Religion & Spirituality - 27 December 2006

I've heard this more than once, and have read that some Pastors of Deliverance Ministries, feel Christians should not pray out loud concerning our weaknesses and fears because demonic spirits will use them against us. If you're Christian, how do you feel about that?

I feel that Satan can only do what God allows him to do, so praying quietly or out loud shouldn't matter right? God will use any attempts of wrong doing towards his children, to work out for good, if only they have faith and believe. Any oppression or manipulation by Satan and/or demonic influences, is allowed by God to test, strengthen, and humble Believers. So should we monitor our prayers in this way? Does that symbolize one fears Satan, more than they trust God? Why or why not? Thanks

2006-12-27 17:09:09 · 14 answers · asked by StartingOver 2

Was Jesus? No!

2006-12-27 17:08:37 · 14 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7

2006-12-27 17:07:56 · 33 answers · asked by asking the question 1

Im Christian, but Im very open minded about religion. I've had an idea that there is a God, but that all other God's and Goddesses are really the same entity, just called by different names. Does that make me blasphemous against God?

2006-12-27 17:05:54 · 16 answers · asked by v3stylz17 1

2006-12-27 17:04:17 · 14 answers · asked by ? 3

2006-12-27 17:00:56 · 5 answers · asked by kpsbth 2

Paul spread hate and bigotry. Jesus was about love one another. 1st Corinthians is a book full of hate and prejudice.

2006-12-27 16:59:54 · 20 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7

2006-12-27 16:59:22 · 4 answers · asked by kpsbth 2

2006-12-27 16:58:35 · 3 answers · asked by kpsbth 2

if you think about it having no faith makes you realize that this life is all you got make the most of it. People who are so devoted to religion in the most extremes are just like the terroist of 9-11
and other religious fanatics who belive that their action even in some cases violent are for a greater good thats beyond their life and the life of others any comments? I am a spritual person but does my logic have any merit?

2006-12-27 16:58:22 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-27 16:57:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-27 16:56:31 · 11 answers · asked by mrquestion 6

Paul was a Roman citizen. He was a turncoat and played both sides of the fence. As a Roman citizen he was allowed free travel.

On the road to Damascus he had a seizure. Supposedly Jesus appeared to him and said ,Why do you kick against the pricks. Look it up, that was how it was recorded in the original catholic bible. Jesus asked him why was he persecuting his people.

Paul was secretly a fundamentalist Jew, a fanatic. He was then a fanatic in his writings. Why are his words important? Are the words of the KKK important today?

2006-12-27 16:51:56 · 15 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7

for example: practices, beliefs and so on...I am very interested to know this please answer

2006-12-27 16:50:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-27 16:49:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

NA Double Helix: A Recent Discovery of Enormous Complexity
The DNA Double Helix is one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time. First described by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953, DNA is the famous molecule of genetics that establishes each organism's physical characteristics. It wasn't until mid-2001, that the Human Genome Project and Celera Genomics jointly presented the true nature and complexity of the digital code inherent in DNA. We now understand that each human DNA molecule is comprised of chemical bases arranged in approximately 3 billion precise sequences. Even the DNA molecule for the single-celled bacterium, E. coli, contains enough information to fill all the books in any of the world's largest libraries.

DNA Double Helix: The "Basics"
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a double-stranded molecule that is twisted into a helix like a spiral staircase. Each strand is comprised of a sugar-phosphate backbone and numerous base chemicals attached in pairs. The four bases that make up the stairs in the spiraling staircase are adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G). These stairs act as the "letters" in the genetic alphabet, combining into complex sequences to form the words, sentences and paragraphs that act as instructions to guide the formation and functioning of the host cell. Maybe even more appropriately, the A, T, C and G in the genetic code of the DNA molecule can be compared to the "0" and "1" in the binary code of computer software. Like software to a computer, the DNA code is a genetic language that communicates information to the organic cell.

The DNA code, like a floppy disk of binary code, is quite simple in its basic paired structure. However, it's the sequencing and functioning of that code that's enormously complex. Through recent technologies like x-ray crystallography, we now know that the cell is not a "blob of protoplasm", but rather a microscopic marvel that is more complex than the space shuttle. The cell is very complicated, using vast numbers of phenomenally precise DNA instructions to control its every function.

Although DNA code is remarkably complex, it's the information translation system connected to that code that really baffles science. Like any language, letters and words mean nothing outside the language convention used to give those letters and words meaning. This is modern information theory at its core. A simple binary example of information theory is the "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." In that famous story, Mr. Revere asks a friend to put one light in the window of the North Church if the British came by land, and two lights if they came by sea. Without a shared language convention between Paul Revere and his friend, that simple communication effort would mean nothing. Well, take that simple example and multiply by a factor containing many zeros.

We now know that the DNA molecule is an intricate message system. To claim that DNA arose by random material forces is to say that information can arise by random material forces. Many scientists argue that the chemical building blocks of the DNA molecule can be explained by natural evolutionary processes. However, they must realize that the material base of a message is completely independent of the information transmitted. Thus, the chemical building blocks have nothing to do with the origin of the complex message. As a simple illustration, the information content of the clause "nature was designed" has nothing to do with the writing material used, whether ink, paint, chalk or crayon. In fact, the clause can be written in binary code, Morse code or smoke signals, but the message remains the same, independent of the medium. There is obviously no relationship between the information and the material base used to transmit it. Some current theories argue that self-organizing properties within the base chemicals themselves created the information in the first DNA molecule. Others argue that external self-organizing forces created the first DNA molecule. However, all of these theories must hold to the illogical conclusion that the material used to transmit the information also produced the information itself. Contrary to the current theories of evolutionary scientists, the information contained within the genetic code must be entirely independent of the chemical makeup of the DNA molecule.

DNA Double Helix: Its Existence Alone Defeats any Theory of Evolution
The scientific reality of the DNA double helix can single-handedly defeat any theory that assumes life arose from non-life through materialistic forces. Evolution theory has convinced many people that the design in our world is merely "apparent" -- just the result of random, natural processes. However, with the discovery, mapping and sequencing of the DNA molecule, we now understand that organic life is based on vastly complex information code, and such information cannot be created or interpreted without a Master Designer at the cosmic keyboard.

2006-12-27 16:47:30 · 38 answers · asked by ? 4

2006-12-27 16:46:10 · 41 answers · asked by Troy J 1

2006-12-27 16:45:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i look up the Bible but he passage is to brief to explain, aside from asking Godly discernment... what people may say is sometimes to believe but if you have strong insight, can you take some time to explain, not only for the asker but also for those who can read it...thanks.

2006-12-27 16:43:41 · 15 answers · asked by Philadelphia 2

And that the rich should give to the less fortunate?

Why do Christian conservatives preach the opposite nowadays?

2006-12-27 16:41:41 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

ZK gave me this idea for part 2....Since the bible says it already knows who is going to win the final battle or whatever its called...what if everything was the same except it stated "unfortunatly god and his followers will be defeated by lucifer and cast to the firey hells forever" then would you still worship the same??

2006-12-27 16:41:34 · 2 answers · asked by clutchstevens 2

What makes the theory of evolution so appealing to so many people, and why is the theory of Creation not as appealing to people not of religion?

2006-12-27 16:39:25 · 34 answers · asked by Jordan 1

2006-12-27 16:38:54 · 12 answers · asked by aswini_pani 2

I saw this: "Why do some people have so much hatred towards christians?" Where the poster was a Christian.

Well, here's my question turning the tables. And where I am actually an atheist.

Christians do experience hatred unfortunately. But so do atheists. Why the latter is my question? I'm curious to know what the answers are to this one.

2006-12-27 16:38:45 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-27 16:38:09 · 14 answers · asked by Troy J 1

http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/dont_use.asp

Even the biggest Christian Apologists don't think anyone should use this argument. Isn’t it time you quite too? It is a little embarrassing.

2006-12-27 16:37:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

How can any religion be right? Every "true" member of "any" religion believes that they are right and the rest are wrong. Therefore, how can anyone believe "completely" in just one?
Why not live based on "morals", and not religion?

2006-12-27 16:35:45 · 13 answers · asked by Tree 2

2006-12-27 16:33:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-27 16:29:03 · 16 answers · asked by rapturefuture 7

2006-12-27 16:27:08 · 8 answers · asked by sahar s 1