Society & Culture - 6 September 2007

No, Jesus never said the exact three words, "I am God". But Jesus also never said the exact four words, "I am a prophet" or the exact four words "I am a man," but we know he was both a prophet and a man. It is not necessary for Jesus to say the exact phrase "I am a man" for us to know that he was a man. Likewise, it is not necessary for Jesus to utter the exact three words "I am God" in order for us to determine whether or not he is divine. Jesus may not have said the exact sentence "I am God" but he did claim the divine name for himself (Exo. 3:14 with John 8:58) and he also received worship (Matt. 2:2; 14:33; 28:9; John 9:35-38).
When Moses was up at the Mount speaking to God, Moses asked God what his name was. God said, "I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you,’” (Exodus 3:14). In John 8:58 Jesus said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.” Right after this the Jews pick up stones to throw at him. Later, in John 10:30-33 Jesus claimed to be one with the Father and the Jews wanted to stone him again because they said to Jesus, "You, being a man, make yourself out to be God." Jesus had claimed the divine name for his own in the Jews wanted to kill him for it. Therefore, from Jesus' own mouth we see that he was claiming to be God.

The words "I am"

Now please understand that anyone can say the words "I am" and it does not mean that he is claiming to be God. Someone could say, "I am over here." That is not claiming the divine name. Likewise, someone could say, "I am hungry," or "I am sick." Neither example is claiming divinity because the use of term "I am" in context clearly shows us that is not what is occurring. But, in John 8:58 when Jesus said "before Abraham was born, I am," the Jews knew exactly what he was saying. Notice that he says before Abraham was born (using the past tense) and then he switches to the present tense when he says "I am." Jesus switches tenses of the verbs on purpose so that when he does so in the context of referencing Abraham, Jesus is clearly drawing the Jews' attention to the Old Testament Scriptures and then using a present tense form of the verb "to be" by saying "I AM". Someone who says "I am hungry" is not drawing attention to the Old Testament Scriptures for context.
Jesus was clearly causing the Jews to reflect upon the divine name "I am" that Jesus used for himself. We know that they understood this because as is said above, they said, "You, being a man, make yourself out to be God," (John 10:33

2007-09-06 07:49:15 · 20 answers · asked by Graham 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Is that why the authorities hide the Gospel of Barnabas to be added into the Bible?


And having said this, Jesus smote his face with both his hands, and then smote the ground with his head. And having raised his head, he said: "Cursed be every one who shall insert into my sayings that I am the son of God" (53)
http://www.barnabas.net/chapter_index.htm

what's happening to the true Christianity?!!! Barnabas was one of the trusted follower of Jesus. why the authority hide Gospels away from people ?

2007-09-06 07:47:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

in the same language we find many versions of holy Bibles differ from each other, but holy Qur'an is only one in Arabic, and has no version in any other languge, but only translation to the meanings according to translator understanding, without any holyness, So Holy Qur'an is one, and Holy Bible is so many

Why?

2007-09-06 07:47:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

in the same language we find many versions of holy Bibles differ from each other, but holy Qur'an is only one in Arabic, and has no version in any other languge, but only translation to the meanings according to translator understanding, without any holyness, So Holy Qur'an is one, and Holy Bible is so many

Why?

2007-09-06 07:47:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm just curious since I've heard people get offended when asked.

It has never bothered me. I usually just answer ''yes'', ''no'', ''not that I know of'', or whatever other answer may apply.

2007-09-06 07:46:00 · 32 answers · asked by SINDY 7 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I need to confess my sins, how exactly do, I do that?
I know you start with "forgive me father for I have sinned? but what is after all that?

2007-09-06 07:45:32 · 14 answers · asked by Alliance 1 in Religion & Spirituality

To heal the rift that has been between them for so long?

And I am not looking for answers that require one to cave in to the demands of the other, but answers that both Catholics and Protestants could embrace as a starting point to find a common ground between them to begin either a re-unification of the Body of Christ, or at least an agreement to disagree on some issues, and an agreement on others. With the eventual goal being one Body of Christ that can function together without a bitterness or resentment over doctrinal issues.

2007-09-06 07:45:29 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I just read this gem: "I don't think it is possible for a real Christian to fall in love with an Atheist." It seems like the list of qualifications for being a "real Christian" keeps growing.

So far according to R&S world a real Christian can not be liberal, a feminist, any orientation but straight and can never under any circumstances question their beliefs, speak out against the president, mention global warming, or fall in love with an atheist.

Anything else I should know?

2007-09-06 07:44:49 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Isn't it true that the Mormons have urbain ledgens about apostates and people leaving the church dying shortly after rejecting it? Your fate is sealed and God plagues you with an disease and you die with in so many days? I think ussually the Ledgen goes that the ex-mormon catches a severe mental illness and take their own life. It's ussually to scair people into not leaving. I was NEVER a baptized Mormon. They totally rejected me. After a year of them making me depressed I finally joined the Re-organized church and have a lot of pace. Well, I got bit by a bat last night and if I don't get a shot every week for a month, I could die in 20 days. I made a connection and laughed, joking that my death would be in a book of Mormon urbain ledgens. I'm going to be okay, I'm not going to die as long as I keep getting the shots and even if I did die, I have complete peace that I'll go to heaven. But I just thought it was hillarious. I don't care about the Mormons their Urbain Ledgens.

2007-09-06 07:44:36 · 13 answers · asked by purifiedheartbeating 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Hert pilotenmodel bleef stoer en onver-minderd aantrekkelijk, maar het mocht ook gerust wat frivoler. Bling-bling avant la lettre.

Thanks for you help!

2007-09-06 07:44:35 · 10 answers · asked by Lisa 2 in Languages

Because of the moral breakdown with women such as their manner of dress,, butts hanging out on the beach, jeans so tight you can see their camels toe foul mouth micro skirts so short you can see thir panties, if they are wearing any,do you think it is time to enact the sharia law in the USA.

2007-09-06 07:43:46 · 3 answers · asked by jim 1 in Etiquette

Just something i was thinking about =]
Where exactly is the Garden of Eden and is it accessible to humans?

2007-09-06 07:43:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It seems like a pretty clear sign that GW was doing something wrong. Why hasn't he changed his approach to any of our major national issues? Surely, if God told him to attack Iraq, then he could understand the message when God told him through Katrina that he screwed up.

Why hasn't he taken God's message that we're doing the wrong thing in Iraq, since God has killed so many people there?

I thought he had God's ear and all that. Has GW stopped listening to God? Should we impeach him for ignoring God?

2007-09-06 07:43:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I don't care whether you're Christians, or aren't.

Mormonism and Christianity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism
Roman Catholic discusses whether Mormons are Christians
http://www.irr.org/mit/Is-Mormonism-Christian.html
Berean Christian Ministries
http://www.bcmmin.org/
If all Mormons are Christians,
then all Christians are Mormon
http://www.carm.org/lds/ldschristian.htm
Are Mormon Temples Christian - A biblical perspective
http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/clickit/search?r_aid=BFA1DD14623E426AB2FFF0B0673511B0&r_eop=2&r_sacop=6&r_spf=0&r_cop=main-title&r_snpp=4&r_spp=2&r_wsm=0&qqn=YyX-%3AsW%3A&r_coid=239138&rawto=http://www.irr.org/mit/Are-Mormon-Temples-Christian.html
Is Mormonism Christian?
http://www.leaderu.com/offices/michaeldavis/docs/mormonism/mormonism.htmlMormonism - Christian or Cult?
http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cults/mormon.htm

Don't email or message me anymore. I couldn't care less.

2007-09-06 07:43:01 · 5 answers · asked by Jack P 7 in Religion & Spirituality

and I was wondering if there was any sort of reward being offered? If not, I'm gonna take him right back where I got him.

2007-09-06 07:40:56 · 5 answers · asked by WTFWJD 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Yesterday a woman got right on my tail (& I don’t drive slow!) barely avoided hitting me, went around, cut the car off that was coming up on right lane & sped along her way. Last Fri.garbage men didn’t pickup garbage tho’ everything is paid, garbage out on time, etc. I called & no one gave a crap. T’other day, there was a stalled train on way to work (but I was actually not going to be stuck because I was to make a left turn in another direction). After signaling, I tried to get into the left lane which a little further (2yards away) would have taken me into the turning lane BUT this woman SPED up & blocked me (car behind her let me in). Anyway because she did, I had to spend 15 minutes stuck behind her while a few feet away I could have turned. Many more examples! It just seems that every1 is such a jerk & I’m surprised when some1 does something right, rather than when they don’t. Am I the only one who feels this way? Why are people like this? What can I do to stop getting so angry?

2007-09-06 07:40:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

This is on a weekly base 52 times a year for 100%.

2007-09-06 07:39:51 · 6 answers · asked by ? 1 in Religion & Spirituality

My boyfriend went to Germany to stay for a year his Freshman college year. He said that in Germany, they have many sex shops and that it is clean and decent and out in the open. They don't view sex like we do, they have shows and films that you can watch, and it isn't looked down upon and is just part of the culture. Why don't we have them here? Why are we Americans so uptight and stupid when it comes to sex? Yet we have no problem with violence which is much worse. Is it the religious uptight people that fight to have these places outlawed? Churches are free to exist, why not sex shops?

2007-09-06 07:37:14 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

"That's for remembering to turn your eyes off, but forgetting to turn your ugly face off"

will you learn your lesson, so this doesn't happen again?

2007-09-06 07:35:42 · 15 answers · asked by tinabadina 3 in Etiquette

There is only one Bible but people (humans beings) interpret it differently. Who explained it best? Of course you would say your religion is the right one, but how would you know?

2007-09-06 07:33:25 · 18 answers · asked by lickorboy 1 in Religion & Spirituality

here's the situation
couple A goes to look at an apartment on Monday at 4:30ish
they like it, and as they're leaving, the woman showing the apartment says "well, let me know if you decide you'd like to rent it"

Noon rolls around the next day, and the couple A has desided they'd like to rent the apartment, so they call the lady.

She has already rented it out to couple B whom she showed the apartment to Tuesday morning.

While I would fully understand her wanting to rent the apartment as soon as possible (even though the current renters aren't moving out until the end of the month)
...is it wrong of me to think that she should have given couple A (which obviously includes me) at least a day to deside?

2007-09-06 07:33:03 · 10 answers · asked by retired 6 in Etiquette

Most seem incompatible and make up their own beliefs.
All seem to think they have the "truth" JWs follow a belief system made up a few hundred tears ago, Mormons have a set of beliefs based on a dream that some guy had. Ever protestants, who have thousands of sects got their initial direction from a Jew hating monks some 400 years ago.

Luther incidently heavily influenced the ideology of Adolf Hitler who admired luthers writings about killing off the Jews.

So how do you know the truth, there is one thing talking about Christianity, Islam, Buddisim, etc but these splinter groups dont have any grounding in anything that has any history. Christianity does have a group that decended from the teahings of christ and his followers (catholics) but what about the others.

Its no big deal what the bible says because you can interpret it a thousand (35,000) ways and the JWs and Mormons do the same thing.

What they lack is the history and teachings of the early church fathers.

2007-09-06 07:31:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My fiance's family is jehovas whitness so we want to be married in a mutal place where both familys will be comfortable... i am Christian... Some one said that a chapel should be ok.... does anyone know??

2007-09-06 07:30:02 · 11 answers · asked by Kellie J 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-06 07:29:59 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i am thinking about doing a persuasive essay on it for school.

do you think the topic is strong enough for an essay?

x

2007-09-06 07:29:58 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In Mark 16:17-18, Jesus says:

"And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."

Is this part of the Bible literally true? Does it mean that "those who believe" really can drink deadly poison without being harmed?

2007-09-06 07:29:28 · 24 answers · asked by Billybww 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Now before any Christians read too much into this, I am not scared as in scared of Jesus coming back. Not gonna happen. I'm scared because you people seem to be doing all you can to bring about the apocalypse.

2007-09-06 07:28:49 · 13 answers · asked by Becca 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-06 07:28:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-06 07:27:32 · 12 answers · asked by . 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-06 07:26:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette