MORE CHRISTIANITY YAY

Today i want to cover more broad questions about Christianity, which really make you think. First, i want to discuss how i think its a religion of love and how important the holidays and family is. Christianity is all about people's relationships with other people. You must always forgive everyone and yourself for your sins. You must be kind to others at all times and must never think bad thought about them no matter what they do. Even at church there is a point where everyone must say, 'peace be with you', to express the love and friendship everyone should feel for everyone. Family is also extremely important, and the bond between family members is very significant. This is seen the most during holidays, for that is when families truly come together to express their shared beliefs of jesus and God and all the ideals of theirs we must follow. Another question i think is interesting is if a Christian can be a true Christian without believing in miracles. Personally, i believe believing in miracles is in fact a necessity. Everything Jesus did, from all his healing powers to being resurrected were all miracles, which cannot be re-created. Therefore, we must truly believe in what happened and that it was a miracle. In order to trust everything Jesus has told us and all of the ethical principles he has told us were mandatory in order to go to heaven, we must first completely believe in what happened with him, all of which can only be explained as a miracle. Overall Christianity has a lot which you can debate about, but in general it is a very powerful religion. Although not as demanding it relates to every aspect of life and can be quite controversial. However, it was very interesting to learn about from an outsider's point of view.

Christianity

Being a Christian myself, learning from an outsider's point of view the religion has been quite interesting. I already knew mostly about Jesus's life, yet there were many things i had forgotten that my family never focused on. For example being baptized by John the Baptist. I also didn't know certain details but rather i focused on broader events in my learning. For instance, i knew about the Last Supper, but i never really knew how it came about. I also knew Judas betrayed Jesus, but i was never sure how. Some of the events we learned are very well known though, and i feel like they've been apart of my knowledge my whole life. Such as Jesus being born in Bethlehem by the virgin Mary and Joseph. Also his fast for 40 days and 40 nights is very well known. He also performed many many miracles such as healing the sick, which has always been focused on in my learning of the religion. Lastly, there is the betrayal, the trial, the crucification, and the resurrection. These events are probably the most focused on because of how dramatic they are. Also, there are many other parts to Christianity besides Jesus's life. There are the three temptations, which are greed, lack of belief/trust, and power. There are the 7 sacraments, which are baptism, confirmation, marriage, holy orders, extreme unction, eucharist/communion, and confession. These are all fundamental parts of Christianity. Other beliefs are that of atonement, which is the forgiving of one's past sins. There's incarnation, which is God becoming Jesus. There's the trinity, which is the father, son, and the holy spirit. Lastly, there are just overall Christian ethics, which have always seemed like the most demanding and largest part of Christianity. It involves being forgiving, humble, pure, honest, giving, and you can't judge people, steal, hit, kill, etc. Although this seems easy, it is also easy to slip up and do something small, which is not allowed. However, God will forgive you for all of your sins no matter how bad as long as you repent. That is probably one of the most memorable parts of Christianity and my personal favorite, that you can always be forgiven. Overall, i am definitely enjoying my learning of Christianity, even though most of it is repetitive.