Christians, What If We've Got Some Things Wrong?

I'm not a Christian myself but it's good to see that people are open to questioning what they believe are the teachings of their religion. I am a non-practising Hindu and my faith says we should all be peaceful but I have to admit that when my husband annoys me, all thoughts of being peaceful go out of the window! I'm not trying to make light of any religion or anyone's beliefs but do feel that as long as we try to live our life as best we can without hurting anyone along the way God will always be there for us :)

I think a few little thangs have gotten altered. That's obvious by the fact that we have different denominations. Some denominations believe contradictory things and they can't all be right. I can't say my car is red and you say it's black and both of us be right. Someone has to be wrong. The color doesn't really matter though when you get right down to it, as long as the car gets me where I want to go. The small details of Christianity are the same way. They are important, but they don't matter as much as the basic message of Christ and our need to rely on him. I think that has remained intact and still gets across at a lot of churches.

Flowerchild you have realy give me something to think about. I truly believe that God is in control of his word and as it has been handed down to us he also gave us the Holy Spirit to guide us. Most of the bible proves it's self by repeating it's self over and over again. Most of what Jesus taught was from the old testament. I believe he explained it to make so much of it more clear. I also believe that if we are continually studing his word and praying and living as we know God want us to He will not hold us accountable for things that we don't know. A new born christian is not judged as one that has been in his word for many years.

So many people try to interpet the bible the way they want to that yup I think it might be altered and might be sending a different message than what was meant to be. blessings

Well i do not know ,we could be a shade off but this is the way I look at it..I have to look to the Bible for all my answers and the only way I can be wrong is if something in the Bible is wrong ..and it is suppose to be our guideline as christians...thats all we have ..So i do whats in there and believe whats in there and GOD knows that we only have his word to go by,so if we are a shade off then God will not hold us accountable..The only way we have to account for things is if we do something that WE know is wrong,but if we do what we feel in our heart and read in his word then i do believe i will be fine with myself and God....So thats all i have to say about that ...

I think we need to exercise faith... for example, atheist may ask what if there is God! well there has to be some amount of faith. And for the muslims, what if we are wrong! well, exercise faith... I think all of us need to reason and study things faithfully, but at the end there will be element of faith in each of us.

I believe that when Jesus went to heaven he sent us the Holy spirit to help us and guide us. I believe that the Holy Spirit guided those that translated and put the bible together for us. There are a lot of newer translations out there but if we let the Holy Spirit guide us we will be abel to find and use the right one. He will also convect us if we follow the wrong path.

Flowerchilde, I am not a christian, I believe all religions are for the betterment of humanity. But I found something wrong in Christianity and it is: Genesis: 26 Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind* in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth,* and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’ 27 So God created humankind* in his image, in the image of God he created them;* male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.’ 29 God said, ‘See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.’ And it was so. 31 God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. ===================== This is the wrong lesson which Christianity advocates. Every living being has the same rights and no one is superior or inferior. Everyone should respect other lives.