Jesus was the manifestation of god in the flesh.
You are saved by grace not works.
All true christians are the body of christ ( the church). Its not an organizational or denomination thing.
Are there any doctrines which all Christian religions follow.
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cofty
I think it is ludicrous to say JWs are not Christians because they do not accept the Trinity.
I agree.
What he rejected was the idea of "substitution"-that Christ died instead of us, that by his death Christ paid the penalty for sin for Adam's offspring.
Barbour denied that Jesus received the punishment for your sins and mine on the cross. That idea of vicarious punishment is at the heart of the Pauline version of the work of Jesus. I think that is the closest thing to an idea that is common to all christian denominations. It it usually the first one to be denied by "cults" like the Watchtower. Rutherford made the ransom to be about an Adam=Jesus legal transaction and robbed the doctrine of it's power... (puts evangelical hat off again)
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stuckinarut2
The concept of heaven being the dwelling place of god?
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smiddy
40,000 + Christian sects of Christendom + those that identify themselves as Christian that consider themselves not a sect and their are no Doctrines that all Christian religions follow ?
I think that is amazing , obviously the Almighty God Jehovah / Yahweh or whoever you want to call him is not doing a very good job especially as a number of sects believe we are living in the last days /end times and HE hasnt put his mark on any who has the " ultimate truth" the one religion HE sanctions.
Never mind about this religion or that religion saying they have the "truth" , the ALMIGHTY GOD has never sanctioned any religion with his stamp of approval at this time.
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anointed1
Unanimity is in following the opposite of what Jesus said. For example,
1) Jesus said: “You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” (Mathew 7:5). Yet all of the Christian sects understand this to be this way: ‘You the righteous ones, first increase the size of the plank that is in your own eye, and then you will see clearly the speck from your brother’s eye.’
2) Through the 3 ½ year direct training from Jesus, his disciples understood Jesus to be “the servant of God” (Acts 3:13) yet Christianity sees him as God himself with the exception of JWs who describe him as ‘a god.’
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jwfacts
stuckinarut2a day agoThe concept of heaven being the dwelling place of god?
The understanding of heaven varies. Bible students used to say it was in the Pleiades, now it is a spiritual dimension.
Steela day agoJesus was the manifestation of god in the flesh.
You are saved by grace not works.
All true christians are the body of christ ( the church). Its not an organizational or denomination thing.
JW's disagree with all of the above.
OrphanCrow - God is male
That is a good one. I wouldn't be surprised if a few sects would be trying to suggest otherwise, though the Bible does seem quite clear on this one.
ILoveTTATT22 days agoHow about fornication being wrong?
Fornication is fairly unanimously a sin. The definition of fornication varies though, such as whether it includes homosexuality, pornography, masturbation etc. Also the punishment varies, though i guess that would classify as a different doctrine, as Catholics would say it could be hell, JWs say non-existence and Anglicans say all go to heaven, as the wages sin pays is death.
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Laika
JWs don't believe God is male:
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102008370
"Just as assigning human features to God is not to be understood literally, use of the masculine gender to describe God should not be taken literally. Gender distinction is unique to physical creatures and is a linguistic device that reflects the limitations of human language to capture fully the essence of Almighty God, Jehovah.
The Bible’s use of the designation “Father” helps us to understand that our Creator can be compared to a loving, protective, and caring human father. (Matthew 6:9) This does not mean that we are to view God, or even other spirit creatures in heaven, as being male or female. Gender, in the sense of sex, is not a characteristic of their nature."
Actually it is not at all uncommon to claim God is genderless and referred to as male for cultural purposes or whatever. I am not sure how this would cause the whole f**king mess to crash down?
That idea of vicarious punishment is at the heart of the Pauline version of the work of Jesus. I think that is the closest thing to an idea that is common to all christian denominations.
In fact, this is rejected by the orthodox Church, which represents a pretty significant number of Christians!
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John_Mann
Baptism and crucifixion of Jesus is universal even in secular history.
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jwfacts
Laika - Actually it is not at all uncommon to claim God is genderless and referred to as male for cultural purposes or whatever
It is interesting that anthropomorphic statements about God are male. If God is gender-less, then it should be that both male and female could be assigned, particularly as creator female, would be more appropriate.
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tepidpoultry
Regarding neutral gender I have developed the following:
People are "neutroids"
Instead of he and she for instance we have "ne"
"nim" instead of her or him
Etcetera
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