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Best friend supports my religion?

Asked Nov 21, 2011, 07:59 PM — 73 Answers
my best friend likes me and I've known him for 5 yrs. one time we were having a conversation and he asks if there's a possiblity of us ever happening and i said yes but with uncertainty.or i would say yes and no. and he knew how indecisive i was but not the reasons why so i told him. i told him that I'm christian and i was looking for a guy of my similar faith because its a big part of who I am and i know that if I am in a serious relationship with someone with a different religious background than it would cause problems in the relationship. he says that hes catholic but that hes willing to support me and my religion. thing is i feel that hes just doing it because he likes me and wants me happy but if you are going to follow a religion just for me then isn't that wrong? shouldn't you follow a religion for yourself and because you want to? its great that hes supportive but i want to be in a long term relationship and i know that eventually its going to bother me and there's going to be conflicts. what can you guys suggest?

Summary For some couples, differences in religion can be a sensitive issue but it also can have no real consequence on a relationship (see personal examples below). In regards to this discussion, Catholicism can either be viewed as a subset organized by Christianity or two different entities with particular differences.
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Nov 28, 2011, 10:35 AM


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Wondergirl-they still follow traditions which are unblibical.
Such as?
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Nov 28, 2011, 01:05 PM


For those who care, it was the Catholic Church that meet and decided what books are in the bible and which books was not.

It was the Catholic Church that actually protected the bible and keep it and copies it during the years when many tried to destroy it.

But heck what is a little facts when one wants to hate a denomination.
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Nov 28, 2011, 01:24 PM
Oh my gosh... the only big difference between kjv and nkjv is some wording... as in nkjv uses some more modern language than kjv... just a random example might be saying "you" instead of "thou" or something like that... thats really the main difference in most versions of the bible... interpretation of the old texts... thats why most of the writing reads the same, but some verses are slightly different...

As to the man made comment... it is people who wrote each and every book in the bible... moses did so based directly at the word of God, but what about the rest? Now, i know this wont make you happy, but there is a reason they call parts of the bible "stories"... They are stories about the lives of people, written by people, for people... Man Made...

As i said though. I still believe... kinda like danny gokeys song titled "i still believe"... look it up, its a good song...
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Nov 28, 2011, 01:26 PM
wondergirl-such as false doctrines. lutheran sacraments- "which teaches that God earnestly offers to all who receive the sacrament forgiveness of sins and eternal salvation. most of those churches still practice the "seven sacraments" of the Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox Church".
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Nov 28, 2011, 01:36 PM


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wondergirl-such as false doctrines. lutheran sacraments- "which teaches that God earnestly offers to all who receive the sacrament forgiveness of sins and eternal salvation. most of those churches still practice the "seven sacraments" of the Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox Church".
I so wonder where you are getting your incorrect information. And no, "most of them" i.e., Lutherans don't have seven sacraments.
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Nov 28, 2011, 06:19 PM
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Oh my gosh... the only big difference between kjv and nkjv is some wording... as in nkjv uses some more modern language than kjv... just a random example might be saying "you" instead of "thou" or something like that... thats really the main difference in most versions of the bible... interpretation of the old texts... thats why most of the writing reads the same, but some verses are slightly different...

As to the man made comment... it is people who wrote each and every book in the bible... moses did so based directly at the word of God, but what about the rest? Now, i know this wont make you happy, but there is a reason they call parts of the bible "stories"... They are stories about the lives of people, written by people, for people... Man Made...

As i said though. I still believe... kinda like danny gokeys song titled "i still believe"... look it up, its a good song...


You can go here to look up many different versions of the bible if you want to compare words.


BibleGateway.com: A searchable online Bible in over 100 versions and 50 languages.
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Nov 29, 2011, 09:10 AM
Wow I completely disagreed with everything you said haha. The NKJV and every version besides the KJV is incorrect and changes major parts. I completely disagree with the part where you said "the bible is man made." That is so not true. The whole bible is the words of God. I also believe everything in the bible happend. I have heard people say that Jonah and the whale wasn't an actual story that happend but it did. Luterans believe baptism saves you. They also believe you are suppose to confess your sins to a pastor/priest when the bible plainly says only to confess your sins to Jesus becuase Jesus is the only mediator between God and men.

"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" —1st Timothy 2:5

The new versions of the bible...the NKJV, the niv, etc...change James 5:16 to say that we are suppose to confess our sins and trespasses to eachother...which is wrong. We only confess our sins to Jesus. One of the many reasons why the new versions are so wrong. The lutheran church is definitely a cult. Because it goes against fundamental bible teachings. They believe in works for salvation. Any religious group that changes the plan of salvation is a cult. I'm not one of those people that are against other denominations for no reason, i'm against a lot of them because they preach unbiblical things.
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Nov 29, 2011, 09:31 AM
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Luterans believe baptism saves you. They also believe you are suppose to confess your sins to a pastor/priest when the bible plainly says only to confess your sins to Jesus becuase Jesus is the only mediator between God and men.
That is totally not true. I have been a Lutheran since before I was born. Your source of information is incorrect.
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Nov 29, 2011, 09:59 AM
Can someone just close this thread as the original question has been given several suggestions, most of which the asker has compltely disregarded... this thread has turned into a religious debate that is not showing our best sides...

There is no reason to continue debating since the asker is so set in her beliefs that she leaves no room for other possibilities...

As a final response to the asker from me. The king james version of the bible is only as correct as the translations from the original languages. If you really want to read the bible the way it was written and meant to be read, i suggest you learn hebrew and greek and any other languages originally used.

As i said before, the kjv is the one of several translations that king james of england liked the most and he declared it to be the "authorized" version. Simply because he lliked the translation into english. You are welcome to your beliefs, but please dont tell us that we are wrong just because we dont hold all the same beliefs as you do. Good luck in life.
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Nov 29, 2011, 10:04 AM
And we don't have the original books that eventually became the Bible.
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