Society & Culture - 24 October 2007

Or is it dualistic, only focusing on good and evil, heaven and hell, spiritual and physical, wrong and right, black and white, etc.?

2007-10-24 11:40:51 · 14 answers · asked by Shawn B 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Hey everybody,

I was wondering if somebody could help me out. Most of my Christian life, I have heard about this Great Apostasy that occurred right after the Apostles died and from this Great Apostasy the Catholic church was born. My question is does anybody know of any historical evidence to back up this claim? Thanks and God bless you all.

Curtis

2007-10-24 11:39:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I got a text from a weird number and this is what it said..

hai bang turman apa kabar bang? lagi sibuk ya bang? maaf ya ganggu bang, aku mau kasih tgl 10 nov nanti aku nikah, salem utk semuanya, GBU shinta

I don't even know what language that is, but I ended up talking to the guy and he said he lives in Asia
I tried Japanese, Korean and Chinese and none of those worked
so If you can tell me what that says that would be great

2007-10-24 11:38:45 · 4 answers · asked by jesslovesblink 4 in Languages

Or do you feel you have the only acceptable form of truth?

2007-10-24 11:37:58 · 24 answers · asked by Shawn B 7 in Religion & Spirituality

You say god gave us free will. I assume that would include choosing wether or not to believe in god. So why is it that god would punish someone for using the free will he gave them by damning them to hell?

If god is all knowing wouldn't he know there would be atheists, and if he's all loving why the unforgivable sin? How can this possibly make sense?

2007-10-24 11:37:52 · 14 answers · asked by ☼ɣɐʃʃɜƾ ɰɐɽɨɲɜɽɨƾ♀ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

ARKANSAS CITY (AP) -- A Little Rock woman was killed yesterday after leaping through her moving car's sun roof during an incident best described as "a mistaken rapture" by dozens of eye witnesses. Thirteen other people were injured after a twenty-car pile up resulted from people trying to avoid hitting the woman who was apparently convinced that the rapture was occurring when she saw twelve people floating up into the air, and then passed a man on the side of the road who she claimed was Jesus.

"She started screaming "He's back, He's back" and climbed right out of the sunroof and jumped off the roof of the car," said Everet Williams, husband of 28-year-old Georgann Williams who was pronounced dead at the scene. "I was slowing down but she wouldn't wait till I stopped," Williams said. She thought the rapture was happening and was convinced that Jesus was gonna lift her up into the sky," he went on to say.

"This is the strangest thing I've seen since I've been on the force,"said Paul Madison, first officer on the scene. Madison questioned the man who looked like Jesus and discovered that he was dressed up as Jesus and was on his way to a toga costume party when the tarp covering the bed of his pickup truck came loose and released twelve blowup dolls filled with helium which floated up into the air.

Ernie Jenkins, 32, of Fort Smith, who's been told by several of his friends that he looks like Jesus, pulled over and lifted his arms into the air in frustration, and said "Come back here," just as the Williams' car passed him.

Mrs. Williams was sure that it was Jesus lifting people up into the sky as they passed by him, according to her husband, who says his wife loved Jesus more than anything else.

When asked for comments about the twelve dolls, Jenkins replied "This is all just too weird for me. I never expected anything like this to happen."

2007-10-24 11:36:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-24 11:36:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have often heard this from theists when they're responding to people who say there is no evidence for the existence of God. If you believe that faith must precede the evidence, don't you think this type of approach can likely lead to a self fulfilling prophecy? If you already have sure faith that something is true, you're going to construe whatever you find to fit your faith, don't you think? Wouldn't making up your mind after reviewing the evidence be a much more accurate method?

2007-10-24 11:36:01 · 8 answers · asked by Subconsciousless 7 in Religion & Spirituality

My school is having a halloween costume contest and i want to enter for either funniest or most original ideas. i want something really funny that no one else would think of or something. Any ideas?

2007-10-24 11:36:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

2007-10-24 11:35:51 · 6 answers · asked by mallory k 1 in Languages

I was born February 8th 1982....so that's 2-8-82....don't you think it's odd, that all the numbers are the same? Like my father he was born 5-6-56 that's weirder then my birthday....what do you think?

2007-10-24 11:35:49 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-24 11:34:30 · 10 answers · asked by lilwaynereggiebush 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Or are you encouraged not to rely on your own understanding and experience?

2007-10-24 11:34:03 · 4 answers · asked by Shawn B 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-24 11:33:22 · 10 answers · asked by mikea0518 1 in Languages

Or do you follow a flock, only believing what you're told?

2007-10-24 11:32:57 · 11 answers · asked by Shawn B 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Whatever happened to God's commandment forbidding those images?

2007-10-24 11:32:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I, of course, would defend the right of a Christian child to wear a cross to school, no matter what. What are your thoughts/opinions on the matter?

2007-10-24 11:32:08 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do your children openly wear pentagrams or other Pagan religious symbols to school? Does your school's dress code ban "occult symbols," and have your children gotten in trouble for wearing them? What did you do about it?

2007-10-24 11:30:49 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Thanks.

2007-10-24 11:30:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

2007-10-24 11:29:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

I grew up in the pre-trib school, but, for reasons I couldn't quite nail down, was never entirely comfortable with it. Recently, I've re-read the New Testament and compared what Jesus and the apostles taught with the events described in Revelation, and I am now heavily leaning toward the pre-wrath view.

The reason for this change is that I do not believe that the entire seven year Tribulation period is the wrath of God (from which the church is exempt). I think that scripture teaches that the wrath of God begins with what is termed "the Day of the Lord," which, if you compare what Jesus taught to what we see in Revelation, seems to come with the opening of the 7th seal. And, not coincidentally I think, just prior to that we read of "a great number, which no man could number of all nations" standing before God. I think this may very well picture what follows the rapture.

The following site really helps explain this view: http://members.aol.com/chursey/prewrath.htm

2007-10-24 11:28:56 · 13 answers · asked by jeffersonian73 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Do you have an experience to share with us?

New Satellite Images of the Fires in California.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3

2007-10-24 11:28:06 · 16 answers · asked by Jason W 4 in Religion & Spirituality

To be met by the resurrected people who died in Christ and then those who are in Christ and living on the Earth at the time of His return?

This is in 1 Thessalonians.

2007-10-24 11:27:21 · 4 answers · asked by Gruntled Employee 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Or are you encouraged not to rely on your own understanding and experience?

2007-10-24 11:26:24 · 12 answers · asked by Shawn B 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Not the beliefs but the church itself. Those in power i.e. The Vatican.

I would say what I feel but I have been reported so many times for anti-catholicism remarks perhaps it would be better if I sit back and listen.

2007-10-24 11:26:14 · 23 answers · asked by Future 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Salvation

The Bible teaches that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and the wages of sin is death. (Romans 3:23; 6:23) God has given us the gift of eternal life in Jesus Christ and therefore granted us salvation. (Romans 6:23). This gift of Salvation comes by grace through faith. (Ephesians 2:8) There is nothing we can do to earn Salvation we can only accept his mercy and be born again and renewed by the Holy Spirit. (Titus 3:3-6; John 3:5)

How does a person accept God's Gift?
Believe- You believe in your heart that Jesus is the Son of God and he was raised from the dead (John 3:16; Romans 10:9)
Repent- You seek forgiveness and turn away from sin. (Acts 2:38, 3:19)
Confess- You confess Jesus Christ as Lord. (Romans 10:9-13; Matthew 10:32)
Baptism- You get baptized ("immersed") into Christ for the forgiveness of sins and the receiving of the Holy Spirit. (Mark 16:16; John 3:5; Acts 2:38, 22:16; Galatians 3:26-29; 1 Peter 3:21)

2007-10-24 11:25:46 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i'm a christian and my friend relidious is not we constantly get in to arguments about it..not really anger but defensive...anways she says that christians view of satan comes from paradise lost. is this true...where can i find this??? is it a book?

2007-10-24 11:25:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

how can i compare and contrast the elements of romance found in Cinderella to one found in a King Arthur legend?

i know nobody wants to think about it..

cause i know i dont! ..yet ive tried for a while..

id appreciate it a great deal for a little help.

thanks<3

2007-10-24 11:25:33 · 4 answers · asked by greatgalguppy 2 in Mythology & Folklore

l over again and so on until you die or is once enough ?

2007-10-24 11:25:30 · 8 answers · asked by roan 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-24 11:25:28 · 5 answers · asked by Gruntled Employee 6 in Religion & Spirituality