Sentences with phrase «about christianity from»

So here is what I've learned about Christianity from the comments by Christians on articles like this one:

I have also read books about Christianity from the perspective of these other religions.

Americans are cute when they address the name «Christian» as something foreign when their homeland is all about Christianity from the start to the end.

the only surviving writings about Christianity from the first centuries after the apostles come mainly from men steeped in Greek thought and philosophy.

Can really learn the truth about Christianity from Pat Robertson?

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How am I supposed to honestly answer you about Christianity if I don't use at least the knowledge from having read the Bible in my answer?

I don't believe in Christianity from a fear factor, but if that's what it takes to just get someone to think about it and take the time to learn and educate themselves, then great.

Since young adults perceive evangelical Christianity to be... «unconcerned with social justice», it's a shame that more evangelical churches don't know about the Just Faith program, which provides «opportunities for individuals to study and be formed by the justice tradition articulated by the Scriptures, the Church's historical witness, theological inquiry and Church social teaching» (from jusfaith.org/programs).

Contrary they are actually interested in learning about Christianity purely because its different from what many of them have known.

As a retired Pope, he will never be a free person, but kept under hose arrest and supervised, to stop him from speaking truth about college of hindu Mithra ism, racist savior ism, labeled as Christianity to hind fool humanity.

Please, any Christian, honestly answer the following: The completely absurd theory that all 7,000,000,000 human beings are simultaneously being supervised 24 hours a day, every day of their lives by an immortal, invisible being for the purposes of reward or punishment in the «afterlife» comes from the field of: (a) Astronomy; (b) Medicine; (c) Economics; or (d) Christianity You are about 70 % likely to believe the entire Universe began less than 10,000 years ago with only one man, one woman and a talking snake if you are a: (a) historian; (b) geologist; (c) NASA astronomer; or (d) Christian I have convinced myself that gay $ ex is a choice and not genetic, but then have no explanation as to why only gay people have ho.mo $ exual urges.

I googled this quotation, and it seems to come from Dinesh d'Souza's «What's so great about Christianity?».

Whenever there is an article, a video, or anything even mentioning Christianity, there is always an atheist piping in about how there is no god and we all evolved from apes.

(A similar set of questions could be asked, mutatis mutandis, about Jewish involvement with Islam, a religion that also claims, although to a much lesser extent than Christianity, descent from Judaism.)

Considering true Christianity came from the middle east, doesn't it seem strange that almost no one in the middle east cares about Jesus or believes him to be a Messiah.

If Christianity weren't crammed down my throat constantly in ways that no one in this country would tolerate from any other religion, I'd be more laid back about it.

Christians spread Christianity at the point of a sword for the majority of the last two millennia and it is only in about the last hundred years that they have reframed from doing so.

Dude, you are WAY out of your element, having read the bible, a couple of times I might add, I can assure you that I know probably about as much about your religion as you do and quite a bit more about the many religions out there apart from christianity.

You know, when I think about «empire» — Roman or Egyptian or Chinese or Russian or American — and consider both accomplishments and damage inflicted (human and otherwise), and then think about what Christianity might have to say on the subject, the first thing that comes to mind is «to whom much has been given, from him much will be required.»

Becoming more tolerant to gays, more left leaning, hipper, modern, or whatever else you want to throw out there still doesn't change the fact that Christianity is based on a lie about a man who supposedly walked on water, reincarnated, was born from a woman who claimed to a be virgin, and changed water in to wine.

Pope: «We can go on all day quoting and counter-quoting scientists about god, but the reality is that most respected scientists and most smart people think that Christianity is a total fraud, quite apart from any deist or other god beliefs and speculations.»

Back to that University of Pennsylvania student who was converted from Judaism to Christianity and then asked me about my lifestyle and «laying up treasures here on earth» in anticipation of my retirement.

«The moral we should draw from the European past, and in particular from Christianity, is not instruction about the authority under which we should live, but suggestions about how to make ourselves wonderfully different from anything that has been.»

AE, we can go on all day quoting and counterquoting scientists about god, but the reality is that most respected scientists and most smart people think that Christianity is a total fraud, quite apart from any deist or other god beliefs and speculations.

90 % of blogs left on CNN about religion are from atheist deriding Christianity.

But lest I sound too waffling, I will say and quote this from Dinesh D'Souza's book «What is so great about Christianity?»

A Chinese Christian's hopes for asylum in America now have new life, after an appellate court overturned a denial from a judge who found that the applicant's answers to questions about Christianity were «hesitant» and «evasive.»

CNN's Poppy Harlow interviews religious leaders from Christianity, Islam and Judaism about the role of religion in the Mideast conflict.

For more on Diana's perspective, check out this recent interview from Jonathan Wilson - Hatrgrove, or this article on the Huffington Post about the future of faith, or one of her excellent, informative books, particularly Christianity After Religion or The Practicing Congregation.

Wow, talk about suffering from the Three B Syndrome i.e. Bred, Born and Brainwashed in Christianity!!

In a comment, Tim Nichols from Full Contact Christianity challenged my definition of Sola Scriptura, as not being the same definition that was used by the classical Reformers when they talked about Sola Scriptura.

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Specifically, it's far less common to hear about how a student who finds their way to or from Christianity, Islam, or Judaism (or even Atheism for that matter) while attending a university.Taking classes and sharing experiences alongside classmates from varying backgrounds can cause even the most religious or nonreligious person to inspect, analyze, and even question their beliefs.

Actually, Ralph, «when commentators prognosticate about the «evangelical vote» we might ask how this country has drifted so far from the intent of the Founding Fathers by granting Christianity such a prominent place in the political tent.

Maybe I need to be more concerned about the conversion of Christianity away from its narrowness.

The prolific Jesuit scholar, Fr James Schall, now in his eighties, has given us this book about the pleasure of knowing the truth of things, in particular the delight of discovering coherence from reflecting upon diverse aspects of existence, of realising that all sorts of «scraps of evidence» point to the fact that only Christianity provides an adequate account of our existence.

But as liberals learned more about those whom they were seeking to convert to Christianity from other religious traditions, they became less sure.

If practical theologians devote their energies to explaining how modern people can believe anything at all, they may lose sight of the specific claims about God and humanity that characterize Christian faith and distinguish one form of Christianity from another.

People who have already distanced themselves from traditional Christian beliefs may well question the need for a book about the end of conventional Christianity, when this seems self - evident.

But Christianity isn't just something you can learn about; it's something you have to experience from the inside.

From her work as a religion editor at Publishers Weekly, to her expansive writing and lecturing career, to her The Divine Hours series, Phyllis has a remarkable ability to speak wisely and prophetically about the future of Christianity while remaining joyfully rooted in its past.

Christianity starts with a tremendous notion about the world, and this notion is not derived from a metaphysical doctrine, but rather from our comprehension of the sayings and actions of Christ.

I wanted to share this summary from Christianity Today about the current debate between theologians N.T. Wright and John Piper regarding the nature of justification.

Armstrong has been criticized by Christians for her ignorance of Christianity, from Jews about her ignorance of Judaism, from Muslims for her ignorance of Islam, and from historians for her ignorance of history.

Christianity isn't just something you can learn about; it's something you have to experience from the inside

So my friends Tripp and Bo from Homebrewed Christianity have been talking... and talking... and talking... about this thing called Process Theology.

Most mainline churches have little sympathy with this talk about end - times, whether it comes from the fundamentalists or from those who warn of the end of conventional Christianity.

Responding to a piece I wrote for the Washington Post about my journey from young earth creationism to evolutionary creationism, Mohler told readers that my «glib and superficial endorsement of evolution and its reconciliation with Christianity is all too common and all to irresponsible.»

What about the mother with 7 children in Egypt who have all been sentenced to 15 years in prision for changing from the Islamic faith to Christianity?

From about a.d. 1500, the missionary efforts of Jesuits and others were quite successful, but for reasons of international and domestic politics, the Tokugawa dynasty (c. 1600 - 1868) opted to methodically wipe out Christianity.