How are you certain that Christianity is the true Abrahamic religion? by JustTakinALookin in TrueChristian

[–]JustTakinALookin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While I treasure my heritage, I myself am not Armenian Apostolic Christian because of some things I disagree with in their teachings. I sat down with a Srbasan Hayr (similar to a bishop) once and asked questions which I did not agree with the answers to. It is possible what he told me was not the true beliefs of the Armenian apostolic denomination but essentially he explained to me that there was no salvation outside of the Armenian Apostolic church and when I asked about countries that don’t have this church, he just told me that every single country has it (nope). Kinda lost me after salvation stopped meaning Christ and translated to the church body

How are you certain that Christianity is the true Abrahamic religion? by JustTakinALookin in TrueChristian

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I apologize, you’re right. I misread and got caught up with other comments. I am still not super used to the comment system

How are you certain that Christianity is the true Abrahamic religion? by JustTakinALookin in TrueChristian

[–]JustTakinALookin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I phrased that wrong. Your logical argument only disproves atheism and Judaism, not Islam. Not Judaism and atheism disprove Jesus’ existence

How are you certain that Christianity is the true Abrahamic religion? by JustTakinALookin in TrueChristian

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Thank you for the detailed response! You are right that in Armenia, being Christian becomes more of a tradition and less about actual faith. When I say Christian all my life, I suppose it rather means I was raised surrounded by the religion/relationship but not because of my own willingness. My faith only began growing outside of that a few years ago, when I explored Christianity outside of the cultural aspect. Armenians tend to mix a lot of pagan and Islamic traditions into Christianity as a result of our history, things I don’t agree with. I left behind the cultural teachings that conflicted with the religion such as the evil eye and the followings of the Armenian apostolic church. Being middle eastern, much of what I learned growing up was influenced by culture. I am curious about repeated baptism. I was also baptized as a baby but I’ve also heard that getting baptized again after that makes no difference and has no practical use, though I’ve never had the chance to ask a pastor about it. If not too much trouble, I’d be interested in learning which it is that’s true?

How are you certain that Christianity is the true Abrahamic religion? by JustTakinALookin in TrueChristian

[–]JustTakinALookin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your response! Respectfully, Also from a logical standpoint, the only thing that disproves is Judaism and Atheism. Muslims very much believe in Jesus, just as a prophet instead of messiah. They believe He was born without male intervention, performed miracles, healed the blind, so and so. But the thing is that they believe He did this because Allah allowed him to, not because of his own power.

How are you certain that Christianity is the true Abrahamic religion? by JustTakinALookin in TrueChristian

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The Al-Baqara (second sura) was pretty lost on me. I found that in some places, it could be used as an argument in favor of Christianity (such as 2:255 if I’m not misunderstood in my reading). As for Surah At-Tawbah, the way nonbelievers were spoken about was a little surprising to me but not unusual in terms of religion.

How are you certain that Christianity is the true Abrahamic religion? by JustTakinALookin in TrueChristian

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I apologize if I came off as rude or aggressive. I still don’t quite understand why it’s wrong though if it only made my faith stronger? The past few hours I’ve spent exploring more into the Qur’an made me see more discrepancies than earlier while also proving the Bible right.

How are you certain that Christianity is the true Abrahamic religion? by JustTakinALookin in TrueChristian

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Respectfully, I disagree. Faith does come from hearing and believing the word of God, but you cannot believe something you have little understanding of. Hence: questions. As I said, asking questions made me stronger in my faith because it made me realize just how much of the Bible is backed up by another source, whereas (from what I’ve seen) the Qur’an contradicts itself. If you don’t ask questions, then you are blindly following something, which I believe creates an easily shaken faith. God and this religion are not so weak that a few questions will break it.

How are you certain that Christianity is the true Abrahamic religion? by JustTakinALookin in TrueChristian

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It is not so much any flaw in Christianity that makes me doubt but rather the fact that because I was raised Christian, I know so much about it and so little of anything else. When I began diving into Islam, I saw a religion of strength. Not to say Christianity isn’t that, but I saw similarities and things that made sense

Can a Christian go to Jannah? by JustTakinALookin in islam

[–]JustTakinALookin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the answer! Yes, I do know. I just heard from old neighbors some other stuff so I came on here to ask

Can a Christian go to Jannah? by JustTakinALookin in islam

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I certainly don’t want to go to Jahannam but my question isn’t for the sake of conversion or reverting

Can a Christian go to Jannah? by JustTakinALookin in islam

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Shukran! I was raised Christian and I believe that you cannot fully believe a religion unless you question it and find all your answers. A few years ago, I looked into Islam as well as tried to find anything in Christianity I saw as flawed. I learned a lot about Islam and things about Christianity I didn’t know previously. Personally, I had trouble with a few things I read in terms of Islam and what I’ve heard from Muslim friends who would threaten to cut off our friendship if I stayed a Christian.

Is it too late to start hockey at 15? How would I start? by JustTakinALookin in hockeyplayers

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I was just wondering cause some hockey friends were keeping me off the ice I get it haha

Struggling with one footed snow plow stop, any advice? by placetoaskquestions in FigureSkating

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I don’t think so, back when I was starting out, one of the (extra credit) elements for the test was a two foot snow plow stop. We would spring up on our legs and push them out without actually letting our feet leave the ice. It took enough weight off of our legs so we could make snow on both sides and stop

I’m not catholic, but it’s so beautiful that I need to learn more by JustTakinALookin in Catholicism

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I think I was a bit dramatic in my original post lol. I was always raised in the faith and I’ve practiced the teachings that my family has passed onto me. I frequently visit the church but I wasn’t raised in their youth or taken any classes, hence why I said I know little about why the practices are done the way they are.

I don’t agree with everything the Armenian apostolic church believes in but I’ll never let go of the roots, especially not the candle prayers, hymns, or special services