Absolutely not. Where is the rationale (which of course can not include mere absorption of dogma) for saying The One is also The Three, but is still The One, but you have to believe it's The Three, but it's still The One? The triune God idea is considered an important belief in certain orthodoxies, but there are certainly other orthodox claims that are more important. It is called CHRISTianity, after all, so I would think the issues surrounding Christ would be more central if not more important.
Those circles you see are the orbits of YOUR OWN beliefs that become evident when someone challenges you. You attribute the existence of the circles to the challenge when in fact the challenge merely reveals the circles in your own beliefs.
I would say that Christianity revolves around building an ever maturing personal relationship with the lord and savior Jesus Christ, repenting of your sinful ways, and leading a life that is pleasing to the lord...Living a life that adheres to biblical standards not secular ones, having absolute and total faith in Him and His plan for you. Living a life that holds true to His law, the ten commandments, and using Godly wisdom as is found in the Bible as a foundation for leading your day to day life. Read and pray, read and pray, read and pray
H2SO4... The one is also the three and but is still the one, but you have to believe it's the three, but it's still the one. See how simple that is?
Christianity is what you make it. You could generalize it as being different from other religions by saying it is the belief that jesus was the son of god who died for your sins. But if you are asking what exactly are the details of christianity (or any religions for that matter) it all comes down to how you interpret it.
If the question serves any other purpose but to miss the point, I don't know what it might be. A worthless analogy, since H2O is inanimate, which means none of its forms have a will as sentient beings do.
Then it served its purpose... to prove that you missed the point. Here in the United States, I can show you in Congressional record, where it is plainly stated that the 'private ownership of property' is just an illusion created by law, and further; that the ownership of all property belongs to the state. Would you like to see it? So answer my question... do you think that you own your own home/house?
Christianity is having Jesus in your heart, whether you know he exists or not. At least, according to the NT.
No I did not miss your point, which was obviously to evade MY point. Please, I'm aware of eminent domain. When you buy real property in the US, you buy, among other things, the right to occupy it and the right to just compensation if it is condemned. Those rights are what you own, just as when you buy some software you buy the right to use it but not to resell it. The fact remains that if somebody claims to sell you said rights when you already own them, your reaction, if you are not an idiot, will be stunned disbelilef or uproarious laughter, not consideration of the offer - which means temptation will not be an issue.
I hardly think you can have Jesus in your heart if you're not settled on his existence since it involves a voluntary transaction whereby Christ is asked into our hearts. And the New Testament says: Romans 10: 8 But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart(that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Oh... trust me... the document which I am prepared to show you goes far beyond the issue of eminent domain. It is so 'all encompassing' that it even effects the clothing that you are wearing when considering the exactness of the language used.... "ALL PROPERTY". You see, you keep using that same deficient word "own". You don't 'own' anything that can be construed as 'property'.
It's not gonna work. Tilt at windmills if you must, but don't expect me to be an appreciative audience.
No thats the truth. Unfortunately for most "christians" and many "churches" that is a nice canned answer...a can which is opened up every Sunday morning between 9:00 am and 11:00 am and marched into church with the kids in tow all nice and pretty with a big smile, and then at 11:15 that same can is closed up tight and stuffed into the back of the pantry and forgotten about until the following sunday. That "can" that you speak of, my friend, is the Holy Bible, and the foundation of Christianity is well documented within it.
pretty much - except to be a christian you also would believe that Jesus died to save us, and rose again. Also that Jesus is the Son in that trinity, and therefore is God. Probably also believe in the virgin birth, and that the gospels were written by Jesus' disciplies.
Lots of belief systems that would consider themselves "Christian" don't believe in a Triune God, nor the Virgin birth.
