Religion & Spirituality - 9 July 2006

Most Christians will tell you that if you want to go to heaven, you've got to believe in God. Fair enough. After all, who would want to go to an afterlife that they don't believe in?:-)

Doing good deeds gets you bonus points (perhaps you go to a better class of heaven?) but the most important thing is that you believe in God.

So logically if you do loads and loads of good deeds (cure cancer, negotiate peace treaties, care for your ageing parents), but refuse to acknowledge the existence of God, you're still going straight to Hell, and your good deeds don't count for ****.

Poor old God. Does He crave your acknowledgement and affection so badly that He's prepared to ignore pretty much anything else you do in your life when He decides your fate?

If an adult behaved in that way, people would say they were very insecure. Although when dogs and young children behave like that, it's pretty normal and nothing to worry about.

What do you think?

2006-07-09 13:28:43 · 29 answers · asked by Alex 42 2

What do you think of singles churches rather than a church with extra activities for singles only.

2006-07-09 13:24:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-09 13:22:43 · 29 answers · asked by Sanitizer 6

My thought is that the blessings would cancel each other out...

2006-07-09 13:21:57 · 18 answers · asked by ? 3

Isn't that a huge sin, bad enough to get you banned from the promised land, or did I "misenterpret" that one too?

2006-07-09 13:21:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

he is forever but did he start somewhere

2006-07-09 13:21:05 · 14 answers · asked by abs of steel 3

Banning is like going to hell forever, and a violation is a little like limbo...

2006-07-09 13:20:53 · 5 answers · asked by ? 3

and also if theres a trinity why didnt jesus ever speak about it and why is that never even mentioned in the bible?

2006-07-09 13:20:50 · 29 answers · asked by LifeWater 3

The tax exempt status of religious entities is soon to be repealled, and they (as businesses) will have to pay the same taxes as everybody else! Hallelujah!

2006-07-09 13:20:03 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so dont you think it is funny that yahoo would give you a violation for what it allows itself. for instance when you click on my name, you have the option to look at my 360 page. Now you have that choice just as much as If i said look at it in my question...i dont understand yahoo..but it is not to understand I believe.

2006-07-09 13:19:54 · 6 answers · asked by ? 3

I hate to burst your white supremacist world but the native american tribes were here first and they were not christian to begin with. I am mostly native american blood and i sure as hell am not christian.

2006-07-09 13:19:38 · 30 answers · asked by brianna_the_angel777 4

Like it's not a far stretch to believe considering the far, far way out there things from every other religion...

2006-07-09 13:18:54 · 20 answers · asked by JSW 2

Vote Thanatos. Vote for change!

2006-07-09 13:17:35 · 10 answers · asked by ? 3

They both believe in the New Testament and in God, etc etc, but they must be radically different in some way because they seem to dislike each other.

2006-07-09 13:17:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-09 13:16:04 · 4 answers · asked by digilook 2

How old do you want to be when you die.

2006-07-09 13:15:43 · 17 answers · asked by will_jones_90 3

2006-07-09 13:14:42 · 15 answers · asked by daydreamer_bgi 2

He died for my sins so shouldn't i get into heaven if there is a heaven even though i don't believe.
not believing is a sin. right?

2006-07-09 13:13:31 · 29 answers · asked by Lexi 5

2006-07-09 13:13:05 · 12 answers · asked by 自由思想家 3

okayy so in 1 Thessalonians.. it it talks about Jesus' Second Coming and in Chapter 4:16 it goes..

"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.."

i wanna know what it means when it says the dead in Christ shall rise first.. does it mean those Christians that have died will rise first or what? cause that's what im thinkingg.. Thankss and HAVE A BLESSED DAY

2006-07-09 13:12:19 · 12 answers · asked by 143Jesus 2

CELL PHONE VS. BIBLE
I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our
cell phones?

What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?

What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?

What if we flipped through it several times a day?

What if we used it to receive messages from the text?

What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?

What if we gave it to kids as gifts?

What if we used it as we traveled?

What if we used it in case of an emergency?

This is something to make you go...hmmm...where is my Bible?

Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our cell phone, we don't ever have
to worry about our bible being disconnected because Jesus already
paid the bill!

2006-07-09 13:12:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-09 13:09:18 · 2 answers · asked by daydreamer_bgi 2

There's nothing wrong with it and if your a mad evil sort of person it may suit you but everybody has different opinions. As long as I know why alot of people don't like it,that willmake me alot happier.Even you friend that doesn't look like a satanist may be a satanist.

2006-07-09 13:08:35 · 20 answers · asked by Aaron M 2

2006-07-09 13:08:07 · 7 answers · asked by GreatEnlightened One 3

2006-07-09 13:07:09 · 17 answers · asked by superdave 1

Seriously, God can do anything, at any time with no effort.
Such is the infinite power of a true god.

Having to send his "son" to earth to die and be ressurected sounds more like a higher dimensional being (that is NOT god, anymore than we are a god to ants) testing out a scientific experiement of some kind. Really, why does Jesus HAVE to DIE for us to go to heaven? Couldn't he have lived for like 1000 years and founded a truly good chruch which respected women equally? Couldn't god have ressurected us from day one.

So is Jesus an Alien? or is this whole thing just untrue, created by diciples and priests to gain power/money?

I can be good and live purely, and some christians would say I don't go to heaven unless I accept Jesus. Are they wrong, or does belief in a god without supreme power the only prerequisite for heaven?

2006-07-09 13:04:33 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you whatever your belief prefer your children to play with other children who have simillar values and beliefs or lack of them or do you just let them hang out with whoever they want? Basically do you care who influences your children and their beliefs?

2006-07-09 13:04:28 · 18 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7

The one who believes in a God he cannot see, or the one who is offended by a God he doesn't believe in? -Brad Stine

2006-07-09 13:03:31 · 17 answers · asked by Hyzakyt 4

2006-07-09 13:00:05 · 14 answers · asked by djwajih85 2

To elaborate, my mother raised me to believe in and worship God...no one else. I specifically remember her saying "if you choose to follow a religion, I want you to do it because your heart told you so......not me". So when I got to that age when you start wondering what God's all about, I started studying the three one-God religions (Islam, Judaism, Christianity) and my heart told me to follow Islam. Did anyone else have this experience, or do all of you follow religion "x" because Grandma, Papa, Mama and Uncle told you to.

2006-07-09 12:59:48 · 14 answers · asked by carpediem3000 3