Religion & Spirituality - 14 December 2006

In the Bible, we get the impression of a God who creates humans, and is constantly surprised by their behaviour and intervenes to change things... 1st it was "Oh my... Adam and Eve have sinned. I must kick them out of the Garden." Then it was "Oh my. The world is full of sin. I must destroy it with a flood" Then it was... "Oh my.. the world is sinning again. I must send down my son to die on the cross to take the sins of the world." so was he not paying attention in between. And if he could see the future, he knew all this was going to happen. It doesn't make much sense to me, being raised a Baptist and having gone to church three times a week all through my childhood and young adulthood.

2006-12-14 11:47:40 · 18 answers · asked by schenzy 3

2006-12-14 11:46:49 · 18 answers · asked by . 3

2006-12-14 11:46:40 · 11 answers · asked by familygames18657 1

2006-12-14 11:44:56 · 32 answers · asked by droid 4

Call his mother ( woman ) instead of mother ?
and do you ever call your mother woman ?

2006-12-14 11:44:34 · 11 answers · asked by jamnjims 5

Given that the Bible is the infallible Word of God, and that the Catholic faith is adhering to that truth, what say you on these points:
Luke 22:19-24 (New International Version)
19And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." 20In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

Hebrews 10:9-10 (New International Version)

9Then he said, "Here I am, I have come to do your will." He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

How then can you say first that Jesus' body is literally in the bread of the Eucharest when Jesus literally says "do this in rememberence of Me" not sacrificing Him again and again, as claimed by Roman Catholics? Clearly it says in Hebrews that Jesus was sacrificed once for all.

2006-12-14 11:44:01 · 14 answers · asked by historybuff2009 2

about you so bad. Some humans are just worthless and unsaveable

2006-12-14 11:41:38 · 11 answers · asked by man of ape 6

And if you do, do you think they will they remember you?

2006-12-14 11:40:34 · 27 answers · asked by Atlas 6

I've had an upsetting week and I've realized even more so, that I am ready to go! Enough of all this. I'm really o.k. I don't want anyone to worry. I'm just ready to meet our creator. No pain, no worries, no sadness, no killings, no hate. Just an awesome love that we cannot even imagine! Feeling good all the time and just serving The Lord Jesus Christ. Yup! That's it! I'm gone! Anybody ready to go? (and by this I don't mean doing anything that would risk your life. NEVER, NEVER REMEMBER LIFE IS A GIFT FROM GOD!!) I AM JUST SAYING IF HE IS READY TO COME AND TAKE US HOME IN THE RAPTURE, .........I'm game! Let's go home! Smiling with hope. from "vessel"

2006-12-14 11:40:26 · 7 answers · asked by vessel 1

my teacher asked me to tell her and i looked almost everywhere and even in bible.resources.com please help me

2006-12-14 11:40:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

God, the Atom, and the Universe.by James, Reid
I think it was written in the late 50's. I have been searching for it. I found it when I was 14 and read it.( but I was a child). It definetly appealed to my logical mind and peaked my curiosity of who God is now @ 34 I'm still working on my spiritual relationship with him.

2006-12-14 11:38:35 · 8 answers · asked by Love72 2

11:5. But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.
Omnis autem mulier orans aut prophetans non velato capite deturpat caput suum unum est enim atque si decalvetur

11:6. For if a woman be not covered, let her be shorn. But if it be a shame to a woman to be shorn or made bald, let her cover her head.
Nam si non velatur mulier et tondeatur si vero turpe est mulieri tonderi aut decalvari velet caput suum

So why don't Christian women cover their hair while praying?

2006-12-14 11:37:44 · 19 answers · asked by Longlivepalestine 2

The missing link was never found nor god in a literal sense has been found. So would it be correct in saying faith lays on both arenas?

2006-12-14 11:36:38 · 9 answers · asked by Labatt113 4

i think he is the greatest thing in the world i just want to know how you feel living in your area and what advice to use to show your faith
I am already showing my faith I just want more ideas
thanks
any child of god is great know matter what.

2006-12-14 11:36:04 · 16 answers · asked by godschild 5

Like do you give you kids presents and stuff?

2006-12-14 11:34:42 · 19 answers · asked by Evilbunnyfarts 2

2006-12-14 11:32:51 · 16 answers · asked by Chase 4

coptic church plzz no wikipedia.. :)

2006-12-14 11:31:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-14 11:31:27 · 14 answers · asked by semaver c 2

MK 8:39 And he said to them: Amen I say to you, that there are some of them that stand here, who shall not taste death, till they see the kingdom of God coming in power.

Also see: Mark 13:24-33, Mathew 16:28, Matthew 24:34, Luke 9:26-27, and probably some stuff that slips my mind.

Jesus constantly proclaimed that the people he was talking to and that generation would witness the end of days - essentially placing it the 1st century CE?

Whats up with that?
Now just dont tell me its not meant literally, its a clear statement found in different books (Mk,Mt,Lk) even sealed by his "Amen"
It is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, its not a metaphor - unless you would suggest all his words to be metaphoric.

2006-12-14 11:29:55 · 18 answers · asked by miraculous_prophet 2

IS this a failing of GOd? how can a perfect god not make it perfectly clear that he exists to everyone perfectly? without fail? And if GOd fails to prove he exists, how can it be called a perfect god?

2006-12-14 11:29:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Could it be that it is "omniabsent"

2006-12-14 11:29:00 · 10 answers · asked by semaver c 2

I am not being hostile, but honestly wondering...If you believe in evolution, where are the "cavemen" type humans? If we came from apes, where is the middle animal that went from them to us? If they died off, why did the types of apes that are around now stick around?

2006-12-14 11:27:43 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-14 11:27:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Don't preach in my schools and I won't think in your church."

2006-12-14 11:27:13 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-14 11:24:03 · 29 answers · asked by snakeyes 1

Nope, because the sources used for various translations aren't even the same. The oldest Hebrew manuscripts of the OT have one story of Daniel, but the famous Greek Septuaguint has a longer version. If the texts have been so obviously tinkered with over time, then the very components are in debate. The King James version didn't even come out until the 1600s.

2006-12-14 11:23:09 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

can you explain why it says God creates evil?


Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.



This verse is in no way consistant with the context of the verse or the topic. While the words themselves are each translated correctly. They make no sense in contex. The word shalom dose mean peace if the verse wanted to say good it would have used Tov. While the word Ra dose often mean evil it is inconsistant with a section that is talking about physical calamity. It is best translated as disaster, war, or calamity




once again the KJV fails to translate the meaning of what the author was trying to say.

2006-12-14 11:21:01 · 9 answers · asked by Gamla Joe 7

oops I meant pagans and wiccans.

2006-12-14 11:20:22 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

he says that dinosaur bones are rock formation put there by god, petrified wood was created by a mystical fire 6000 years ago, and that the earth is the center of the universe. Class is really akward because of him. What should we do? We want him OUT and HATE him.

2006-12-14 11:18:33 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous

We should begin by setting conscience free. When all men of all religions ... shall enjoy equal liberty, property, and an equal chance for honors and power ... we may expect that improvements will be made in the human character and the state of society.

- John Adams, letter to Dr. Price, April 8, 1785

As I understand the Christian religion, it was, and is, a revelation. But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends, have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed?

- John Adams, letter to FA Van der Kamp, December 27, 1816

I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved -- the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced!

- John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson

2006-12-14 11:16:25 · 10 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7