QUOTE(G_KeN @ Mar 2 2013, 03:21 PM)
nah... im an ex-christian.
i mean i dont get why some are so jumpy to denounce other mazhab to be not of christianity when the fact that they do recognized / worship / respect jesus christ? it's called a system of faith for a reason. in this case, they put their faith in jesus. and as to how they conduct their masses/prayers/understandings its really up to them.
there are bigger differences between A and B. eg: some mazhab dont do sign of the cross, some dont do communion giving (bread), some dont do confessions, some dont eat pork/seafood, some dont believe 25th december is the day of the birth of christ, some dont follow the 7 sacred sacraments, etc etc.
to me, A, B, and C are all different.
If you don't understand, then I guess you could go do your own research on this.
I don't agree with your assessment. Just because a faith features Jesus doesn't make it Christian. Jesus makes an appearance in Islam and the Bahai faith too, are they Christian? The Eschatology, Christology, Theology of Islam, Bahai and Christianity are different and so they are not the same.
Doing a sign of the cross is not a fundamental tenet. All mainstream Christian churches share the bread, they only differ in the significance of it. Catholic, Orthodox, some Anglican, Lutheran and others believe in the physical presence of Jesus in the Host. The rest do not, but still partake communion in every service as a remembrance of His sacrifice. Confessions are not a core tenet of Christianity again. Eating or not eating pork is not a core tenet again. The date for Christmas is not an issue at all, it was a pagan festival but it's no longer a feast of the winter solstice, but a celebration of the birth of Jesus. e celebrate the Agong's birthday on the 6 of June, does it mean all our agong's were born on the 6 of June?
All these churches however believe and agree in one thing....that is there are 3 persons in one God. I am not sure if you have heard of the Nicean Creed, it's a good summary of Christianity. Of course, not all Christians have the same regard for it, some take it as infallible, some take it as authoritative, some take it as less authoritative etc. But they all believe that Jesus was divine, is divine and will always be divine. The LDS and JW's do not.
QUOTE(Weldon29 @ Mar 2 2013, 03:25 PM)
such a shame have to build like that.
What's important is one can worship, a the shape of the building is not important. It's nice to have a church with a nicer architecture but it's not important.