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Originally Posted by Heretic
I am a little confused by your post...
isn't believing that Jesus is the living son of God, and that he is the Messiah and salvation of mankind, with all these laws and demands the very CORE of Christianity?
how can you claim to not be Christian?
not an attack, I would just like to see/hear some of the liturgy that pulls this neat trick off
peace
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Hi,
To truly understand my post, you have to realize a few things about history. Before Christianity was even conceived of, there were very early believers (back then, they were called Netsarim--Hebrew for believers). And these early Netsarims were Yahushua, his disciples, and the ones who became followers right after Yahushua died and came back to life. Yahushua (the Son of Yahweh) was Hebrew, and he was from the Tribe of Judah. The word "Christian" did come up later on after Yahushua ascended to Heaven...during the times when the disciples were traveling around and teaching various churches (during the book of Acts). However, the word "Christian" was actually coined by a bunch of unbelievers who was trying to "poke fun" at believers of The Christ.
So, a lot of people started to adopt the word "Christian" to mean people who followed Christ. Remember that "Christ Jesus" is also a Greek name that was derived from Iesus. The name "Iesus" was actually first written in the original King James Bible (1611 and not the modern 1769 edition). In the 1769 King James, they changed "Iesus" to "Jesus." He was Hebrew, not Greek. Just remember that.
The modern day Christianity came from the Catholic Church. All the so-called denominations were actually an act of rebellion against the Catholic Church. That is why the early denomination was called Protestant (people who protest). Later, hundreds of more denominations were created from the Protestants.
So, as you can see, number one, Christian is a manmade name given to the true believers almost 2000 years ago. Number two, it's a Greek name derived from a Greek traditional name of Jesus. Yahushua was Hebrew and an Israelite (or a Jew if you want to get specific). Why would I want to be called Christian when 80% of the Catholic Church and Christian Churches teach pagan ideals (Christmas and Easter, for example)? Why would I want to be called Christian when it was invented by a bunch of pagans? The Christians took a little bit from the Netsarims (true believers and the original church that got started by Yahushua's disciples) and created their own religion. It's NOT the other way around. I hope that helps!
Note: That is why Christianity is such a deceptive religion. It's only partially correct.
-Phillip