Religion & Spirituality - 17 December 2006

Why don't you believe what he says? "I'am the way, the truth the life, no one comes to the Father but through me?" John 14:6

2006-12-17 04:48:32 · 23 answers · asked by Andres 6

2006-12-17 04:43:39 · 15 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

2006-12-17 04:42:10 · 9 answers · asked by Gibaudrac D 2

I have a female friend (not very close,but close enough)who is a few years younger than myself (she's 19).Her parents are very very devout Catholics(Mass once a week in church,a mass weekly in their famliy home,1-2 bible study meetings each week,famliy prayer each Sunday for one hr..etc.) yet for the past year my friend has refused to participate in these various activities.In the past year,her parents have expressed their objection to her,but have never insisted on her attending,at most telling her that she was committing a motal sin. Recently my friend has approached me and told me that her parents told her that they have "finally seen the light and it's their responsibility for her faith while she is still living under the family home,and that she MUST attend mass,bible-study meetings in obedience to her parents".My friend has now left home this evening totally upset and angry with the whole situation(i think staying in a motel).I am also Catholic(not like her folks),what can I do?

2006-12-17 04:41:48 · 5 answers · asked by ==)* Irish Coffee* (== 2

Did He get transformed when He was cast down from heaven?
Lucifer the Light!!!******

****+BONUS QUESTION+***** What song does this line come from...."Satan laughing spreads His wings---Oh Lord yeah".???

2006-12-17 04:41:42 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

gossips or Gays

2006-12-17 04:38:07 · 25 answers · asked by icheeknows 5

are you showing your faith by not backing it up with reason? Do you agree that this age is the most "unintellectual" age, in terms of defending your faith, the world has ever seen? Do you believe in 1 Peter 3:15,16 and live your life accordingly?
If they ask questions, I point them to the cross. If they want to attack, bring it on! Are you a gutless Christian who cannot stomach the evidentuality of debating with anyone, EVEN from within the faith? Jesus Christ surely didn't sit on his hands while they were trying to trip him up!

2006-12-17 04:37:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

If I am not mistaken, I think it is a relegion, but I am not sure. Could someone go into full detail on the customs and culture of the Sikh.

2006-12-17 04:36:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

have you noticed that the virulent, hermetically sealed minded atheist still won't SUBSTANTIATE their claim! Yes, I'm listening, but you ain't saying much! Coram Deo (before the face of God).

2006-12-17 04:28:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

The true religion, Hinduism is fast getting eradicated from here,
The sooner it Goes,the better is for the World peace

2006-12-17 04:27:35 · 6 answers · asked by pkstn_proud 1

please let me know of any web sites.A BIG THANK YOU in advance .

2006-12-17 04:27:16 · 4 answers · asked by Happy As a Lark. 1

2006-12-17 04:25:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

At what point in your spiritual walk did you come to the conclusion that there is no God? Or if Agnostic that you are not sure? What SPECIFIC event or experience made you make a different Choice?

I'm not looking for an argument Im looking for sincere answers. Thanks!

Merry Christmas!

2006-12-17 04:23:24 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-17 04:20:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I thought about the hundreds of thousands of innocent people who suffered unspeakable brutality and death by the Nazis. The great majority of the victims lived righteous lives, loved God, and kept the commandments, and taught their children likewise.

Then I considered a hypothetical Nazi, a former deathcamp employee, who, after the war, said to himself: "Times have changed; I can't kill any more Jews, perhaps I should repent."

Maybe he comes to America and in a Baptist church he kneels at the altar and asks Jesus Christ into his heart. He convinces others, perhaps even himself, that his repentence is genuine; never mind he has the blood of thousands on his hands. Perhaps his conversion is a good practical move as well.

He dies and goes to Heaven, and is met by Jesus' outstretched arms.

Those people who had suffered and died at his hands are in Hell, torment worse than anything on earth. They will suffer the torment of Hell forever; their God was not Jesus.

2006-12-17 04:20:54 · 11 answers · asked by 2.71828182845904 5

Then how do they explain their final book of Scripture, Revelation?
A "revelation" is something received through prophetic gifting!
Or do they not acknowledge this book in their Bible?

2006-12-17 04:19:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

have you noticed that the atheist cannot even come to the plate? At least when anyone posits an argument, positive or negative, it would be incumbent to the debater that they could substantiate they claims. But can't, because they have no proof! They're flaccid in the literal sense. They hide behind the "Prove your positive".They have a performance anxiety. Dey got nuttin'!

2006-12-17 04:16:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-17 04:15:58 · 59 answers · asked by YabbaJabba 3

The Third Commanment commands us to worship God in a special manner on the Sabbath. How does the Church direct us to fulfill that Commandment?

2006-12-17 04:15:48 · 8 answers · asked by My Life is in Black and White 4

2006-12-17 04:12:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

When the first cave man realized he could threaten other cave men with blocking out the Sun during the first solar eclipse?

2006-12-17 04:10:40 · 13 answers · asked by Atlas 6

2006-12-17 04:10:26 · 7 answers · asked by JR 1

2006-12-17 04:09:46 · 2 answers · asked by Ricky P 1

The seat of the Catholic Church [papacy] was not Rome from 1309 through 1377. Where was it?

2006-12-17 04:08:14 · 11 answers · asked by Ashoke S 1

With all the stuff happening in Iraq the two factions are always mentioned. What is the difference between the two? Thank you.

2006-12-17 04:07:48 · 14 answers · asked by bAzTNM 2

PICKTHAL: And We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob, and We established the prophethood and the Scripture among his seed, and We gave him his reward in the world, and lo! in the Hereafter he verily is among the righteous.

Sura 29:27 states clearly that, as far as Allah and the Qur'an are concerned, the only true prophets are those related to Isaac (Ishaq) or Jacob (Yaqoub); yet Muhammad, according to Muslim tradition, is related to Ishmael and not Isaac or Jacob

2006-12-17 04:07:46 · 8 answers · asked by Sternchen 5

does not Genesis 1:1 answers it all? The atheist cannot sunstantiate there point, but we can. But even if we don't have a Bible handy, just looking around proves his existence. Right, the Bible ASSUMES that He already exist. The point is that the atheist (whom Jesus also died for) cannot disprove it. So, on the get go, we already have them on the run!

2006-12-17 04:03:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to ask simple questions and I would like to hear the answers. It’s not an attack from my side, just inquiries coming from the logic.
Why according to the Bible Earth is older than the Sun? I can read that God created first Earth and later gave the day and the night. All we know today that night and day come from the mutual work of Earth and Sun. So it’s impossible that Sun was created later. Why Bible says so? Because people who wrote Bible that time couldn’t know about it, because this knowledge came later or maybe God wanted to hide it or lied to us?
Second thing is that in Bible human was created as a first animal and that is fake. First human and then apes from which human becomes? A bit ridiculous. How it is? Why Bible says so? Is it another proof that Bible was written just by simple people? I think so, because I can’t believe God would lie to us. First alive organism on Earth was bacteria and all plants and all animals are descendants of bacteria. Sounds scary, but is true (you can check it during DNA tests). If you take any bacteria and study something about it in laboratory you would understand how our world function and how close we are to it.
In Christianity there is one God in three images- God the Father, Son of God and Holy Spirit. 3 items, but representing one being. So… my question is- why Jesus is praying to God if He is God? Why when he is dying on the cross he is saying “Father, why did you leave me?”. What father? God the Father= Jesus, because we have just one God. By the way… Do you know that Saint Trinity is taken from the oldest cult in the world? From Lunar Cult which was created in the age of matriarchy. So first true Saint Trinity was: virgin-priestess (Full Moon), woman-mother (Quarter) and witch (New Moon- so-called all knowing mother- till the age of Church, the word “witch” had been associated with Goddes, but of course, because of well known reasons, Church gave to this name negative overtone). Not only Christianity used the Saint Trinity of Lunar Cult, so it’s nothing strange, but that would be nice if Church informed believers where from Saint Trinity came. Now ask yourself why 2 most important festivals in Christianity are connected with… night. Christmas and Easter (in Polish Wielkanoc, what means exactly “The Big Night”), which is movable holiday, because of the moon!
And why do we celebrate Jesus birthday in December if according to Bible he was born in March? I think I know why. In December there is solstice, ancient day of Sun. Christianity is based also on sun cult, that is why we celebrate His birthday in December, that is why the Eucharist and Host look like sun and that is why the Saints has halo above their heads on paintings. All because of sun. Because of pagan faith.
Each religion had been changed many times and it’s not a shame to talk about it, but I don’t understand why Christianity is still hiding many things. All we know how cruel is the history of the Church, when on behalf of God Christians killed million of innocent people just because they believed in other way in God. Are you aware than Christmas tree came from pagan German people who lived in forests?
How normal, educated person can believe in God? Ask yourself why Christianity is almost dead in Europe. In my opinion Church did all to kill God. We lost God between artificial prayers, boring masses and kneeing in front of pictures of the saints who in most of cases were sick or anti-Semites, although Jesus was a Jew.
Why in Christianity God is a male? I mean, I know God has no gender and is not a human, but why do you call IT a father? It’s a being! The power which moves atoms and let you walk straight on ground. It’s not a human. I know it’s so much easier to understand and believe when we say God is a human, but… it’s not truth. It’s a big big ENORMOUS lie created in times of patriarchy.
Everybody can be such God as Jesus was. I can say I am God and nobody can give me any proof I am not. Because there is no explanation of God.
In my country we have one lady who claims she is the successor of Jesus and she has many believers. They pay her to meet her and pray to her and they say she does miracles and who can tell them that they are being cheated and they pay for nothing? If they believe so strong and are happy who can say to them NO? The same with Christianity which has totally no proofs that Jesus existed and did any miracle.
It’s so sad what I am saying, but if you took to hand one good biochemistry book and studied it you would understand a thousand time better the world and real God, because the science is not killing religion, it only shows better way to real God. Shows the structure of the power and exposes the mistakes of religions. It also gives you the possibility to get into real interaction with God.
Tell me- how you can believe that there was no evolution? Why do you believe what is written in book which was changed as many times as the ruler of empire changed and cut or added something to Bible. Why you don’t want to believe in truth as Jesus said? Why you don’t believe in proofs given by science. Those proofs come from God to let you understand all. Church agreed with evolution, but still it forgets about it.
Church is not bad now. I’m not talking about the Vatican which is just one big world bank which helped the Nazis to escape to south America after world war II, but I’m talking about Church in general. It’s so good that Church is speaking about love these days, but it has to change. Speaking now about saints is boring and people don’t believe in things like this. If Church made a reform it would gain new believers. Church is doing lots of good things around the world, but it should help from heart and not because it wants to give Christianity by force. If you help poor people in bush, help them and let them believe in trees and birds, because you have no proofs and no right to say or even think that your religion is better than their. If you are happy with your religion let other people, your sisters and brothers to be happy with this what they grew up with. Don’t say “I will feed you and cure your wounds, but you have to pray to cross, not to birds”. Why do you use such a expression as "knights of the Eucharist” at all? Why Christianity is full of violence and why it doesn’t teach to love God from heart but forces to love from fear- “if you don’t believe you will be burnt in the hell”. This is this love? Why God in Bible is all the time testing humans. I think I also know why. Because religion was created by us, by humans, who always want to gain profits and who will do all to take incomes. It’s easy to say “pay taxes, because if not, God will send you to the hell”. Why Egyptian plagues came for example? Not because of anger of God. Of course not. It happened due to the eruption of volcano. Why rivers and sea became red? It happens each year thanks to the algae, that’s why Red Sea received such a name. What was the cause of another plague connected with black spots on bodies of people and animals like cows and sheep? The cause was Bacillus anthracis (anthrax). If you read carefully all report in Bible about that you will see all symptoms of anthrax epidemic (skin form). Lots of animals which keep heads often near ground get infection by this bacteria, because it lives in ground.
The other very sad thing is that Christianity is supposed to appear as the religion of tolerance, so can you tell me why women can’t be priests? In other religions it’s not a problem and for many believers women are far more better priests than men, because they are very sensitive and they are much more interested to help. Your god doesn’t like women- why? The other thing is that female gender was created first. Because only female organism is able to give life. Even humans can reproduce themselves just from women and men are not needed. The Y chromosome is getting smaller and within ages there will be no men. So what will happen with Christianity? No pope, no priests… Sad, but if Christianity exists that time it will have to face this problem. Why women are worse in Christianity and they can’t be priests? Why somebody whose “ovaries” are hanging between legs is better than the same human, but whose ovaries are higher?
God is everywhere. In each tree and stone, in everyone of us, but we have to notice it and not fight with world, because it has no sense. Try to understand why world is so colourful and why people believe in different things. Because there is many ways to God, so many as many people live on this planet. And the Earth is just one small planet among a thousand billion of the same planets in solar system. Don’t be scared to think.

2006-12-17 04:02:59 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

life just aint worth living. whats some good verses in the bible to get me back to injoying life again? I need something good to read today.Thanks

2006-12-17 04:01:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

just wondering(:

2006-12-17 04:01:47 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous