christianity

[Nick Petroff]

Hey man what do you think about christians ?
do you like them?
can a true hippy be a true christian too man?
what do you think about Jesus?
of what faith are you man?
your friend
Nick Petroff

[Distant Lover]

The Sermon on the Mount, which can be found in the Gospel of St. Matthew 5:1 – 7:29, and the Gospel of St. Luke 6:20-49 teaches non-violence, unconditional love, and compassion for the poor. At its best, this is what the hippy movement stood for.

In the early 1970’s I regularly attended folk masses at the Community for Creative Non-violence (http://users.erols.com/ccnv/CCNVHistory.htm) in Washington, DC. This was, and is a Roman Catholic commune. During the War in Vietnam it dealt with opposition to the War. Since then it has helped homeless people, and dealt with homeless advocacy.

I have always been an Episcopalian, although now I attend a church that uses the 1928 Prayer Book. Most Episcopalians adopted a new Prayer Book in the late 1970’s.

The writings of the Old Testament prophets inspired the labor movement, the Christian socialist movement, and echo in the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[XBloodyNailPolishX]

I'm all for religion, but Christianity, among a few religions, is just a religion that I am against. Sure there are some great parts in it, but I dislike Christianity because it teaches hate, violence, discrimination, etc.

[dollydagger]

Jesus was a hippie

[dollydagger]

I'm all for religion, but Christianity, among a few religions, is just a religion that I am against. Sure there are some great parts in it, but I dislike Christianity because it teaches hate, violence, discrimination, etc.
I understand where you are coming from, but the words of Christianity doesnt preach that - its those morons at the pulpit (and the Vatican) who manipulate Christianity to mold it to whatever hatetred they are trying to preach

[nextGENERATIONhippie]

Right now I'm kind of confused about my religion. I am a Christian, but I'm kind of starting to dislike organized religion more and more. I believe in God and I generally try not to sin. Except, I don't know about going to churth every week. I feel like organized religion is one of the reasons for halfs the wars that go on in tihs world. There have been so many wars fought "in the name of God". I just don't understand it. It say right in the bible "Thou Shalt Not Kill". But whatever, I just dont like organized religion, it causes people to believe that they are the only "correct" religion. So for now a Christian who doesnt go to churth.

[dollydagger]

Right now I'm kind of confused about my religion. I am a Christian, but I'm kind of starting to dislike organized religion more and more. I believe in God and I generally try not to sin. Except, I don't know about going to churth every week. I feel like organized religion is one of the reasons for halfs the wars that go on in tihs world. There have been so many wars fought "in the name of God". I just don't understand it. It say right in the bible "Thou Shalt Not Kill". But whatever, I just dont like organized religion, it causes people to believe that they are the only "correct" religion. So for now a Christian who doesnt go to churth.
I am right there with you! I am Christian who doesnt believe in organized religion. I havent been to church in a while...I consider myself a spiritual person, and I feel that I am compitent enough to read on my own and get my pwn message out of it, rather than someone telling me thier interperetation. Also, I have been getting into Buddhist readings, and a lot of Buddhist beliefs coincide with the ideas of Christ.

[imaginepeace]

Jesus was a hippie I saw that all the time when I go to bible study. Bc teaching Peace and Love is pretty basic hippie...plus he only wore sandals (jokes)

[Mellow Yellow]

It's the hypocrisy of organized religion that gets me, as if being religious can justify sin, it cannot. If there is a hell, I like to think the biggest hypocrites are the most likely to end up there.

[Distant Lover]

Right now I'm kind of confused about my religion. I am a Christian, but I'm kind of starting to dislike organized religion more and more. I believe in God and I generally try not to sin. Except, I don't know about going to churth every week. I feel like organized religion is one of the reasons for halfs the wars that go on in tihs world. There have been so many wars fought "in the name of God". Christians have not fought over their faith to any great extent since the Thirty Years War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years'_War), that was fought between 1618 to 1648. Religious persecution continued until the Spanish Inquisition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition) was ended in 1834, but it declined considerably during the eighteenth century. Nothing in the New Testament suggests that force is an acceptable means to win conversions to Christianity, or to maintain those coversions.

[Mellow Yellow]

Jesus Was a Hippie

'might make a good bumper sticker.

Indeed, jesus was one of the original hippies, along with Buddha and Muhammed.

[Distant Lover]

Jesus Was a Hippie

'might make a good bumper sticker.

Indeed, jesus was one of the original hippies, along with Buddha and Muhammed.
I will include Jesus and Buddha as progenitors of the hippy movement at its best. I hesitate to include Mohammed.

This is what the Koran has to say about non-believers: “kill those who join other gods with God (non-Moslems) wherever ye shall find them; and seize them, besiege them, and lay wait for them with every kind of ambush.”

The Koran, Sura 9:5

[Moon_Beam]

Hey man what do you think about christians ?
do you like them?
can a true hippy be a true christian too man?
what do you think about Jesus?
of what faith are you man?
your friend
Nick Petroff
You can be whatever you want, just try not to hurt people!