Religion & Spirituality - 5 February 2007

I happen to be a firm believer in NOT attending a church with wrong doctrinal beliefs. I don't believe in embracing error and singing Kumbaya and all the while closing my eyes to the Truth of God's Word. Am I talking about shunning and any such nonsense? NO! But I believe in strictly adhering to the Word of God and attending a church that does so as well. What are your thoughts on ecumenicalism? Do you feel it's setting the stage for the "One World Religion" spoken of in Revelation?

2007-02-05 16:56:25 · 11 answers · asked by lookn2cjc 6

2007-02-05 16:56:14 · 12 answers · asked by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6

Ever since very little I have been feeling like I have Psychic powers, when I was around 5 and 7 I would always, know who was calling my mom on her phone, or who would call my mom, what commercials would appear on the TV & well just little things, when I was 12 I once guessed the correct lottery numbers, & said that destiny’s child would be back together (right) before the radio did. In fact my radio woke me up & that was the first thing that came to mind, “Destiny’s child” & then they got back together. I really didn’t think it was anything.

And then a few months ago I started getting weird dreams, like I would wake up crying because they were so life-like. One was my brother would go on a long trip & die in a car crash.

I was so scared for him I didn’t really eat & just felt sick all the time, I stopped calling him (he lives with my dad) because I was afraid he would pick up his phone & get in a wreck. I told my mom & her friend (& her friends daughter) on the way to church & just started crying because I really don’t know, I hardly ever cry, (sorry this is so long) anyways I found out Monday (the dream was on Saturday) that my brother would fly to LA with band mates. That freaked me out even more, & then Wednesday I found out the left wing on his plane broke, & they had to shut down the air port for an emergency crash. It didn’t crash (thank god) but it was as if I knew it was going to happen.

The same thing happened again (only the dream was she was murdered by a cow) I know that’s silly but that same scary feeling came over me again, she was in a car crash shortly after, a “cattle” guard had totaled her ford focus, there was absolutely nothing left, she barely survived.

And then….I had my palm read. The lady said I had “very bad energy coursing threw my veins” & that my love life was very unstable & that I would “lead down a path of suicide.” She said that I was being used as “satins eyes” & I needed to seek help. I was so horrified & shocked that someone had said something like that to me; I refused to pay because I felt insulted & left. She started yelling something about dream catchers, & then that freaked me out…again.

The stress of these dreams are too much to handle I’m very calm & collected I make average grades & I’m extremely social, every 3 or so months when I get a ‘psychic’ dream I feel depressed & angry, I literately cant be around anyone, its horrible! I feel as if that person has died already, or I get the feeling this is the last time ill ever see this person again. something ALWAYS happens, and its always about death.

Okay, lately now I’ve been getting those simple “feelings” I got when I was 5 -12, about being about to predict little things, like what songs are about to play on the radio, you know just random little things.

Here is the question:

So will a simple dream catcher help at all? Or do I need to seek out a priest or something? I don’t tell people about my dreams because I know they wont believe me, & they’ll think I want attention. So how do I handle something like this? Is it even psychic related?

If it helps I’m 15, dyslexic & have ADD. (People can never tell though, I stopped taking classes & medicine last year.)

2007-02-05 16:55:22 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

i was wondering how the two differed because they obviously have differing views on idols. where as the christian idols are the cross,
the fish, the virgin mary and to some extent the bible, the hindus obviously have many more. i am looking for both hindu and christian perspective? how do th two differ and from the christian perspective what makes one right and the other wrong? my understanding is that both religions do not believe the actual symbol is god or somehow powerful but that these so called idols solidify the abstract concept that is religion. please share your thoughts, and also do christians believe that very good hindus who help many and devote their lives will burn in hell because they idol worship?

2007-02-05 16:53:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-05 16:50:03 · 10 answers · asked by avagrafic 1

(Genesis 3:17): "To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it..."

(http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=1&chapter=3&verse=17&version=31&context=verse)

"His (Adam's) sin was, in one word, disobedience, Ro 5:19; disobedience to a plain, easy, and express command."

2007-02-05 16:49:36 · 21 answers · asked by Real_Truth 1

2007-02-05 16:46:42 · 10 answers · asked by MADLYNN 3

1. Is it because you're taught that you're born bad?

2. Is it because you're taught that you're nothing without God?

3. Is it because you're taught that things will get worse until Jesus comes?

4. Is it because you're taught that Jesus died for your dirt(sins)?

5. Is it because you're taught that only God can judge?

6. Is it because you're taught that God will forgive you for anything you do?

2007-02-05 16:45:25 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-05 16:45:09 · 3 answers · asked by sadiq 1

Was God drunk when he made man?

2007-02-05 16:45:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

was it before or after the Holocaust?

Also, what was the name of the German (Arch?) Bishop who opened to the Nazis Jewish records kept by the local church?

I am having a hard time getting a definitive answer from the Web.

2007-02-05 16:44:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Elijah, in order to demonstrate that Yahweh was more powerful then Baah, proposed a simple test. Two alters, one for Baal, one for Yahweh. Both would include a blood sacrifice. Whichever God struck fire down from the Heavens first, to light the sacrifice, would win.

Yahweh won.

I would like to propose a similar contest, but between Yahweh and the Flying Spaghetti Monster. But instead of a blood sacrifice of a cow, the sacrifice would be one of pasta.

Any takers?

2007-02-05 16:43:47 · 5 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6

2007-02-05 16:41:47 · 11 answers · asked by RICK 1

2007-02-05 16:41:26 · 26 answers · asked by satyavir s 1

Why do many people think that to believe in God, they must disgard what science has taught us? Evolution is an amazing thing, and I believe that some sort of divine plan must be guiding it. Yes, we evolved from single celled organisms to underwater multicelled creatures to land dwelling creatures to mammals to primates to primative humans and finally to what we are today.

2007-02-05 16:40:21 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

PLEASE "JIHAD" MEANS NO TRANSGRESSION IT MEANS DEFENDING YOUR RIGHTS AND COUNTRY FROM THE ENEMY AND I THINK EVERYBODY DO THAT......



009.111 God hath purchased of the believers their persons and
their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur'an: and who is more faithful to his covenant than God? then rejoice in the bargain which ye have concluded: that is the achievement supreme.

005.024 They said: "O Moses! while they remain there, never shall we be able to enter, to the end of time. Go thou, and thy Lord, and fight ye two, while we sit here (and watch)."(quran)

2007-02-05 16:37:14 · 8 answers · asked by shockoshocko 3

2007-02-05 16:36:42 · 5 answers · asked by chucky 3

"For I so loved the world that I sacrificed Myself to Myself to appease My own anger at My own creation." - God

2007-02-05 16:34:26 · 10 answers · asked by Beavis Christ AM 6

It would be really helpfull!

2007-02-05 16:32:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

The last question I asked was about people.I understand about the pigment differences,still no explanation about, let's say, different races eye shapes.But what about a lake, size maybe half a mile in circumferance.How all the different species of fish that are in this lake?They have the same location.Same ingredients for life.There are so many different species of fish in the same lake.Everything about their surroundings is the same.

2007-02-05 16:31:03 · 13 answers · asked by Rosalind S 4

2007-02-05 16:27:44 · 15 answers · asked by sri hari madhav k 1

Christians often ask "Why should Atheists to do good if they dont believe in God"

We do good because we're good and not because we want a reward after life

2007-02-05 16:26:30 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-05 16:25:11 · 10 answers · asked by sri hari madhav k 1

2007-02-05 16:22:29 · 15 answers · asked by Summer 1

How do you feel about woman pastor why or why not should there be? please use scripture. Serious answers only all others will be reported THANKS!

2007-02-05 16:22:19 · 10 answers · asked by blesshisname2005 3

Doesn't it have the same effect as an atheist answering a Christian's question with quotes from a comic book?

2007-02-05 16:20:48 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-05 16:19:05 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

If a man goes to heaven, and the wife that he loved all of his life goes to hell, how is it possible for that person to experience heavenly bliss? I would think the thought of his wife suffering for time and all eternity would make him very sad and possibly angery at God for sending her there.

Please no BS answers like "God only knows" or "God would make sure that you are happy"

2007-02-05 16:17:49 · 21 answers · asked by super_mannurse 1

where do u go if u commit suicide. heaven or hell

2007-02-05 16:16:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Due to the complicity of our lives, is it more difficult to believe in God?
I think it is.
Do our generations have to try harder to believe? I mean put forth more effort.

I ask because I struggle to believe myself, and I wonder is there anyone else that is like me? My whole family is christian and believes in God but when I really think about it, I dont Believe, and I am not going to say I do when deep down I have no faith.

I just say I am happy with my life, and I believe when you die it is the end of it, and im not scared!

What do you think?

2007-02-05 16:15:48 · 21 answers · asked by STEVE0 THE CLOWN 3