is Jesus a religion?

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DPMartin

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Two different questions. Since Christianity comes from "Christ" you could say that Jesus started the religion of Bible Christianity ("pure religion and undefiled"). But Jesus is God, not a religion.

ok, but did He start a religion?
 

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ok, but did He start a religion?
Well since I already pointed out that Christianity (Bible Christianity) comes from Christ, there's your answer. The churches of Christ had nothing in common with the synagogues of the Jews, nor with their rabbinic traditions.
 

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Well since I already pointed out that Christianity (Bible Christianity) comes from Christ, there's your answer. The churches of Christ had nothing in common with the synagogues of the Jews, nor with their rabbinic traditions.

is it a religion or not? simple question isn't it? and did Jesus start it?
 
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is it a religion or not? simple question isn't it? and did Jesus start it?
Enoch111 is telling you that it is a religion. The Christian religion was started by Jesus Christ. OK. Why must you have him say it in your words, is there a trap or some clever thing you have set for him?
 

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is it a religion or not? simple question isn't it? and did Jesus start it?
Different people mean different things when they say "religion" and particularly in regards to Christianity. How do you define "religion"? As a way to know God? As a means to reach towards God? As a way to have a better life?

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is Jesus a religion?
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No. Jesus is the Name given to He who is the Word of God.

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did Jesus start a religion?

No. Jesus talked, revealed things not yet known to mankind. others listened, followed.
People began calling other people following after Jesus and His teachings....Christians.
Those "following", had no offense of being called a "Christian", and seemily adopted the term for themselves.
 

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Different people mean different things when they say "religion" and particularly in regards to Christianity. How do you define "religion"? As a way to know God? As a means to reach towards God? As a way to have a better life?

Much love!

you don't redefine the color blue, blue is blue. religions have been around way back in the BC's, so religion is what it is. not your personal view or opinion of what it is.

did Jesus start a religion or not?
 

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Enoch111 is telling you that it is a religion. The Christian religion was started by Jesus Christ. OK. Why must you have him say it in your words, is there a trap or some clever thing you have set for him?

well if enoch111 is telling me its a religion why doesn't enoch111 say so.

and no Jesus didn't start a religion, men did.

Jesus is the fulfillment of God's Word in the case of man, of which God expressed to the likes of Abraham Moses Noah so on and so forth those who believed and trusted God's Word revealed to them.

a religion can be classified as a system of belief, but the constitution of the US of A is a system of belief, isn't it? communism or socialism is a system of belief also. are they religions too? the Torah was for the soul purpose of maintaining a nation that prophecies in all it does, and accommodates the coming of Christ using the law itself. the law was the law of the land, not a religion.
 

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did Jesus start a religion or not?
Tell me what you mean when you say religion. Different people mean different things. Without this, I'm answering in ignorance, and what is point of that?

Did Jesus start a religion? I'd sooner say He revealed Himself to us, and provided that we could know Him, and be with Him.

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No. Jesus talked, revealed things not yet known to mankind. others listened, followed.
People began calling other people following after Jesus and His teachings....Christians.
Those "following", had no offense of being called a "Christian", and seemily adopted the term for themselves.

yea, that's true, but the reason for the thread is most believe that Jesus started a religion, and He didn't.
 
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And when the Bible speaks of "true religion", you don't think that was originated by Jesus?

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no, that was an apostle addressing what a acceptable religion is in the sight of the Lord God. isn't it? of which is what one shouldn't require religious instruction to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world, as in keep one's self from wrong doing, does it?

they were dealing with roman rule and the gentile rulers categorized the Jewish way of life as a religion and made Israel follow their law (roman way of life), the Greeks did basically the same known as a Hellenistic influence in their culture.

governments love the idea of categorizing a way of life or system of belief as "religions" hence they can keep their way of thinking and doing out of the way of what governments do. religious leaders and government leaders have been butting heads for power and influence since at least ancient Egypt. whereas the Torah is a way of life that should govern the Israelites. just as the US constitution is a way of life, or system of belief that governs.
 
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well if enoch111 is telling me its a religion why doesn't enoch111 say so.

and no Jesus didn't start a religion, men did.

Jesus is the fulfillment of God's Word in the case of man, of which God expressed to the likes of Abraham Moses Noah so on and so forth those who believed and trusted God's Word revealed to them.

a religion can be classified as a system of belief, but the constitution of the US of A is a system of belief, isn't it? communism or socialism is a system of belief also. are they religions too? the Torah was for the soul purpose of maintaining a nation that prophecies in all it does, and accommodates the coming of Christ using the law itself. the law was the law of the land, not a religion.
Jesus was fully man. He started the Christian religion with only 20 people in the church when he died.
But when he was leaving the apostles after the resurrection he commanded them to go into the whole world and preach and baptize people into his church.

These same apostles were then to teach these people who were baptized how to be perfect, how to do the work of the ministry and gave them the full truth about Jesus. So they would no longer be children, tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, who lay in wait to deceive.
(Read Ephesians 4:11-14)

Jesus chose his church leaders and left them in charge when he went to heaven, but communicated with them through revelation and the gift of the Holy Spirit, and the church grew.

There is no doubt, the words of Christ became the foundation of a religion. The (Christ)ian religion, named after Christ himself.