Society & Culture - 3 November 2007

What's the connection?

2007-11-03 12:43:33 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Counting the Cost

And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it. . . . "

— Luke 14:27–28


When Jesus was in Jerusalem during the Passover, John's Gospel tells us that many believed in His name after they saw the signs He did. But Jesus did not entrust himself to them, because "He knew all men, and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man" (John 2:24–25).

To put it simply, many believed in Him, but He did not believe in them. Many believed in Him, but their faith was superficial. It was shallow. It was based on the moment, not on a real commitment. Thus, Christ did not commit himself to them.

There are a lot of people who say they want to follow Jesus. And that is good. But that commitment will be challenged. We must decide to follow Jesus not because our best friend is, not because our boyfriend or girlfriend is, not because our parents are, but because we have chosen to follow Christ.

Many of us can get caught up in the moment. It's like watching an Olympic medal ceremony. We see someone representing their nation standing up on that pedestal. As the gold medal is placed around the athlete's neck and the flag of his or her country is raised while the national anthem plays, we say, "I want to be an Olympic athlete. That is what I want to do." But do we realize the hours, days, months, and years these athletes dedicate to one competition?

We get excited about the medal ceremonies. But are we willing to go through the training? Are we willing to count the cost? Is our commitment to Him and Him alone? Are we willing to be real followers of Jesus?

2007-11-03 12:39:39 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

he takes a look and finds a peice of lettuce poking out. "that looks nasty" he says " nasty" says the woman " thats just the tip of the iceburg.

2007-11-03 12:37:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

WHY?!

2007-11-03 12:37:38 · 16 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-03 12:36:50 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I love "Rebecca" with Joan Fontaine and Lawrence Olivier. I know the lines to the script, I've seen it so much. My favorite character was the housekeeper.

2007-11-03 12:36:00 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

they will ultimately find the truth do you agree???

2007-11-03 12:35:01 · 19 answers · asked by Rita 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-03 12:33:22 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

Trust me, I'll believe it when I see it. I know it'll be too late, but this "end time prophecy" is just plain laughable. So if you had to give a rough estimate, when do you think Jesus Christ is going to return, based on what you read in the Bible?

2007-11-03 12:31:58 · 50 answers · asked by Alex H 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I figure one a you fine folks can give me some beauty tips.

2007-11-03 12:30:41 · 22 answers · asked by HillbillyHannah 2 in Senior Citizens

Do you still have it?

2007-11-03 12:30:12 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

like for Christmas? When they decorate houses for christmas?

2007-11-03 12:29:51 · 2 answers · asked by *sweety pie* 3 in Christmas

I have watched some videos on youtube about executed women and about their life..

only honest answers

2007-11-03 12:29:15 · 21 answers · asked by Lana 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Please don't say nobody. There is a reason for his death and he said to the pharisees that they weren't his sheep.












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2007-11-03 12:29:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I love christmas,for some reason it makes me feel all good inside.I love christmas shopping and christmas trees the whole idea is just great

2007-11-03 12:27:02 · 14 answers · asked by keke 2 in Christmas

I am not really into this aspect of religion so I might be way off.

If Adam and Eve were the first two people on earth, doesn't that mean everyone is inbred? How can two persons have enough children to populate the earth to 6, 000, 000, 000?

I find the idea of Adam and Eve so odd. Evolution seems more likely IMO.

2007-11-03 12:26:11 · 31 answers · asked by Tim Buck 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Do you start now, blitz it on Christmas Eve or squirrel pressies away throughout the year when you find good items?

2007-11-03 12:24:43 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

ever since i could remember, black men have never been in my mind that much, ever since i was little okay? i didnt choose to feel this way, but when they approach me i just feel blank, i dont see anything in them. my mom just now found out about this and at first i wanted to end the conversation just by the way she was looking at me, so i walked off and she asked for me to come back. she said theres nothing wrong with that, but she said so far i just havent met the right one, someone who i havent met thats worth my time, becuase the ones who approached me so far have just been thuggish, and to be honest thats a big turn off for me. two of my good friends know and they said that i am who i am. but i wonder if God see that thats wrong or not? what do you think? and no i'm not trying to me and no i'm racist against them, im not attracted to them

2007-11-03 12:23:49 · 44 answers · asked by A Decade Ago 7 in Religion & Spirituality

A lot of people are generally talking about the End of Times?

I've seen tons of documentaries, talk shows, and apocaplyptic music/bands surfacing now and are geared towards End Time prophecy.

I just find it interesting now considering 10 years + this was hardly talked about or even mentioned... now i'm seeing it everywhere.

I realize this is one of the more popular questions, but it's asked by a different person each time...

If it's ever going to happen, these are the times when the world is just beggining to become more connected to itself... any later and i imagine it never will happen.

Brace yourself.

2007-11-03 12:22:43 · 15 answers · asked by NoneOfYourBusiness 1 in Religion & Spirituality

By the way in which they speak,spell,write or come across verbally in conversation?
The reality is we all pass judgement on others(even though we aren't supposed to)hence calculating a period in time when an individual has stopped growing emotionally,mentally or scholastically often comes to mind in our personal and proffesional relations with others.
Do you agree on any level?

2007-11-03 12:21:58 · 7 answers · asked by FYIIM1KO 5 in Etiquette

If so, how can you say that the Bible is a sacred book?
The guys that wrote it were just like you and me, ordinary human beings, living in a time of extreme ignorance and superstition and the Bible reflects that. God has never spoke to them like he has never spoke to you, because he does not exist outside your imagination, and what they wrote was the result of a very wild imagination with a flavour of ignorance.

2007-11-03 12:21:52 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If Heaven is the ultimate reward for all our "hard work" here on earth....then why is it we fear death so much? Why do we cling to our physical existence if the afterlife is so much more glorious?

2007-11-03 12:21:47 · 15 answers · asked by JennyP 7 in Religion & Spirituality

;D

2007-11-03 12:21:02 · 16 answers · asked by DEPRESSED™ Volatile Tempter 3 in Religion & Spirituality

"Mary is truly 'Mother of God' since she is the mother of the eternal Son of God made man, who is God himself" (Catechism of the Catholic Church #509). "In fact, the One whom she conceived as man by the Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was none other than the Father's eternal Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity. Hence the Church confesses that Mary is truly 'Mother of God' (Theo-tokos)" 7 (Catechism of the Catholic Church #495).

Mary's title "Mother of God" is inseparable from Christ's two essential titles, "Son of God" and "Son of Man"; to deny Mary her title is to deny Christ his. To deny that Mary is the Mother of God is either to deny Christ's divinity (that is, to deny that Mary's Son is God) or to deny his Incarnation (that is, to deny that God really became Mary's Son). And these two doctrines, of Christ's divinity and Incarnation, are two of the earliest and most central of all Christian dogmas.

How can you deny Mary?

2007-11-03 12:20:10 · 16 answers · asked by TigerLily 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Or is the drinking game reserved for atheists? And if I *drink* will that make everyone asume that I am an atheist?

2007-11-03 12:18:52 · 15 answers · asked by larissa 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-03 12:14:13 · 32 answers · asked by duluthboy427 1 in Religion & Spirituality

more kids just to pay the pensions of those nearing retirement? This just means more and more kids are needed to pay more and more pensions down the line.

2007-11-03 12:13:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

how nice it would be if they Jihad against , Deceases, like aids..cancer , or poverty in this worldetc.,., but unfortunately its against human being, when scientists r busy in new inventions to make life easy....but they are busy to kill or brainwashing peoples..people like Bill gates donated loads to make peoples life easy but peoples like osama bin trying to kill asa many peoples as they can..what you think..?

2007-11-03 12:13:33 · 5 answers · asked by ex_mus 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Rev 12: 1-5: A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. Then another sign appeared in heaven; an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth so that he might devour her child the moment it was born. She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron sceptre. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.

Here is a Bible passage that shows Mary crowned in heaven. She wears a heavenly crown of twelve stars. A crown plainly denotes Queenship.

How much more clearly could Mary's honour be illustrated?

2007-11-03 12:12:59 · 11 answers · asked by TigerLily 4 in Religion & Spirituality

more kids just to pay the pensions of those nearing retirement? This just means more and more kids are needed to pay more and more pensions down the line.

2007-11-03 12:12:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality