Religion & Spirituality - 11 November 2006

I'm Southern Baptist and we got a new preacher about 9 months ago and has taken up with the rich folk of the church. He's a good preacher, but not a very good pastor. I was told that he told people at the church, that if the church hasn't grown in a year then he's leaving. There were a couple of women in the church that had family members to die and they had called the church office to let the pastor know and he didn't bother showing up for anything, he didn't call or nothing. I have seen that if you have a 6 figure income then you get all the attention you need. The way I look at it is Jesus didn't hang around with the rich folk and the preacher needs to start paying attention to the rest of the flock. I don't know, maybe it's just me what do you think? Serious answer only please!

2006-11-11 22:27:56 · 19 answers · asked by tracy211968 6

2006-11-11 22:25:40 · 2 answers · asked by intranet 1

As a Christian, I am apalled at some of the most horrible teachings coming from the most popular TV evangelists (Phelps, Clefto Dollar, Benny Hinn)

Why do you think that the falsest of prophets have the biggest audiences and means of giving their message?

2006-11-11 22:20:47 · 12 answers · asked by IL Padrino 4

2006-11-11 22:17:28 · 18 answers · asked by Joe Cooker 3

2006-11-11 22:11:49 · 4 answers · asked by acel 1

Mindfully considering that there are all "types" in the Body of Christ, with individual roles and unique purposes, what is your honest Christ-felt opinion and analysis of Sherry Shriner and her "horrifying" prophetic ministry? Alarmist in nature, is her message really from God and Christ? What kind of Christ-like Hope does her message offer Mankind and the world, other than utter fright, a pointless earthly existence and mass suicide to escape the terrors she foresees? I'm genuinely curious and interested in what other Christians rooted in Christ and the Word of God sense about Sherry Shriner and her ministry?

For those unfamiliar with her, following is her WEB site:
http://www.sherryshriner.com/

2006-11-11 22:10:57 · 10 answers · asked by . 5

2006-11-11 22:06:58 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

:)

2006-11-11 22:06:40 · 9 answers · asked by Sherluck 6

2006-11-11 22:04:28 · 15 answers · asked by mah_n_61 1

"sacrifice to God?" Should we dedicate each small victory to Him?

2006-11-11 22:00:22 · 8 answers · asked by punk bitch piece of shit 3

Christians,Muslims, or other non-Jews don't need to answer this. Stricly Jewish people or those who know the Jewish answer.

2006-11-11 21:55:29 · 18 answers · asked by Alucard 4

if there is a god, i'm certainly pulling for him. what could possibly be worse than eternity in a lake of fire? but what happens?

2006-11-11 21:54:36 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

The president of the New York Scientific Society once gave eight reasons why he believed there was a God. The first was this: Take 10 identical coins and mark them 1 to 10. Place them in your pocket. Now take one out. There is 1 chance in 10 that you will get number one. Now replace it, and the overall chance that number two follows number one is not 1 in 10, but 1 in 100. With each new coin taken out, the risk will be multiplied by 10, so that the chance of ten following nine, is 1 in 10 000 000 000 or 10 billion. It seemed so unbelievable to me that I immediately took pencil and paper and very quickly discovered he was right. Try it yourself

2006-11-11 21:54:11 · 4 answers · asked by Barabas 5

2006-11-11 21:49:32 · 30 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5

I personally have no recollections of "life" before I was born... In fact, I have few recollections that extend into early infancy. I assume that the bulk of you have similarly absent recollections. (I suspect that there may be a few freaks who believe otherwise.)

How then is it logical to believe that ones after death will be any different than ones before birth?

(Please answer without making useless scripture quotations that lend little help to advancing the logical response. Try using just you brain in answering this question... okay?)

2006-11-11 21:43:28 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

answer it and ill pick u as the best answer just answer this good & try to look for resources.. tnx : Can we also be the sacrament of Christ? how? in your own ways?

2006-11-11 21:40:01 · 1 answers · asked by To0 hOt 4 1

The Bible places a huge significance and importance on being circumcised and that it was considered sinful and evil if someone wasn't. How would anyone be able to tell that was the case? Even today, most people don't discuss that kind of thing amongst each other unless they have a very intimate relationship. But back then, public nudity was more prominent, at least according to the history of the Greeks and such. Other than that, it doesn't make any sense as to how that would be public knowledge in the first place. Especially when you add in the religious belief that your body must be covered at all times.

2006-11-11 21:39:47 · 10 answers · asked by Cinnamon 6

I took a spiritual gift test to get some idea of what my gift was because I've been wondering if I even had one. Anyway discernment was the one I scored the highest on. I thought maybe it was just mistake or something, so I went to another web site and took another test, which had different kinds of questions and I answered them as honestly as I could and it was the same thing, discernment. My question is, is this a good gift to have and does anybody else have this gift? Serious answer only please!

2006-11-11 21:38:40 · 6 answers · asked by tracy211968 6

2006-11-11 21:37:33 · 12 answers · asked by The Maulvi Who Sold His Maruti 3

he wanted them to understand that you can also be spiritualy unattractive, or spiritually beautiful? becuase i was wonderign why God would do that. also, can God be repulsed by someone who is spirirtually ugly? like they have lots of sins and hate?

2006-11-11 21:37:19 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-11 21:34:36 · 14 answers · asked by Shiva 1

2006-11-11 21:33:13 · 7 answers · asked by Shiva 1

Devout Christians and those knowledgable about the faith..... what do you know about the canonization of the Holy Bible? Do you feel secure in the validity of the text? Do you feel secure in the criteria that was given for a book to be included in the Holy Bible?

***I'm not asking to offend. I'm a religious studies major and I'm interested on the Christian perception of such events. I'm considering writing a term paper on the holy books of the three major monotheistics faiths so any answer with a serious opinion is welcomed.


*no reservations, all i ask is respect

2006-11-11 21:29:34 · 16 answers · asked by Living MyTruth 2

It comes on 11th NOVEMBER.

2006-11-11 21:28:30 · 7 answers · asked by Monu 1

http://www.biblebelievers.com/the-reason-why.html#Proving_God

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The president of the New York Scientific Society once gave eight reasons why he believed there was a God. The first was this: Take 10 identical coins and mark them 1 to 10. Place them in your pocket. Now take one out. There is 1 chance in 10 that you will get number one. Now replace it, and the overall chance that number two follows number one is not 1 in 10, but 1 in 100. With each new coin taken out, the risk will be multiplied by 10, so that the chance of ten following nine, is 1 in 10 000 000 000 or 10 billion. It seemed so unbelievable to me that I immediately took pencil and paper and very quickly discovered he was right. Try it yourself.
That is why George Gallup, the American statistician, says, "I could prove God statistically. Take the human body alone – the chance that all its functions would just happen is a statistical monstrosity."

Surely no thoughtful person would wish to base their eternal future on a "statistical monstrosity"? Perhaps that is why the Bible says in Psalm 14:1 "The fool hath said in his heart, 'There is no God.'"


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2006-11-11 21:25:13 · 22 answers · asked by DREAMER 3

They never take part in any inter-faith activities, even when those activities are for charitable purposes. They only inter-mingle with anyone other than JW's. Are they Christians? No disrespect meant, just wondering what the deal is.

2006-11-11 21:22:53 · 7 answers · asked by Pastor of CoRCS 2

answer it pls: Sacrament is a means to fill God's prescence, y? den should sacraments come from Christ & past & end with Him

2006-11-11 21:20:56 · 4 answers · asked by To0 hOt 4 1

Let's start the 14th Holy Crusade, but this time in the name of destheism, the holy war against all monotheism! We shall eradicate all the heretics and their place of theism practice in the name of the Greater Good!

2006-11-11 21:18:27 · 5 answers · asked by Neo 1

There have been some recent questions about why many JW Kingdom Halls don't have windows. That got me to thinking, so tonight, as I drove 250 miles around Kansas City, I checked out every church I passed. I noticed that all of them had windows, but they were up high and covered in stain glass. Many respondents to the previous questions about Kingdom Halls said that it was because JWs didn't want anyone seeing what went on inside, well the same can be claimed for any church. In fact, a lot of churches do have things to hide, as has become evident by the number of claims made of child sexual abuse. I wonder how many churches are as open to inspection as a Kingdom Hall, such as places where children can be taken advantage of? In Kingdom Halls, the children are not segregated from the parents to where they can be harmed. Is this what other churches are hiding?

2006-11-11 21:18:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I recently watched the South Park episode about Mormons and I was just curious because... well although MOST of the information is far-fetched it isn't too far from the truth. So one of them must be familar with the religion, somewhat. I was talking with a couple friends and they said one of them grew up Mormon but fell away from the church. I dunno.. I was just curious...

2006-11-11 21:12:58 · 9 answers · asked by jiwon012 2