Religion & Spirituality - 19 December 2006

Can anyone tell me why Christians think that Jesus is god when he never claimed that? Otherwise it would be stated clearly and unambiguously in the Bible but it is not.
You can find him calling himself Son of God but others are also called sons of God in the Bible (for example Adam). He never said something "I am your God". So why Christians assume that he is God??? After all, the divinity of Jesus is the foundation of Christianity and if it is true, then there must be a clear and open statement in the Bible that Jesus is God. I do not mean to hurt anyone's feelings. My respect two all Christians. It is just the question I wanted to ask for a long time. Many thanks to all those who will answer.

2006-12-19 11:32:21 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

T/F
He has sent down to thee the Book (Quran) containing the truth and fulfilling that which precedes it; and He has sent down the Torah and the Gospel before this, as a guidance to the people; and He has sent down the Discrimination

Say, 'O People of the Book, you stand on nothing until you observe the Torah and the Gospel and what has now been sent down to you from your Lord.' And surely what has been sent down to thee from thy Lord will increase many of them in rebellion and disbelieve; so grieve not for the disbelieving people.

And remember when We gave Moses the Book and the Discrimination, that you may be rightly guided. And if they accuse thee (Muhammad) of lying, even so were accused of lying, Messengers before thee who came with clear Signs and Books of wisdom and the illuminating Book.

Said Jesus, 'Surely, God is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him alone, this is the right path.'

Holy QURAN

2006-12-19 11:30:55 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Jesus was born by Mary no father, yet Joseph is related to David. Jewish people require the messiah to be related to David. So was Jesus born from Joseph's seed? Or is Joseph being the step father so to speak enough for Jesus to be related to David?

What other things is required for the Jewish messiah?
Is there places in the bible where it says god or Joseph is his father?
If we read he is son of god, Can we look at this as we are all children of god but he is the son of god but seed from Joseph?

Add anything else. I am so very interested in this.

2006-12-19 11:30:40 · 10 answers · asked by Labatt113 4

Jesus:ThePreacher,Doomsday:BookOfRevelation,Jesus'Tomb, MysteriesOfTheBible and The Gosepl of Judas all make Christianity look like a sloppy,poorly written and completely fabricated storyline..

After seeing these shows and finding out that Christmas was a thrown together commeration placed on the same day as the Pagan holiday of Saturnalia, I am so thankful that I converted to Judaism.. Baruch Ha'shem..

2006-12-19 11:29:48 · 18 answers · asked by Furibundus 6

Hey there, interested in an answer from Clusp. Can you tell me more about this and especially any more about the bits in quotation marks.

It also mentions the number of the beast, 666, which stands for a name which "those who have intelligence will be able to decipher" some say that the word "intelligence" has been misinterpreted from Hebrew to English as the character for "computer" is the same as "intelligence" in Hebrew.

Thanks everyone for your help!!

2006-12-19 11:27:47 · 3 answers · asked by urbanrt 3

Why do people not see the contradiction between their religion and how they live their life? I'm talking about the people who call themselves christians (our whatever they are) meanwhile they have a huge three story house with 3 hummers and can never have enough money.

2006-12-19 11:27:24 · 39 answers · asked by anonymous 2

In the Book of Mormon, it claims that the natural state of both God and Man is to be married, and actually mentions God's wife. However, I have tried and tried to find the passage for twenty years and have failed. I know it's there, but I would like to find the chapter and verse.

2006-12-19 11:25:19 · 16 answers · asked by Richard E 4

2006-12-19 11:25:12 · 21 answers · asked by St. Tom Cruise 4

sorry ran out of space. last two words, covert to?

2006-12-19 11:25:00 · 21 answers · asked by nukeYOU 1

I mean, in the Torah or other Jewish holy book, does it say that a jew is allowed to marry someone outside of their fath like a Muslim or a Christian? and do these rules apply for both Jewish men and women?

2006-12-19 11:22:44 · 10 answers · asked by masteryoda 3

2006-12-19 11:22:23 · 20 answers · asked by bodbld1st 1

LMAO!!

GENESIS:22:16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

2006-12-19 11:18:14 · 21 answers · asked by Evil Atheist Conspirator 4

Isn't that incest?

2006-12-19 11:18:00 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

by definition, God created everything, including time, if God created time, then God never had a "beginning" or will have an end, therefore, God has always eternally existed beyond our dimension>
what do you think>

2006-12-19 11:17:09 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just asked Yahoo Answers. Here was one response "Sadly yes. Especially if they get wrapped in the cord (my nephew Charlie was still-born for this reason.)."

So, I'll ask again... where was God then and why didn't he prevent it? and It has NOTHING to do with free will or the devil, apparently.

2006-12-19 11:16:18 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

What if creatures reincarnated from stone age to modern age, does it mean all humans have successively added on myriads of good karma through millions of existences - from eating raw meat to eating Chicken Biriyani. living in caves to living in the Taj Mahal.

Wouldnt it be more simpler to make all humans the superior creation - and animals food and utilities for humans.

How can you even envision animals doing good deeds. The tiger must kill. Why did your creator not create all creatures as vegetarians and give all existences a level ground to compete for karma. He must have so much time to waste keeping track of the karma of unmeasurable living beings including millions of microbes you kill in every drink of water.

2006-12-19 11:14:55 · 8 answers · asked by Charles H 3

2006-12-19 11:13:12 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a man wakes from the stupor of wine". (From the NIV Bible, Psalm 78:65)

2006-12-19 11:12:27 · 24 answers · asked by Sailor 2

2006-12-19 11:10:45 · 15 answers · asked by Jewish American Princess 1

C'mon, God could not just poof up!

2006-12-19 11:08:45 · 34 answers · asked by Oh Dee! 3

In the language of the Bible, in Psalms 82 from which Jesus quotes above, the word "gods" is used by God to describe the prophets ("to whom the word of God came"). Jesus argues with them that if God can call the prophets gods, then his saying that he is the "son of God," is no claim to divinity, just as the other prophets were not God just because they were referred to as gods by God himself.
The point that Jesus makes to the Jews is further proven by the use of the term "son of God," in both the Old and the New Testament. Metaphorically speaking, God is the cherisher and sustainer and hence the "Father" of everybody. This doesn't mean that the person so described as a "son of God" is physically begotten by God or of the same nature as God. Otherwise the term "son of God" would not make any sense. God by definition
signifies one who received his existence from nobody, whereas son signifies someone who received his existence from somebody else. God and son are mutually exclusive terms, they cannot go together. The use of the term by Jesus and in other places in the Bible is metaphoric and not literal.

The many Sons of God in the Bible:
1. Luke 3:38 "...Adam which was the Son of God."
2. Genesis 6:2 &4 "That the sons of God saw the daughters of men...and when the sons of God came in unto
the daughters of men..."
3. Exodus 4:22 "Israel is my son even my first born."
4. Romans 8:14 "For as many as are led by the spirit of God are called sons of God,"
5. Matthew 5:9 "Blessed are the peace-makers for they shall be called sons of God."

By the above quotations from the Bible it should be clear that the term "son of God," signifies only a righteous person. It does not mean that the person so titled is divine, or we would have hundreds of Gods according to the Bible. Jesus is described as the "son of man," 83 times in the New Testament whereas he's described only 13 times as the son of God. What we also see is that Jesus used the terms, "Your Father," "Thy Father," describing God's relationship with people 13 times before the first time he ever said, "My Father," about God. All these show that he was in no way implying that God physically begot him.

It is claimed that in John 3:16 (the favorite verse of the evangelists) that Jesus is referred to as the only son of God. A careful reading of the verse compared to Hebrews 11:17 shows that Isaac is described as the only son of Abraham, whereas literally speaking Isaac was never the only son of Abraham as Ishmael was born before him. The use of the word is metaphoric, Jesus was special among the sons of God.

Peter in the Book of Acts testifies about Jesus: "O you men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a MAN approved of God among you...(Acts 2:22)." Jesus thus even to his disciples, as to early Christians, not poisoned by Pauline doctrine, was a man, not a God.

Claim 2> Another claim that is often times made is concerning Isaiah 7:14. In the Book of Isaiah in the Old Testament of the Bible it states: "Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign, behold a
will conceive and bear a child and shall call his name Immanu-el."

It is claimed that the above was a prophecy about the birth of Jesus to the virgin Mary. It is further claimed that since the word Immanuel means "God with us," the person being talked about, i.e Jesus was God

2006-12-19 11:08:36 · 22 answers · asked by Sailor 2

Okay serious answers only. Many Christians consider homosexuality to be a sin because of verses in Leviticus."You shall not lie with a male as with a woman.
It is an abomination." (Leviticus 18:22) obviously that's very clear on where the Bible stands. I am not disputing that, however there are many other verses in Leviticus that many Christians do not follow. Here are some of those:
"For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon him." (Leviticus 20:9)
Can you imagine what would happen if people advocated a literal interpretation of this scripture.
Leviticus 19:27 tells men not to cut hair at the sides of their heads or to clip the edges of their beard. There are many more.
What I want to know is why do Christians advocate a literal interpretation when the Bible deals with homosexuality but not other things.

2006-12-19 11:07:56 · 26 answers · asked by meandliza 2

2006-12-19 11:07:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I bet you all thought this was going to be a joke, huh
Well I need to get my hands on some hardbound bibles, I refuse to pay for them and I want my identity to remain anonymous, so I don't get a bunch of stuff mailed to me. Is there anyway to do this? and I need them in a hurry, it is for a project I am working on.

2006-12-19 11:06:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

The evil athiest,666zillion light yrs away have trashed their own planet and now seek to take over Earth;populated by Christians.The athiest seem to have better technology and weapons,and evan grow to be 3xlarger than the Christians.When the athiest get to earth the Christians are caugt off gaurd,and helpless;at first it appears the athiest are accomplishing the goal of taking over and destroying the christians.But the remaining Christians regroup,spend some time in prayer,and ask Jesus to help them defeat the obnoxious,ugly athiest.God agrees under the condition all Christians are cicumcised.When the remaining christians return to battle the athiest,christians are outnumbered 7/1;but God true to His word has kept His promised and the few christians attacked with everythingthey had left, and the athiest never had a chance;the christians promptly crushed and squashed them.The defeated athiest were sent into a black hole never to be seen again.And everyone lived hapily ever after.The End

2006-12-19 11:06:42 · 11 answers · asked by Maurice H 6

Romans 12:6-8 lists the motivational gifts. I have found that my number one motivational gift is teacher. How many of you are familiar with finding your spiritual gift and if so which of the seven is your top gift? Just curious!

2006-12-19 11:05:52 · 16 answers · asked by Fire&Ice 1

I don't really have a question. I just wanted to share my personal opinion on Christianity.A couple years ago, I decided that I am an agnostic. And here is why.I learned that people go to church out of fear of hell, not out of love for a God.Why would you love a God that makes you feel guilty for every thing you've done?And besides, nobody is ever REALLY sorry for ALL their sins....but they still ask for forgiveness anyway.Why?Because out of fear of hell.For a small number of people (mostly teens), church is a time to socialize with your friends....kinda like school.And most of time it is seen as sort of the "in" thing to be a christian.
I believe Christianity is hypocrisy, it is guilt, it is contradictory....therefore I cannot trust it.I believe all religions should be practiced at home.I do not like nor trust organized religion.All you get is false translations.It should be made illegal for people to push religion onto others.

2006-12-19 11:04:40 · 21 answers · asked by Abby C 5

the ocult witchcraft says "An' it harm none, do what thou wilt." meaning do what ever you, just don't harm any one....if it the devil worship than would it be a negative saying instead of a postive?
by the way this saying is called the wiccan rede.

2006-12-19 11:03:23 · 13 answers · asked by immacula 1

I think I'll just have to go to Hell and meet him:(

2006-12-19 11:02:17 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I dont know when or why the rainbow was adopted as the symbol of the gay community but in Christianity it was also God's promise to Noah to never again flood the earth. I was thinking about Noah and how he and his bunch had a male and female of every animal to repopulate the earth and when you think about it the Noah story is a tale about the power of heterosexual relationships and reproduction. How fitting of Satan to twist it into a flag of gay relationships

2006-12-19 10:59:07 · 11 answers · asked by h nitrogen 5