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[brothers&sisters]

基督教和天主教的不同是什么？

 

[CHRIS88]

我对天主教了解不是很多。但总的而言，个人认为天主教和新教都是普世教会的一部分。二者在神学认识上、组织形式上有些不同，但这些不同点总的来说是枝节问题，不涉及信仰的根本。

当然，别的弟兄姐妹也可能有不同看法。

 

[brothers&sisters]

谢谢答复！怎样才能成为一个基督徒，可以分享您的见证吗？谢谢！

 

[CHRIS88]

谢谢答复！怎样才能成为一个基督徒，可以分享您的见证吗？谢谢！

我在这里零星写过一点见证。有时间时我会整理一下。

我为什么信基督？
http://bbs.comefromchina.com/forum183/thread762313.html

简而言之，我曾经自以为是一位彻底的唯物主义者。但在香港时因为参加一个布道会而“稀里糊涂”地决志。决志后马上反悔。其后我经历了近8年和理性的争战而降伏受洗。受洗之后以前的种种疑惑及理性的挣扎即不复存在。相反，对人生的看法及观点完全改观。对圣经是神的话语再无疑虑。并且逐渐看到神随时与我们同在这样一个本来是无可否认但被我们理性的骄傲所遮掩的事实。

每个基督徒信主的途径各不相同。每个人都有感人的见证。您可以试着参加教会活动或者是查经小组的活动，一定会看到弟兄姐妹们的见证和神在他们生命中的作为。您也会慢慢看到神在您生活中的祝福和保守。

 

[focus on today]

至少有一點區別，新教（基督教）牧師是可以結婚的，天主教神父不准結婚。

其實，聖經上有交待：大意是，若是不結婚，又不能低檔誘惑，最好還是結婚，以免給魔鬼留地步。若是不結婚，能抵擋誘惑，專心侍奉神，將更好。

天主教神父醜聞不斷，就是給魔鬼留了機會---不能勝過誘惑，又硬性規定不准結婚。不知將來天主教是否會將這一規定作改動。

 

[focus on today]

要想成为一个基督徒，首先得相信有基督，相信基督的教导，再是愿意排除阻拦去遵循基督的教导。基督就是耶稣，耶稣是神的儿子。

所以，得问自己：有没有真神？真神是谁？耶稣为什么是那位真神的儿子？

我觉得，奉耶稣的名 向真神祷告是一个很有效的途径。恒切祷告，总有一天，神会回应你的祷告。于是你知道神是真的。耶稣也是真的。人借着耶稣和这位神的关系也是真的。

下一步，就是该考虑神对人有甚么要求，怎样去按他的旨意行事了。

 

[focus on today]

这太难了。人不都是按自己的意志行事的吗？怎么可能去听从神的意志？


是啊，人真是可悲。人不能左右自己的命运，却非要按自己的意志行事。神能左右人的命运，人偏又不听从他。这真的有点象叛逆的孩子。

 

[ForwardRetreat]

基督教和天主教的不同是什么？

To Catholics, the terms "Christian" and "Protestant" are synonymous.

A major difference between Catholics and Christians is the view of the Bible. Catholics think the Bible has an equal authority with the Church and tradition. Christians(Proestant) consider the Bible as the supreme authority for faith and practice.

The Catholics communicates god through intermediaries but Christians(Protestants) believes they can talk to god directly through preyers.

The difference lead to power struggles and has caused centuries of hatred and bloodshed.

Religions artificially divide humanity. Choose wisely, or not to choose.

 

[CHRIS88]

To Catholics, the terms "Christian" and "Protestant" are synonymous.

A major difference between Catholics and Christians is the view of the Bible. Catholics think the Bible has an equal authority with the Church and tradition. Christians(Proestant) consider the Bible as the supreme authority for faith and practice.

The Catholics communicates god through intermediaries but Christians(Protestants) believes they can talk to god directly through preyers.

The difference lead to power struggles and has caused centuries of hatred and bloodshed.

Religions artificially divide humanity. Choose wisely, or not to choose.

Historical facts are, atheistic societies such as China are never short of hatred, killing, brutal wars, and genocides. It is Christianity and Christianity alone that has led the humans to the modern civilization, where peaceful co-existence among difference races, religions, and nations become possible.

 

[CHRIS88]

not sure where your " historical facts" comes from. Here's some historical facts.

Christianity and Religion Have Caused More Deaths Than Anything Else in History

Whenever I am evangelizing to non-Christians, one objection comes up that seems to be a barrier for them to hearing the Gospel. They seem to think that it’s hypocritical for Christians to talk about the love of Christ when Christians have done so much killing. Some of them even think that Christians are the most murderous of the religions. I figured I should do some research to actually have an answer in apologetics.

Yes, man has used religion for political gain. Nazi Germany had "God with us" engraved in German on the belts of Nazi soldiers. Americans have said, "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition."

Jesus even tells us in John 16:2-3 that there will be some who, in their error, commit atrocities and murder in the name of God: "the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God." However, He informs us that these are not true believers: "And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me."

Jesus did tell His followers to love their enemies. So if a man kills another man in the name of Christianity (or any other religion), something obviously isn’t right. If WE can detect it, don’t you think that God can? Don’t forget that He will deal with that on Judgment Day.

So, we can all agree that killing in the name of religion isn’t a good thing. And now the obligatory, “Exactly, and Christians have killed more than any other religion.”

Au Contraire!

The main argument blaming those murderous Christians is based on the deaths of those in the Crusades and the Inquisition. I actually added another situation that can be used as well.

Deaths Caused by Christians:

1562-1598 – French Wars of Religion – France – 4 million
1095-1291 – Crusades to the Holy Land – Middle East, Spain, Africa – 1.5 million (This does include all sides of the conflict)
1184-c. 1860 – Various Christian Inquisitions – Europe – 17,500

We’ll round this up (for the sake of liberals) and say 6 million deaths caused by Christians. And that IS a bunch! 6 million is way too many!

Now, here is something that even shocked me! I had assumed that the tolls were fairly even.

Deaths caused by non-Christians:

184-205 – Yellow Scarves Rebellion (Taoists) – China – 7 million
1300s-1521 – Human Sacrifices (Aztecs) – Mexico – 1 million
1855-1877 – Panthay Rebellion (Muslims) – China – 12 million
1932-1933 – Holodomor (communist atheists) – Ukraine – 10 million
1941-1945 – Nazi Genocides (statist atheists) – Germany – 11 million
1959-1962 – Great Leap Forward famine (communist atheists) – China – 43 million
1971 – Bangladesh Atrocities (Islamists) – East Pakistan – 3 million
1975-1979 – Khmer Rouge Repression (communist atheists) – Cambodia – 3 million
September 11, 2007 – Terrorist attacks (Muslim Jihadists) – USA – 5,000

The deaths caused by non-Christians – approximately 90 MILLION! And this is actually a conservative number.

In other words, even if you could attribute deaths to Christians, which we established at the beginning of this piece is not really the case, they are only responsible for 1/15 the deaths as non-Christians.

Don’t let this issue be one that keeps you from the salvation offered through Jesus Christ. Because the actual number of murderers in this world today comes closer to the whole population of 6 BILLION when you understand that God’s standard of murder is much, much higher!

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire. – Matthew 5:21-22 Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount.

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. – 1 John 3:15

It’s not just the physical act of taking someone’s life that is murder. It’s the actions based on what is in the heart that God sees.

“But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur...” – Revelation 21:8

The justice we all deserve is hell. But God provided a way for us to not go to hell. Jesus, God as man in the flesh, lived a perfect life and was punished, tortured and hung on a cross for crimes He did not commit. He took the punishment upon Himself and paid the price for our sins so that we wouldn’t have to.

If you have not done so, repent (turn away from) your sins, ask forgiveness of God for those sins and be specific. Receive the gift that God gave through Christ on the Cross and trust in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16

Thanks for digging out this nice piece of historic account on my behalf.

 

[ForwardRetreat]

Thanks for digging out this nice piece record of the historic facts on my behalf.

you are welcome. that was not intended. boss was walking around and press the wrong button. you can keep that.

 

[ForwardRetreat]

This site provides some interesting insight in the killing for Christians. Of course, lots of infedels have been presecuted by other religions as well. All togethter, they formed the top most reason for the killings of the inocent in the history.

http://markhumphrys.com/christianity.killings.html

 

[CHRIS88]

you are welcome. that was not intended. boss was walking around and press the wrong button. you can keep that.

haha, I am happy that I quoted it fast enough.

Wait a moment, do you mean you would present or not present selectively a fact, depending on whether that fact is in favour of your augment? That's quite a "scholarly" attitude.

 

[CHRIS88]

This site provides some interesting insight in the killing for Christians. Of course, lots of infedels have been presecuted by other religions as well. All togethter, they formed the top most reason for the killings of the inocent in the history.

http://markhumphrys.com/christianity.killings.html

I would like to refer you and other friends to a master piece of historian's account on the Crusades, the mostly demonized in Christian history:

十字军的真正历史
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_685210990100o10q.html

 

[ForwardRetreat]

haha, I am happy that I quoted it fast enough.

Wait a moment, do you mean you would present or not present selectively a fact, depending on whether that fact is in favour of your augment? That's quite a "scholarly" attitude.

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to your "scholarly attitude" comments.

Do you really expect me to quote some fanatic's cooked up figures as historical facts?