Christianity

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I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Jesus Christ, John 14:6

Christianity is the most popular religion in the world, with more than 2.38 billion followers. Moderates believe in living according to the Ten Commandments along with the teachings of Jesus Christ, while radicals might go as far as crusading against non-Christians.

The core belief of Christianity is that Jesus Christ is the son of God. You should follow this belief to determine whether a denomination or cult is considered to be Christian or not.

Beliefs

Christianity believes that God has sent his son, Jesus Christ, down to earth to save all people from sin and eternal suffering in hell. All one needs to do to earn salvation is to believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God and is King. Christianity believes in one God, which is the Holy Trinity. The Holy Trinity states that The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit are all the same God, but they are not each other. This type of trinity is something that does not exist in our mortal world and is one of its kind. Christianity also values morals very much, being kind to others. Christianity also teaches that salvation is a gift of grace from God, received through faith in Jesus Christ. This faith is expressed through repentance, the act of turning away from sin and committing to follow Jesus. Christians believe that living a life in accordance with God's will involves embodying the teachings of Jesus, such as loving one’s neighbor, practicing forgiveness, and pursuing justice and peace.

Contrary to popular belief, the Old Testament's laws do not apply unless they are repeated in the New Testament, since Jesus came and renewed them. And 9 out of the 10 Commandments were repeated (the 4th commandment wasn't repeated).

The Bible

The Bible is a collection of books that Christians believe to be the word of God. They believe that God wrote these books through the hands of prophets. The numbers of books vary depending on the denomination of Christianity. There is a chance that the Bible has been corrupted over the course of two thousand years, and since Jesus didn’t write to the Bible, there could be misunderstandings by his students of him. And a common misconception is that the "verses" of the Bible were always there, while in reality the system was added later. This is why some Bible verses need additional context for full understanding.

Creation

Christians believe that God made the world in six days (it depends on if you think it’s literal or not). God created the light from the darkness on the first day, then he created two layers of waters - the atmosphereic waters (sky) and the ocean waters on the second day, separated the land from the waters and made plants in the third, the Sun, Moon and the stars on the fourth, the flying and the swimming creatures on the fifth, land animals and the first human, Adam, on the sixth day, and rested on the seventh day.

Christianity Corrupted?

Since the beginning of Christ’s original teachings, over the years, the possibility of Christianity being largely “corrupted” (deviated from original) grew, and the meanings of Christ’s words misunderstood. It is also possible that Jesus’s disciples did not understand the true meaning of his teachings since Jesus is on a whole higher level of knowledge/enlightenment.

History

Jesus Christ preached his ideas in Roman Judaea. He was hated by the Jewish leaders at the time because he was claiming to be the son of God, which is threatening their authority. This eventually led to Jesus Christ's crucifixion. But, three days later people found that Jesus's tomb was empty, and that he had rose up from the dead. Jesus Christ appeared to many people, for 40 days he stayed on earth and promised a second return. His disciples founded Early Christianity, which later, caused by a variety of factors including the split of the Roman Empire, divided the Christian church into two: the Roman Catholics in the west and the Eastern Orthodox in the, well, east. Later, due the the growing corruption of the Catholic Church, another new branch was split off, called “ Protestantism”, as in protesting against the Catholic authority. Catholicism and Protestantism became the two biggest branches of Christianity today, while Orthodoxy mainly settled in Russia and other Eastern European countries.

Christians on the Internet

He’s saying that one billion people are pedophiles.
drugbuscelmare, in reaction to someone saying that over 2000 churches have pedophiles

Well, how are the Christians on the internet, the biggest global communication method since the 2000s? Well, not so great. Jesus taught about kindness and tolerance (not in a modern woke sense), and where’s that reflected on these pathetic excuses for a Christian today? Nowhere! Ok I know LGBTQ+ is a sin or whatever but at least, AT LEAST tell them kindly, don’t act rude, if you do you’re no different then them! And then you have these mfs who call you Christophobic for criticizing even a LITTLE bit of Christianity, be it some churches or some people. Like someone said something bad about Christianity and they just lash out. To outsiders it literally looks like a cult. And, if you state that you believe in a different religion (or heck, even denomination), they just straight up insult you (except if you’re on the comment section of some like beggars on YouTube). And you have these people who praise crusaders as they were some kind of warrior of God. Didn’t the Bible say not to murder[1] And after you have an argument with these internet Christians they’ll play this passive-aggressive move by saying “oH i pRaYed fOr GoD tO fOrgIVe hIm”, not out of genuine concern or kindness, but out of the thought that they are superior. Dawg I don’t need your prayers how about you pray to yourself to not be so ignorant? But keep in mind, these are a minority of Christians, most Christians out there are nice and still hold traditional values.

Branches

Catholicism

Main Article: Catholicism

Catholicism is a major branch of Christianity that is usually led by a bishop or pope. He believes the Pope is the highest human rank and is widely practiced in Italy, France, Poland, Ireland, and Spain.

Orthodoxy

Orthodoxy (Orthodox Christianity) is a variant of Christianity mainly revolving around the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is practiced mainly in Greece and  Russia. He uses the autocephalous system, meaning every nation has its own, autonomous patriarch.

Branches of Orthodoxy:

Protestantism

Protestantism is a variant of Christianity revolving around the justification of God only, holding The Bible in regard as The highest form of Christianity, and opposition to hierarchical institutions of Christianity such as the Pope (except for Anglicans). It is practiced mainly in anglophone nations like the United States and the United Kingdom.
Branches of Protestantism:

Relations

Children of God

  • Jesusism - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
  • Monotheism - For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 1 Timothy 2:5
  • Logos - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1
  • Altruism - Love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:39

Lost Sheep

  • Judaism - 1Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. 2For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. Romans 10:1-3

Worldly Sinners

  • Other Religions - Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6
  • Neronism - This calls for wisdom: let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.[2] Revelation 13:18
  • Anarchism - Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Romans 13:1-2

How to draw

The Christian Banner
  1. Draw a ball.
  2. Fill it with white.
  3. Draw a dark blue square on the upper left of the ball.
  4. Draw a red cross in the dark blue square.
  5. Add the eyes and you are done!
Color Name HEX
White #FFFFFF
Blue #002868
Red #Bf0A30

See Also

Notes

  1. Well, killing in war isn’t counted as murder, so I guess that’s justifiable?
  2. The numerical value of Nero's name in Hebrew adds up to 666