Here is a Poll Asking Freepers What is your Religion

Gate of The City ^ | 9/16/09 | Chuck Ness

[Freepmanchew]

Do you attend church at all, or do you get your own interpretation of what you think the Scriptures say?

If so, are you trained in Hebrew, koinonia Greek, and Aramaic so you can ascertain exactly what the context of certain words and phraseology so you know for sure what was meant when you read the Word?

And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrew 10:24-25

[Freepmanchew]

Do you attend church at all, or do you get your own interpretation of what you think the Scriptures say?

If so, are you trained in Hebrew, koinonia Greek, and Aramaic so you can ascertain exactly what the context of certain words and phraseology so you know for sure what was meant when you read the Word?

Also, if you do not attend a church regularly, then what is your response to this passage in the Bible?

And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrew 10:24-25

Sorry, I messed up my HTML so a portion of my comment was left out. So I re-posted it.

[BibChr]

I’d have to pick at least three of those categories.

[Shery]

I am disallowed to open the poll.

[Freepmanchew]

You probably have your cookies turned off.

[tx_eggman]

I attend an independent Baptist church.

Just checking, ... glad to hear it.

The church (ecclesia) is the called out body of believers, not brick and mortar nor a denomination.

Agreed ... totally. But the call of Christ is a call to community, not an individual "Jesus and me" walk through life.

[FreeAtlanta]

114 (25%)
Jewish 12 (2%)

Greek Orthodox 7 (1%)

Catholic 114 (25%)

Calvinist 8 (1%)

Lutheran 21 (4%)

Baptist 60 (13%)

Methodist 10 (2%)

Presbyterian 18 (4%)

Mormon 17 (3%)

Unafilliated Evangelical Christian 82 (18%)

Seventh-Day Adventist 0 (0%)

Jehovah’s Witnesses 1 (0%)

Unitarian 1 (0%)

Worldwide Church of God 1 (0%)

Muslim 3 (0%)

Hindu 2 (0%)

Gnostic 2 (0%)

Agnostic 24 (5%)

Other 38 (8%)

Athiest 21 (4%)

Vote on this poll
Votes so far: 442
Days left to vote: 3

[MinuteGal]

Sheesh, the minute a poll like this is put up, here comes the usual dissecting, bisecting, trisecting, ridiculing, brickbatting, holier-than-thou-ing and other assorted complaints and blatherings regarding it.

I'm sure most of us just voted without agonizing every beam and mote in the poll, fer cryin' out loud. I'm finding the results interesting.

If you don't like the wording of the poll, compose your own and post it somewhere and ignore this one. No one's controlling your fingers.

Leni

[RJS1950]

I have not attended a church regularly since I was 19. I read and have studied the general beliefs of many religions and feel that I do not need a denomination or a minister to tell me what I should believe and how I should believe it.

I believe that the old testament was inspired by God, but still written by man and written in terms understandable for that time. That is not to say that most of the general lessons of the old testament are not valuable, they certainly are. The new testament gives us the lessons of Christ and how we approach our relationship with God in new terms but they were still written and the writings themselves were selected by men long after Christ had risen. The scriptures were written and rewritten and reinterpreted over many centuries by man. Why would any one denomination or religion know the one and only precise meaning of God’s teaching. How arrogant is any man who would claim that he knows the true meaning of the mind of God while denying that another’s relationship with God and interpretation of teachings have any worth? The point is to have a relationship with Him and to live a worthy life following God’s moral lessons. If you find that in a particular denomination or religion then I applaud you. If you believe in nothing then you will live an empty life.

I abandoned the Catholic church when they took political stands on Viet Nam and revolution theology. Other denominations began to do the same things. One denomination tells me that if I do not believe and interpret the teachings of God and Christ in their way then I’m going to hell. Another denomination tells me the same. God gave us our mind to understand the basic lessons and tenants He wants us to live by rather than man’s numerous interpretations of what they think is the “word of God”.

Everyone is free to live and worship as they see fit and that does not include the right to push anything other than the general message of God and teachings of Christ. If a single religious group is able to impose specific interpretations and beliefs on the political system then we end up with just a different version of sharia law. And yes, although Islam is a political ideology rather than a religion they too believe very much in what they believe to be the word of God—written by man. They adhere to a man’s interpretation of “God’s word” and seek to force it on all others rather than living by the morals detailed in the Koran which were I believe simply stolen from other religious beliefs.

[RJS1950]

Why doesn’t it include Pentacostals? The poll was devised by men with their own views of which religions to include as well as limited space in the survey; thus the “other” category.

[MinuteGal]

Poll jump

Leni

[Cacique]

bfl= bump for later (ie. later read)