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You can trust love ? You know if someone is loving or unloving ? Generally (there will be exceptions where someone seems loving but is horrible or seems horrible but is actually doing you a favour)

Beautiful story about your grandmother (well the first bit I mean) Thank you

Story One: I lived in a town for a short time. The people there were all very christian. They spoke about hell a lot and were unwavering in their beliefs. They believed a lot of people were going to hell. MTV was considered satanic. One guy there was gay, he was despised and generally an...

Atheists, agnostics - share your experiences and opinions on God, Christianity and Christians. Whats it like? What do Christians represent to you? Love? Hate? Violence? Mercy?

"I was raised in an very Christian environment literally from when I was born." That is probably where a definition of Christianity probably does help. Some "Christianity" creates communities that seem more like hell. Some Christianity seems to create communities that are wonderful to be a part...

What are some of the issue you ha e with Christianity?

Richard Rohr nearly said the same thing in this video - 3:15.

I find the "christian speak" hard to follow. Maybe one day I'll learn the language. until then - above is my attempt at thank you - i'll read that properly when i get a chance

Thank you. I might be able to tell people what "a" bible says. I can't always grasp what it means - which is really important. I think if i could understand the original scriptures and the society at the time plus the context of which each item was written - I could understand the meaning a bit...

id love to learn the original language and read the sources directly. anyone know how?

Yeah - I was hoping to avoid getting in too deep with definitions of religion. That isn't where i hope hoping the conversation would go. I was hoping to start a conversation on how faith changes a person for the better. (religion / christianity / relationship with God - whatever term you use)...

are you Franciscan?

Thats interesting.

I'm having trouble with the christian speak. I jokingly rib people by calling it Christianese haha. how about this? If all people genuinely seek God everyday. If they really try. Then, although admitting the aren't perfect, try to do as God wishes, try to love God and others. Will that...

I think we spoke earlier about definitions and difficulty.

Am I right to think you don’t want “following Christ” being labelled a religion?

so t he Christian religion specifically??

Did I call “religion” what you called focus on “Christ himself?

I hear the earliest guys call it “the way”

Yes thank you. I also have difficulty with the term "christian" as it is difficult to define.