot of religion had to climb onto a mountain, practice asceticism, and pretend to have transcended this world. Each and every one of all those injected with the shot of religion has to fast and deceive himself. Whoever gets the shot of religion, even just once, is headed to hell; such a person ends up standing against God, opposing His Word of Truth, and rejecting His blessings bestowed on him. This is how terrifying the shot of religion is. The injection of religion is the most fearsome drug on this planet. I’ve heard that drugs nowadays are extremely powerful, more than ever. Apparently, just trying them once is enough to make one completely addicted. So when someone tries them just once, from this very moment on, he gets absolutely hooked and has to keep using them time after time. Likewise, the injection of all religions, not just of Christianity, is powerful enough to make one addicted with just a single shot. It makes no difference which religion we are speaking of; from Islam to Hinduism, Buddhism, Adventism, Mormonism, Confucianism, Unification Church, shamanism, and animalism, every religion alike is extremely addictive with just one shot, and at its end is the gaping mouth of hell. This shot of religion is such a deadly shot. Who, then, made the substance of this injection called religion? It’s the Devil who made it. It’s the Devil who administered this shot of lies, saying, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil,”(Genesis 3:4-5) Everyone who received this shot tempted by the promise of “becoming like God” all reached death. Falling into sin, he became a sinner; trying to escape from this sin on his own, he suffered; desperate to forget this suffering, he took a drug called religion; and the moment he got addicted, he mistook it to mean that he was somehow freed from sin. You must realize that it is for not believing in Jesus Christ and rejecting Him that one is cast into hell. Yet Satan has injected such a toxic shot that many people remain unable to break free. However, even those who were injected with this shot can now be saved by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit given by Jesus Christ. Chapter three of Genesis speaks about this shot. What kind of injection is this shot? It is an injection that deceives mankind and makes human beings drift away from and become separated from God. Satan stirred up doubt by asking, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” This was not the truth, but disbelief stemming from doubt. It’s because people received the shot of religion that they are constantly doubting their prospect for entering Heaven and trying to save themselves all on their own. From Genesis 3:1 and on, the Bible explains how Satan injected mankind with religion. It’s the Devil who administered this shot of religion. What kind of injection did the Devil give, and what kind of antidote has God provided? The Devil injected the shot of religion, while God has injected its antidote that neutralizes the toxic effects of this religious shot. The specific medicine that God freely gives that cures you from the fatal toxin of Satan is the gospel of the water and the Spirit. I admonish you all to realize that it is the gospel of the water and the Spirit that God wants to bestow upon you, to turn you around and return you to the Truth, and to be truly born again by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Get to know this gospel of water and the Spirit today by visiting www.bjnewlife.org to request for free books, or get this e-book for free here
[PDF] (2 megabytes only)

https://drive.google.com/uc?id=17wYgaNITSYbZMJ8zrf38T6Ft9iQ_YcCX&export=download
Op, define religion from English dictionary

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Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by live4dgospel(m): 4:18pm On Mar 11, 2018
paxonel:
Op, define religion from English dictionary
No dictionary can accurately portray the concept of religion.

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Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by paxonel(m): 4:35pm On Mar 11, 2018
live4dgospel:

No dictionary can accurately portray the concept of religion.
Another deluded response!!

RELIGION (Oxford dictionary)
a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects: example : the christian religion, the Buddhist religion, the Islam religion. etc

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Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by paxonel(m): 4:38pm On Mar 11, 2018
live4dgospel:
Is Christianity a religion? No! To us who believe in this gospel of water and the Spirit it is not a religion. But to those who don't believe in this gospel Christianity has become a religion!
When one keeps abusing opium, he will die in the end. Religion is an opium to those who fall into it. It is perhaps even more addictive than any drug. To believe in a religion called Christianity, one has to believe even more, strive more, serve more, live more virtuously, and sin no more. It entails an endless series of more and more requirements, suffocating its followers till they are dead. If one is virtuous, he has to be even more virtuous, and when he becomes more virtuous, he still has to be more virtuous than this; and so mankind strives ceaselessly to reach perfection, only to die without reaching it. The same phenomenon is found in the religion called Christianity. How horrific it is! Some people even sacrifice their lives for the religion they believe in. It’s the Devil who taught them this. When people believe in a religion at first, the Devil makes them feel as if they have no more sin, but with this he makes them addicted to their religion. So they must remain in their religion, as the Devil makes it seem as if they would die if they left. Put simply, Satan has injected mankind with an opium of religion. The substance in this syringe is a vile fluid called religion, and it is this shot that Satan has injected mankind. Once injected with the opium of religion, everyone tries to become divine like God, only to die in vain. To some people, Satan injected a shot of particularly noxious religious opium called Buddhism. He said to them, “You must become divine. You must be emancipated. You must reach Nirvana.” Whoever was injected with this shot of religion had to climb onto a mountain, practice asceticism, and pretend to have transcended this world. Each and every one of all those injected with the shot of religion has to fast and deceive himself. Whoever gets the shot of religion, even just once, is headed to hell; such a person ends up standing against God, opposing His Word of Truth, and rejecting His blessings bestowed on him. This is how terrifying the shot of religion is. The injection of religion is the most fearsome drug on this planet. I’ve heard that drugs nowadays are extremely powerful, more than ever. Apparently, just trying them once is enough to make one completely addicted. So when someone tries them just once, from this very moment on, he gets absolutely hooked and has to keep using them time after time. Likewise, the injection of all religions, not just of Christianity, is powerful enough to make one addicted with just a single shot. It makes no difference which religion we are speaking of; from Islam to Hinduism, Buddhism, Adventism, Mormonism, Confucianism, Unification Church, shamanism, and animalism, every religion alike is extremely addictive with just one shot, and at its end is the gaping mouth of hell. This shot of religion is such a deadly shot. Who, then, made the substance of this injection called religion? It’s the Devil who made it. It’s the Devil who administered this shot of lies, saying, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil,”(Genesis 3:4-5) Everyone who received this shot tempted by the promise of “becoming like God” all reached death. Falling into sin, he became a sinner; trying to escape from this sin on his own, he suffered; desperate to forget this suffering, he took a drug called religion; and the moment he got addicted, he mistook it to mean that he was somehow freed from sin. You must realize that it is for not believing in Jesus Christ and rejecting Him that one is cast into hell. Yet Satan has injected such a toxic shot that many people remain unable to break free. However, even those who were injected with this shot can now be saved by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit given by Jesus Christ. Chapter three of Genesis speaks about this shot. What kind of injection is this shot? It is an injection that deceives mankind and makes human beings drift away from and become separated from God. Satan stirred up doubt by asking, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” This was not the truth, but disbelief stemming from doubt. It’s because people received the shot of religion that they are constantly doubting their prospect for entering Heaven and trying to save themselves all on their own. From Genesis 3:1 and on, the Bible explains how Satan injected mankind with religion. It’s the Devil who administered this shot of religion. What kind of injection did the Devil give, and what kind of antidote has God provided? The Devil injected the shot of religion, while God has injected its antidote that neutralizes the toxic effects of this religious shot. The specific medicine that God freely gives that cures you from the fatal toxin of Satan is the gospel of the water and the Spirit. I admonish you all to realize that it is the gospel of the water and the Spirit that God wants to bestow upon you, to turn you around and return you to the Truth, and to be truly born again by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Get to know this gospel of water and the Spirit today by visiting www.bjnewlife.org to request for free books, or get this e-book for free here
[PDF] (2 megabytes only)

https://drive.google.com/uc?id=17wYgaNITSYbZMJ8zrf38T6Ft9iQ_YcCX&export=download
Op, what is faith?
Is faith different from religion?

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Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by live4dgospel(m): 8:14pm On Mar 11, 2018
paxonel:

Another deluded response!!

RELIGION (Oxford dictionary)
a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects: example : the christian religion, the Buddhist religion, the Islam religion. etc
So what's your point? Christianity is a religion as given in the example of your dictionary? Read my writing again, did I rule out the possibility of Christianity becoming a religion to some people? I was distinguishing between 'Christian religion' and 'Christian faith in the word of God'. They are diametrically opposed. Religion was created by man but God gave us His Word for us to believe in. Who created Confucianism? Who created Buddhism? Who created Islam? Didn't I tell you that no dictionary can actually define religion? If not, did your dictionary definition give way for 'Christian faith in the Word of God'? No! Because according your dictionary if some people have faith in the word of God, it is a religion.

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Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by Nobody: 8:21pm On Mar 11, 2018
Op are u saying that Christianity is NOT a religion ?

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Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by paxonel(m): 1:40am On Mar 12, 2018
live4dgospel:

So what's your point? Christianity is a religion as given in the example of your dictionary? Read my writing again, did I rule out the possibility of Christianity becoming a religion to some people? I was distinguishing between 'Christian religion' and 'Christian faith in the word of God'. They are diametrically opposed. Religion was created by man but God gave us His Word for us to believe in. Who created Confucianism? Who created Buddhism? Who created Islam? Didn't I tell you that no dictionary can actually define religion? If not, did your dictionary definition give way for 'Christian faith in the Word of God'? No! Because according your dictionary if some people have faith in the word of God, it is a religion.
You shouldn't have problem with the word religion because it is the contemporary word used for faith.
When the bible says without faith it is impossible to please God it meant without the christian religion or the christian faith it is impossible to please God.
So, faith and religion are one and the same, only that the former was mostly used during bible days. For instance, when some disciples were asked, what is your faith? (Invariably means what religion do you belong or were you baptized into? Act 19:3) Their response will certainly be "either i belong to Christ or i belong to the christian religion or faith which is, I was baptized unto Christ.(not of John the Baptist anymore)". Or they will pledge allegiance to John the Baptist which they actually did.

John the Baptist came with another religion entirely totally different from the christian faith, which was short lived.
The old testament or the old covenant is another religion entirely known as Judaism, not christianity.

But a lot of these basis of understanding have changed today.
Today, when christians read bible they do not consider history, all they want is, let's do religion.
This has become a big problem to the christian faith today.
I call it lack of intelligence
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by live4dgospel(m): 8:29am On Mar 12, 2018
paxonel:

You shouldn't have problem with the word religion because it is the contemporary word used for faith.
When the bible says without faith it is impossible to please God it meant without the christian religion or the christian faith it is impossible to please God.
So, faith and religion are one and the same, only that the former was mostly used during bible days. For instance, when some disciples were asked, what is your faith? (Invariably means what religion do you belong or were you baptized into? Act 19:3) Their response will certainly be "either i belong to Christ or i belong to the christian religion or faith which is, I was baptized unto Christ.(not of John the Baptist anymore)". Or they will pledge allegiance to John the Baptist which they actually did.

John the Baptist came with another religion entirely totally different from the christian faith, which was short lived.
The old testament or the old covenant is another religion entirely known as Judaism, not christianity.

But a lot of these basis of understanding have changed today.
Today, when christians read bible they do not consider history, all they want is, let's do religion.
This has become a big problem to the christian faith today.
I call it lack of intelligence
I have a very big problem with the word religion. In fact, if Christians had maintained the apostles' faith there would not have been need to group Christianity under religion. Imagine Christianity has been grouped alongside with Buddhism, Confucianism etc. Little do you know that this is a big insult to our Almighty God. Again you are simply ignorant of the tricks and wiles of Satan the Devil, by making a 'Christian religion' he has blinded people from knowing what true faith is all about. Let explain further, religion is a man-made doctrines i.e when men add their own thoughts to the word of God, that will result to religion. For instance after the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) Catholic Church declared "Salvation can be found outside the church". The implication of this declaration is that Christianity has become equal to Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam etc, since the end result is salvation! Whereas it is written in Acts 4:12 "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

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Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by live4dgospel(m): 11:20pm On Mar 13, 2018
paxonel:
Op, what is faith? Is faith different from religion?
Yes
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by paxonel(m): 6:49am On Mar 14, 2018
live4dgospel:

Yes
from the scriptures, who founded the christian religion and at what point was the religion founded?
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by Dnaz(m): 7:15am On Mar 14, 2018
If Christianity is a faith, Islam, Buddhism are also faiths too. No difference

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Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by live4dgospel(m): 12:27am On Mar 15, 2018
paxonel:
from the scriptures, who founded the christian religion and at what point was the religion founded?
There is nothing like Christian religion in the Bible. It was in Antioch that believers were first called Christians because of their Christ-like behaviours (Acts 11:26). As I have said earlier, religion is simply human thoughts or a mixture of human thoughts and the word of God, whereas faith is believing in the word of God alone. Confucianism, Buddhism etc are all products of human thoughts.
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by Nobody: 7:50am On Mar 15, 2018
live4dgospel:

There is nothing like Christian religion in the Bible. It was in Antioch that believers were first called Christians because of their Christ-like behaviours (Acts 11:26). As I have said earlier, religion is simply human thoughts or a mixture of human thoughts and the word of God, whereas faith is believing in the word of God alone. Confucianism, Buddhism etc are all products of human thoughts.

so what you are saying is that christianity is not a religion ?
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by paxonel(m): 9:56am On Mar 15, 2018
live4dgospel:

There is nothing like Christian religion in the Bible.
It was in Antioch that believers were first called Christians because of their Christ-like behaviours (Acts 11:26). As I have said earlier, religion is simply human thoughts or a mixture of human thoughts and the word of God, whereas faith is believing in the word of God alone. Confucianism, Buddhism etc are all products of human thoughts.
just laughing at the level of your delusiongrin
grin grin

Whoever is teaching you this is collecting tithe and offering from you for free

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Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by live4dgospel(m): 10:20am On Mar 15, 2018
paxonel:
just laughing at the level of your delusiongrin
grin grin

Whoever is teaching you this is collecting tithe and offering from you for free
Instead of resorting to mere mockery, I would like you to disprove me with the word of God if you are a believer or logical reasoning if you an atheist. I'm humbly waiting...
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by paxonel(m): 10:58am On Mar 15, 2018
live4dgospel:

Instead of resorting to mere mockery, I would like you to disprove me with the word of God if you are a believer or logical reasoning if you an atheist. I'm humbly waiting...
Ok, I will simply do that.
But you just have to read carefully, and think ( meditate) too
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by paxonel(m): 12:49pm On Mar 15, 2018
live4dgospel:

There is nothing like Christian religion in the Bible
God is not interested in whatever name people give to the fact that they believe in Christ, whether people call it religion or faith or whatever, he is not interested in names. Rather, what he is interested in, is that there are people who believe in Christ and these people are saved. John 3:16.
At what point were they saved?
They were saved when Jesus died and resurrected.

1 Corinthians 15:14 says And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching in vain, and your faith is also vain.

So, the resurrection of Christ marks the point when the christian religion or the christian faith was established here on earth.That day, he built his church. Before then, he told his disciples i will build my church.
After the resurrection, the religion started with 120 people at Pentecost. Act 1:15. This 120 people have grown to billions of people known as christians worldwide today.
The name was gotten from Antioch like you said, but the religion did not start at Antioch. It started immediately Jesus resurrected following Pentecost. Act 1:15.
Like i said before, what matters to God is not name, what matters is that people have believed, and that started long before Antioch.
So, i don't know what today christians are thinking.

It was in Antioch that believers were first called Christians
thank God you know that there were believers first, before the naming at Antioch

because of their Christ-like behaviours (Acts 11:26)
point of correction, no one is christ-like. Do you know what it means to be christ-like? It means to live a life without committing one sin like Jesus did which is not realistic

As I have said earlier, religion is simply human thoughts or a mixture of human thoughts
Whatever, it is God that allows the humans to think that way. Perhaps for his own glory

whereas faith is believing in the word of God alone
if this is how Hebrews 11:1 defined faith then you are right that the christian faith is not a religion, but if the definition is faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, then certainly christianity is religion.

Confucianism, Buddhism etc are all products of human thoughts.
now, consider this parable of Jesus

Matthew 3:10
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the TREES. therefore EVERY TREE which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

The question is, why will Jesus use a plural term TREES instead of a singular term TREE?
And why are they all trees trees trees and no one of them was a different noun or thing?
This tells you that christianity is not different from other religions only that christianity, among other religions on earth is the only way to eternal life .
Jesus says I'm the way the truth and the life, not Muhammed or Abraham or any of the founders of other religions.
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by live4dgospel(m): 3:02pm On Mar 15, 2018
paxonel:

God is not interested in whatever name people give to the fact that they believe in Christ, whether people call it religion or faith or whatever, he is not interested in names. Rather, what he is interested in, is that there are people who believe in Christ and these people are saved. John 3:16.
At what point were they saved?
They were saved when Jesus died and resurrected.

1 Corinthians 15:14 says And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching in vain, and your faith is also vain.

So, the resurrection of Christ marks the point when the christian religion or the christian faith was established here on earth.That day, he built his church. Before then, he told his disciples i will build my church.
After the resurrection, the religion started with 120 people at Pentecost. Act 1:15. This 120 people have grown to billions of people known as christians worldwide today.
The name was gotten from Antioch like you said, but the religion did not start at Antioch. It started immediately Jesus resurrected following Pentecost. Act 1:15.
Like i said before, what matters to God is not name, what matters is that people have believed, and that started long before Antioch.
So, i don't know what today christians are thinking.
thank God you know that there were believers first, before the naming at Antioch
point of correction, no one is christ-like. Do you know what it means to be christ-like? It means to live a life without committing one sin like Jesus did which is not realistic

Whatever, it is God that allows the humans to think that way. Perhaps for his own glory
if this is how Hebrews 11:1 defined faith then you are right that the christian faith is not a religion, but if the definition is faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, then certainly christianity is religion.
now, consider this parable of Jesus

Matthew 3:10
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the TREES. therefore EVERY TREE which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

The question is, why will Jesus use a plural term TREES instead of a singular term TREE?
And why are they all trees trees trees and no one of them was a different noun or thing?
This tells you that christianity is not different from other religions only that christianity, among other religions on earth is the only way to eternal life .
Jesus says I'm the way the truth and the life, not Muhammed or Abraham or any of the founders of other religions.



I have told you that Satan uses religions to confuse mankind. By making Christianity a religion of this world, it is like equating Christianity to Buddhism and Confucianism etc. Today we have people advocating for religious harmony, they want people to accept that Christianity is no different from other religions. Are you still ignorant of Satan tricks and wiles? Satan himself created all these religions by possessing men. But Christ gave us His word to have faith in.
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by paxonel(m): 3:23pm On Mar 15, 2018
live4dgospel:

I have told you that Satan uses religions to confuse mankind. By making Christianity a religion of this world, it is like equating Christianity to Buddhism and Confucianism etc. Today we have people advocating for religious harmony, they want people to accept that Christianity is no different from other religions. Are you still ignorant of Satan tricks and wiles? Satan himself created all these religions by possessing men. But Christ gave us His word to have faith in.
You funny o, grin
So you don't want religious harmony are you sure you are not Satan like this?
Do you think that Jesus came on earth to fight other religions and the same time preached love and peace?

You see why i never wanted to respond to you in the first place, it's like your mind is already made up to accept perverted ideas not different from religious extremists like boko haram and ISIS who thinks their religion is superior to other religions and therefore fights and kills people who don't share their beliefs.

I really don't have time for people like that, not even for christians who thinks christianity is superior to Islam and other religions.

So, back off man undecided

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Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by live4dgospel(m): 9:24am On Mar 16, 2018
paxonel:

You funny o, grin
So you don't want religious harmony are you sure you are not Satan like this?
Do you think that Jesus came on earth to fight other religions and the same time preached love and peace?

You see why i never wanted to respond to you in the first place, it's like your mind is already made up to accept perverted ideas not different from religious extremists like boko haram and ISIS who thinks their religion is superior to other religions and therefore fights and kills people who don't share their beliefs.

I really don't have time for people like that, not even for christians who thinks christianity is superior to Islam and other religions.

So, back off man undecided
Finally you have fulfilled the mandate of your master the Devil! I wish you would know the Scriptures well. Do you know why God destroyed the tower of Babel? It's because the people tried to unite against the will of God. God commanded man to multiply and fill the earth but people tried to build the Babel to live together in harmony. When mankind unite they will certainly stand against the Almighty God. Christ told us that the world will hate us for His name's sake, do you then want the world to love us for Christ's sake? Impossible! Apostles and the early church suffered the same rejection and were martyred for Christ's sake.
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by efizy08(m): 9:52am On Mar 16, 2018

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Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by Ubenedictus(m): 10:47am On Mar 16, 2018
you guys just enjoy creating a false dichotomy, religion is believe in a supreme being and the practices associated with that belief, Christianity is exactly that a belief in a supreme being and it attendant practices... the simple deduction is that Christianity is a religion. there is no way to escape that truth.


you can differentiate it and say it isn't like other religions, for----- reasons. but it is still a religion.

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Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by paxonel(m): 11:18am On Mar 16, 2018
Ubenedictus:
you guys just enjoy creating a false dichotomy, religion is believe in a supreme being and the practices associated with that belief, Christianity is exactly that a belief in a supreme being and it attendant practices... the simple deduction is that Christianity is a religion. there is no way to escape that truth.


you can differentiate it and say it isn't like other religions, for----- reasons. but it is still a religion.
You are very much on point bro
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by paxonel(m): 11:39am On Mar 16, 2018
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Finally you have fulfilled the mandate of your master the Devil! I wish you would know the Scriptures well. Do you know why God destroyed the tower of Babel? It's because the people tried to unite against the will of God. God commanded man to multiply and fill the earth but people tried to build the Babel to live together in harmony. When mankind unite they will certainly stand against the Almighty God. Christ told us that the world will hate us for His name's sake, do you then want the world to love us for Christ's sake? Impossible! Apostles and the early church suffered the same rejection and were martyred for Christ's sake.[/s]

Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by live4dgospel(m): 12:48pm On Mar 16, 2018
Ubenedictus:
you guys just enjoy creating a false dichotomy, religion is believe in a supreme being and the practices associated with that belief, Christianity is exactly that a belief in a supreme being and it attendant practices... the simple deduction is that Christianity is a religion. there is no way to escape that truth.


you can differentiate it and say it isn't like other religions, for----- reasons. but it is still a religion.
What is the ultimate goal of any religion? Is it not to be sinless and live with that supreme being in heaven forever? Yes it is, you know already. Now can salvation( that required 'sinless state') be found in other religions apart from your Christian religion? If you say Yes, you have contradicted the Bible in (Acts 4:12), if you answer No, then it means that true Christianity (the one that give that required sinless state) is not a religion, I.e Christianity cannot be grouped alongside Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam etc. The only way Christianity can be a religion is to believe that salvation is found in other religions as well otherwise you are still supporting my words.
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by live4dgospel(m): 12:52pm On Mar 16, 2018
paxonel:

You are very much on point bro
Truth has no place in your heart that's why you find comfort in lies and deception. I will remind you that a blind man can't lead blind people, if he does, all of them will enter the pit and perish!
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by Ubenedictus(m): 5:01pm On Mar 16, 2018
paxonel:

You are very much on point bro
thanks dear , I just don't get the need to create a false dichotomy
Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by Ubenedictus(m): 5:03pm On Mar 16, 2018
live4dgospel:

What is the ultimate goal of any religion? Is it not to be sinless and live with that supreme being in heaven forever? Yes it is, you know already. Now can salvation( that required 'sinless state') be found in other religions apart from your Christian religion? If you say Yes, you have contradicted the Bible in (Acts 4:12), if you answer No, then it means that true Christianity (the one that give that required sinless state) is not a religion, I.e Christianity cannot be grouped alongside Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam etc. The only way Christianity can be a religion is to believe that salvation is found in other religions as well otherwise you are still supporting my words.
all your managed to say is that Christianity is a religion that fulfill its goals while the others don't... the point still remains that Christianity is a religion.

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Re: Religion Is An Opium To Those Who Fall Into It! by live4dgospel(m): 5:49pm On Mar 16, 2018
Ubenedictus:
all your managed to say is that Christianity is a religion that fulfill its goals while the others don't... the point still remains that Christianity is a religion.
Since you believe that salvation cannot be found outside Christianity, it is just the conclusion of the matter. But to you it is a religion but for us it's faith in the Word of God. Satan introduced religions so as to give men this option "They are all religions so choose the one you will follow", this is a trick of the Devil you still remain ignorant of.

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