Which Religion is Right for You? (Interesting Quiz)

[Christiansmommy]

Originally posted by popcornbird
Now you've got me wondering. LOL! How does one 'convert' to Christianity? I mean...how is it done? I always thought you have to be baptised? When someone wants to convert to Islam, they just have to take an oath of their belief in front of a witness.

to become a Christian, you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you believe in His death, burial, ressurection, that He is Messiah, Savior...and you are "saved" or a Christian. It is all based on faith in Him...and a personal relationship that you have with Jesus Christ. Christ knows your heart and if you are truely saved. John 3:16 in the Bible says," For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotton Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life." This is a key verse to young childlen who become Christians ( you can become saved at any point in ones life...young...old)...but this verse is taught at a young age, and I happened to be saved at a young age...I came to believe in Christ young. And as I grew into an adult, my personal realtionship ( prayer time, etc.) became more strong, so to speak, with Christ...since you are always "growing" as a christian. Again, Christ knows your true heart...and since that is a fact in our religion...the Christian has a desire to live for Christ, and follow his teachings out of love for Christ ...but, by all means, you do not have to "work" to become a Christian and live eternally in Heaven..." By grace are ye saved, thru faith...not by works, so that no man can boast"...

The term "Christianity" is somewhat a broad term...because both Catholics and, for instance, Baptists call themselves Christians ( and the way our churches are run are different, i believe Catholics also have 2 Bibles)...the main difference is, i believe, Catholics do need to be baptised to enter heaven...and also confess their sins to a Priest...where Baptists, Methodists, etc...do not need to be baptised to be saved and do not need to confess any sins to anyone but to God, when He lays them heavy on your heart... Hope that explained it for you

Edit: As I said, i believe Catholics have 2 Bibles,I am not sure that Catholics really have 2 actual Bibles, but they have some added chapters in a different book, other than the Bible, that Methodists, Baptists, Bible Churches, etc. do not use, or believe they were divinely inspired. So i think that covers the difference there...but overall, the Catholic church, as well as Bible believing churches ( Baptist, Methodist, etc), have a lot of the same basis/foundations for their religions...but one key thing with the Baptism, means something completely different to both "Christian" religions...we baptize just as a statement of our faith in God, and doing it before a church, publically acknowledges our faith that we have in God ( but it is not neccessary to bceome saved)...it is not a key in our religion to help us get to heaven...where, I think, it is in Catholic Christian churches...