Religion & Spirituality - 2 November 2006

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Ten Thousand Angels
Words and Music by Ray Overholt
Matthew 26:53
"Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father,
and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?"

They bound the hands of Jesus in the garden where He prayed;
They led Him thro' the streets in shame.
They spat upon the Savior so pure and free from sin;
They said, "Crucify Him; He's to blame."

Refrain
He could have called ten thousand angels
To destroy the world and set Him free.
He could have called ten thousand angels,
But He died alone, for you and me.

2006-11-02 04:33:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-02 04:32:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just want to get it right

2006-11-02 04:30:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

blindly?

2006-11-02 04:29:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Imagine a line which flows each way, to infinity. Imagine there is a break in the centre of this line. As a man or a woman, you are one side or the other of this space.
The true meaning of the tantra is to close this gap, and know yourself fully in mind, body and soul. This is your potential.
Can you see this?

2006-11-02 04:29:02 · 4 answers · asked by joju 3

With all the different versions there are, which is most faithful to the original language and why?

2006-11-02 04:28:52 · 15 answers · asked by E D 4

I always hear people say that we believe because we are scared into it. I don't think I've ever been scared of God. I am not scared of going to hell either. I have just seen too many things not to believe.

2006-11-02 04:28:39 · 12 answers · asked by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5

I'm tired of living

I used to maximize my potential, and now my zeal and determination has dwindled as I am faced with one failure after the next.

I'm ready to go (as in DIE), but I have no wish to kill myself (ironic, I know) BUT if God could take me now, I wouldnt mind it because I've lost my vision and I no longer wish to try anymore.
and I certainly cant see my purpose of being here on this earth.

The failures in my life have been my own personal fault, not God's

2006-11-02 04:28:28 · 15 answers · asked by What gives? 5

2006-11-02 04:28:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm a christian and a wiccan at the same time, :) confused? it's because the bible was altared, in the bible's before king james it said: thou shalt not suffer a poisoner to live.

not witch wich means that the old test. doesnt have anything against witches, infact back then (in old test. times) the priests were shown to use witchcraft as a religious practice, but along the way they did it less (people thought it made them gods, they started getting worshipers) and then christ came and said not to use magick anymore (most likley for that reason) so it isnt going against god "if you know how to use it the right way" use it the way god would have wanted you to.

and no i never had the thought of burning myself at the stake :)

2006-11-02 04:26:37 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Church has encouraged prayer for the dead from the earliest times as an act of Christian charity. "If we had no care for the dead," Augustine noted, "we would not be in the habit of praying for them." Yet pre-Christian rites for the deceased kept such a strong hold on the superstitious imagination that a liturgical commemoration was not observed until the early Middle Ages, when monastic communities began to mark an annual day of prayer for the departed members.
In the middle of the 11th century, St. Odilo, abbot of Cluny (France), decreed that all Cluniac monasteries offer special prayers and sing the Office for the Dead on November 2, the day after the feast of All Saints. The custom spread from Cluny and was finally adopted throughout the Roman Church.

The theological underpinning of the feast is the acknowledgment of human frailty. Since few people achieve perfection in this life but, rather, go to the grave still scarred with traces of sinfulness, some period of purification seems necessary before a soul comes face-to-face with God. The Council of Trent affirmed this purgatory state and insisted that the prayers of the living can speed the process of purification.

Superstition still clung to the observance. Medieval popular belief held that the souls in purgatory could appear on this day in the form of witches, toads or will-o’-the-wisps. Graveside food offerings supposedly eased the rest of the dead.

Observances of a more religious nature have survived. These include public processions or private visits to cemeteries and decorating graves with flowers and lights. This feast is observed with great fervor in Mexico.

2006-11-02 04:24:39 · 3 answers · asked by darkangel1111 5

or is it an old fish-wives tale?

2006-11-02 04:24:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Many on this site refer to evolution like it's math. They are as certain of it as 2+2=4. Most don't understand the troubles with evolution.

Go research topics like the Cambian Explosion and irreducibly complex systems in micro-biology. When you read them, don't just read half way through the rebuttle, decide it's over your head but it sounds like someone smart wrote it so just accept it as a resolved issue.

Many agree with Chris Mooney when he sasy evolution is "not just a bedrock of modern science but one of the greatest intellectual achievements of human history."

Do you see how this attitude can lead to a type of group-think amoung all scientist? Scientists aren't gods. They have their own interests and biases.

Do a little research for yourself.

2006-11-02 04:20:58 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

If God is the creator and God created all and anything that we claim to have created was only created because God gave us the tools and all that jazz then isn't it his fault?

Is that like saying, "Hey, I just created the atomic bomb all that Nagasaki stuff was all your fault"?

2006-11-02 04:20:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

like to hear from someone. All answers are welcome!

2006-11-02 04:19:57 · 17 answers · asked by BOOYAH 3

His name is Adam, he has a blood problem, can't make blood cells, I have prayed so much and asked so many people to pray.

He is still not healed. Why would Jesus make me wait.

What else can I do. Doctors don't know whats wrong.

Why would Jesus let this happen to one of his people.

2006-11-02 04:19:20 · 27 answers · asked by You may be right 7

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“We must not make purgatory into a flaming concentration camp on the brink of hell—or even a ‘hell for a short time.’ It is blasphemous to think of it as a place where a petty God exacts the last pound—or ounce—of flesh.... St. Catherine of Genoa, a mystic of the 15th century, wrote that the ‘fire’ of purgatory is God’s love ‘burning’ the soul so that, at last, the soul is wholly aflame. It is the pain of wanting to be made totally worthy of One who is seen as infinitely lovable, the pain of desire for union that is now absolutely assured, but not yet fully tasted” (Leonard Foley, O.F.M., Believing in Jesus).

2006-11-02 04:19:12 · 6 answers · asked by darkangel1111 5

2006-11-02 04:19:07 · 18 answers · asked by abibaigent@btinternet.com 2

2006-11-02 04:18:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

First, I am not a satanist as I have no religion. I do not necessarily see Satan as evil because Christainity or God says so. All he did was try to take control of Heaven because he thought God was being unfair(imagine that). This makes him evil because he is supposed to cause people to do wicked things. I add that because will say that it is what Satan does. I believe in personal resposibility and accountability. I think when a person does something evil is independent of God or Satan.

2006-11-02 04:18:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Christians give respect to Jesus that is true but do the muslims not give respect to Jesus more than the Christians?
Muslims do respect Jesus more than the christians as they never say Jesus like the christians do'when ever the muslims are taking the name of Jesus they say JESUS (peace be upon him) Although according to Islam the messenger of God who bought Islam from God to this world was Prophet Muhammad (PEACE BE UPON HIM) but muslims still believe that deniel of one true holy prophet is the deniel of all the prophet like if anyone does not believe in jesus or mosess even then he is not a true muslim .Now see the christians believe that jesus was killed by the jews and the muslims respect and love jesus so why do the christians hate muslims more than they hate jews if they know all that than WHY do they hate the lovers of the jesus more than the killers of him?And one more thing that Muslims do also believe that Jesus will come back to earth again and they are waiting for him.

2006-11-02 04:17:40 · 6 answers · asked by THE KING 2

Dont worry CPT, its not your fault you were a worm in your previous life

2006-11-02 04:17:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

That kind of logically negates the whole omnipotence thing doesn't it?

2006-11-02 04:16:39 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-02 04:16:29 · 12 answers · asked by LMBFAO! 1

2006-11-02 04:15:23 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

If someone lived on a remote island, and never heard of the Christian God, so they worshipped many Goddesses their whole life, but was a good person their entire life, would they go to Hell anyway? Why or why not?

2006-11-02 04:15:19 · 18 answers · asked by Icefire 3

So the fact that I am an athiest must be part of his plan. I promise I'm not trying to bait anyone with this.

But following on from this, surely if someone says I'm wrong for being an athiest then they are saying God made a flawed me? And that would mean he made a mistake which can't be right. So he must have meant for me to be an atheist and it's wrong to try to convert me out of being one.

2006-11-02 04:13:57 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-02 04:13:26 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who are the false prophet and the wild beast ( see Chapter !3 ) and are these two entities literal persons ?
I am of the opinion as are others that these two are symbolic rather than being literal so how can a symbolic thing be tormented forever and ever.
Food for thought. Anyone answering please consider the material.

2006-11-02 04:09:59 · 20 answers · asked by djfjedi1976 3

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2006-11-02 04:09:48 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous