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Is Christianity a religion or a relationship?

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  • Anonymous
    4 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    A little of both. It's a relationship in the sense that when the Holy Spirit dwells in you that you are one with God at that point. You have a special communion with God as the Spirit of God begins to move in your life and dwell inside of you. Keep in mind that in Romans 8 the Bible says if you do not have the Spirit of God you do not belong to him. Words to ponder.

  • WOOWHO
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Some claim a relationship Evangelical "CHRISTIANS"

    Does YAHWEH ever get ANGRY that they pay more attention to the LESSER , the SON rather than the "FATHER" ..The commandment was thy shall have NO OTHER god before me

    . there is no commandment they shall follow or praise a Jesus nor call it a god....

    . Sociologist & Anthropologist people who study culture & Society note to get to R & S its under C & S

    Religion is defined a cultural system of DIRECTED BEHAVIORS & practices worldview text ethics of a SOCIETAL organization that relate humanity to the supernatural and or transcendental WITH or WITHOUT DEITY ideas

    so there are theistic and non theistic religions an example of a Non theistic religion is Buddhism , certain behaviors are DIRECTED shrines meditation customs ritual ....

    ... an orange has a relationship to an apple they are both FRUIT Do they do any DIRECTED behaviors ? No Do people who PRACTICE Christianity . now one can be a Theist and not practice a Religion and one can be an Atheist ( buddhist ) and practice a religion

    .perhaps the question is are you a PRACTICING CHRISTIAN ..

    .then your practicing a religion following directed behaviors and practices aren't many of them BIG on the COMMANDMENTS aka directed behaviors

  • Gary B
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    YES

    BOTH

  • 4 years ago

    A religion

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  • Jim V
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Religion is man's effort to seek God and then earn his/her justification with God.

    Christianity is God's effort to make himself known to us.

    When Christianity becomes a religion it looses it's purpose.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    Christianity fits the definition of "religion." It is indeed a religion. Some silly people recently decided to ignore the truth and call it a "relationship", which is nowhere mentioned in the Bible.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    both

  • jim
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    I think it's some kind of sexual relationship with a Priest?

  • 4 years ago

    its shlt

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    A religion

  • Jay R
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    It started out as a cult, then, as it grew, it gained legitimacy. It's now a religion and one that's on the way out.

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