Christians?, with all these post, are there any christians here? Options

[Juris Khan]

is anybody here a Christian, and if so, do you really believe and follow Christ, because with all these posts about having sex and whatnot, it doesn't necessarily sound like it...but i don't want to be judgmental and say that you're not...

[Jerico Drum]

It is okay to have and talk about sex even if you are christian. The only thing God says is you have to be married. As far as I see it, when you sleep with someone it makes a bond that to me is considered marriage. That is how it was in biblical days and thats how I follow. The bible does not say how to get married so I think that the church wedding is just another way for the church to make money. I go by how it was when the bible was first written. Anyway, God never said sex is bad altogether and should never be spoke of. Sex being unholy was thew church's invention.

Anyway, to answer your question, yes I am a christian...sort of...not as much. I used to be a junior leader at my church but I left. I love God and I believe he sent down his son to die for my sins and although I have not been baptized in water I have been baptized in the fire. I used to be one of those people you would see in the front of the church jumping up and down, screaming, crying, and laying hands on everybody. But I couldn't take the lies of the church and what modern day christian leaders have done to the way we "should" follow Christ. This is a good example. God nor Jesus said sex was evil, the church did.

that's sorta true but it makes them a bad Christian and their religion worthless.
which you can call hypocrites because I see them alot at my church!

As for you...I do hope you are joking. Someone is a hypocrite because they mess up. Christianity is all about f**k ups. That is why Jesus dies on the cross. So that his blood could warsh away all the stupid stuff we do. Its people like you that make me hate the church. Here is an idea, pick up a Bible and read it. Good luck finding anyone that didn't f**k up. (exept Jesus, so it is written) Even David who is said to be after God's own heart did some major f**king up. Get your head out of your ass and into a Bible before you try to put you put people down and call us bad christians.

I bet every one of you has done something that is considered "not Christian".

Yes, you would be right. But that is the base of the christian religion. If we never messed up then why would we need Jesus. Real Christians, not the high and mighty judgmental assholes that you often see in church, know that we are not perfect and that is why we need Christ. You might not believe this and that is your choice, I am not in the business of changing peoples minds anymore, but understand that most of us are well aware that we do pleny of un-Chistian like things. I am a huge f**k up. But its the fact that there is hope that kind be found in Jesus that used to keep me going.

[Shahin]

Good luck finding anyone that didn't f**k up. (exept Jesus, so it is written)

I'm sure dude f**ked up just like any of us. Was a man, albeit a great man. And men make mistakes.

I'd have to say I'm not a christian though I do believe in God. I just don't like him. I hope that when the judgement day comes, Jesus comes down and he's chinese. That way everybody's wrong. Better yet, a black Asian who is uncircumcised. People will freak out. Then he says something like "I've got a box of puppies for ya. They're all DEAD!!! And starts throwing puppy corpses everywhere. Then people will be running and screaming bloody murder because Blasian Jesus threw dead puppies out of a box labeled J.C. Then God will show up and say, "Yeah son, hit those Mo Fos!!" Then Satan will come up with Black Spiked up hair and wrist bandages on saying "Wow, this is depressing. Life is so meaningless. I wish I was alive. Then I could Die..." Yup. Thats why I dont like God.

I guess I'll see you in hell, bud.

but at the same time, in the U.S. anyway, there seems to be a mass surge of a growing christian movement...i think that sometime within the next hundred years, we could see the third great awakening

Islam is the fastest growing religion on Earth, and in the United States at the moment. Sure that could change, but that's the way it is right now.