christianity

christianity
1. (Christianity) (5973↑, 2953↓)
A religion that would have made sense had it not been for the nature and character of its followers.

Some of the most violent wars and genocides during the last 2000+ years can be blamed on the spread of Christianity.

2. (Christianity) (4134↑, 1798↓)
The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree... yeah, makes perfect sense.

Christianity is, in fact, a religion.

Author: Anonymous Rationalist http://christianity.urbanup.com/2389809
3. (christianity) (4893↑, 2842↓)
What killed 90% of North America's native people.

Christianity is genocide\!

4. (christianity) (2539↑, 1250↓)
Christianity is monotheistic religion which worships one patriachal all-powerful God. The Holy Book of Christianity is the Bible, from the greek word Biblios, which translates to 'Book', although technically the Bible is not one book but indeed 66 books. There are many different denominations of Christianity, and it is incredibly hard to estimate how many Christians there are in the United States because there is no common belief on what defines a Christian. The most liberal view of everyone who says they are a Christian being a Christian would place the figure around 75%, whereas the considerably more conservative belief that anyone outside your own denomination is not a Christian can place the figure as low as 0.1%. Denominations sprout from the original idea of Christianity because some phrases from the bible contridict each other, and thus to harmonise this people say phrase A is literal whereas phrase B is symbolic. However, one group might say A is symbolic, but another might say B is symbolic. Thus, there are now hundreds of different denominations preaching slightly different versions of effectively the same source material. Unfortunately, as Christianity is the 'big' religion of the Western World, it gets a lot of negative press. However, like all groups, Christianity has the best and worst among their number. The Christians who get the most press are the ones who give the stereotypical image of never doing anything wrong, and sitting on streets shout 'REPENT OR GO TO HELL', or something similarly pleasant. However, many Christians - most, in fact - are decent people who just want the right to practice their own religion, like everyone else (or the right to NOT practice a religion, in the case of some).

Christians believe in a single, patriachal god.

5. (Christianity) (1613↑, 738↓)
A religion; the practitioners of which should try to exhibit Christ-like characteristics. Sadly, many people proclaim themselves Christians do so because of their parents or friends. Many of them do not exhibit Christ-like characteristics, but rather the opposite. They sin knowingly and then criticize the rest of the world for not being Christian. If we'd all step back and look at the big picture, we'd notice that many religions practice the same principles. Just Coexist.....Coexist...

I'm a Christian, and I'm guilty of most of the aforementioned transgressions. I suck, but I'll try to get better...

6. (Christianity) (2751↑, 2056↓)
The most followed piece of fiction ever written. A fairytale to explain to people what man can't explain and provide them with comfort by shielding them from the truth.

Christianity blinds you.

7. (Christianity) (902↑, 527↓)
The belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

Yeah, Christianity makes perfect sense.

8. (Christianity) (1126↑, 757↓)
A pyramid scheme based on a philosophy that was fairly progressive 2000 years ago. It has been rendered obsolete by modern scientific understanding largely due to its inability to resolve its inconsistencies through intelligently-applied critical thinking. It now serves as a means of deterring social and political advancement and as a tax on the gullible.

The christian-controlled majority in congress voted to withdraw federal funds to help support financially disadvantaged infants, reminding the public that the babies will go to heaven.

9. (christianity) (952↑, 642↓)
A religion which has only ever had one real practitioner. However, it does have billions of other would-be practitioners who fall far, far short of the standard and often miss the point entirely.

"Jesus is my Lord and Savior. And if He were alive today, I would crucify him for the ultra-liberal, socialist, hippie, pansy-pacifist that He is."

Author: Clark, Jesus's Lesser-Known Second Cousin http://christianity.urbanup.com/1210593
10. (christianity) (607↑, 304↓)
The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.

Yeah, christianity makes sense.

11. (Christianity) (753↑, 517↓)
A really cool religion, because if you follow it then you can go around raping, beating, and killing people, and as long as you confess your sins at the end of the day and repent you'll go to heaven\!\!\!\!\!

I masturbate fifteen times a day, but I'm going to heaven because I tell God that I love him after I'm done\!

12. (Christianity) (466↑, 247↓)
A support group for people who believe [God] manifested on earth as a [Jewish] [hippy] some twenty centuries ago, then killed himself on a cross in order to spare his own creation from his own wrath.

Christianity exists in the 21st century more out of habit than faith.

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A religion founded on the life and teachings of Jesus. Christianity is based on the belief that Jesus of Nazareth was the anticipated Jewish Messiah, the Anointed One. In Greek, Messiah is Christ. The Christian interpretation is that in Jesus, the One God was incarnated and worked to achieve salvation for humanity. While other religions include the idea of incarnation, none stress it so strongly as a central doctrine. Christianity is also different in stressing orthodoxy (right belief and attitude) over orthopraxy (right action and behavior). Most major religions stress doing the right things to produce the right mindset and belief. Christianity stresses that right action without right belief is empty and it is the inner belief that matters most. Christians believe that Jesus was born in Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary. He was a Jew from a small village called Nazareth in the Galilee region. He was a teacher and healer with at least a small following. Because of the messianic interpretation of his work, he was crucified (dying for the sins of mankind in the process thus saving humanity) in Jerusalem for treason in the early 30s CE on the order of the Roman governor Pontius Pilate.

Jesus’ last words were to forgive those who had killed him and a quote of Psalm 22, which begins as a cry of abandonment and ends with the vindication of the believer. With Sabbath coming, the plan was to break the men’s legs in the afternoon so they would die quickly, but by about 3:00 pm Jesus was already dead. A stab in the side with a spear was used as confirmation. A member of the Sanhedrin named Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus so it could be buried according to Jewish law. Pilate agreed. This was unusual as most criminals crucified were denied proper burial. With Sabbath coming, the women hurried to get the body laid out in the tomb provided by Joseph. The plan was to finish the process on Sunday. The Gospels state a guard was posted at the tomb to keep the disciples away. The followers of Jesus reported that when the women arrived at the tomb on Sunday, it was empty. Not believing them, John and Peter confirmed it. The community related that soon Jesus appeared to them in the flesh. The point being God had raised him from the dead to vindicate his message. Paul the apostle is often called the founder of Christianity. Because of Paul, the Church becomes a universal one, not just a subsect of Judaism. Paul lays the theological foundation for Christianity, including its most critical doctrines. Paul’s letters to the churches he served formed the nucleus of the New Testament.

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Christianity came to being with Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ himself was a Jew, a believer in the God of the Holy Bible. The Christians were his followers. Some Jews, however, did not believe in his teachings, did not believe that he was the savior. That's why Jesus' followers became known as Christians, and the Jews (practicers of Judaism) were those who did not believe that he was the son of God. Christians follow the Ten Commandments. They believe in the Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) which is one God but made of three parts. Baptism is required to wash past sins away, and repentance is necessary for forgiveness and the admittance to heaven.

Christianity = Belief in Jesus Christ.

15. (Christianity) (437↑, 258↓)
The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.

"Christianity makes sense\!"

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The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.

Yeah, christianity makes sense.

17. (Christianity) (500↑, 348↓)
The devotional worship of a 2,000 year old mythical dead Jew on a stick, as Chriatianity prefer Jews in that condition.

In Christianity, churches have a dead Jew on a stick hanging on the wall.

18. (Christianity) (376↑, 253↓)
A Monotheistic relgion puts alot of emphasis on sins and punishment. Many Christians ignore the fact that most "sins" are just human nature.

christian: Christianity told me to hate you because you're gay. Gay: Didn't christianity ALSO tell you to love me because I'm human? christian:....I'll let god handle this Gay: pussy

19. (Christianity) (241↑, 132↓)
The religion founded during the first century of Jesus of Nazareth (aka Jesus the Christ, Jesus Christ). A religion manipulated by conservatives to get more votes by thumping bibles on moral issues but ignoring the command to take care of the poor and vulnerable.

Most of these right wing people have their own brand of Christianity, better known as [Republican Christianity].

20. (Christianity) (491↑, 385↓)
A religion based on the new testament section of the [bible], containing the life and works of Jesus Christ. Main beliefs can be found in the prayers, Apostle's Creed and Nicene Creed. Some beliefs also based on Judaism and the Old Testament. Teaches that there is one singular God who if merciful and forgiving. Unadultered principles of teachings are kindness and forgiveness, basically to hate the sin and love the sinner. Has many sects and denominations.

Mother Teresa was and is a fine example of somebody who truly follows Christianity.

21. (christianity) (350↑, 251↓)
Complete and utter bullshit

Bob: Hey Jim, I found Jesus\! I believe in Christianity now. Jim: You're a fucking dumbass

22. (Christianity) (220↑, 142↓)
A religion that lots of jerks denigrate because they think it makes them into big men (or women) and that it makes them popular. In reality all it does is make these people look as ignorant and intolerant as those they denigrate.

In other words, it looks like it takes one to know one.

23. (christianity) (228↑, 156↓)
The belief that a jewish Zombie who can make you live forever in paradise if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree... yeah, I can understand why that's the world's most popular religion

Why is it that there are people who believe in Christianity, who look down on Scientology? The two are just as plausible (not at all)

24. (Christianity) (222↑, 165↓)
A popular religion founded by a pacifist proto-socialist who promoted social justice, tolerance, and peace. Jesus Christ was a remarkably liberal man for his time, accepting prostitutes and murderers, among others, into his group. Unfortunately corrupted over the years, some branches of Christianity now seem to promote the opposite of the religion's founding aims, drawing on the works of St Paul, an evangelist who lived 50 years after the death of Jesus Christ. These sects of Christianity reverently follow Paul's interpretation, but refuse to accept any more modern interpretations of Christ's life. Nevertheless, most mainstream Christians, (that is mainstream in the European sense, not the American sense) continue to try to fulfill the original aims of the religion. Please don't judge Christianity on a few mad sects in America and a old-fashioned German pope. Despite getting the most media coverage, they do not accurately represent Christianity and most Christians.

Archbishop Rowan Williams, Cardinal Hume and Mother Teresa are all people who try/tried to follow true Christianity.

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A religion that follows primarily the teachings of Jesus Christ and the New Testament of the Holy Bible. Christianity has warped over the years. One perfect example is Mark 16:15. Because of this verse, many modern-day "Christians" take it upon themselves to go door-to-door and convert people to their religion. Real Christians, however, don't try to force their religion upon others, as they try to be more Jesus-like, and Jesus never forced his religion upon others; People followed him willfully.

Due to Mark 16:15, many a man believes that Christianity is made up of nothing more than some door-a-knockin' hooligans who only want to bother you while you watch Magnum P.I. to spread "the good news".

26. (Christianity) (138↑, 94↓)
One of three major religious groups that worship the god of Abraham, also known as Yahweh, Jehovah, and Allah. The others are Judaism and Islam. Held complete domination of Europe through most of the middle ages and erradicated almost all other belief systems in that territory. Early on there was a break between Roman Catholics in the west and Eastern Orthodox Christians in the Byzantine Empire based in Constantinople. The Catholic church had several Protestant churches break off in the early Rennaisance, in a period called the Reformation. Shortly after the Church began the Counter-Reformation which changed many policies and has continued to evolve. The crusades, medieval witchhunts, and innumerable wars between Christian sects have all spilled enourmous amounts of blood in the name of this religion that professes universal love and brotherhood. In general, modern Catholics do not believe the Bible is to be taken literally and is open to interpretation (on Oct. 12, 1996, Pope John Paul II announced that he believed the theory of evolution is correct and not in competition with religion). Protestants consist of dozens or hundreds of faiths, and it is from their number that some groups who believe every word in the Bible must be taken literaly and therefore evolution, along with most science, is wrong.

The Christian soldiers burned the city and killed all the men, women, and children, reasoning that "God will sort the dead."

27. (Christianity) (225↑, 184↓)
Christianity(N): is, in short, forcing people to do what they say with the threat of torture, AKA Hell.

Christianity: Enforcing fascist law since AD500.

28. (christianity) (197↑, 168↓)
The most unproven and contradictory religion ever created. Many christians are good people, very friendly, but also very ignorant. They don't understand how foolish it is to follow something that can never be proven. They tend to be [nominal], since there is no way to ever be a true christian. God tells them to love everyone, and also to not love homosexuals or other religious believers. There is no way to be a true christian following every single law.

In my opinion, why waste your life worshipping a god that you cannot prove exists, only to find out that you wasted much of your life going to church and other activities that christianity forces you to do? A better religion that is commonly thought of as evil is satanism. No, satanists do not worship satan, or any other higher god or evil diety. They believe in human nature, doing what is right because it is right, and taking responsibility for your actions. That sounds like something to believe in.

29. (Christianity) (56↑, 37↓)
Christianity is the largest religion in the world today. Adherents to it are called Christians. Although beliefs within Christianity are extremely varied, it can for the most part be characterized by the following beliefs: 1) God Most Christians believe in one and only one God, Creator of heaven and earth. Christians worship the same God as Jews and Muslims. He is eternal, uncreated, all-powerful, all-knowing, merciful but just, absolutely good, and possesses many other divine qualities. Most Christians believe that God exists in a Trinity (tri-unity): that is, there are three Beings or Persons within God. These are the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. This is not to be mistaken for polytheism, or belief in multiple gods. No, Christians believe in a single God in three Persons. They are united in substance, will, nature, and so on. This is called hypostatic union. Specific beliefs on God vary very much in Christianity. When referring to God, most Christians use male pronouns, for many reasons, but increasingly in churches affected by feminism God has begun being referred to as a She. This has pagan connotations, however, and a mother, as the passive partner in sex (the one being penetrated while the man penetrates), does not accurately reflect the active Creator aspect of God. Furthermore, God is a spiritual Being (according to most Christians, at least), not One who is physically male or female. In any case, Christians usually capitalize words referring to God: “Lord” instead of “lord.” God has many names and many epithets, but He is commonly referred to as Yahweh, Yahveh, or Jehovah. According to the Bible, when asked His Name by the prophet Moses, God said that His name was, “I AM THAT WHICH I AM,” emphasizing the pure being of God. 2) Jesus Christ The majority of Christians believe that Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish preacher, is an Incarnation of the Son of God, as the second Person of the Trinity, and thus God Himself. It should be stressed that Christians believe that Jesus was fully God and fully man. Christians view Jesus as being prophesied by the Prophets before Him as the Messiah. In this context, Jesus is often called “Christ,” a title from the Greek word Christos, meaning “annointed one” or Messiah. Christ, however, is not a part of His Name. Specific information on the life of Jesus can be found in His definition; see [Jesus]. Jesus was killed by Roman and Jewish authorities by being crucified. Christians believe that three days after He died, He rose from the dead, called the Resurrection, after which He ascended into Heaven, the Ascension. Christians attach special significance to His death. It can be summed up as follows: A) All people have sinned and therefore fall short of the glory of God. B) Sin separates a person from God. C) Jesus Christ died as a substitute for us. He lived a perfect life under the Law and our sins were placed on His head. All believers are in the body of Christ, and so all believers died with Christ. D) Therefore, all believers have paid the penalty for the sins because of Christ’s sacrifice. E) Having paid the penalty for their sins, all believers are thus sinless, forgiven, without having died themselves. In other words, anyone with faith is accounted righteous. F) Removing sin removes separation from God. G) Therefore, faith in Christ brings a person to God (salvation). This is how Christian salvation works in its most basic form, although different churches attach other requirements to achieving salvation, or exempt certain groups from these requirements. Certain churches teach that there are other ways than this to achieve salvation. Jesus told His apostles, those of His disciples whom He chose to preach in His Name, that in the end times He would return to earth. Christians believe that when the Prophets foretold the Messiah, they spoke of two advents, or comings, by implication. His first advent was as a rejected King who died for the world’s sins, as foretold in Isaiah 53, a prophecy made hundreds of year before His birth – “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.” (Isa. 53:5). His second advent, or parousia, will be in glory and power, as in Isa. 9:7 – “He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever.” In His second advent, Christ will judge all people, assigning them to Heaven (salvation) or Hell (condemnation). 3) The Bible The holy book within Christianity is called the Bible, and it consists of two main parts. The first part, called the Old Testament (it is the same text as the Jewish Bible, the Tanakh, but reorganized), includes three sections called by Christians the Law (mostly concerned with the origins of the world and a legal code concerned with righteousness), the Histories (records of history in Israel), the Wisdom books (poetic books that reflect the author’s wisdom), and the Prophets (books containing prophecies). The Old Testament focuses on God’s relationship with Israel and the Jewish people. The New Testament, the second part of the Bible, consists of four parts – the Gospels (accounts of Christ’s first coming, i.e. short biographies of Jesus Christ), the Acts of the Apostles (details about the establishment of the early Church), the Epistles (letters that contain doctrinal statements), and the Revelation (an account of the end times and the second coming of Christ in prophetic symbolism – the hardest book of the New Testament to understand). The New Testament focuses on Jesus Christ explicitly. Opinions about the Bible vary within Christianity. Many Christians believe that the Bible is inspired by God and is inerrant (has no errors), as long as it is translated correctly (the text was written over 1,500 years by some 40 authors in Hebrew and Greek). Other Christians believe it’s generally reliable and truthful, but deny that it’s inerrant. Most Christians interpret the Bible, or have it interpreted for them by their church, literally in some cases and symbolically in others, whereas some Christians interpret it literally throughout. Specific interpretations vary from denomination to denomination. Also, it should be noted that some churches have different versions of the Bible than others – Catholic Bibles have seven extra books and additions to other books; Orthodox Bibles contain those and possibly other books depending on the type of church. In Christian usage, the Bible is called the Scripture(s), or sometimes a passage a Scripture. 4) Hell Most Christians believe that either after one dies or after a day of judgment (the Day of the Lord) in the end times, a person will go to either Heaven (paradise with God) or Hell (condemnation). Catholic Christians believe in a third option, Purgatory. If one doesn’t go to Heaven (or, in Catholicism, Purgatory), they go to Hell. Christians are split on the exact nature of Hell. A common belief is that Hell is a physically real place in which the souls of the unsaved are tortured in flames for all time as a punishment for their sins on earth. Although many Christians do believe this, many do not. Another common belief is that Hell is a state of eternal separation from God with no active punishment; another is that Hell is the same place as Heaven, but that the righteous experience God’s love in a positive way, while the unrighteous experience extreme guilt from God’s love. Still other Christians believe that Hell is temporary, a place one goes to gain faith, or pay for their sins themselves, before being accepted into Heaven, like a hospital for the soul (alternately, some believe that Hell is temporary, but one just ceases to exist afterwards). Other Christians say that though it exists, God won’t use Hell, while still other Christians deny the existence of Hell altogether. It should be noted that several words translated “Hell” in English Bibles actually refer to entirely different places than this “place of condemnation” – Sheol, Hades (Greek equivalent of Sheol), and Tartarus. The fiery abyss most people associate with the English word “Hell” is rendered by the Greek word “Gehenna.” So, many English Christians may be surprised to learn that “Hell” is three different “places.” Further, the word often translated “eternal” from the Greek word “aionios” is derived from the Greek word “aion,” meaning “age” or “eon” (in British English, “aeon”). In other words, the fire in the Bible probably isn't "eternal" so much as "age-long." So, these various understandings of Hell may simply be the result of translation errors. There are three main types of Christian (size estimates as of 1995, Encyclopedia Britannica): 1) Roman Catholic (968 million) Roman Catholicism sees itself as the continuation of the original Church tracing back to the apostles of Jesus Christ. Catholics believe that the authority the apostles had (called apostolic authority) was passed down to their heirs, who passed it down to their heirs, and so on. This is especially true of Simon Peter, one of the apostles to whom Catholics believe Jesus gave special authority. Simon Peter became bishop of Rome, and so Catholics believe that all bishops of Rome (called Popes) have that special authority – in fact, Catholics believe that Popes are capable of making infallible (absolutely true) statements for all the Church to follow. The Pope is the highest rank in the Church, and he is seen as a representative of Christ on earth. Catholics believe that the Bible is a source of authority in the Church, but they also believe that Holy Tradition, those beliefs passed down from early Christians that are not contained within the Bible, is a co-source, equally important as Scripture. Historically, Catholic writings have been written in Latin, and they still are today, but (largely as a response to the rise of Protestantism) now Catholic documents, like Bibles, written in the vernacular (common languages like English) are acceptable. Catholics are said to perform “latria,” or adoration, for God, and “dulia,” or veneration, for saints. The term “hyperdulia” refers to the Virgin Mary (mother of Jesus), whom Catholics venerate much more than other Saints. Catholics, like the Orthodox, hold that a Saint is a person recognized by the Church to be in Heaven currently, and Catholics pray to Saints to make intercession for them. The reasoning is that asking a saint to pray for them strengthens the prayer, as God will much more likely listen to a righteous person than one who isn’t. Since the Second Vatican Council, Roman Catholicism has taught that not only Catholics, but also the Orthodox, Protestants, Jews, Muslims, and others who try to live moral lives will go to Heaven, but this was not always so, historically speaking. Catholics believe that, for a Catholic to be saved, they must have faith in Jesus Christ as God and Redeemer and also should perform good works and receive baptism. Catholics also believe that some will go to Purgatory, a place to purify the soul, if they were Christian but sinned after baptism. 2) Eastern Orthodox (218 million) Eastern Orthodoxy also sees itself as the continuation of the original Church tracing back to the apostles of Jesus Christ. At first, there was only one Church, but schisms within it eventually led to the birth of two sects in 1054: the Latin-speaking Western Christianity (Roman Catholicism) and the Greek-speaking Eastern Christianity (Orthodoxy). Orthodox believers are classified according to the region they live in; hence, one might be a Greek Orthodox, a Russian Orthodox, etc. Like Catholicism, Orthodoxy also uses both the Bible and the Holy Tradition, but, as in secular matters, traditions do not always agree with each other. As a result of this, and also the Orthodox emphasis on the Greek Fathers (distinguished Christians who spoke Greek), Orthodoxy disagrees at times with Roman Catholic traditions. For instance, the Orthodox Church uses a different calendar than the Roman Catholic Church. It should be noted that Orthodox believers usually emphasize Tradition even more than Scripture, as they hold that Scripture sprang from Tradition, not vice versa. But on the whole, Eastern Orthodoxy is very much like Catholicism. Distinctive features of Orthodoxy include the use of icons to pray (to saints or to God), very specific architecture in churches, and no absolute condition for salvation – the Orthodox hold that their Church represents the best path to salvation, but not necessarily the only one. The goal of any Orthodox Christian is theosis, or Union with God. It is often said, “God became Man so that Man might become God.” 3) Protestant (466 million) Protestantism originates in 1517 and was founded because some Christians became concerned with corruption within the Roman Catholic Church. Their name comes from protesting Roman Catholic practices. Generally, Protestantism was originally characterized by belief that only the Bible is a source for doctrine, not traditions or popes/councils, belief that only faith is necessary to salvation, not good works or anything else, that no one can earn salvation, but that it is only by the grace of God that anyone is saved, and that Christ is the only mediator between God and men, not the pope, saints, or oneself, but Protestant has since come to mean any non-Catholic and non-Orthodox. As a result, the beliefs of Protestants are extremely varied. Different denominations interpret the Bible differently, and some denominations have other Scriptures than the Bible (i.e. Mormons). Also, the Protestant Bible is shorter than the Catholic/Orthodox Bible. Protestants removed several books, the ones found in a Greek translation of the Old Testament (Tanakh) called the Septuagint but not included in the Jewish Bible. It is significant that one early Christian, a certain Athanasius, believed that the Bible should consist only of the books Protestants now consider acceptable. It is difficult to discuss any Protestant views in depth, however, as they are so diverse. About 275.5 million Christians identify themselves as “other.” Christianity, as the world’s largest religion, is often attacked or insulted, but such people who attack it most likely do not have a good understanding of the actual religion; they are attacking a caricature of Christianity as practiced by a minority of Christians. Many non-Christians associate hypocrisy, bigotry, absurd beliefs like creationism, stupidity, or other negative qualities with Christianity. It is true that, historically, Roman Catholics and some Protestants have persecuted other groups or began wars (rather ironically, in the Name of Jesus Christ), but Christianity does not preach persecution. There are also many lies concerning Christianity, but these are simply untrue and malicious, made specifically with the intent to detract others from the faith. Many, many books have been written that provide reasons for believing Christianity’s claims against those often provided for not believing; popular ones include Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis, Case for Christ by Lee Strobel, and many others. For a list of web sites that defend Christianity, try http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Christian_apologetics\#See_also (make sure to take out the space inserted here) for a large number, some very nice in the list. God bless\!

For the message of the cross [Christianity] is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. - 1 Cor. 1:18

Author: Brian an t-Albannach http://christianity.urbanup.com/1782855
30. (Christianity) (186↑, 173↓)
A sect formed to grab power and torture and kill,"non-believers". The american indians, the people in South America, people in Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia,infact anywhere were tortured,killed,raped, looted plundered in the name of the "holy" book. But fear not\!\! the torturers went to heavem because they were christians. But mahatma ghandi went to hell...because he was not..... Ripley's believe it or not..number 22

Horrors of christianity: ask the spanish inquistidors who pillages their way to chile..ask the people who raped the africans for diamonds..ask the australian aborignes

31. (Christianity) (167↑, 161↓)
a religion for people who were either brainwashed as children, ignorant, dumb as hell, or afraid to believe that maybe there isn't a god always looking out for you. And many of them are in denial about the millions of people that have been tortured and killed over it. The truth hurts, doesn't it?

if i ever succumb to christianity, i seriously hope someone chops my balls off.

Author: your soon to be ruler http://christianity.urbanup.com/1405535
32. (Christianity) (9↑, 4↓)
A good excuse to write jokes on Urban Dictionary.

Hey, I'm someone who proclaims atheism and coexistence but can't stand Christianity at all. Let's go write a scathing satire of it on Urban Dictionary.

Author: Cynic551512341234 http://christianity.urbanup.com/5973931
33. (Christianity) (44↑, 39↓)
The path that God has provided for reconciliation with him. He has disclosed himself to humans through the experiences of selected people, notably Abraham and his descendants through his son Issac. These people were brought into immediate contact with God in trials and blessings so that people might come to love and trust him. The record of these experiences are recorded in the Bible. These experiences are examples and invitations for everyone. God is tripartite: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The penultimate event in human history was when God the Son assumed human identity in the form of Jesus of Nazareth. He lived a perfect life and then allowed himself to be crucified by the Jews and Romans then in power in Judea. Ultimately, the crucifixion was a crucial part of the original plan to redeem humans from the sin they fell into in the Garden of Eden after God had created perfect humans in a perfect world. Each human falls into sin himself/herself through their own choices recapitulating Adam and Eve's original sin. Jesus assumed humans' sins and paid the retributive price to God the Father for them. Jesus was then resurrected from the dead three days later to overcome death for all humans and to verify his divine identity to humans. Jesus loves all people, including those who have ridiculed him on this website. He reaches out in love to them. All it takes for a relationship with him is to accept his sacrificial death on the Cross to cover our sins from God the Father. This acceptance is a pure act of faith that does not first require attempts to justify oneself in God's eyes. God simply requires that a person accept his Son as his/her Savior and his/her Lord. If a person rejects God by rejecting his Son, then God will grant the wish of the person to be left alone for eternity. But when God's presence is not manifest, then nothing good is present to be enjoyed. People in Hell are quarantined from the rest of God's Creation which enjoys his full presence. These people receive only just punishment for their sins committed while on Earth. The act of faith that reconciles the person with God is a rational act that is supported by the historical accuracy of the Bible and the verification of such miracles as Jesus' resurrection (if he did not rise from the dead, then why did not his adversaries display his dead body? If the disciples stole his body, why did they willingly allow themselves to be tortured to death when they could have revealed what actually happened to his body and cut a deal with the Roman and Jewish authorities?) As Pascal observed, belief is rational because it is a good bet--nothing to lose and everything to gain, while the non-believers' payoff matrix is the reverse of the believers' matrix. As William James observed, this decision is required by each of us whatever one might decide.

If you were to die tonight and were to come face to face with God, why should he let you into his Heaven? The answer that Christianity provides is: Because of the price Jesus paid for my sins on the Cross and my acceptance of this sacrifice to atone for my personal sins.

34. (Christianity) (89↑, 86↓)
The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

Person1: I attend a pseudocannibalistic ritual every Sunday. Person2: You must be a follower of Christianity. Person1: You are correct.

35. (christianity) (184↑, 181↓)
Another religion that is based on blind faith and is nothing more than a cult.

"Hey, do you believe in Christianity?" "Naw man, that's just another one of those cults."

36. (Christianity) (1↑, 0↓)
Faith system in which the believer follows Christ and obeys His commandments.

Todd believes on Christ and follows Christ's example, therefore Todd is a Christian and part of Christianity Hitler was not following Christ's example or obeying His commandments. Therefore Hitler wasn't Christian. He was a wolf in sheep's clothing and was not a true subscriber of Christianity. Some politicians try to use Christianity to justify their actions and/or gain popularity.

37. (Christianity) (12↑, 11↓)
It started when a nice guy hundreds of years ago pretty much said, "Hey guys, maybe we shouldn't be assholes to eachother." For this, he was nailed to a tree. However, everyone didn't seem to be able to understand "Be nice" so they made up a ton of reasons why he said this. Eventually this was spun out of hand and one question led to another. Eventually it started being used to give reason to biggotry. Such as hatred twords gays. When the real reason that these christians hate gays is simply because they are different from them. It was mainly used to squeeze money from followers (similar to Sceintology). And to gain more followers the christians decided to smear other religons, like Saitanism, to have more followers and more money. They did this by naming the guy they blamed everything on Saitan, putting their nonsense holidays on the same days as other holidays, and even taking over the holidays of other religons (like Christmas). Today it is used for, the mental controll of the population of America, stealing money from it's followers, making hate laws (no gay rights), making yourself feel better than everyone else because you belive the story about the cosmic jewish zombie who is his own father, etc... There are too many christians on the interent.

"No, I'm pretty sure it was Christianity that started WWII."

Author: GalenTheWorldeEater http://christianity.urbanup.com/5573450
38. (Christianity) (37↑, 36↓)
One woman's lie about an affair that got seriously out of hand.

You've had 2000 years to prove your point, Christianity. It's over. Now fuck off.

39. (Christianity) (1↑, 1↓)
One woman's lie about an affair that got seriously fucking out of hand.

I was screwing this chick from Nazareth last night when she started screaming "oh god\!" so loud her dumb ass husband nearly caught us. I quickly jumped out the window while she explained christianity to him - Gabriel the butcher.

40. (Christianity) (1↑, 1↓)
The only religion in the world that offers salvation by grace (unmerited favor); all the rest require good works. In Christianity good works merely prove that an individual has faith (faith being the only requirement by Jesus Christ). Jesus Christ died for the sins of mankind because of His love for them in the same way that a parent will gladly give up his or her life for a child. Christianity is based on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son. Jesus Christ is of the same substance as His father. As a human begets a human, so God begets God.

Because of the nature of Christianity, the only true followers are those that are of a contrite spirit and are willing to die for their faith. Real Christians pray for their enemies and do not take revenge.

41. (Christianity) (4↑, 4↓)
Popular to contrary belief, christianity is not a religion, rather a relationship. Many people like to harass christians and the belief itself, but usually its the people who are to ignorant to think that maybe humans didn't just explode into existence out of nothing. Its based around the principle that God sent his PERFECT son Jesus (which there are 3 entities of the one God: God the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit) to die for the world which is sinful. The idea is that you have free will, so you choose if you want God in your life. Masses of [people] think that Christianity caused all these wars and man-made chaotic genocides, but most of the time, Muslims have had done most of the dirty work. The free will part is what makes the most sense because you don't HAVE to become a christian, its a choice and no one has anything to lose. God is all [love], and everything happens for a reason, pain and suffering only build your character.

God Bless you all\! he loves you, you know... christianity is a choice. But for some reason people of the past give it a bad reputation. I know that its been FRAMED\!

42. (Christianity) (55↑, 55↓)
The youngest of the religions to use the same common equation. Take someone who is supposedly the son of god, he lamb of god,(or one of the many names Jesus christ was given.) Make his birth a virgin birth on December 25. Give him special powers. Add 12 more people to the mix (Disciples, students, hookers). A betrayer who turns on the 'Son Of God'. Crucify him, wait three days for his resurrection and BAM...you get Radical (2492.683) over 9673. If their are any holidays based around this beings life than take them out with the pleasure of getting to put up a tree for the beings life (any tree will do. Just remember, if it's a Palm tree is it now \{Insert Religion Here\} Tree.) And painting some form of food with food dye and vinegar. Don't forget the presents. Christianity - A religion in which plagiarism has been used...for like the hundredth time. It's sad, you think people back two thousand and some odd years ago would have more imagination. The fact that they took the idea from several religions (all of which were based on different religions them self which were in turn based on different religions...etc...) and then made it one of the most respected religions in the world is beyond me. Why can't I do shit like that for my homework without getting in trouble?

Sinning is a sin Stealing is a sin Christianity is a sin...

43. (Christianity) (113↑, 113↓)
A religion that has probably caused the death of more people than anything else in human history.

Christianity was a good idea 1000 years ago, but this is the 21st century\! Religion is outmoded\!

44. (christianity) (90↑, 90↓)
A bad excuse to discriminate against homosexuals.

Jesus says that gays burn and Hell and seeing that I can't think for myself and I have to follow a book written 2,000 years ago, I think I'll go along with that belief\! Yay for christianity\!

45. (Christianity) (11↑, 12↓)
The belief that there is a loving entity out there that supposedly created our planet and us. This belief is complete nonsense. Because of a paradox. The paradox and it's explanation are below. Omniscience vs. Human Free will. A Paradox. Omniscience: Perfect knowledge of past and future events. Free will: Freedom to choose between alternatives without external coercion. Paradox: Statements or events that have contradictory and inconsistent properties. Proposal: Christianity cannot claim that God is omniscient and also claim that humans have free will. The claims form a paradox, a falsehood. Reasoning: If God is omniscient then even before we are born God will have complete knowledge of every decision we are going to make. Any apparent choice we make regarding the acceptance or denial of Jesus as a savior is predetermined. This must be true to satisfy the assertion that God is omniscient. Effectively we have no choice in the matter. What we think is free will is an illusion. Our choices have been coerced since we exist and act according to the will of God. Alternatively if human free will is valid, meaning that the outcome of our decisions is not pre-determined or coerced, then God cannot be omniscient, since he would not know in advance our decisions. Continuation in the example

Question: If God knows the decision of every individual, before they are born, regarding the acceptance or denial of Jesus as a savior, then why does he create one set of individuals destined for heaven and another set destined for eternal damnation? This seems unjust, perverse and particularly evil. Conclusions: If God is omniscient then humans do not have free will (see argument above) and the apparent arbitrary choice of God to condemn many individuals to eternal damnation is evil. I.e. God does not possess the property of omni benevolence and is therefore not worth our attention. If humans have true free will then God cannot be omniscient (see argument above). If he is not omniscient then he also cannot be omnipotent since knowledge of the future is a prerequisite for total action. Without these abilities God can no longer be deemed a god – i.e. God does not exist. If humans do not have free will then the choice of whether to choose Jesus as a savior or not makes total nonsense of Christianity since the choice is pre-determined and we are merely puppets at the hands of an evil monster.

46. (Christianity) (27↑, 28↓)
1. A religion with both teachings of good and evil, yet has been responsible for the majority of the world's evil in the past 2,000 years. 2. A religion whose followers refuse to practice what Jesus Christ teaches. 3. A fairy tale, contradictory in and of itself, written in four contradictory plagiarized versions, of a peasant born to a "virgin" woman who cheated on her fiancé with a deity, was raised by her and a carpenter, grew up to be a magic teacher who did magic acts, died on a cross as a scapegoat for nothing he had done wrong, and rose from the dead as if nothing ever happened. 4. The belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree. Makes perfect sense.

1. Christianity may have been a good religion to begin with, but was perverted by many of its followers when they committed various acts of stupidity and evil. 2. Many Christians today are hypocrites. 3. The Biblical stories, especially Christianity, will one day be sorted into the mythology section along with the ancient Roman and Greek myths, and maybe along with the fairy tale sections. 4. Christianity sounds like a stupid religion if you summarize it like that.

Author: Kiss My Ass, Religion http://christianity.urbanup.com/5031006
47. (Christianity) (16↑, 17↓)
Man's worst invention. It is wrong in almost every way. It's an invasive religion, that is weak because of the non-believers are supposedly "dangerous". Christianity is the religion of anti-gay, and has caused 90% of all humans to hate gays.

Christian: "Hey\! Jesus Loves Us\!" Good Person: "No\! You damn Christian\! Get the Fuck out\!" Christianity

48. (Christianity) (24↑, 25↓)
A business that started a few centuries after a regular dude named Joshua got nailed to some 4x4s. Has grown and become an extremely affluent and successful business, largely due to its expansion during the crusades and the genocide of anybody who didn't want to join their customer base and give them money. It retains its large customer base to this very day through threats of eternal damnation if anybody believe differently or violates any of their rules. This manner of threat tends to breed fanatics who not only push their religion on others, but condemn those who don't believe as they do. Another method of customer retention is by controlling their customers' thoughts and actions. By doing this, they promote meekness, which in turn breeds people who need the church to tell them what to do day to day, and how to do it. For example, by condemning those for doing a perfectly natural thing such as having sex outside of a generic union that was invented by them (as another method of control), the church gets a grasp on their clients' natural instincts. This is paramount to controlling them. In summary, Christianity is a business that has been around for a long time, and has flourished by threatening and controlling its customers, and by the extermination of anybody who didn't want to buy their product.

Guy 1: Hey, I heard guy 3 is really into Christianity Guy 2: Oh really? He must be an impressionable idiot, who believes in a being that's as whimsical as Santa Clause Guy 3: Hey guys, how's it going? I just got back from my youth group brainwashing session. Christianity is awesome, because I wouldn't know what to do with my life without it.

49. (Christianity) (43↑, 44↓)
The cult that won.

Various people many thousands of years ago invented a cult called Christianity that allowed them to gain political and personal power by taking advantage of the masses gullibility. This cult has gained more political power, and taken advantage of more people than any other cult ever created, and thus is the most successful. People also now call it a religion, because that's how you legitimize large cults.

50. (Christianity) (81↑, 82↓)
a hit comedy series staring god and jesus

jesus: wow god, alot of those people on earth really like us. god: i know, it's almost like they worship us. *cue fake laughter* christianity is loved all over the world by stupid people.

Author: thegreatcornholio http://christianity.urbanup.com/2966148
51. (christianity) (44↑, 45↓)
Christianity is a religion based around a woman who has never had sex that has a baby who can do magic tricks and spies on everyone at once.

Crazy Man 1: I killed kennedy by firing invisible missiles out of my anus. Crazy Man 2: At night I talk to this one guy who walked around freaking people out with magic thousands of years ago and probably had sex before his biological mother. Crazy Man 1: Oh that sounds like christianity Crazy Man 2 stabs himself in the eye with an invisible knife for the remainder of the encounter.

52. (christianity) (109↑, 110↓)
A religion that is based on the belief that if three old men tell you that a baby is God, you must believe them. Enspecially because God would NEVER skip the aging process and become an adult when manifesting himself.

Christian Child: Christianity is my religion because my mommy and daddy told me so.

53. (Christianity) (80↑, 81↓)
The most popular religion in the world. Fancy words and loving attitudes are shown to unsuspecting people who are sucked into these beliefs and are greatly influenced to show faith towards this group's beliefs. This way of life limits the human being's mind but rather creates clones who have been brainwashed by propaganda. Seems as though a lot of religious teachings are pure and sacred until years of assholes sticking their fingers in it and trying to make money off of it come by and fuck it all up.

The christian church charged me a fee to partake in its gatherings, that's when I knew Christianity is full of shit.

54. (christianity) (17↑, 18↓)
It is simply an entreaty to Love. that is the message of the Bible from front to back. however people blame actions of "Christians" who do not understand or follow the religion properly on the entire religion. Christians who judge are not doing what the Bible teaches. However, also, because Christians aim for a high moral life people stereotype them as "holier than thou" even when they do not mean to be. I think those people just feel irritated that they cannot discipline themselves in the way these Christians have. Anyone who has read and understood thoroughly the Bible, will know it is not about the so called "contradictions" and accuracy, it is not about a righteousness competition, it is simply seeking a restoration to the genesis of all things, Perfect harmony of Love.

CHRISTIANITY DOES NOT HATE ALL OTHER RELIGIONS AND GAY PEOPLE, we true ones at least, we simply do not agree with these things. "Christian" aggressive cults are not Christians, they simply feign it.

55. (Christianity) (136↑, 137↓)
a religon that started out as a cult (and that's the truth...LIKE IT OR NOT)

....I'm not a christian tho...

56. (Christianity) (14↑, 16↓)
if you want to do it then its a sin.

Nick sat down and watched tv "SINNER" thats christianity for you

57. (christianity) (10↑, 12↓)
no, im not going to attack christianity like the posts before me - Christianity is a religion that believes in jesus, god in the form of man to show the world true love. "true love" as in we (christians) believe he died to forgive us of our sins, because before you had to sacrifice animals or in some cases your children. most people pin 2 things the bible say against each other, but forgetting that most of the stuff like "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" is outdated from the old testament. if you hate christians for "hating" gays when most of them dont, arent you just as bad as them? think about it. most people that attack christianity are stereotypical. judging all christians by the acts of extremest.

if you judge people of christianity for judging, you're just as bad.

58. (Christianity) (23↑, 25↓)
A religion that caused the crusades, the age of scientific oppression, homophobia, creationism and plenty of genocides. The bible contains some rediculous rules: 1. You can't be gay 2. You can't have long hair 3. A woman must serve her husband (i.e a woman is inferior to a man) 4. A woman can't lead 5. Loads more It's a religion based on fear. Disobey it and you go to hell. It also created creationism, the theory of Noah's ark, both of which have been disproven time and time again yet there's so many idiots following it that they cling to their rediculous beliefs. And it fails to mention that homosexuality is genetic and not a choice. Don't get me wrong, most Christians are good people but the religion is deeply flawed.

Redneck: Stupid fags ur goin to hell\! Follow God or go to hell\! Don't vote for Hillary or go to hell\! Cut your hair or go to hell\! Believe in creationism or go to hell\! Follow Christianity or go to hell\! Now let's go kill some fuckin' queers and lynch a nigga before we go and blow up the abortion clynic\! Good Christian: 1. Thou shalt not swear 2. Thou shall not kill 3. Respect and love your neighbour Redneck: (struggles not to shout out he is just a violent ignorant person who needs to vent out his natural anger at everything) Err...Ermmm...Fuck u ur goin ta hayelll\!\!\!

59. (Christianity) (12↑, 14↓)
The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.

Christianity killed more people than Nazism.

60. (Christianity) (49↑, 51↓)
The belief that you won't go to an imaginary place unless you believe in an imaginary guy that performed imaginary miracles in an imaginary town.

[Christianity] [Christ]

61. (christianity) (55↑, 57↓)
The Belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so that he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.

I know the bible is true because the bible tells me it's true. Hooray Christianity\!

62. (christianity) (61↑, 63↓)
Prehaps the biggest folly of all mankind, chirstianity. Everyone took an idea and made a belief system out of it. It should have stayed an idea because you can change an idea but people die for belief,people kill for it. Maybe there was a Jesus maybe there wasn't either way people need to learn not to cram their beliefs down other throats use it to win Presidential elections *cough*seperation of church and state*cough*. If everyone would just be nice to everyone else so many problems wouldn't happen. And as Jesus may or may not have said, "turn the other cheek". This phrase could best be used for describing a certine war the U.S.A. managed to start. If we all did turn the other cheek many lives and families would be spared. --- --- Fuck this country i'm going to Canada.

Jesus (who may or may not have existed) preached love and tolerance to everyone. NOT war and hate. Then came the religion christianity.

Author: Hiro Protagonist last of the freelance hackers, greatest swords man in the world http://christianity.urbanup.com/2634329
63. (christianity) (59↑, 61↓)
1) probably one of the most mis-used words in the world...viewed as a religion...which if you think about its not...at all...but i will use it in the following definitions for lack of a better word...forgive me... 2) a "religion" that 50% of people will claim to be, but in reality less than 5% truly knows what is it to be a christian... 3) a "religion" in which most of the people that turn away from it are doing so because of christians... 4) one of the only truths in this world, and everone will know it one way or another.

person 1: i think christianity is a religion person 2:...define religion... person 1:hmmm *looks at dictionary* a set of moral guidelines to live by person 2:...no...ur missing the point...its not about what you have to do...its about whats all ready been done for you because you could not do it yourself... person 1: wow... person 2: exactly

Author: a new person in christ http://christianity.urbanup.com/2043734
64. (Christianity) (204↑, 206↓)
A personal relationship with the saviour messiah.The "mighty one" of Israel.

To know him is to love him.He loves us enough to make a way for us.He has redeemed us\! And we have only to believe and we are saved\!

65. (Christianity) (0↑, 3↓)
The best religion of them all. God has the power and he will save you as long as you believe in him\! God, along with his crucified son Jesus will try to make peace on the Earth. Though this beautiful mission is very hard to fulfill because of another very idiotic religion, who brainwashes its followers, called islam\! The mission will be fulfilled. Islam is the source of all bad on the Earth. It results in terrorism and every muslim (a follower of Islam) is a terrorist - sadly enough\! Allah (the god of islam) is worshiped like the christian god (God), but they are not the same because the do not repersent the same qualities\! God is beautiful, Allah is satan\! Islam and Christianity will never agree with each other. This hostility has resulted in many wars throughout the history of humanity. Don't be fooled by islam\! God will help you the trough hard times\! He will be grateful if you are grateful of his presence. God will love you if you love him\! If christianity "ruled" the world - there would a peace\!

"Christianity is beautiful" "Terrorists is alway muslims"

Author: The Crusader of God's true luv http://christianity.urbanup.com/6186346
66. (Christianity) (42↑, 45↓)
First of all, Christianity is not only a religion, it's a relationship. In spite of all the hyposcrisy, stereotypes (as well as truths), and blame, this special faith has proven to be a lending hand when all else fails. True Christians actually do not Bible-beat you or shun you for not believing in what they do. They may feel sad, worried, or guilty, but they won't turn their noses and walk away. They believe in spreading the Word of their faith, but a true Christian won't attack your ideals and morals if they contradict the mission. Christianity is about open doors and opportunity; the gate to heaven is never closed. The signs are right there in front of your nose every day of your life, and Christians only want you to see them. When you may be struggling in life, it is the role of Christians to allow you to seek shelter and to realize that you indeed have someone to turn to who will always be there for you will never stop caring about you. Also, true Christianity is not stupid and ignorant. It doesn't have to butt heads with science; it can co-exist and agree. Part of the faith is the ability to be open minded and use logical reasoning, such as realizing the Bible contains many symbols and metaphors that represent the overall message. Jesus Himself often spoke in parables; to take them literally would completely alter the symbolism and meaning of the moral of the story (Sadly, this is a common case). As Christians, we don't necessarily know for sure which stories are parables or not. For example, there are two different stories of creation in the book of Genesis. One involves the creation of the earth and universe in seven literal days. the other actually suggests that humans were made from the dry, waterless ground. (Genisis 2:1-9) So which one do we believe? Arguing over which one is "true" has tragically split the religion unecessarily when the overall picture of God's creative design is the most important part. Even evolution has been considered by some Christians to factor into the creation at some point. So if you are struggling, searching, or realize that something in your life may be missing, just remember that there is a friendship right there, whenever you are ready to give it a try.

Girl: "I've been so depressed lately. I'm struggling with my decisions, my family, and my weight. I've considered suicide before, and sometimes I feel like I have nowhere to go, and no friends to turn to." Other Girl: "Have you considered Christianity?" Girl: "Yeah, but aren't they gonna hate me for my messed up life?" Other Girl: "Well, I know of someone who may help. Look around you. He's right here; He's been with you this whole time."

67. (Christianity) (23↑, 27↓)
Christianity is a monotheisic religion that originated from Judaism. There are many denomiations of Christianity and every one of them is different. You have the up-tight Baptists, The guilt-ridden Catholics, the laid-back Methodists, and the very loose Episcopals (my denomiation). It is pretty ignorant to say that all Christians are close-minded and/or hateful. This is untrue for true christians are accepting and try to be loving like Christ.

Examples of the denominations of christianity: Baptist Prayer-"Lord Almighty, I have sinned badly and please spare me from eternal damnation\!" Catholic Prayer-"Our Mother of Perpetual Sorrow, I am a terrible sinful person, I know i deserve to burn for stealing my neighbor's garden gnome, Please Forgive Me\!" Methodist Prayer-"Well, Let's see here, I sinned pretty bad so how about we just forget about it and star off new." Episcopal Prayer-"Oh yeah, I'm sorry i passed out on the street after winning the tequila contest. Also, I think I should add a MY BAD for punching George in my drunken rage but George was annoying the hell out of me"

68. (Christianity) (33↑, 38↓)
For Christianity, see [lie]

Christianity is bullshit

Author: Jesus Titty-Fucking Christ http://christianity.urbanup.com/2826559
69. (Christianity) (78↑, 83↓)
The largest religion in the world. Christianity contains many sects, and it teaches that there is only one God, and that his is Jesus Christ who's people were the Jews and he was sent to die on the cross to forgive mankind’s sins, so that we may go to heaven by believing in him. Teaches to love your enemy and seek peace.

Christianity is the largest religion in the world. It teaches that Jesus Christ is the son of God and died for our sins on the cross and came back up from the grave to ascend into Heaven. We need only believe in Jesus and his sacrifice to get to Heaven, as it is the one true way. Teaches to love your enemy and seek peace.

70. (christianity) (13↑, 20↓)
Christianity is a monotheisic religion that originated from [Judaism]. There are many denomiations of Christianity and every one of them is different. You have the up-tight [Baptist]s, The guilt-ridden [Catholic]s, the laid-back [Methodist]s, and the very loose [Episcopal]s (my denomiation). It is pretty ignorant to say that all Christians are close-minded and/or hateful. This is untrue for true christians are accepting and try to be loving like [Christ].

Examples of the denominations of christianity: Baptist Prayer-"Lord Almighty, I have sinned badly and please spare me from eternal damnation\!" Catholic Prayer-"Our Mother of Perpetual Sorrow, I am a terrible sinful person, I know i deserve to burn for stealing my neighbor's garden gnome, Please Forgive Me\!" Methodist Prayer-"Well, Let's see here, I sinned pretty bad so how about we just forget about it and star off new." Episcopal Prayer-"Oh yeah, I'm sorry i passed out on the street after winning the tequila contest. Also, I think I should add a MY BAD for punching George in my drunken rage but George was annoying the hell out of me"

71. (Christianity) (49↑, 56↓)
Nothing more than a Jewish sect with borrowed pagan holidays that got too popular for its own good.

Christianity has raped and destroyed the cultures of people around the world, and now they're feeling the backlash. Why are they so surprised?

72. (Christianity) (113↑, 120↓)
Perhaps the single most debated thing in the entire world, next to abortion. Involves major characters from religions across the world, such as Islam and Judaism. In all three religions, a single God stays in the middle of all conflict, with differing views depending on the religion one is looking at. The major difference with Christianity, though, is that Christians believe that Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was born around the year 0 (while most scholars now believe the date could have been a couple of years later), was and is divine. The story behind Jesus is that God, the loving, caring, creator of the universe, saw that the world was slowly sinking into it's own evil, and sent his only son to save the people, by offering himself as a sacrifice to cleanse the sins of the people of the earth. This form of sacrifice dates back to early Jewish practices, except that instead of an innocent human, animals were sacrificed to please God and beg for forgiveness. There is no doubt that Jesus Christ did exist, as three major world religions do make references about him, only in differing ways. The Jews think he was a prophet, not the Messiah (perhaps because his teaching went against many of the things that Jews originally thought), the Muslims think he was a prophet, but that he had little significance besides the fact that he was a wise man, and the Christians think he was divine. Personal Opinion: For all of you athiests out there, I understand that believing in an all powerful, universe controlling Mega-God may be hard, but look around. Do you honestly think that everything, from the sky, to the earth, to yourself, just happened? It is almost foolish to say that everything just "happened", because there is so much proof against it. Think of it this way: The Jews are foretold to be God's chosen people. They are, in a sense, protected by God, though it may not seem to always be that way. Want an example? In Jewish history, past and present, Jews have fought in wars after wars, been persecuted, killed, tortured, and nearly wiped out, yet they are still a powerful world religion, mainly in the middle east. Do you see anybody around now who worships Baal, the fertility god? Or Ra, the god of the sun? The answer is no. Those religions died off after a short time, because they had nothing backing them up. In Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, all three worship the same God, just in different ways, with different beliefs. Now, to the point of Jesus the Christ. Scholars know, without a doubt, that Jesus was an actual man, that he did live, around the year 0. People think Christians and Jews are so different, when in fact, they really aren't. Christians are just Jews who have realized their Messiah, while Jews think he still is to come. My own personal belief? God does have a son. His name was Jesus of Nazareth, son of Joseph the Carpenter and Mary. I do believe that he was born of a virgin, and for those who stop there when thinking about it, remember, this is God who we're talking about. If he wants Jesus to be born of a virgin, so be it. If he wants Him to be born from a man... so be it as well, but I really don't think he would do that. I also believe that Jesus died at the hand of Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, and after three days, He rose again, as was foretold in Jewish prophecy. And now, for my final statement to defend my case, think of Christianity in one last way. In the words of C.S. Lewis, let's say that you athiests are right. We die, thats it, nothing more. Everybody loses. But let's say I'm right. You still lose, but I get eternity in Heaven with the God of the universe and his only begotten son. Let's just say I'm pretty sure of myself.

Christianity has been twisted, molted, and perverted in every possible way, by people who aren't willing to admit that their lives are not perfect. Those who do realize this and repent are assured life eternal. Those who realize it but do nothing will end up spending eternity in the lake of fire.

Author: Children of the King http://christianity.urbanup.com/1806791
73. (Christianity) (1↑, 9↓)
A cult that has done no more good than bad. Even though it was written long ago, that is no reason people should accept it as a "Moral compass."

Christianity makes no more sense than Scientology or any other cult out there. Don't they have a comet to catch?

74. (Christianity) (18↑, 26↓)
A religion, prominent in the Western world, and spread elsewhere largely through conquest. Spread into many denominations as to increase convenience for the followers, who often follow only because everybody else does. Christianity supports the theory that a platonic divine overlord (commonly referred to as "God") created the Earth and presides over it, and, in fact, involves himself in the daily lives of "his people". Oftentimes Christians pray as to gain the assistance of God. According to Christianity, Jesus was a messiah (and the son of God, who in turn died on a cross as to "atone for the sins of humans", however that connects....), spreading the word of God through miraculous actions and largely philosophical, profound dialogues. His actions and dialogues can be found in the Bible, the religious book (similar to the Koran or Torah)of the Christians. With the Enlightenment, as a higher level of thinking was achieved, atheists (people who do not believe in divinity) began to arise, later creating a conclusive theory involving the creation of the Earth that does not involve divine precedence. As technology spreads and thinking broadens, more atheists arise, and oftentimes are met fiercely with Christians, who, as a result, violate their own principles in an effort to justify their insecurities regarding their beliefs. Christianity should not be hated. It spreads a good message, usually along the lines of "be nice all the time". If anything should be feared, it should be the followerrs of the religion, who are marked by hypocrisy,fanaticism, and violence (though this is not always the case).

"Christianity, Judaism, and Islam (though they call him Allah) all believe in God." "Christianity has often been criticized for being false and outdated, yet has long withstanded pressure and will likely never collapse."

Author: Dude with an opinion http://christianity.urbanup.com/2502998
75. (Christianity) (119↑, 127↓)
A religion created by Constantine the Great, a roman ceasar around 400 AD, modeled after the Pagan religion from which he ascribed. Taking a "prophet," one Jesus Christ, he created a divine being for the sole purpose to control both church and state. Or in other words, for money.

christianity is a hoax

76. (Christianity) (16↑, 25↓)
A communal fantasy land where things will get better as soon as you die, that is as long as you continue to believe what we tell you. Also, we want you to give us 10% of your income. I mean it's not us that wants that... It's God. We're just the messengers.

I can get you a great deal on beach front property in Arizona. If you believe that, you might be a candidate for christianity

77. (christianity) (55↑, 64↓)
A belief that apparently is:- so out dated, so disproven by science which of course is never wrong, untrendy, redundant. Yet there are over SIXTY descriptions of it here and of course........you have taken the trouble to read this. [The Bible is still the world's number one selling book]

Christianity? The cause of all wars...blah blah....they only devised it to control the masses....blah blah....That Da Vincci Bloke he got it all worked out.....blah blah.... my mate who's doing philosophy at Yooooooniversity he 'says'.....etc blah blah ad nauseum. Actually.....I think I'll grow up a bit and hear the other side of the story, I'll read the Bible and try an Alpha Course before I go blowing my arse out the window.

78. (christianity) (47↑, 56↓)
One of the three religions that involves the worship of God, along with judaism and islam (judaism refers to God as "Yahweh", and islam refers to God as "Allah"). Christianity revolves around the belief of the teachings of Jesus Christ. Christianity also has different branches, including catholicism (popularly-believed to be a radical and strict form of christianity), lutheran (said to be christianity for blacks), protestant, and presbyterian. Unfortunately, christianity has been perverted by the world to be an awful religion based around occult-relations....this is because there are stupid people who claim to do bad things in God's name (see Al Qaeda & KKK; the KKK discriminates in the name of christianity). Christianity revolves around love for everything, including fellow human beings. Unfortunately, we as human beings are doomed to hate one another because of our nature. Nevertheless, there are those who try to follow christianity strictly, so much that they don't say words like "damn" or "fuck" (christianity has been popularized as a personality where people don't swear). On a sidenote, the dominant religion now is a battle between christianity and islam. Many are converting to islam for countless reasons; it is apparently a fascinating religion, albeit strict (and you're forbidden to eat pork).

"Christianity is misunderstood now; christianity is, by nature, a greatly respectable religion." -me "Do unto others as they would love to have done unto you." -Jesus Christ "Love your enemies....for if you love only those who love you, where is the reward in that?" -Jesus Christ

79. (christianity) (22↑, 32↓)
dum shit

christianity is dum shit

Author: dumshitchristianity http://christianity.urbanup.com/3271696
80. (christianity) (47↑, 57↓)
a religion that contradicts itself in its first idea. says its monotheistic but actually pagan. based on altered/changed message of Jesus. at least 90% of the bible is not Jesus' real message. genocides have been commited in its name because the white man was omni-important.

christian: Jesus rocks\! me: so who is ur God. christian: Jesus Christ. me: but i thought u said he was the son of God. christian: ya that too. me: so hes the son of himself? christian: no the son of God. me: ok ok i think i got it hes the son of God but hes also a God. christian: guess so.. me: so its paganism. now i dunno if it actually states in the bible that Jesus is the Lord but thats the idea christians seem to have. christianity.

81. (christianity) (48↑, 58↓)
not a religion, but a relationship with the loving God of the universe who created us in his image. God sent his only Son Jesus, as a man, who lived a blameless life, the one man who didn't deserve to die, to be crucified for the sins of every man who was, is, and will live. through this sacrafice, we can enjoy a wonderful relationship with God. all you have to do is ask for forgiveness and believe Jesus died and rose again on the 3rd day. Salvation is a gift that not one of us deserves but is given freely\!

Christianity has allowed me to live a Glorious life, full of healings, love, and prosperity\!

82. (Christianity) (142↑, 152↓)
A relationship with Christ, commonly viewed as narrow-minded by non-believers who think its real funny to insult people with obscene references over the Internet. Big man.

I'll pray for you, because although I think you're a moron, I'm supposed to love you.

83. (christianity) (11↑, 22↓)
The belief that some Cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you simbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that it present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.

Christianity... it makes perfect sense.

84. (Christianity) (10↑, 21↓)
One of the three big Abrahamic faiths. The majority of Christians follow an c.1,900 old piece of papyrus known as the New Testament. Christianity is centered around the New Testament and the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Opinion on Christianity: I find Christianity to the worst religion to follow, if one must follow a religion in the first place. The birth of Christianity led to the demise of millions of people over a period of approx. 2,000 years. Christianity is possibly the most shrouded, unknown, and controversial religion of all time. A religious faith is meant to better the lives of people, but clearly for the vast majority of humans on this planet, Christianity has not. The Crusades are but one of many series of incidents that have been negatively incited due to the conception of Christianity. Christianity is engulfed in lies, murder, and deception. It is almost miraculous how so many misguided, brain-washed people consistently follow this ridiculous religion generation after generation after generation. It is almost as if they cannot differentiate between reality and the erroneous beliefs spewed out by the [Judeo-Christian] lie machine. The metaphysics in Christianity also bears discrepancies such as everything else in the Bible. Discrepancy after discrepancy after discrepancy. That's what Christianity is.

Misguided Man: "Hi, I love God and Jesus. I am, what is widely know as, a Christian. I love Christianity because I get to go to church every Sunday and have a bunch of religious, fluffy propaganda filled into my head, it's great\!" Rational Man : "Hello, I am an [Atheist]. I have the ability to differentiate between reality and the Judeo-Christian Lie Machine. I am one of the few remaining intelligentsia on this planet. Yay, me\!"

85. (Christianity) (10↑, 22↓)
biggest and longest livin lie in the world.. that ppl r willing 2 die 4 and pay money 2

1) beckyy:why dnt u read the bible if ur bored robb: why dnt u go read hitler's mein kampf tat full of ridictulous lies 2 becky: i thought you were Christian and believed in Christianity robb: y would i believe lies? becky:.......... robb exactly.....

86. (Christianity) (34↑, 46↓)
The belief that a cosmic jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you systematically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat a magic apple.

Christianity is crazier than the people who practice it.

87. (Christianity) (66↑, 78↓)
an oxymoronic religon stating that there is a forgiving god, so its followers have to be unforgiving to people of other religons because the know that their god won't.

got that? if not siplified: STAY BACK JEW GAY ETC. but your always welcome in our church.

88. (christianity) (5↑, 18↓)
A religion that draws jesus but in the bible but never seen him.

i like christianity its 10% fake.

89. (Christianity) (54↑, 67↓)
One of the world's dominant religions, combining the philosophy of the Greeks with pagan practices and the moral rigor of Judaism, centered around the teachings of Jesus (Yeshua). Christian theology has ingeniously solved the dilemma of mercy and justice and provided the basis for equality before the law, appreciation of science and education, and the addition of a moral basis to political structures, and the truest rationale for human rights. Many of the ant-christian intellectual elite would like us to believe, however, that before Christianity, mankind lived a peaceful and idyllic existence without corruption, bigotry, or warfare.

Those angry about Christianity are often using christian standards of right and wrong.

90. (Christianity) (3↑, 17↓)
a religion that wouldn't b able 2 hold up in court since it there no fact jus circumstantial evidence.but if ppl ask about tat "evidence" they r evil. also every1 is considered 2 b brothers and sister, yet most ppl dnt drink the wine... or blood of Jesus... because others have drank it , which according to the bible and as i sed above, r their bothers and sisters. It also says every baby is born with original sin since eve told adam to eat an apple... now is it far. also durin lent they Christians will feel horrible for eattin meat on Fridays, but they will have sex before marriage or lie w.o thinkin of it.

bob u should jus drop the case... she has Christianity on her side jane: idc im not drinkin the wine... niko: but you have 2 its part of Christianity matt: omg i jus ate meat on friday... fcuk imma go 2 hell now ginny:with a mouth lik tat u will.. decides we have been messin around soo ur doomed ne way matt:no tats dif...

91. (christianity) (54↑, 68↓)
it's a religion that worships one god and all things nice and good. however, it was ruined by corrupt city officials putting bad messages in the bible, rabid followers starting huge wars over a nonexistent god, the idea that humans have to be "saved" because eve "ate the apple" or some dumb shit like that, the belief that all people who are not white straight christians should be killed and go to hell, etc. christians are known for their hatred, not the good and love they claim to practice. in short, complete blasphemy and If i could press a button to emliminate all the christianity in the world, i would do it. And all the ex-christians would thank me for freeing them from their unenlightened cult-like ways.

christianity is bullshit that says you are going to hell if: you are not christian you are gay you look in the mirror too much you eat too much you have sex out of supposed "wedlock" you don't do their hocus-pocus rituals you exhibit any behavior which threatens the stability of their cult you have an easy job you don't kill any of the people mentioned above you don't believe in god gosh there's so many more i don't wanna bother.

Author: eric, or gavroche http://christianity.urbanup.com/1723702
92. (Christianity) (30↑, 44↓)
A religion that could coexist with others (Satanism)if not for the stupidity and ignorance of some of its followers. Promotes love, tolerance, and bestowing love to all, worthy or not, while Satanism focuses on more human urges. If someone spills their drink on you on purpose, you turn the other cheek and pray for them (Christianity). If someone spills their drink on you on purpose, break your glass upon their head (Satanism). Satanism promotes revenge while Christianity promotes tolerance. Long story short, believe what you want but don't force your believes on me or insult mine. Revenge comes quick and without failure.

Me- Hey, aren't you new here? Want me to show you around? Christian Bible Thumper- You're that Satanist guy\! Christianity is the only true religion, accept it or burn in The Pit \<dun dun dun\>.Don't get any closer or I'll through Holy Water at you\! Me- Ok well I guess I'll be getting to class now. Christian Bible Thumper throws holy water at me and succeeds in staining my shirt. I break his arm. ^True story, minus the Holy Water, replaced original liquid with Holy Water for effect^

93. (Christianity) (10↑, 25↓)
The belif that some cosmic Jewish Zombie will grant you enternal life if you symbolicly eat his flesh and telepathicly tell him that you accept him as your lord and master so that he can remove an evil force from your soul that exists in humanity because a woman that was spawn of the first man's rib was convinced by a talking snake to eat a fruit from a magical tree...

Christianity is a monotheistic and evangelistic faith that is centered on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.[1] Like Judaism and Islam, Christianity is an Abrahamic religion.[2][3] Early Christianity was a Jewish eschatological sect, but there was great diversity in local variations.[4] Confined to the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and parts of India for its first thousand years, it has spread throughout the entire world during its second millennia due to colonization and missionary work.[5] It includes the Hebrew Bible (known to Christians as the Old Testament), the New Testament, and, in some cases, the Deuterocannonical (or Apocryphal) books as its canonical scriptures.

94. (Christianity) (69↑, 84↓)
A religion that claims it is superior to all others and that only those who believe in its message will be saved from burning in an eternal fire. A religion that sugar codes everything and has a double standard for almost everything non-christian. A religion that has persecuted non-christians for centuries, especially Jews and blames Jews for the death of Jesus and continues to do so. A religion that feels the need to shove its principles down everyone's throats in an attempt to convert them to Christianity. A religion that for the most part praises christian missionaries who travel to third world countries, not to help the people in need, but to convert them instead. Christian Missionaries all over the world are not building shelters or centers or hospitals to help the sick, the poor and the wounded instead they are building churches and are using your donations to preach the gospel. A belief in religious superiority is to blame for historical religious persecution and even today is still at the core of antisemitism, terrorism, racism, sexism, extremism, homophobia and ethnic cleansing. The bible only is clear on its message of concerning those who believe differently, yet it contradicts itself whenever it is used to promote love an tolerance for all mankind. Science alone has contradicted the bible and continues to do so with facts instead of theories.

Christianity believes it is the one true religion and the only path to God.

95. (christianity) (57↑, 73↓)
A cult created by Paul with the intent of making it easy for pagans to adopt monotheism and the Ten Commandments and join the Jewish revolt against Roman taxation, oppression, colonialism, cultural imperialism and occupation. Paul made it easy for the pagans by throwing away Jewish practices that Jesus, as a good Jew, followed, including circumcision, kosher dietary laws, and Sabbath observance. Paul also made G-d into a human being (Jesus), again to make things easy for the pagan idol worshipers to understand. Jesus never viewed the Old Covenant as abrogated or obsolete and followed it rigorously as an observant Jew. Jesus did not want to die, asking G-d why He forsook him. On the crucifix, Jesus referred to G-d as "my Father", which is one of about ten ways that Jews routinely refer to G-d, not indicating any actual parental relationship. The Romans killed Jesus because he wanted to be Messiah, which meant becoming the next king of the Jews and kicking out the Roman's appointed puppet king for the Jews, so the Messiah thing was treason against Rome and punishable by death. Many Jews wanted to be Messiah and all of them failed. The Romans crucified many thousands of Jews according to historians of that time, primarily because the Romans feared that the Jews would rebel, which they did twice, resulting in millions of Jewish deaths, the eviction of the Jews from Judaea (Israel) and the erection of the Arch of Titus in Rome directly in front of the Roman Senate to celebrate the Roman victory over the Jews. Later on, Jews changed the idea of Messiah to apply to whomever would bring world peace and Paul changed the definition to be whomever gets you a free ticket to heaven. Because there is not and has never been world peace, Jews do not believe the Messiah has yet arrived. Because Christian's accept Paul's definition of Messiah and because Christians believe that they have a free ticket to heaven, Christians do believe that the Messiah has arrived. The key problems with Christianity include: 1) pathological, genocidal anti-Semitism (they stole the Jews' religion, or tried to, and so wish to bury the evidence...literally) 2) non-obligatory nature of keeping the Ten Commandments (since you can always accept Jesus on your deathbed and go to heaven) 3) perverting the idea of Original Sin to be that which guarantees anyone who doesn't figure out some trick to be saved will burn in Hell for eternity, rather than the metaphorical event that gave humankind Knowledge (and the moral responsibility that comes with it) that made our species different from the animals 4) making G-d fallible enough to create a moral law-based path to Heaven (Judaism) and replacing it later with a free ticket to Heaven (Christianity) 5) making G-d egoistic enough to sacrifice his son for Man's salvation, but only allowing those who believed that such an incident occurred to benefit from it 6) making the focus of life into the after-life, rather than this life, thereby devaluing G-d's gift of Creation 7) numerous genocides, inquisitions and persecutions throughout history and throughout the world Christianity first became popular when the unpopular Nero fed them to lions in the Roman Coliseum, after offering them a choice of renouncing their faith; Romans hated Nero, after he allowed the city to burn while he fiddled (and due to his cruelty, insanity and sexual perversions), so they took an interest in this Christian demonstration of resistance to his scape-goating them for the fire. Christianity's second major advance occurred with the adoption by Constantine of Christianity, following his wife, and his imposition of it as the official religion of the Roman Empire. Many argue this was to appeal to the powerful urban elite, many of whom had become Christian, some of whom had been converts to Judaism, but switched to the easier Christianity after the Jewish Revolts failed and Roman persecution of Jews became severe. Christianity's final paganization occurred at the Council of Nicea, where pagan priests, fearful of losing their jobs after Constantine's conversion, became Christians but imposed their paganized views on the young faith, thereby elevating Jesus to the status of G-d and introducing Jesus-idols into churches. This culminated the process of de-Judaizing Christianity and resulted in the Iconoclastic controversy, where the pagans proved victorious. Having succeeded in eliminating any part of a Jewish soul or moral compass from the faith, Christianity then began a 1,500-year murder spree, destroying indigenous cultures throughout Europe, the Americas and Africa, resulting in a Christian population today of close to two billion. Today, in its heartland of Europe, Christianity is in decline. In England and France, more worshipers attend mosques than churches. In the Middle East, most Christians have been evicted or killed by the Muslims, except in Egypt, where Christians are merely persecuted. However, Christianity is succeeding in the Americas, Africa and Asia (the latter in which it fills a religious vacuum).

Christian: "You are going to Hell, where you will suffer forever, because you do not believe that G-d sacrificed his only son for you to save you from Adam and Eve's sin when they ate the apple. I, however, who worship Christianity, will enjoy an eternity of bliss in Heaven, perhaps playing harps, perhaps visiting dead friends and relatives whom I miss, and perhaps flying around with a new set of angel-wings." Non-Christian: "Dude, you're one wacked-out freak. Get a life."

96. (christianity) (60↑, 76↓)
"[christianity What killed 90% of North America's native people. Christianity is genocide\! Source: 1349 Fan, Mar ]" That's a damnable lie\! Many of the early Europeans who migrated here and many of our nation's founding fathers were NOT Christians.There were lots of Deists and rationalists and occultists and they were actually very anti-Christian\!

Oh well,history has been so twisted and people are so dumb nowdays that they believe the government and reject god.

Author: nobodoy wants to hear the truth because being immoral is too easy feels good http://christianity.urbanup.com/1125941
97. (Christianity) (105↑, 121↓)
A way of thinking centered around rules and restrictions created by an unseen entity who is said to have unimaginable power. This is a philosophy based on fear. One's fear of contempt causes an individual to behave in a desired and dictated fashion. This "desired" way of life is dictated by mortals, men and women, people who should have no authority on propriety. Those that are needy, or find themselves in a rut, or a slump of sort, commonly gravitate toward this institution searching for a crutch to help curb the bitterness of reality, to give them an out. These people are known as "Christians." These Christians feel that by decieving themselves into believing that there is a higher power, a reason to it all, and that there is someone out there who will, after all is said and done,love them, they should reach some sort of peace with themselves and the world around them. Unfortunately, no peace is ever attained. Doubt constantly plagues their minds, causing them to delve deeper into this pretend world of promised deliverance. This is an organization where the lost, weary, and broken can congregate to collectively search through practicing preordained ceremonies said to bring one closer to this "higher power." All of which is conducted in vain, because what they ultimately seek is their shared thirst for acceptance.

Christianity is no more than a mere crutch with no solidity, or legitamacy to take hold of. Christianity is Lacking the validity that one might seek before entrusting his or her own well being.

98. (Christianity) (108↑, 125↓)
The dying religion in which a supposed "Savior" (Jesus Christ) was nailed to a cross because he was good at pissing off the romans and jews. Something that they may not tell you about Christianity: a few hundred years ago, the catholic church burned scientists at the stake because they found out what really happens with rainbows, why ice floats, why the story of Noah and the Ark could not have possibly happened, etc. The religion that is completely ruled out by science.

Christian: Jesus died for your sins be grateful damnit\!\! I am completely ready to die for my beliefs because I know the TRUTH. You should be like me and give every dollar you earn to the church. Normal Person: you know that when you die, you rot in the ground right? Christian: That's bullshit. You may not, but I'm going to heaven because I've got Jesus in my heart. Normal Person: wait wait wait. If your "christ" is real, then make him do something to prove it. Christian: No\! That's blasphemy\! Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God\! Normal Person: Well if you're gonna puss out... Christian: Fine. *prays for forgiveness* what did you have in mind? Normal Person: If there's a god, he'll make a lightning bolt flash across the sky. [10 minutes later] Normal Person: see? I told you Christian: Fuck you man\! I've got faith\!\! Normal Person: *walks away* oh my fucking god...what an idiot

Author: Used to be Christian http://christianity.urbanup.com/1111087
99. (Christianity) (53↑, 71↓)
Something antichrists always bring up on forums to bash and offend Christians and demean Christianity and the mods never have a problem with it since they're all antichrists too and and no one ever has any problems with it until some Christian speaks up and says that it's not very cool of them all to be doing that.Then the mods usually get mad at the Christian for making a big deal out of it.Christians almost never bring it up and the rare times they do it's always passive and harmless and completely non-offensive and they still get bashed on by the antichrists and the antichrist mods close the thread too early.But 99.9% of the time it's the antichrists who always bring up the topic of Jesus or the bible or Christianity just to be demeaning assholes about it.

Christianity is on the receiving end of entirely too much bullshit.And it's always the pompous antichrists who are always bringing the topic up time and time again.

100. (Christianity) (76↑, 97↓)
see [cult]. That's all you need to know.

Christianity is a cult.

Author: Disillusioned Hippie http://christianity.urbanup.com/1457346
101. (Christianity) (42↑, 65↓)
A great religion that is either misunderstood by ignorant morons or maligned by malevolent assholes.Sometimes a combination of both.Sometimes in the 'guise' of a believer.

Christianity has been much maligned unfairly ever since those Enlightenment assholes who weren't any better than those Dark Ages assholes.Infact they're the same assholes.

Author: JESUS IS THE MESSIAH http://christianity.urbanup.com/1542834
102. (christianity) (37↑, 63↓)
"quote: [Actually,it's not based on rules and restrictions.It's rule is love]" just so much as its loving someone of the opposite [sex] but same religon/denomination. so for people of the lower IQ: its loving people of the same everything except genitals.

CHRISTIANITY: just another vauge oxymoron

103. (Christianity) (26↑, 55↓)
A religion that spouted off of judaism 100-200 years before the year 0. They believe in Jesus christ being the son of god, and that if you dont believe that you are going to hell. Some christians have decided to be more lax and say only SOME people are going to hell. Some Uber-christians hate everyone who isnt exactly like them, but tries to prech peace and tolerance. Although many believe Christianity to be a monotheistic religion, in all actuality it would be called a duo-theistic religion because they have two gods.

Mary was only a half virgin, but so she could father the founder of christianity was told: "You can suck all the dick you want and still be a virgin... MARY\!" \christianityExcerpt from "Mr. Hankeys Christmas Classics"

104. (christianity) (16↑, 46↓)
A cult formed by men nearly 2000 years ago. The original group comprised of mainly [homosexuals]. 12 men sitting around holding hands, and hiding from women. Mordern day advocates include Rev. Ted Haggard, who enjoyed not only preaching christianity, but the meeting with a male prostitute and snorting meth and truly practicing it. Some followers have gotten confused and forgot of the medievil religious male orgies and choose to believe that homosexuality is evil. These people don't realize women are the true evil, and if not for them we could still be in paradise.

I rested my head in the small of his back, "god bless christianity\!" I huffed and wiping the sweat from his back off my lips.

105. (christianity) (67↑, 100↓)
A. In the USA: A dangerous political movement dominated by right-wing conservative extremists and fanatics who use religion as a smoke-screen to intimidate, manipulate, control and hurt people and our government. They are bent on destroying our democracy and replacing it with a theocracy to have us live much like an oppressive country such as Iran where people have few if any rights and laws are dictated by religious leaders. They bully mainstream politicians much like gangsters to do their bidding and frequently take tirades when they don't get their way and make threats like in the Terri Schiavo case. B. Describes an organizaton of usually mentally unstable social terrorists or fascists who try to dupe people into believing they only are following the will of god to justify their atrocious actions. They seek to take away your civil rights or deny them to you by manipulating the Republican party, through special legislation in Congress, amending state and federal constitutions, by manipulating the courts or pushing for ballot initiatives to decide your rights when all else fails. Their tactics and goals are much like the Nazi party's in Germany during WWII in regards to the Jews except they can't get away with mass murder here or establish concentration camps for groups they marginalize and detest. At least not yet. C. Something that oppresses and marginalizes. Something that is intolerant. Something that imposes itself on your life like it or not. Something that is often in your face and shoved down your throat. Something that typically shows little if any compassion, love, respect or care for people that are different. D. A religion whose followers mistakenly think they can invoke as an excuse to justify their actions against other people. They arrogantly believe their faith in itself trumps anything else including your privacy, civil rights or saftey. It's followers often use select bible passages to hurt others and justify their obnoxious behavior\! E. A religious movement of fanatics that thinks it can justify bombing abortion clinics or gay bars and killing innocent people in the name of faith much like a Muslim may think their faith justifies sucide-bombings that kill innocent people for different political reasons. They often like to scapegoat people. They pretend to fight for democracy while actually doing everything in their power to destroy or undermine it. They want people to be tolerant of them but refuse to tolerate anything or anyone that they claim is against their religious beliefs. Everthing is Black and white to them. There is no compromise. They often try and justify their actions as freedom of religion and free speech while doing all in their power to stifle the free speech of people that disagree with them.

Christianity threatens our democracy by its followers attempts to replace it with a theocracy of the religious elite. The Neo-nazis, KKK and militia men call themselves followers of christianity and use it to justify the horrific acts they commit against racial minorities, Jews and gays. Hitler said he was like Jesus, a messiah of christianity fighting against the communists and Jews in Europe and the world. He subsequently murdered millions while many church leaders including the pope looked the other way to appease the Nazis and keep their power. The fanatical christian preacher and his followers callously picketed the funeral of a gay man that was murdered holding up signs that read...GOD HATES FAGS and SODOMITES BURN IN HELL...all while the dead man's family and friends looked on in disgust and disbelief. A fine example of christianity and its compassion for others. Christianity is responsible for the deaths of many people often women burned as witches who threatened the male-dominated hierarchy of the church\! Jews and Muslims who refused to convert or were accused of practicing their relgion in secret after converting to christianity were frequently tortured, forced into exile or murdered\! Homosexuals were frequently murdered by the church. Burning them at the stake was the typical form of execution because of the intolerance, ignorance and lack of compassion of christianity\! The Knights Templar were murdered by the Pope and a European king for practicing homosexuality but in reality the murderers feared their power and wanted their gold\!

Author: The actual and factual truth http://christianity.urbanup.com/1495057
106. (Christianity) (70↑, 103↓)
Christianity is not a religion, it's a relationship with Jesus himself. If we were to all have a relationship with Jesus, then the world would be a better place. No wars, or racism, no crap music, no murders, or suicides, or anything else you can come up with.

Accept Jesus into your heart and have him as your friend, and you shall forever be changed...

107. (Christianity) (42↑, 75↓)
A strange and dubious set of beliefs designed to destroy Gentile and Indo-European populations by making them weak and feeble while preserving one's (Judaic) race more or less intact.

Christianity is the great Trojan horse of rabbis and Talmudists\! 2000 years of incredible damage to Gentiles through the wide-spread effects of self-hatred, emasculation, general enfeeblement and such.

108. (christianity) (85↑, 120↓)
A religion which tells you to love and respect your neighbors and your parents, yet is centered around a man nailed to chunks of wood.

Christianity is funny.

Author: The White Knight of the Mystical Dragon Cave http://christianity.urbanup.com/1446252
109. (Christianity) (52↑, 91↓)
A really good religion that is worth to follow but sadly most of the followers are either dumbfucked or fucking plain stupid. They expect everyone to agree to what they say, enjoy what they think is nice and then happily joining them as a Christian. Most of them lacked interpersonal and marketing skills.

Devoted Christians are very much like: A fuckin persistent salesman that boast how great the product that he's gonna sell to you without any solid proof and insist that you buy his product without doubt. He's gonna sticked to his selling skills 100% even though no one is impressed with it coz he thinks that those that do not believe him are corrupted by Satan.

110. (christianity) (42↑, 82↓)
Based on the teachings of Jesus, who went to India during an 18 year gap to learn Buddhism. The difference between buddhism and christianity is that Jesus preached to fishermen and Buddha, who predates Jesus by a good 500 years, preached to intellectuals.

The cross is the four noble truths.

111. (christianity) (17↑, 57↓)
quote: "[quote: 1. One of multiple religions. Christianity has many sub-christian groups with varrying titles, but centering around the idea of Jesus Christ, son of man dying on a cross to repent for humanity's naturally sinful nature. Christian belief also involves the art of baptism, prayer, and referring to the bible. Christians are commonly viewed as "good" people and is one of the largest religions on the planet earth. Christians also believe the basic idea that if they have faith in their god they will go to heaven or a place of eternal euphoria, if they are wicked or deny their god, they will be sent to hell, or as the bible refers as a lake of burning sulfur. Based around fear of an omniscient entity along with many, but not all religions, involving the idea of a God, heaven, and hell. 2.(Short-version) A Christian is a man who repents on Sunday for what he did on Saturday and will do again on Monday. That man is a Christian. Atleast that Christian man is sorry.You do the same except you're not even sorry.So you're criticizing him for being sorry?]"

sorry dont mean shit if he's gonna do it again tomorrow. atleast other people who dont say there sorry or confess have come to terms that there going to do it again and aren't lying to themselves, and there minister/pastor etc.

112. (Christianity) (52↑, 93↓)
The state's big bad scapegoat.

Damn satanists/politicians anyways...

Author: Satan is a political whore\! http://christianity.urbanup.com/1066222
113. (Christianity) (36↑, 94↓)
The major religion that's divided the public for eons. The basis of Christianity, developed from Judaism, is actually meant as a set of guidelines to define a standard of living at the time and give followers a sense of hope for doing so. Society rapidly changes throughout time and Christianity should be considered a blueprint, the stepping-stone of being apart of and embracing a community. Unfortunately, it's been heavily tainted in the last few decades by people seeking their own political agendas or profit gains (Or those freakin' door knockers.) and therefore is losing credibility amongst the people as they scramble to find solace in fad religions such as Buddhism where you meditate all your life and amount to nothing. Or even superstitious garbage like Wicca.

"God is love, brotha."

114. (Christianity) (111↑, 218↓)
The largest and only true religion in the world. It currently consists of well over 2 BILLION people all over the globe, including the Middle East. Most Christians are dedicated to the teachings of Jesus Christ, and the word of God in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. Just because of several million violent, hate-filled Christians who perform the kinds of acts they do, it doesn't mean that every single Christian (and definitely not the majority) are like the negative, ignorant, and destructive kinds of people that you stereotype them as. It is wrong to stereotype an entire worldwide religion and its people because of the actions of a few. And for those of you calling us hate-filled, homophobic, and violent; just keep in mind what the Muslims are doing over in the Middle East. Unlike them, we do not abuse and oppress our women (except for a very few terrible men). We believe in the sanctity of life, and we don't go out murdering and exterminating those of another religion or those who have no religion. In addition, we do not impede on the progress of scientific study as also falsely-claimed by many millions. Have you never heard of Gregor Mendel, the Catholic clergyman who discovered genetics in experiments with pea plants? That man is probably the finest example of how Christians actually promote the advancements in science, especially since many of those advancements lead to the saving of lives.

For those of you calling we Christians close-minded, redneck, hick, fascist, nazi, Republican (not that that's derogatory, by the way), gay-basher, warmonger, hypocrite, retard, [Bible banger] and many other, far more profane names and labels, perhaps you're not that open-minded yourselves. So, who's the REAL hypocrite?

Author: A Midwestern Christian http://christianity.urbanup.com/1147223
115. (Christianity) (63↑, 171↓)
THE ONE AND ONLY FAITH THAT IS NOT FALSE AND WILL ACTUALLY GET YOU INTO HEAVEN FOR ALL OF ETERNITY\!\!\! (And it's really, really, really easy to do...) All you have to do is 1.) Ask Jesus to come into your life, 2.) Just sincerely ask Jesus' forgiveness for your sins. (All people are sinners, and nobody is better than anyone else. All people are equal. However, Christians have been wiped clean by the HOLY blood of Christ and are therefore sinless and blameless in the eyes of God.) 3.)Admit that you believe Jesus is the Son of God and that He came to earth and died for your sins of His own free will. (IE: He didn't have to die for you, but he CHOSE to because His love for you lasts FOREVER\!\!\!\!) 4.) Do your best to live a life according to the Bible. This doesn't mean that if you accidentally stumble every now and then that you are doomed to an eternity in hell; instead, it means that God will forgive ANYTHING that you have done in the past, present or future\!\! It doesn't matter if you've raped a girl, killed an senior citizen, etc... GOD WILL FORGIVE YOU\!\! I GUARANTEE IT\!\!\!\! If you dont believe me, try the steps above, and see if you dont immediately feel the peace and love of God descending upon you and covering your entire body\!\!\! TEST ME\!\! (You have to be sincere when you ask His forgiveness though, or nothing will happen. God is not one to be mocked.)

REPORTER: So, God... Which religion is the only way out of an eternity in the lake of fire? GOD: That's easy. Christianity of course\!

Author: Salvation for ALL PEOPLE. http://christianity.urbanup.com/1938251
116. (Christianity) (126↑, 284↓)
The largest and only true religion in the world. It currently consists of well over 2 BILLION people all over the globe, including the Middle East. Most Christians are dedicated to the teachings of [Jesus Christ], and the word of [God] in both the Old and New Testaments of the [Bible]. Just because of several million violent, hate-filled Christians who perform the kinds of acts they do, it doesn't mean that every single [Christian] (and definitely not the majority) are like the negative, ignorant, and destructive kinds of people that you stereotype them as. It is wrong to stereotype an entire worldwide religion and its people because of the actions of a few. And for those of you calling us hate-filled, homophobic, and violent; just keep in mind what the Muslims are doing over in the Middle East. Unlike them, we do not abuse and oppress our women (except for a very few terrible men). We believe in the sanctity of life, and we don't go out murdering and exterminating those of another religion or those who have no religion. In addition, we do not impede on the progress of scientific study as also falsely-claimed by many millions. Have you never heard of Gregor Mendel, the Catholic clergyman who discovered genetics in experiments with pea plants? That man is probably the finest example of how Christians actually promote the advancements in science, especially since many of those advancements lead to the saving of lives. For those of you calling us close-minded, [redneck], [hick], fascist, nazi, [Republican] (not that that's derogatory, by the way

For those of you calling we Christians close-minded, [redneck], [hick], fascist, nazi, [Republican] (not that that's derogatory, by the way), gay-basher, warmonger, hypocrite, retard, and many other, far more profane names and labels, perhaps you're not that open-minded yourselves. So, who's the REAL hypocrite?

Author: A Midwestern Christian http://christianity.urbanup.com/1147215
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