What does it mean to be a Christian?

[Lutroo]

Ten percent tithing is mandatory in the LDS. Failure to do so means that your temple pass is revoked.

I did say there were exceptions to everything, and that payment in every church I'd been to was optional. I've never been to LDS, and never heard of them.

I believe LDS is another name for some peculiar critters known as Morons... I mean Mormons.

 

[Pumpkin Row]

Actually, it is not optional. Read your Bible.

Actually, it's mentioned as 'not optional' in the Old Testament, which are laws for the Jews, and not for the Christians.

 

[Pumpkin Row]

Ten percent tithing is mandatory in the LDS. Failure to do so means that your temple pass is revoked.

I did say there were exceptions to everything, and that payment in every church I'd been to was optional. I've never been to LDS, and never heard of them.

You have never heard of the Mormons?

Uh. Mormons aren't Christians, why are we mentioning them?

 

[Lutroo]

Ten percent tithing is mandatory in the LDS. Failure to do so means that your temple pass is revoked.

I did say there were exceptions to everything, and that payment in every church I'd been to was optional. I've never been to LDS, and never heard of them.

You have never heard of the Mormons?

Uh. Mormons aren't Christians, why are we mentioning them?

IDK. I didn't bring it up.

 

[Carla_Danger]

Ten percent tithing is mandatory in the LDS. Failure to do so means that your temple pass is revoked.

I did say there were exceptions to everything, and that payment in every church I'd been to was optional. I've never been to LDS, and never heard of them.

You have never heard of the Mormons?

Uh. Mormons aren't Christians, why are we mentioning them?

They think they're Christians.

 

[Vandalshandle]

Ten percent tithing is mandatory in the LDS. Failure to do so means that your temple pass is revoked.

I did say there were exceptions to everything, and that payment in every church I'd been to was optional. I've never been to LDS, and never heard of them.

You have never heard of the Mormons?

Uh. Mormons aren't Christians, why are we mentioning them?

Mostly because it is fun getting one Christian cult set against another Christian cult, while us atheists sit back and watch....

 

[Lutroo]

Ten percent tithing is mandatory in the LDS. Failure to do so means that your temple pass is revoked.

I did say there were exceptions to everything, and that payment in every church I'd been to was optional. I've never been to LDS, and never heard of them.

You have never heard of the Mormons?

Uh. Mormons aren't Christians, why are we mentioning them?

They think they're Christians.

They also believe that they will be Gods, someday, and create their own universe. And don't get me started on the Holy underwear. Strange critters, indeed.

 

[Carla_Danger]

Ten percent tithing is mandatory in the LDS. Failure to do so means that your temple pass is revoked.

I did say there were exceptions to everything, and that payment in every church I'd been to was optional. I've never been to LDS, and never heard of them.

You have never heard of the Mormons?

Uh. Mormons aren't Christians, why are we mentioning them?

They think they're Christians.

They also believe that they will be Gods, someday, and create their own universe. And don't get me started on the Holy underwear. Strange critters, indeed.

Don't be so smug, you believe in a talking snake.

 

[Moonglow]

Ten percent tithing is mandatory in the LDS. Failure to do so means that your temple pass is revoked.

I did say there were exceptions to everything, and that payment in every church I'd been to was optional. I've never been to LDS, and never heard of them.

You have never heard of the Mormons?

Uh. Mormons aren't Christians, why are we mentioning them?

Then why do they believe in Jesus Christ as their God?

 

[Vandalshandle]

I did say there were exceptions to everything, and that payment in every church I'd been to was optional. I've never been to LDS, and never heard of them.

You have never heard of the Mormons?

Uh. Mormons aren't Christians, why are we mentioning them?

They think they're Christians.

They also believe that they will be Gods, someday, and create their own universe. And don't get me started on the Holy underwear. Strange critters, indeed.

Don't be so smug, you believe in a talking snake.

That is a hisssssssssssstorical fact!

 

[1stRambo]

It means that every sunday, you have to cough up some dough.

Actually, in most churches, payment is optional. I say most because there's an exception to everything, but every church I've even been to or heard of, any form of payment is completely optional.

Yo, you are one of the lucky ones! I went to a "Democrat Church" one time, and was told it is mandatory to give 95% of what you have on you at the time, I had 100 dollars, 20`s, 10`s, 5`s, so I had to give 95 dollars of my hard earned money to the Devil, no choice, two guys with robes came up to me with pitchforks!!! It was an eerie looking Church inside! Never again!!!

The Sign Outside:

"GTP"
The Party Of The Devil!!!

 

[Pumpkin Row]

Then why do they believe in Jesus Christ as their God?

I think that if they were Christians, they wouldn't be called Mormons.

 

[BULLDOG]

by Matt Slick

Some people think that to be a Christian means you can't see movies, you can't dance, can't have a drink, or that you can't have any more fun. That isn't true. Christianity isn't about rules and regulations to follow. It is about a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

In the Old Testament times, God gave the Law which had to be followed precisely. There were instructions about clothes, food, what you could or could not do on the Sabbath, what you had to do in the temple, how priests were to carry out their functions, how strangers were to be treated, how people were to be punished, etc. All these things were to be observed properly and precisely since all of them affected their standing before God. That was in Old Testament times, but now we have Jesus, and the requirements of the Law are no longer necessary for us in order to please God.

Being a Christian means that you are changed on the inside--not controlled from the outside. It means that your heart has been changed by the presence of God. It does not mean that you are required to go to church, required to pay tithes, required to be good, required to do anything in order to stay a Christian. It means you desire to do those things because you've been changed.

Regeneration
Regeneration means that there has been an actual change in a person. When someone becomes a Christian by trusting in the sacrifice of Christ alone for the forgiveness of his sins,then the Holy Spirit has come and lives in that person. Because the person has been changed from the inside, he does not desire to do those things that are contrary to God. Therefore, he will naturally desire to go to church. He will desire to be good, to be honest, etc. He does not go to church or be good or be honest in order to be a Christian. He does those things because he already is one. It means that those things he desires to do change. He wants to change and wants to please God--from the inside.

So, being a Christian means that you have encountered the true and living God and that you have undergone a change in your heart and soul. It means that you are not restricted to the Laws of right and wrong in order to please God because you cannot please God by what you do. God will only find pleasure in you through Jesus Christ.

To be a Christian means to follow Christ, to desire Him, to fellowship with Him, to be indwelt by Him, and to bring glory to Him in your life.

OK, So where is the part that you think gives you the right to demand everybody else must believe as you do and behave as you say?

 

[Pumpkin Row]

Mostly because it is fun getting one Christian cult set against another Christian cult, while us atheists sit back and watch....

That's fine, Atheists are already against all of them. Not that Christians need your help in the first place.

 

[Moonglow]

Then why do they believe in Jesus Christ as their God?

I think that if they were Christians, they wouldn't be called Mormons.

thus you have LDS, Latter Day Saints...Are Lutherans more christian than Catholics?

 

[Vandalshandle]

Then why do they believe in Jesus Christ as their God?

I think that if they were Christians, they wouldn't be called Mormons.

thus you have LDS, Latter Day Saints...Are Lutherans more christian than Catholics?

Not to put too fine a point on it, but the official name is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Apparently, the whole concept was started by a guy named Joe, who hated the hymn, "Give me that ole time religion".

 

[Mudda]

If it's optional, why do they do it in front of everyone, why not just have a collection box discreetly near the door...? I'll tell you why: peer pressure to pay up because everyone is watching you.

Probably because it happens in the middle of service, and if people had to walk across the church to throw money in a box, it would be awkward for others not to pay, because nobody would have seen them walk up there. On the other hand, if two-ish people walk around and collect from those willing, nobody would see you choose not to pay, and you wouldn't have to walk up in front of everyone. I know it's hard not to just dump on religious people for no reason, but please try to hold yourself back. Nobody will look down on you for not attacking a large group with a blanket statement as though they're some sort of Hive Mind. They're not the Zerg.

God will see you not chip in. And that's a sin. Read your bible.

 

[Mudda]

Then why do they believe in Jesus Christ as their God?

I think that if they were Christians, they wouldn't be called Mormons.

So Catholics aren't Christians? Protestants don't follow Christ either?

 

[Mudda]

Anyways, I hear god is Muslim, not Christian.

 

[Lutroo]

I did say there were exceptions to everything, and that payment in every church I'd been to was optional. I've never been to LDS, and never heard of them.

You have never heard of the Mormons?

Uh. Mormons aren't Christians, why are we mentioning them?

They think they're Christians.

They also believe that they will be Gods, someday, and create their own universe. And don't get me started on the Holy underwear. Strange critters, indeed.

Don't be so smug, you believe in a talking snake.

It wasn't a talking snake. It was Lucifer talking through a snake. Since He was the highest angel in Heaven, it is not beyond belief that he had the power to talk through a snake.