When did you convert to your religion(if you have one)?

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They are disciples of christ and belive in christs divinty, therefore they are christians. The Christian faith has endless variations. Yet all seem to think they are the "true way"

TheCatholics are handicapped by an unweildy "saint system" that is a leftover of co-opting polytheism when imposing the faith on conquered peoples. The habit of adopting gods and re naming them as saints, and altering the existence of pagan holidays to "church use" is the cause of a lot of it.

I am not a christian so I have no personal interest in the "Denomination wars" simply a scholarly one.

As to guessing you were a baptist, as I've said before, years of alt.atheism wil do it, the "I'm not a catholic, I'm a christian" line is as Baptist as tent meetings and homophopbia.

The present Baptist movement is not very old, It got its big start in the civil war as a church validation of slavery, and took off big during the depression when it could feed off of fear, and poverty, its track record is something interesting, I'd do some research on it some time if I were you, its "interesting" :/

i became a christian when i was bout 6 or 7. i became a christian after i read the easter storty in my bible story book i had as a kid. when i realised that Christ died for us and even though it was going 2 b hard 4 him he was still willing 2 go ahead with it cos he loved us, i knew insently that God loved me and i responeded to God's love by becomeing a christian and living in a way that golrifies God.
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Fiona (fionaban)
P.S i can't spell lol

That's why I'd rather not associate myself as being Baptist, cause that would mean I agree with everything that's been taught to me (and I don't) while going to my Baptist church and with what what lots of Baptists are currently involved in. I ranted about it elsewhere on this forum, but I don't like mainstream Christainty.

"Whoa... I weigh as much as a duck, too!"

Hate to break it to you,but Catholics believe that they can work thier way to heaven by 'being good'.Christians,on the other hand,believe they can get to Heaven by accepting Jesus as thier Savior.

-SpaceCase

Okay, a brief history lesson for y'all. In the Middle Ages, the only Christian religion was Roman Catholicism, guided by the papacy in Rome. Towards the end of the Middle Ages (and during a period which Christians call the Reformation), several churchgoers were puzzled by the Catholic doctrine. They examined the Bible and the scriptures (both in Latin, the language of the church, and in Hebrew and Greek) and came up with their own various interpretations of it. A few of the best known reformers were Martin Luther, John Calvin, the Wesley brothers and some others whose names I cannot remember.

These people started Protestant Christianity. Today, Christianity is split up into two main sets of doctrine: Catholic and Protestant. I believe that both sects are Christians (they confess with their mouth that Jesus is Lord and they are saved), but they believe very different things. Catholics believe that there is an intermediate "world" between Heaven and Hell, where they must go to work off their sins, like a consequence. Once their sins have been paid off, they can then go to Heaven. Protestants, on the other hand, do not believe in purgatory. This is one of the main differences, and possibly the most obvious. There are also several other differences, but I'd have to do more research and dig up the information.

Oh, and if you were wondering, I'm Protestant, but have many Catholic friends from both school and otherwise. My beliefs tend to borderline Calvinism, if any of you know what that means. If not, PM me and I'll explain. And I hope that my brief history lesson helped people understand a little more.

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Was raised Catholic, accepted Christ as Savior at age 15 after finding it out on my own, Left Behind books helped lead me to Him and other books as well, considers self Protestant with most beliefs yet still attends Catholic Church, dispensationalist theology is specialty.