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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Obw it is clear we have different definitions of religion. But my definition is the one held by most born again evangelical protestants ..i already posted got questions. Org.
The definition you subscribe to implies that christianity is a religion and not a relationship. It is more a catholic view.
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Quoting any site that does not reveal its own sources is not very meaningful. I looked into a few items there and found it to have its own collection of particulars on issues for which the solution is not so simple. And they quote from authors that are strongly at odds with each other as if they are no the same page.
As for the statement "Christianity is not a religion but a relationship," even that is not a correct assessment of Christianity. The whole "it is a relationship" is to ignore that it is also a requirement. It is commands that are to be obeyed. Not just emotions and feelings flowing between persons in "a relationship." The simplistic "not religion" but "is relationship," as if that is all there is to it, is a denial of the requirement for action and obedience. It distills the Christian life down to "spiritual" activities of prayer and praise and "secular" activities like living in this world. It denies the commands of Christ and removes all burdens to do more than "learn more about Jesus." Get to know him better.
It needs lots of grace because we are constantly short of the glory of God since we don't even try. (And it despises the word "try.")
You love to find someone who sort-of-kinda-seems-to-agree-with-you and stick them out there as if that is the end of the search.
Try again. Find the real analysis that determines from the scripture that putting the label "religion" on the fullness of activities and life of the Christian is incorrect or is rejected by the scripture. You won't find it. It is only the ones who want to stuff things in a box so as to hide the truth about them and then declare that everything in the box is bad who say religion is just bad. Or people who have never really thought about what they are thinking or saying.