CHRISTIANITY.

@WEPromote It should only matter to yourself. http://t.co/9fYxDSR7ET — Robert Richard (@tripler5064) July 12, 2013 Abstinence is a word that is used in Christianity that does more to bringing harm in leading people to Christ than it does good.  The reason probably is that when and where it is used it is not with the full understanding of what scripture actually says.  As with many issues in life, a lot of Christians try to boil them down into passages that are taken out of context and then misinterpreted to fit their own agendas. The definition of abstain from THE MIRIAM WEBSTER ONLINE DICTIONARY - abstain is; " to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice".  To fully understand this definition, refrain needs to also be defined, it has a meaning to " keep under control" " to limit, restrict , or keep under control" .  The other word is "refrain" which means "To hold oneself back...

THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION TODAY.  When Adam and Eve decided to follow an alternative life style, similar to the way we live our lives today, apart from God and the Bible, they insured the truth in the statement made by God that “. . . you surely will die . . .”. As did with Adam and Eve and Enoch, that is what happens to us today, we “. . . surely will die . . .”.   (http://www.ldsliberty.org/fundamental-principles-of-a-representative-democracy/adam-and-eve/) Adam committed a sin. That sin was turning his back on God. Because of this, man, down through the ages has been dying. We do not know how to act. We do not know how to live our lives so we can live forever. Look at the world today. It is a disgusting mess. Wars, famines, disease, murders, rapes, drug abuse, alcoholism, child abuse, sexual immorality of all kinds, aides. All these are man made. If Christians actually did live by the laws of God they wouldn’t die. The simple fact is that we do not bec...

Death has probably been on the mind of every human being since the time when Cain killed his brother Able. Adam and Eve were living under the first lie that Satan told them, that “...“You will not surely die”...”. In the very beginning God told Adam and Eve a very basic truth. That truth is the fact that man is not immortal. Man can die!   And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2: 16-17) But Satan told Eve a different story . Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’? And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You...

  (http://vimeo.com/48226501) Contemporary Christian doctrine uses the verse, Genesis 5:24, “And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him”, as proof of heaven. They interpret this verse as God taking Enoch up into heaven to be with Him. First of all, so far as the scriptures are concerned, there is no passage in the Bible which specifically teaches us that God has taken anyone into heaven to be with Him, except for His Son Jesus Christ.   The Bible does mention a resurrection. The apostle Paul wrote, "...the dead will be raised incorporable, and we shall be changed" (1 Corinthians 15:52). The righteous will be taken by Jesus into heaven. Paul also wrote,"...the dead in Christ shall rise first:Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air" (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). This will happen some time in the future. Unless you interpret Biblical passages out of the ...

There are many denominations of Christianity in the world today and all of them seem to have their own special doctrines and beliefs that they like to follow.  Some Christians believe that you die and go immediately to heaven.  Others believe that when you die you do just that, you die and you do not exist in any state but rather it is like you are asleep.  These are only two doctrines.  There are hundreds of other beliefs that differ between the different denominations.  There can be only one truth.  The Bible is the only place where you can find the truth.  There is no other truth.  If you cannot find it in the Bible, then you cannot hold it up as true Christian Doctrine.  more » HubPages