Religion & Spirituality - 10 June 2006

like all the people dying and terrible things going on in the middle east, and the earthquakes and disasters and godlessness going on. America is headed for hell because of our wickedness. God have mercy on us.

2006-06-10 15:39:40 · 20 answers · asked by nwrd01 1

2006-06-10 15:34:34 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. The virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14)
This verse is part of a prophecy that Isaiah relates to King Ahaz regarding the fate of the two kings threatening Judah at that time and the fate of Judah itself. In the original Hebrew, the verse says that a "young woman" will give birth, not a "virgin" which is an entirely different Hebrew word. The young woman became a virgin only when the Hebrew word was mistranslated into Greek.

This passage obviously has nothing to do with Jesus (who, if this prophecy did apply to him, should have been named Immanuel instead of Jesus).

2006-06-10 15:33:58 · 31 answers · asked by GobleyGook 3

Luke has Mary and Joseph travelling from their home in Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem in Judea for the birth of Jesus (Luke 2:4). Matthew, in contradiction to Luke, says that it was only after the birth of Jesus that Mary and Joseph resided in Nazareth, and then only because they were afraid to return to Judea (Matthew 2:21-23).

In order to have Jesus born in Bethlehem, Luke says that everyone had to go to the city of their birth to register for the census. This is absurd, and would have caused a bureaucratic nightmare. The purpose of the Roman census was for taxation, and the Romans were interested in where the people lived and worked, not where they were born (which they could have found out by simply asking rather than causing thousands of people to travel).

more strange things happening in the bilble..........

If your religion cannot stand up to these questions why should I devote my life to a lie?

2006-06-10 15:32:33 · 14 answers · asked by GobleyGook 3

... then wouldn't somebody else have done it later on?

2006-06-10 15:29:29 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Of all the writers of the New Testament, only Matthew and Luke mention the virgin birth. Had something as miraculous as the virgin birth actually occurred, one would expect that Mark and John would have at least mentioned it in their efforts to convince the world that Jesus was who they were claiming him to be.

The apostle Paul never mentions the virgin birth, even though it would have strengthened his arguments in several places. Instead, where Paul does refer to Jesus' birth, he says that Jesus "was born of the seed of David" (Romans 1:3) and was "born of a woman," not a virgin (Galatians 4:4).

Is it possible that the story of the Virgin birth was added 300 years later by someone who wanted to make Jesus seem more divine? Possibly someone like Constantine?

If Christianity can't stand up to these questions then I don't want to devote my life to a lie.

2006-06-10 15:28:38 · 13 answers · asked by GobleyGook 3

2006-06-10 15:27:03 · 21 answers · asked by nwrd01 1

Please dont put "Jesus wept." . . =] Most inspiring gets ten points :D

2006-06-10 15:26:32 · 11 answers · asked by tiff-fee-uh-nee. x_X 2

How come Jehovah is only mentioned 3 times in the bible and god is mentioned numorous times

2006-06-10 15:25:56 · 15 answers · asked by chuck s 2

hello, how do change your religion, i hate being catholic!!!

2006-06-10 15:21:21 · 26 answers · asked by elirivmed 1

2006-06-10 15:19:48 · 8 answers · asked by jtmaz 2

2006-06-10 15:17:52 · 7 answers · asked by kurlz 1

2006-06-10 15:16:57 · 4 answers · asked by Ok M 2

2006-06-10 15:11:26 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

For me, they would be:

1] LISTENING to God sing [Deut. 31:19-22 and Psalms 95:8-11];

2] WATCHING Jesus raise Lazarus from his grave; and

3] VIEWING all of the Book of Revelations on a big screen TV.

How about you?

2006-06-10 15:09:39 · 16 answers · asked by Arf Bee 6

Well i am from the deep south and everything and i want to know if some people know these slag words/sentences or even food that we use down here...
~fixin to go to the store (i am about to go to the store)
~i aint gonna do it (i'm not going to do that)
~geet? (did you eat?)
~sloppy (that's cornbread and beans mixed together)
~sweet tea (down here you don't go to a food place and ask for ice in your tea...they will think your crazy...u ask for either sweet or un-sweet tea!!)
~oh yeah when you want pepsi you say "can i have a coke"
~ummmm potato wedges i think yall call them..yeah well it's jo jo's down here!
~ you have got to say yes ma'am no ma'am or yes sir no sir or else you will get paddled at school!
I am in the sticks so it might be different for some of you country people too. In our little town, this is how it works!!
JUST TELL ME WHAT YALL THINK ABOUT ALL THIS!

2006-06-10 15:05:14 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

According to the 7th day adventist they believe that they should worship God on saturday becasue it is the seventh day of the week and we should keep it holy, as it says in the bible. But how do we know that saturday is the seventh day of the week instead of sunday?

2006-06-10 15:05:01 · 13 answers · asked by summer_breeze_1985 1

Just want to know whos is out there

2006-06-10 15:01:03 · 34 answers · asked by hitan_2005 3

for real

2006-06-10 14:59:46 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

We have a new church by us...just curious.

2006-06-10 14:58:11 · 5 answers · asked by rollinonvzdubs 1

2006-06-10 14:56:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

wish we where still in the dark ages so you could burn crazyman at the stake for haresy?

2006-06-10 14:56:04 · 16 answers · asked by crazyman 2

2006-06-10 14:54:57 · 4 answers · asked by Ely P 2

2006-06-10 14:54:57 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

A girl IMMed me ( her yahoo name is snickelfritzcje) last night and took me through a mental/spiritual exercise and i saw for the first time since I was raped that I dont have to feel guilty for being raped. She took me thru this thing that i cant describe and half way thru it I began to realize that I wasnt an unconsciously 12 year old alluring female....and it wasnt my fault at all .....I hope this feeling lasts and Im praying for being free from fear and anxiety. If it wasnt for this question thing I wouldnt have had the guts to seek answers. Also she showed me how to tell my parents who did it and what happened...ty Jesus, ty God and all the angels...and this girl that talked to me...I dont feel totally healed but that was a huge weight off my mind.....I want to be free of all the fear and panic attacks and the memories....plz pray if you will

2006-06-10 14:51:55 · 30 answers · asked by trinity_loves_neo1 1

2006-06-10 14:50:38 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-10 14:45:17 · 5 answers · asked by redglory 5

...and what was it?

2006-06-10 14:45:15 · 24 answers · asked by bc_munkee 5

Is the book and movie, the DaVinchi Code, actually right for an 11 year old christian? Is it a good story and does it have christan values??

2006-06-10 14:45:01 · 8 answers · asked by Tj 2

even thought im a practiceing polygamist

2006-06-10 14:43:59 · 45 answers · asked by chuck s 2