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For starters, nobody was really a follower of Christ, as such, until he was about 30 years old (sometime from 27 to 30 AD or so). At that point, Jesus began teaching in the synagogues and healing in public places. We read about his first followers in several places, including:
On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of ...
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The word Christian implies a follower of Christ. In fact:
'"Christian" derives from the Koine Greek word Christ, a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term Messiah.'(source) and 'The Greek word Χριστιανός (Christianos)—meaning "follower of Christ"—comes from Χριστός (Christos)—meaning "anointed one"' (from the same source).
At the time of Christ all of His ...
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Was Christianity "created" with Jesus?
Yes.
At the time of Christ, there were several sects / parties / schools of Judaism - the Essenes, the Zealots, the Saducees, the Pharisees, and other splinter groups. These groups were as highly divided as say, Catholics and Baptists are today. With the destruction of the Temple, only the Pharisee Movement ...
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Well, there were the Shakers, who didn't believe in procreation, but they've pretty much all dwindled out by now. Not much of a surprise there.
Whether or not it contradicts the Bible or not to restrict procreation is a matter of interpretation for that particular denomination. The Shakers didn't seem to think it did, but the Catholics would disagree.
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The belief of Jesus's life (and death, and resurrection) NOT being a myth is the defining feature of ANY christian.
If Jesus didn't really live, die, and live again, then we aren't really saved. If Christ isn't real, then believing in Him is absurd and a christian faith is useless.
I could, however, understand arguments for parts of Jesus's ministry here ...
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No, Psalm 51:5 does not claim that an unborn child is sinless, quite the opposite, it says (in every translation I checked except the CEV) that they were either "conceived in sin" or "sinful since conception" which I would take to be equivalent in any case.
We are tainted by Adam's curse at conception; at no point are we without sin until we are washed of ...
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Genesis 9:1 (ASV)
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Several translations put this other "fruitful" command translate the other verb as "replenish" or "fill". I'd take this as "be fruitful so that you can replenish and fill the earth." I do not think it is saying, "always have ...
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To the extent your question asks about condemnation for believing somewhat incorrectly, I'll try an answer. My recollection is that the Protestant reformers announced all kinds of condemnations at the Catholic hierarchy for false teachings, but were very restrained in condemning all Catholic pew-sitters. Luther's 95 Theses, for example, only condemn ...
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