Are there any True Christians on Able2Know?

imagine if you threw all the different Christian faiths together in one room in real life to discuss their beliefs, what do you think will happen?

The problem is that most Christians have no clear idea what they are supposed to believe, and that is because most denominations don't teach doctrines. They teach traditions, and members think they are holy cops protecting their denomination from unbelievers and trolls.

The correction is to simply read your bible. Read a chapter of Proverbs every day. Proverbs has 31 chapters so you can keep your place just by looking at a calendar. Then read Romans through 2 Thessalonians over and over until you start to remember passages. That is the part that applies to Christians.

Bear in mind that denominations exist specifically to deny one or another concept in the bible, so you can't expect people you meet to agree with what you learn from the bible. For instance, a lot of people believe the trinity even though everybody knows it's not in the bible. But some of them will get very ugly trying to prove to you that it is in the bible. There is just no point in talking to such people.

Let me ask you this? How did Jesus behave towards the money changers in the temple?

Being Christian does not mean having the absence of anger, it means the absence of selfishness.

Christians can bicker over details, that is a side show, the real test comes when you are called upon to roll up your sleeves and help others..... its like one of those movies where the characters that hate each other end up pulling together to save the day when the **** hits the fan..... i like to think most bickering Christians have such a hero inside just waiting for the opportunity to shine!

The fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, forgiveness and kindness... where are these Christians?

A science teacher from rural Kenya who donates most of his salary to help poorer students has been crowned the world’s best teacher and awarded a $1m prize, beating 10,000 nominations from 179 countries.

Peter Tabichi, 36, a maths and physics teacher at Keriko secondary school in Pwani Village, in a remote part of Kenya’s Rift Valley, has won the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2019.

Tabichi, a member of the Franciscan religious order, received his prize at a ceremony in Dubai hosted by actor Hugh Jackman.

Tabichi gives away 80% of his income to help the poorest students at the poorly-equipped and overcrowded school who could not otherwise not afford uniforms and books.

More than 90% of his pupils are from poor families and almost a third are orphans or have only one parent. Drug abuse, teenage pregnancies, dropping out early from school, young marriages and suicide are common. Students have to walk 7km along roads that can become impassable in the rainy season to reach the school and the area can be affected by drought and famine.

Despite only having one computer, a poor internet connection and a student-teacher ratio of 58:1, Tabichi started a “talent nurturing club” and expanded the school’s science club, helping pupils design research projects of such quality that many now qualify for national competitions.

His students have taken part in international science competitions and won an award from the Royal Society of Chemistry after harnessing local plant life to generate electricity.

Tabichi and four colleagues also give struggling pupils one-to-one tuition in maths and science, visiting students’ homes and meeting their families to identify the challenges they face.

mystikmind wrote:

Let me ask you this? How did Jesus behave towards the money changers in the temple?

Being Christian does not mean having the absence of anger, it means the absence of selfishness.

Christians can bicker over details, that is a side show, the real test comes when you are called upon to roll up your sleeves and help others..... its like one of those movies where the characters that hate each other end up pulling together to save the day when the **** hits the fan..... i like to think most bickering Christians have such a hero inside just waiting for the opportunity to shine!

I never did understood what the hell Jesus problem with the money changers happen to be as without their service of changing the donated money into a form the Temple could accept the Temple could not have connection to operate.

My guess is that they were dishonest and or disrespectful of the temple.

I never thought about them attacking Jesus? Perhaps they were afraid? He has the support of the crowd? And or perhaps is is simply the fact that the sun of God is exercising his righteous fury in your face and who would not be petrified by that?

mystikmind wrote:

My guess is that they were dishonest and or disrespectful of the temple.

I never thought about them attacking Jesus? Perhaps they were afraid? He has the support of the crowd? And or perhaps is is simply the fact that the sun of God is exercising his righteous fury in your face and who would not be petrified by that?

I might have been naive, but back when I read this as a kid, I thought he got away with it because of his moral authority ie they knew they were wrong plus he had arrived as a moral authority (so also what you said: no one dared challenge him publicly because of the popularity among the people) —even though his death was being plotted among members of the establishment.

Becoming more uncomfortable about the extended metaphor...

Yes BIll, if you lived in Biblical times you would have beaten up Jesus and kicked the Emperor Augustus in the nuts, because you're a real tough guy.