There is a persistent myth among both Christians and Muslims and others that Christianity is a Western religion that is foreign to Africa. And yes, it is true that Western versions of Christianity, such as Roman Catholicism and all forms of Protestantism are all imports from the 15th century onwards (Roman Catholics) and the 18th century onwards (Protestants – Moravians of all people!). And unfortunately it is also true that these imported versions of Christianity were often the vanguard of attempts by European powers to claim, subjugate, exploit and even colonize vast swaths of the African continent. But it is wrong to suggest that, therefore, Christianity is a Western religion (as opposed to Islam or more local traditional religions)….
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Onesimus Online: Is Christianity African?.
Tags: africa, Christianity, east, west
The Australian television program Hungry Beast last night looked at Christian ‘gay conversion’ therapy programs. Continue reading
Tags: anthony venn-brown, Australia, christian, Christianity, ex-gay, gay, gay conversion, hungry beast
Number 1 on the list should be me and you for not doing out part to stand apart from the loons who have co-opted our faith. I do have a problem with some of these however, as most of them are so separate from Christianity as to wonder if this was politically motivated. The issue I have is that people consider the only self-application of the title of ‘Christian’ of ‘Jesus Christ’ as the only means necessary for one calling oneself a Christian. Frankly, I have a difficult time considering everyone one of these people a Christian. There is more required than just labeling yourself as such, especially given the fact that some of these people are mentally deranged.
The list is here:
10 People Who Give Christianity a Bad Name – Listverse.
Tags: Christianity, cults
Long ages are a recent phenomenon to justify evolutionary philosophy. I used to believe the day-age and/or gap models were credible, until I realized they had a number of linguistic and logical problems, and that my view was not based on the Bible’s language or historical views, but simply to accommodate long age concepts. These models were constructed in the nineteenth century in an attempt to harmonize evolutionary dogma with the Biblical text. Long ages were touted as ‘proven’ by science, and therefore it seemed necessary to force the Bible’s language to conform to this supposed scientific fact even if this created linguistic, logical and historical inconsistencies.
See how this came about at Young and Old Earth Creation Beliefs and Origins.
Tags: bible, Christianity, church history, creation, day age theory, evolution, gap theory, old earth, young earth
I saw this flash by on Facebook -
Singapore has warned a Christian pastor that his online videos are offensive to Buddhists and Taoists, underlining the city-state’s concerns that religion is a potential faultline for its multicultural society.
Continue reading “Singapore Officials Decry Pastor Who Made Fun of Buddhists”
Tags: buddhism, Christianity, multiculturalism, rony tan, taoism
There is increasing concern about the end of the world and 2012, but what did Christ say would be the greatest deception of the last days? Check out this interesting article!
Tags: 2012, apostles, bible, Christ, Christianity, creation, Darwinism, Deception, discernment, evolution, false, genetics, God, jesus, leaders, messiahs, miracles, naturalism, origins, physics, prophets, religions, science, signs, spiritual
Why is it that people consider Christianity monolithic?
From abortion to homosexuality to stem cells, you’ve heard time and again that what we are living through is a fight between religious conservatives and activist liberals. It’s not. It is a deep disagreement inside Christianity over what conserving faithfulness means.
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‘Traditional’ Christianity vs. ‘Liberals’? It’s Not That Simple | Religion & Theology | ReligionDispatches.
Tags: Abortion, Christianity, gay marriage
Yeah, type that into Google and then try Hinduism, Judaism, oh, and Islam: (Warning – vulgarity to follow courtesy of Google)
Continue reading “Christianity is a lie, among other things”
Tags: Christianity, Google
This is part two, started here. As a warning, t this is a response prepared by someone, other than myself. This is for dialogue and discussion purposes.
Continue reading “Christian Persecution? Response Against”
Tags: atheists, Christianity, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, gay rights, hate crime
This is a two part series in which I will present evidence for persecution against Christians in this country (USA) and a response as part 2. Comments will be closed on this post but open on part 2.
Continue reading “Christian Persecution? Evidence For”
Tags: atheists, Christianity, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, gay rights, hate crime
