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myLot reputation of 88/100. panzerswifey (288)   ranked 3,583 out of 6,511 in religion 4 years ago

A friend asked me what religion I was and I said I was a Islamic Christian, and he asked what was that.
And I told him a person who believes in the teaching of bothe religions.
There are somethings in both religionsI totally know are true and agree with.
But in both religions there are somethings I do not agree with.
Actually I may become some other religions also.
What rule says I can not be more than one religion?

Why do I have to just stay with one? Is it wrong for me to respect & learn about others religious beliefs?
I am a person who believes that you can not love GOD is you do not love his peoples
and their beliefs and religions.

He created us all. We are not GOD and in all religious books it says to honor
The CREATOR and respect The CREATOR.

So why do people hate other peoples religion?
Did not your CREATOR tell you to love all and respect them?

So what is wrong with me being ore than one religion?
all I am doing is loving and respecting like My GOD has asked me to.

 

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1. bubahotep (71)   4 years ago

that is cool you are a melting pot of religion, wish others would follow that

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2. myLot reputation of 93/100. oyenkai (3352)   ranked 557 out of 6,511 in religion   4 years ago

You're part of a certain religion if you were baptized in it. So you really can't be Islamic Christian because both faiths doesn't allow you to be baptized in any other religion except for one - if you were baptized Islam then baptized Christian after that then you're Christian because that's the last profession of faith that you had.

The CREATOR told us to become stewardess of His Creation. The CREATOR in Christianity refers to the God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit as three persons in ONE Triune God. In contrast to that, the Muslims believe that Christ is human and not God - they are "anti-Christs" in the most authentic sense of the term. They're Allah is one person in one God. The difference in faith is much too grave to consolidate in one person - this is impossible and I am afraid that you should rethink your notion of being Islamic Christian because there is no such thing.


myLot reputation of 87/100. Ravenladyj (19028)   ranked 104 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

So you really can't be Islamic Christian because both faiths doesn't allow you to be baptized in any other religion except for one

Sorry but thats not true...i have a couple of friends who are Christian Pagans (one is a Catholic Pagan) and their belief is that its between them and their God...which is how it should be...Just because YOU dont agree its possible doesnt mean its not possible..The OP obviously is comfortable following a mixture of religions and I say BRAVO to that..

I am afraid that you should rethink your notion of being Islamic Christian because there is no such thing.

According to YOU...but obviously there is since the OP is Islamic Christian..


myLot reputation of 88/100. panzerswifey (288)   ranked 3,583 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

How can there be no such thing?
Ghandi was 2 religions. And Ghandi was a very great prophet.
Actually I was never baptised to no religion I do have my certificate stating that I am
a muslim. I read the bible and the quran.

Not every christian believes the same. ALLAH is not a person, not a human.
There is only one GOD. He is called by many names.
But those names are all the same name.
The name sounds different to us because it is pronounced differently by different tongues.

And acutually I can call my self a Islamic Christian.
Why because there are people whoase religion is universalism.
The believe in all religions.

See when you only believe in one religion you close your mind to GOD.
Whe you start pointing out things in other religions you start to judge.
and in all religions GOD says not to judge.
So when people judge are they really being true to GOD.
And the one GOD we have made all people.
GOD did not make religion. Man made religion.
man seperated themselves into little groups called religion.
In reality we are all the same.
We all need water and food to survive.

I appreciate your opinion, but I will still be an Islamic Christian until I die.
i love both religions and it's people.
And I am sorry but I refuse to choose one.
Because they are both beautiful religions with beautiful peoples.


myLot reputation of 88/100. panzerswifey (288)   ranked 3,583 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

I meant just what I said Ghandi was a prophet. Just because you may not believe he was a prophet I do.
I believe he was here to give a message and he did .
People chose not to listen. Ghandi was a very peaceful person.
He was a great person.


myLot reputation of 93/100. oyenkai (3352)   ranked 557 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

Gandhi never prophesied anything so that means he's not a prophet.

Even though you have certificates that say your are both Muslim and Christian or Pagan and Catholic - it doesn't mean you are. You can believe in whatever you want to be but you can't call yourself as member of two opposing institutions - belief and institutional faith are not the same thing.

What you have is mixed belief - you're what we call a buffet believer. You go to a buffet of faiths then pick what you agree on and disregard what you don't believe in.

If you don't believe that Christ is God then you're not a Christian. That includes believing that Christ was both man and God.

If however you do believe this then you can't be Muslim because their doctrines say otherwise.

I do not mean to offend, only to clarify. You can also test your beliefs against your Christian friends and against your Muslim friends - tell them of your "compromised faith" and ask them what they think about it. You will get the same answers.

Unfortunately, I'm only telling you facts and not opinions so however you feel about my answer, I can't take them back because they're the truth.


myLot reputation of 88/100. panzerswifey (288)   ranked 3,583 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

Well all that you say is not fact. There are some christians who do not believe
GOD was a man. And as far as all religions are concerned there is truth in
them and then there is some stuff man has thrown in there to satisfy him self.

You, nor I or anyother human being knows it all. only the being that created us does.
We are not perfect and make many mistakes and make laspe in judgement all the time.
Non of us is always right and that is why fact sometimes is hard to prove.

Allah is not a person. and for you tosoeak about a religion that you have never practiced or study is wrong.
that is like saying people of a certain color are all canibals.

It is ridiculous.
And the Christian bible says not to judge!
but as I read your statements you are upset and judging.
I thought not following the word of GOD in the christian religion was disobediant.
If I am wrong correct me.

But I am sure the bible says not to judge and I am sure it also speaks about not
following the word of GOD is being disrespectful and disobediant.
I kinds read the bible everyday.I also kinda read the quran everyday.

Infact I have both sitting here as I type.
and before I start talking about religions I always make sure I know a little
bit of the truth by studying them before I start trying to offend people.
and when I do study I find that I can not offend because what I
was taught usually was something hateful.
The hate between religions really needs to end.
It is children and selfish.
Because it obviously is only one way we got here.
and we all are still trying to figure it out.
If we were not we not have scientist and archeologist digging and studying the past right now.


myLot reputation of 93/100. oyenkai (3352)   ranked 557 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

Christianity is called as it is exactly because we believe that "Christ is God". And that Christ is both MAN and God.

You can believe all you want with whatever you say, and I am not judging you as a person. I am stating facts about faiths that even priest and imams would clarify for you.


myLot reputation of 87/100. Ravenladyj (19028)   ranked 104 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

I am stating facts about faiths that even priest and imams would clarify for you

Sorry hun but they ARE NOT "facts" they are opinions..and I know a few ministers etc who would DISAGREE with you to the fullest..


myLot reputation of 93/100. oyenkai (3352)   ranked 557 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

@Raveladevj

Fact: Christians believe that Christ is God. Source: http://geneva.rutgers.edu...

Fact: Muslims believe that Christ is NOT God but is a prophet. Source: http://wiki.answers.com/Q...

Logical Fact: Christians believe that Christ is God. Muslim don't believe that Christ is God. You cannot believe that Christ is God and not God at the same time.


myLot reputation of 87/100. Ravenladyj (19028)   ranked 104 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

Obviously its NOT FACT since NOT ALL christians and/or Muslims believe IDENTICALLY...its OPINION..its SEMI GENERAL BELIEF but not FACT....


myLot reputation of 93/100. oyenkai (3352)   ranked 557 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

A doctrine which outlines the belief is a fact - a belief is personal. To be called a member of a certain Church means you must adhere to its doctrines.


myLot reputation of 88/100. panzerswifey (288)   ranked 3,583 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

Why do you believe that people can not have their own beliefs?
What if GOD come to you and tell you you are wrong.
Do you know for a fact that what you belive is true?
Because there is no proof for a lot of things we believe.
Thats why people are still searching for the truth to a lot of things.

You should not get so upset about what other people believe.
Because if you are a true christian the bible tells you that GOD commands you to love and respect other people.
That means you have to respect their religions or you are being disobediant to GOD.


myLot reputation of 93/100. oyenkai (3352)   ranked 557 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

If you read through all of my responses you would realize that you are mistaken - I did say that you can believe whatever you want but you can't be a member of two different institutions. You can believe as much of the Christian doctrines as you want and believe as much of the Muslim as you want but you can't be baptized both Christian and Muslim - that's where the difference lies.

Also, I do respect you as a person and because I respect you, I'm trying to inform you of the facts that you missed out - that you can't be Christian and Muslim at the same time as I have proven previously. So if God did speak to me then he can see through my conscience that I followed it - that I have not been close minded because I have thought about what I said before I did.

And to reiterate - you can believe whatever you want. But you can't be a member of two different religious institutions at one given time.


myLot reputation of 88/100. panzerswifey (288)   ranked 3,583 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

I think that you are speaking from what you only believe. I do not need to be baptized to be a christian or a muslim.
It is in the heart.
People get baptized everyday and some of those same people are in prison for life.
No human on this earth can tell me if it wrong or right to be bapttised as a chritian and a muslim..WHY? because only GOD has the power to do that.

So I do apologize but your opinion is only an opinion and not a fact. Because only
GOD can make that call and he has not punished me or told me I was wrong.
So I will stick with my beliefs and continuing to study other religions.

Because the true and only way to GOD is unity of all.
and as long as people disrespect one religion and boost theirs up we will continue to be punished.

And people do not get it . The bible tell us the story of Adam and Eve and their disobedience.

In order to reverse that all people have to be obediant to GOD and people are not.
The first step to obediance is unity.
and as long as people seperate themselves by religion they will always be disobediant because it is not unity.
It is only unity among a group not all.

GOD says he made us in the likeness of him, That means we are all the same
but we will never get that as long as we go into our little cliques called religion.
Because if we are all made in his likesness then we should be united since we all are the same.


myLot reputation of 93/100. oyenkai (3352)   ranked 557 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

I find it distressing that you thwart other people's input in a *discussion* unless they agree to your point of view.

And since I am now convinced that there is no way for you to even consider anything that I said, then I stop here.

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3. myLot reputation of 90/100. steerpyke (295)   ranked 170 out of 6,511 in religion   4 years ago

If more people acknowledged that all religions are just shared paths towards a common question then maybe the world would be a more harnonious place. We, as humans are very good at killing each other over what book, badge or uniform we subscribe to, when really we are all search for the same answers.

And If I am wrong, I would rather be wrong and innocent, than right and a murderer.Any god who wouldnt rather see that happen is not for me.

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4. myLot reputation of 87/100. Ravenladyj (19028)   ranked 104 out of 6,511 in religion   4 years ago

So what is wrong with me being ore than one religion?
all I am doing is loving and respecting like My GOD has asked me to


and thats all that matters....There ISNT anything wrong with blending religions...In fact I think it is a BETTER way to be in all honesty simply becuase it makes one more compassionate, understanding and openminded to the world around them...I'm a Pagan Buddhist with a little Native American Spirituality and Vodou tossed in adn I could care less what others think, they arent me..bottomline its the best path for me and has been nothingn but wonderful...i have a friend who is a Catholic Witch...ppl think its impossible and so on but her attitude is that its nobodies biz...She's talked to God about it and they have an understanding...

I say good for you! do what is right and best for you and dont worry what naysayers think...theyre just too narrowminded to get it wink thats their loss


myLot reputation of 88/100. panzerswifey (288)   ranked 3,583 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

Guess what I been studying all your religions also because I think they are beautiful.
I have a open mind and I allow my children to have open minds.
I love worshiping with different people and in different ways.
People are beautiful and when we bash their religion and culture
We step into the world of hate.

and thanks for your response to the comment about me not being Islamic Christian.
There are alot of people out there like me who are scared to come forward.
I am not afraid because I know that to respect is to love
and how can you say you love any GOD is you can not respect you neighbors religion and culture.
Does not all religions say to respect and love one another, don't kill, don't steal,
etc.
In my world we are one and until we all unite as one we all will continue to suffer.

I am not trying to offend anyone. I just have friends of all religious faiths and
backgrounds and I think that their religions are beautiful
and yes I will learn about them all.
I have no closed mind.
and I will not raise my children to be closed minded.
I grew up thiking peagans where evil children of the devil.
OMG I met some peagans and I did not get possesed.
infact they very loving even more so than some so called christians.

So people need to re-evaulate their own thinking.
My thinking and beliefs is to love and respect those as I wish to be.


myLot reputation of 87/100. Ravenladyj (19028)   ranked 104 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

In my world we are one and until we all unite as one we all will continue to suffer.

that is so true!! and the fact that its reality is quite sad...yet ppl just dont seem to understand that and would much rather be narrowminded and live that "my way is the only right way" attitude....

My kids are being raised to be openminded as well..they've both looked into and learned about numerous religious paths from all of mine to christianity to Satanism and the list goes on..I'm very proud to say that my kids are very accepting, openminded and compassionate ppl and I wouldnt have it any other way happy


myLot reputation of 88/100. panzerswifey (288)   ranked 3,583 out of 6,511 in religion  4 years ago

The reason I tell my children it is their decision on how they decide to worship s
because the message from our creator comes to us all differently.
We all do not understand the same way. I believe thats why we have different religions.

I am just one of the many persons like your self who happens to believe that
One religion and closed mind is the way to go.
christians call GOD JEHOVAH and Muslims call GOD AllAH.
both names are the same.
People can argue me down over it.
Thats just how I believe.
I may rattle some cages but it is fine. If they were so sure and secure in their
belifs then nothing could get them upset over religion.
I never get upset because I know what I am doing is perfectly ok and it is
what is best for my family.
It may not be for some, As for us we love it.

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5. myLot reputation of 45/100. murderistic (1046)   ranked 604 out of 6,511 in religion   4 years ago

Actually, it sounds like you are Bah'ai, which is essentially one religion, but a mixture of many.

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6. myLot reputation of 91/100. lotterylover (7481)   ranked 73 out of 6,511 in religion   4 years ago

Wouldn't it be great if we could take the good out of each religion and make one great religion. I can see things other religions have that we don't that would really improve ours if we were as strong in that aspect of our religion as they are.
That probably won't happen until Christ returns. I can apply these good characteristics in my own life without waiting for the church to encourage them.
There is a song that says, "Can others see JEsus in you?" We should act as those there are cameras on us all the time then maybe we would be more careful of how we act when we think no one else is watching. I have also found that this world is very small. One of the teachers went to MExico for Christmas. Low and behold who should be walking down the very sand beach the very same time she was there but one of her students. I went to a carnival park way up north in our state and ran into students that went to the school where I taught. You can always expect people you know to show up when you least expect them. God can see us all the time and we should remember that.

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7. myLot reputation of 90/100. lampar (8436)   4 years ago

First of all, nobody here said you're wrong to be an Islamic Christian, as far as i am concerned, your right in freedom of choice in religion is guaranteed by our constitution. If you want to be a follower of all the religions in the world, is fine with me too, just don't let those sectarians and extremists hatred get to you, they will hate you so long as you do not follow the same faith as them.

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8. myLot reputation of 19/100. islander7 (4834)   4 years ago

In some respects i would agree with you except that religions such as Buddism and Taoism do not see a creator, but an impersonal spiritual process that has always been present in the cosmos.
That is why i call myself just spiritual. All main religions whether or not they recognize a god have the same truths. That is why no faith has the whole truth and all are burdened with unnecesary dogma and ritual. Peace.

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9. myLot reputation of 98/100. steflane (1236)   4 years ago

Wow. I've never thought about it that way, but you're absolutely right! There is something we can learn from all religions, so why do we have to choose just one? I like the way you think! Great discussion, panzerswifey.wink

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10. myLot reputation of 90/100. taface412 (2039)   ranked 758 out of 6,511 in religion   4 years ago

I hate labels. So if someone asks me about religion I just say I believe what I believe. I also do not believe I have to prove what religion I am to anyone....and I identify with different ones, Baptist, even Wicca. So if someone asks I just tell them I believe in God, and I believe it's a personal relaionship between me and him. No one else.

Plus, I do not think there is only one true religion and people make religion anything they want nowdays...so who knows.

I say stay true to your beliefs and as long as you have a strong ethical foundation no one can falter it.

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