So what kind of christian are you?

[TrogL]

Covenant Theologian
Dispensationalist
Ultradispensationalist
Calvinist, 5 pt, 4 pt, 3-1/2 pt
Arminian
Traducianist
Creationist
Dichotomist
Trichotomist
Supralapsarian
Infralapsarian
Sublapsarian
Theonomist
Premillennialist
Postmillennialist
Amillennialist
Pre-Tribulationalist
Mid-Week Parturist
Posttribulationalist
Augustinian
Pelagian
Equalistrian
Hierarchicalist
Federalist
Semipelagian
Reformed
Keswick-Holiness
Wesleyan Perfectionaist
Pentecostal (First Wave)
Charismatic (Second Wave)
Neo Pentecostal (Third Wave)
Graded Absolutist
Conflicting Absolutist
Non-conflicting Absolutist
Lordship Salvationist
Free Grace Salvationist
Plain-simple Christian

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. uh.... Lutheran? what the hell is a Federalist Christian?

:shrug:

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. Personally

I'm a disillusioned Catholic...I was raised Catholic and over the years I have come to discover that there was too much hypocrisy in the church so I decided to find God on my own terms. Yet deep down inside I still can't shake the good ol' Catholic guilt, such as making sure I attend mass at least twice a year (Christmas and Easter) and no doubt I will abstain from meat on Fridays in Lent

[YellowRubberDuckie]

3. I am just Melissa.

I don't like labels.
Duckie

[KCDem]

11. I love that cat

He looks PIIII--iiised!!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

16. Thanks. I wish he were mine...

I found him online...
Duckie

[Fenris]

4. Little "c"

I was born in a country that is predominantly Christian, therefore my school of theological thought will always be christian, meaning that whether or not I realize it, I will always approach religious/spiritual issues from a christian viewpoint. If I'd been born in India, I would approach things from a hindu perspective; Iran, muslim; and so on and so forth. The culture is was born into was Christian, therefore, despite my belief/disbelief, I would say I am a christian.

I read an awful lot of John Hick.:)

[hlthe2b]

5. So, do you really know what all these "categories" mean?

I sure don't....Maybe it really is easier to be an agnostic!

[megatherium]

33. what kind of agnostic?

Do you believe that the existence of God is unknowable? Or merely that you do not know whether God exists? Or are you the sort that uses agnostic as a polite term for atheist? Do you believe the universe has meaning or that it is meaningless and random?

"We each worship God in our own way" as the old lady said when Bertrand Russell informed her he was an agnostic.

[hlthe2b]

43. I..... need a nap (or a drink) or both!

:eyes:

[Step By Step]

6. uh

I'm one of them who gave you your religion...heh heh heh...a Jew...just like Jesus was.

[TXlib]

8. Welcome to DU, Step By Step!

:hi:

[Step By Step]

22. Thanks!

:hi:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

14. All right! We need more Jews who admit it! I am half-Jew myself

Talk about schizo, half-Jewish, half Lutheran. Sometimes I want to put myself in an oven.

Oh yeah, welcome to DU. :headbang:

[elperromagico]

17. Hmm... I'm maybe 1/15th Jewish.

Part German, part English, part Dutch, part Irish... no wonder I have heartburn.

[Step By Step]

25. That's sad!! People here won't "admit" they are Jewish?

Bad sign...:wtf:

BTW, which half is which? :silly:

Thanks for the welcome. :yourock:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

44. Some do. Some are and don't mention it... same as in life

You know the deal. Getting along is easier than explaining.

[elperromagico]

7. Uhh... the kind who doesn't need to see some movie to maintain faith.

I'm sick of hearing this phrase: "Every Christian should see this movie in order to understand Christ's sacrifice."

Hate to break it to you, but if you don't already understand Christ's sacrifice, you aren't much of a Christian.

[Fenris]

9. That's the best thing I've heard all day.

:thumbsup:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

21. Like I said on a post that dropped like a big rock with no responses

I read the book. Liked it better.

[elperromagico]

23. LOL, I read it too. Besides, I already know the ending.

[jus_the_facts]

10. NONE OF THE ABOVE.....

......AND PROUD OF IT! O8) + :evilgrin: = :crazy:

[Armand]

12. A simple Christian.

Lutheran. :)

[hunter]

13. Radical Left Wing Catholic!

kick ass...

:kick:

[Coventina]

15. Christo-pagan

Sometimes I describe myself as a Quaker Witch.
:-)

[Hoosier Democrat]

20. So, do you serve Oatmeal on Halloween????

Sorry, that's just a joke. I don't mean for it to be offensive, I'm just in a REALLY wierd mood today. Spring fever is coming early!

[Hoosier Democrat]

18. Non-Roman Catholic here.

I was raised Roman Catholic, but over the last year or so I've pretty much lost my appetite for Rome and its BS. From stem cell research to vicious homophobia masquerading as dogma to bishops who ignore social Justice in politics to focus ONLY on abortion, I was tired of it.

The clergy sex abuse scandal was the final straw. To this day, the fact that Cardinal Law will never spend one minute in a jail cell infuriates me.

Last summer, I began attending a Polish National Catholic Church. This denomination is small, with only about 100,000 people nation-wide. It was started by Polish immigrants around 1920 who were tired of being dumped on by bishops. In short, its just like the Catholicism I was raised with, but without the Pope and with bishops who are elected by the parishes. Christianity + Democracy = what a concept!!!

[hunter]

28. Ah, don't let them intimidate you...

It's nothing until they actually kick you out of the church. And if that happens, there is always Western Orthodoxy, at least in my part of the world.

But I suppose the Polish National Catholic Church is something like that.

Peace be with you...

[IronLionZion]

19. progressive Catholic

who is interested in Buddhism

[AnnaCatherine]

24. What kind of question????

I personally am a self-believer. I believe only in myself! Also, I believe in choklit chippy kookies...but for an entirely different reason!

What do I call my religion??? Help! Lookwithinyoubiglesboology?

[HawkerHurricane]

26. a very poor one.

Believing as I do, that Saul of Tarsus was a Roman spy sent to subvert the Jesus movement to prevent revolts...
And that Jesus, while a wise man, was not divine...
And that a good portion of Christianity was made up after the fact...

[hunter]

29. I don't think that's true...

Saul was a Roman who was trying to figure out "OMG, WTF just happened???"

I think he probably speaks to other Romans who have found themselves in similar situations.

Lucky me, I was never Roman.

[Zero Gravitas]

27. non

[regularguy]

30. None. I'm a Phillip Roth-ist Jew.

.

[geniph]

31. The "non-" kind

n/t

[arwalden]

32. Ex

[megatherium]

34. liberal Episcopalian,

this week at least. I have trouble with the concept of the Trinity. I also certainly don't believe in a God that is going to chuck you into the hot place for all eternity because you accidently didn't believe hard enough in exactly the correct dogma.

I suspect that the contradictions inherent in 'basic' Christian theology lead to all the heresies and sects listed above. The moment one attempts to construct a logical explanation for the Trinity or some other doctrine, one becomes a heretic. For example: How can Christ be both man and God? I know! He was really God wearing a human-suit. Whoops! You're a Docetist (an ancient heresy which American evangelicals are sometimes accused of following by liberal Protestants).

I think the key point is this: consider what Jesus said and did. He said there are only two Laws: Love God and love your neighbor. He was asked who our neighbors are, and he answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan. It doesn't get any plainer than this.

[starroute]

35. I was raised Jewish Agnostic

The fourth branch of Judaism, according to my parents.

But I've always had a soft spot for Pelagianism. It's a heresy tailor-made for liberals:

"In sharp contrast, Pelagius was driven by moral concerns and his theology was calculated to provide the most fuel for moral and social improvement. Augustine's emphasis on human helplessness and divine grace would surely paralyze the pursuit of moral improvement, since people could sin with impunity, fatalistically concluding, 'I couldn't help it; I'm a sinner.' So Pelagius countered by rejecting original sin. According to Pelagius, Adam was merely a bad example, not the father of our sinful condition-we are sinners because we sin-rather than vice versa. Consequently, of course, the Second Adam, Jesus Christ, was a good example. Salvation is a matter chiefly of following Christ instead of Adam, rather than being transferred from the condemnation and corruption of Adam's race and placed "in Christ," clothed in his righteousness and made alive by his gracious gift. What men and women need is moral direction, not a new birth; therefore, Pelagius saw salvation in purely naturalistic terms-the progress of human nature from sinful behavior to holy behavior, by following the example of Christ."

http://www.modernreformation.org/mr94/janfeb/mr9401pelagianism.html

[Burma Jones]

36. I'm a Fletcher Christian

Always stirring up trouble

[NC_Nurse]

37. confused

I can't figure out what this wise, loving, spirit-filled man has to do with what's done in his name today...

Welcome to AnnaCatherine and Step by Step!:D

[southpaw]

38. RECOVERING

[afraid_of_the_dark]

39. I'll second that one... n/t

[Lydia Leftcoast]

40. Kind of a Pelagian near-Universalist with touches of Nestorianism?

who loves attending an Episcopal church?

:shrug:

[mvd]

41. My own kind

I believe in God, Jesus, and some basic teachings. But I think organized religion has caused more harm than good, and that's a shame. It doesn't have to be that way. My perspective is why I don't go to Church. I prefer to have my own relationship with God.

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

42. I'll have a double shot of Conflicting Absolut