Religion & Spirituality - 15 December 2006

We Catholics take it to the Church to settle the dispute.

15: "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
16: But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses.
17: If he refuses to listen to them, TELL IT TO THE CHURCH; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
-Matthew, chapter 18

2006-12-15 06:37:44 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean 'through me or else'.....that's ******** arrogant as heck!

2006-12-15 06:36:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-15 06:35:20 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean, before you have your own thoughts to develop your own rationale, leaders of christianity ingrain fear and guilt for doing what they don't say into children's brains. Before they have the formative understanding of why they are doing what they are doing, their parents and communities 'make' them become baptized and confirmed.

Basically all the rules, stories, preachings, etc, are forced into children's minds before they have proper understanding or learned wisdom to think for themselves. How is this not mind control or brainwashing?

2006-12-15 06:34:54 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-15 06:34:54 · 10 answers · asked by Ashley 1

I know it is dated, but I am interested in his view.

2006-12-15 06:34:32 · 7 answers · asked by Jeff- <3 God <3 people 5

2006-12-15 06:34:08 · 6 answers · asked by Let there be JIMBO 4

As a Catholic, I think I'll be okay as far as the eternal life is concerned. What fate lies ahead for us Catholics in your opinion?

2006-12-15 06:34:08 · 14 answers · asked by kenrayf 6

Will you be happy with the way you lived your life? Will you be able to say, "what an awesome life I lived" or will you say, "I have so many regrets"?

2006-12-15 06:33:10 · 11 answers · asked by ~*~*~ 2

Listen, you can be old earth and still be Christians, but some of you are starting to scare me. There is absolutely no way a global flood would be possible. A flood, however, centered in the only populated area of the world at the time, the middle east, would be very possible. And if you think about it from the perspective of Noah, who sailed for so long without finding land, it must have certainly looked like the flood was global.

The rock records disprove the possibility of a global flood. The sentiment could not possibly have formed the way it had if the flood was global. Plus, if the flood were global, it would have destroyed all trees and plants, along with animal life. This would leave Noah and all of the animals absoluetely nothing to eat when they reached land. It would be a baren wasteland.

There is a point of having faith, but also looking at interpretations and viewpoints of the authors of such stories.

2006-12-15 06:31:11 · 24 answers · asked by James 1

Surely you cannot have a relationship with God if you are frightened of him

2006-12-15 06:31:03 · 28 answers · asked by cloudbunny 1

Living in Sweden, I have a bit of a problem with relating to just why intelligent design is even something that gets discussed in the USA. It really seems ridiculous.

Yeah and while I'm at it.. just why do people accept that the court can order you to participate in faith-based programs (concerning addiction and so on)?

2006-12-15 06:30:44 · 7 answers · asked by jonas e 1

2006-12-15 06:29:52 · 5 answers · asked by Pam G 1

Hello! I was told by a friend that your church is always coming up with a year that armeggedon will begin, is this true. just wondering.

2006-12-15 06:29:50 · 4 answers · asked by Jesus junkie 3

13:5. And that prophet or forger of dreams shall be slain: because he spoke to draw you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of bondage: to make thee go out of the way, which the Lord thy God commanded thee: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee.

Is it saying that anyone who tries to turn someone away from Christianity should be murdered?

2006-12-15 06:29:46 · 5 answers · asked by cloudbunny 1

Why did he want to exterminate Canaanites? It was not their fault that they happened to live in the promised land. They worshiped wrong gods? But so were 99% of earth population, and again, how was it their fault if he did not reveal himself to them?

2006-12-15 06:28:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have commited several evil sins on yahoo answers, specialy towards two people, can you people pls forgive me for my sins, and i want to wish you all a happy christmas, ohh and i did cheat by point gameing,godbless and thanks.

2006-12-15 06:25:28 · 14 answers · asked by the_reporter 2

It has been accurately pointed out that violence can arise from both religion (i.e., the Crusades and 9/11/01) and atheism (i.e., violent oppression from communist USSR and China).

The common elements of all of these phenomena are ideologies that carve reality to fit into their unyielding frames of reference. Both Communism and Religion develop a self-righteous justification for strong oppression of "non-believers." (The US war in Iraq was intended to "spread freedom," seemingly no matter how many Iraqis died in the process.)

Instead of religion, is blind adherence to an ideology the true problem of the 21st century? How are we to deal with ideologies that become more important than human beings? Is it the role of skepticism to raise questions whenever someone develops an unquestioning allegiance to ANY ideology, relgious or athestic?

2006-12-15 06:25:18 · 7 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

millions have died defending what they believe the bible says.........there should be no argument

2006-12-15 06:19:24 · 36 answers · asked by bush deathgrip 2

2006-12-15 06:18:03 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-15 06:16:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Protestants usually give an answer that basically says "your God is good for you and my God is good for me, why does it matter what you believe about God as long as its what you like?"

Why do Protestants believe that who God is and what He teaches depends on the preference of each person?

Isn't this like trying to make God conform to us and our will? Isn't it really idolatry to do this since the god they make is in their own image?

Christ left us with one apostalic Church that He promised would always be there, a city set on a hill for all the world to see.

Before the Eastern schism in 1054, there was one Church which was united with the Pope as the sign of unity to the rest of the world.

Now, there are over 33,000 Protestant sects, each with their own religion based on the agenda of the man or woman who founded it.

2006-12-15 06:15:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

a quote in the Holy Quran that explains how to halal an animal to eat

2006-12-15 06:15:34 · 6 answers · asked by Shiny 3

2006-12-15 06:15:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

so, its nothing more than providing you comfort.

why do you need to be comfortable?

2006-12-15 06:14:56 · 12 answers · asked by bush deathgrip 2

confronting sin in a personal, private, loving mannor? Isnt that how we are suposed to confront sin?

2006-12-15 06:14:51 · 18 answers · asked by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5

2006-12-15 06:12:01 · 16 answers · asked by Josephine 1

Here's a nice answer I got from a Christian:

Hey dude if you're going to use my name to bash, at least do it in character. I am a Christian, so I bash atheism. get it right!!! gosh.

2006-12-15 06:11:11 · 17 answers · asked by Ashley 1

How do your religious Beliefs determine how you vote?

2006-12-15 06:10:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

if you're not Christian, don't answer. thanks!

2006-12-15 06:10:19 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous