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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was raised Catholic but am now atheist/agnostic..and to answer your questions about Christians -

There is no way to answer this question!  There are so many different types of Christian churches and types of so-called Christian people. I often wonder - what is the point of being "Christian" when it is all so loosey-goosey anyhow? you have everything from your nutty mega churches to your Pentecostal churches to your "home" churches to Unitarian churches and everything in between.   They all interpret the Bible differently.  Services are different.  There are all sorts of different types of priests and ministers and seminaries and crazy bible colleges etc.  It is not really a cohesive religion.  It is a free for all and I would argue - not really a religion at all.  Everyone believes what they want to believe.[/quote]

I am an atheist, but I found your posting to be really strange. Do you really think Christianity is not a religion? That is an argument you would make? How do you define religion?[/quote]

+1. Christianity as a whole is quite different from other religions like Judaism and Islam. There may be degrees of difference within Christianity, but there are many more commonalities.[/quote]

[b]So what are the basics of Christianity?[/b]

I'd say Jesus Christ as Savior.  what else -- the trinity?  bodily resurrection and ascension?  hell as eternal punishment?[/quote]

As stated in the Nicene Creed, the fundamentals of Christianity are:

There is one God the Father who created the Universe.

Jesus Christ is the son of God and is one in being with God the Father.

Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary and became God incarnate for the salvation of mankind.

He was crucified and died for our sins and rose from the dead.

He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

Jesus will come again to judge the living and the dead.

The Holy Spirit, who together with the Father and Son is worshipped and glorified, has spoken through the prophets.

There is one universal Church.

There is one baptism for forgiveness of sins.

We believe in the resurrection of the dead at the end times.

And an afterlife.  [/quote]

right -- that's the creed, but not all christians believe all that stuff.[/quote]

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