Why are you a Christian and not a Muslim a Mormon a Hindu?

Answer 1

Opinion

I have learned over time that the church does not follow the bible I was taught, the one where people are instructed to love their neighbors before themselves. Everyone may have their own opinions but mine are that if there is a god (which I do not think is possible), then as long as I am a good person in this life she will honor me. It is my experiences that shaped my beliefs and those of my friends. Everyone should make their own choices so think carefully and look into many religions before you decide which one is best for you. The right question would be: "Why are you a Christian?". If you knew why you are a Christian, it would become very easy for you to understand why most people on Earth are not.

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Because reading the Bible made it more and more apparent to me that this could be no more the word of God then anything else written. It has too many statements to prove that it was written by a group of people that simply had no concept of modern Science and therefore should not be trusted as the word of a God. If one understands this to be true of any part of the Bible then an intelligent person must become skeptical of other parts as well. I later came to terms with the fact that there is nothing more to religion, in general, than just trying to believe something because life can make a complex and lonely. We are the only animal in existence that is this complicated so we often wish for another life form that we can relate to so we start making things up to deal with this fact.

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My mother decided it would be wrong to baptize me, so she left me to decide for myself later in life. I was later taught Christian values in school, but although I could sympathize with some values, I came to the conclusion that I would not be part of the system surrounding Christianity, a system which I hold responsible for endless evils.

I am also appalled by the way some shady creatures seek shelter in that religion, drawn in by a notion of being able to be forgiven for all sorts of misdeeds. I have concluded that there is no god, and that there is no afterlife. Sometimes this is a very lonely and scaring thought that make me feel like an infinitely small speck in the universe, but it is also a great freedom. I also find comfort in the views of Sami shamanism, which states that all things are connected in some sense.

Opinion

I remember the day i stopped being a Christian. The church decided to show a video about how you can only get in to heaven if you know of Christ. it basically boiled down to that it was the guy's best friend's fault he could not get in because his friend never told him about Christ. it made me so angry! how could a supposedly loving god, forsake a good person over some thing SO trivial. so i asked "what about the people who do not have a chance to hear of him, or the ones where it is not a viable option?" and the response? "every one hears of Jesus" so i said "that is impossible" and they replied "no, every one hears about him!" that was the day i started looking at things my own way. as i got older i came to the conclusion that humans wrote the bible, and even if it was originally dictated by God, humans messed it up. i will never be a Christian again.

Opinion

My reasons for steering clear of Christianity are many, but three predominate:

• Firstly, the Abrahamic god is rather harsh, and yet we are supposed to believe He is kind and loving. In the Bible, what are called the hard passages, God is unyielding in the atrocities He commits, from commanding genocide to nuking entire cities. By comparison, the Geneva Convention, demonstrates the morality that humankind can conceive is at a higher standard than is held by the biblical deity.
• Secondly, the Bible, often considered the divinely inspired literal word of God, is frequently confusing and contradictory, which explains why there are so many denominations, and yet almost all of them dictate Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus (No salvation outside [their] church) which is an absurd standard by which a god would judge His creation. I have yet to encounter a ministry that does not make liberal use of parsing and interpretation to mold the word of God to its own end, i.e. of all the abominations in the Old Testament, homosexuality is the only one that continues to be recognized. Similarly, Jesus advocates prayer in private: on the mountain, in the field, in the closet. Not one church acknowledges this, as it is contrary to organized religion.
• Thirdly, and I must admit this is rather prejudicial of me, but contemporary Christians as they conduct themselves in the media and online are not folks on whom I would want to model my own behavior. This is partly due to the increased visibility of obnoxiousness, but the frequency by which I see judgment and damnation to hellfire and the ferocity with which I see pundits and politicians try to breach the wall of separation and inflict their Procrustean values upon the rest of society, frankly, makes me cringe even to be wished Merry Christmas, or God Bless. I'd rather not have the holiday at all, and have Evolution taught in schools, and the rights of gays and women honored.

Opinion

Not only am I not Christian but I am increasingly worried how Christian fundamentalism closes many people off in their own minds from accepting obvious scientific findings. It may not be absolutely obvious to the layperson how old the Earth is, but to dismiss the fact that tectonic drift takes place - to determinedly ignore the glaringly obvious fit between South America and Africa (as some do) is to deny one any logic. To have the idea that preconceived religious ideas better scientific breakthroughs shows an unwillingness to accept logic itself, which is very worrying.

Opinion

I am not Christian or any other religion because I use logic and critical thinking skills.

I have read the entire Bible, most parts of it several times, and have sought explanations for everything that could be proof of a God. When carefully studied, the Bible itself becomes proof that God does not exist ,rather than proof that he does.

Opinion

Because I am an American and I have the right to choose whether or not to believe in anything, and frankly I think it is infuriating that people are so easily willing to demean other people that don't believe in, "ALMIGHTY GOD".

Opinion

I am not a Christian because I am incredibly indecisive, and would like a half-hour chat with any god or gods I end up devoting myself to, in order to clear up some points.

Opinion

Because I am part of another religion.

Opinion

Because [the Christian] god is a propagandist figure someone or a group created before history can remember.

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Because I choose to not believe in imaginary things.

The same reason why I don't believe in Santa Claus and Spiderman; they are both the creation of men.

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Because God is just a character from ancient times.There is too much going against Christianity. I'm not just going on faith.

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Because I believe that Christianity is just an idea and belief that people support in order to seek comfort form their ignorance of the unknown. It is natural for human beings to be afraid of the unknown due to survival instincts and therefore to try and seek safety in the form of false or pretense knowledge.

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I made up my own mind about what I believe because what the Catholic church was teaching just didn't sit quite right with me. I researched other religions, found one that better reflected what I believe to be right as well as making more sense to me, and I'm now a happy pagan with no intention of going back. And for the record, religious and the ability to use logic, reason and critical thinking skills are not mutually exclusive.

Opinion

The real question should really be why are you not any of the other thousands of religions out there. Christianity is only one religion one that many are born into. This many religions all claiming that they are the one true religion is one of the strong reasons I am not Christian.

I was born that way. I think most of us are... but some of us succumb to teaching and/or training.

The proper question is not "why am I not a Christian", the question is "why are you?"

Opinion

Any and all religions are a matter of personal conviction, that is, of 'being convinced' of it's truth. A religion does not necessarily have to be true in reality in order for a person to be convinced in his or her own mind that it is true. People who are not Christians are not convinced to their personal satisfaction that Christianity is true. Rather they are convinced of the opposite.

Opinion

I was never given a good reason to be a Christian. Every time someone tried to give me a reason to become a Christian it only further convinced me that that was not who I was.

Opinion

I have read the "holy bible" cover to cover. It is flawed is several hundred places, contradicts itself at least 30 times, and it was just flat out wrong in at least 25.

The more I read it, the more I doubted it. I can think for myself, and like the person above me said, i don't need an invisible friend to control my life and my actions for me. I don't believe it's right to condemn people of other religions (Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, etc) because they don't believe in the same invisible avenger that you do.

Opinion

The question,"Why are you not a Christian", is basically the same as asking,"Why do you not worship Zeus" ? Or any other of the thousands of gods that have ever existed. Clarence Darrow, who defended John Scopes in the Dayton Tennessee "monkey trial" for teaching evolution said, "I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose". Every Christian is an atheist when it comes to all the other gods that have ever been worshipped. The dyed-in-the wool atheist just goes one god further.

Opinion

Because I'm sticking with my tradition, which is the original: Judaism.

Answer 2

Being a Christian means you believe that Jesus Christ was the son of God and came down to this earth, sinless, born of a virgin, remained sinless and preached the Word throughout his short life, then was crucified on the cross for our sins so that we can become saved and go to Heaven without having to make a sacrifice for every sin.

Mormons do, in fact, consider themselves to be Christians, and share the above beliefs, although some other Christian faiths reject them as Christians. From a Mormon's point of view, then, it could be argued that there is no difference between being a Christian and a Mormon. However Mormons differ in various ways from mainstream Christianity - such as their belief in modern prophets. They believe that true Christianity was lost from the Earth after the original apostles were killed, only to be restored in its pure form through a modern prophet named Joseph Smith. They also use additional scriptures beyond The Bible - particularly the Book of Mormon, also believed by Mormons to be restored through Joseph Smith.

Muslims and Christians have some religious similarities. For example, Muslims, like Christians and Jews, came through the loins of the ancient prophet Abraham, and actually do believe Christ was a great prophet. They even believe in the Bible as far as the Qur'an agrees with it, but in general they do not base their religion on the above Christian tenets.

Hinduism, in particular, is very different in its beliefs and history.

Answer 3

I have read the entire Bible, most parts of it several times, and have sought explanations for everything that could be proof of a God. When carefully studied, the Bible becomes proof that God does not exist rather than proof that he does.

Answer 4

There are other religions that are not Christian- some people are members of those religions. Some people do not have faith in Christ as the son of God.

Answer 5

Because they don't believe in God