Religion & Spirituality - 2 March 2007

I'd like to hear your explanations on the atonement. I am a lifelong Christian, but I've always been troubled by the idea of Jesus having to die for our sins. Why? I have never been given a satisfactory explanation. Even after asking a Catholic priest, I was told that it's basically a mystery that we cannot understand. So I have always tried to keep my faith, at the same time praying to God to help me understand this. I'd like other Christians' views on this issue, please. Maybe your insight will help me to grow spiritually.

2007-03-02 11:18:54 · 10 answers · asked by miakaye 2

2007-03-02 11:17:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Like anger? Didn't our Creator give Us this ability, to release powerful spiritual energies We create, that are harmful to our bodies?
But We tell everyone, "You can't act like that!" And We hold it in, and it eats us up inside. Finally coming out over some little thing. And on someone who has done Us no harm.
Learn to channel Your Power, and put the energy into something constructive. By simply Breathing Deeply at times of stress. In, and OUT! You can learn to control Your Power.

White Buffalo

2007-03-02 11:17:51 · 13 answers · asked by Medicine Eddie 2

2007-03-02 11:14:07 · 13 answers · asked by NONAME 3

Do they talk to people after they die? Do they really haunt people? That kind of stuff.

2007-03-02 11:13:42 · 11 answers · asked by cheetahs2kewl 1

2007-03-02 11:13:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here are the facts that have been found:

>mammals = mammary glands (Duh), reptiles = no mammary glands (not even sweat glands)

>Mammal mothers have placentas for the nourishment and development of their unborn young. Reptiles do not.

>Mammals have a diaphragm that separates the thorax from the abdomen. Reptiles don't have a diaphragm.

>The "organ of Corti" in the ears of mammals is not found in reptile ears.

>Mammals also have three bones in their ears, while reptiles have only one. (Evolutionary theory attempts to explain it as follows: Reptiles have at least four bones in the lower jaw, whereas mammals have only one; so, when reptiles became mammals there was supposedly a reshuffling of bones; some from the reptiles lower jaw moved to the mammals middle ear to make the three bones there and, in the process, left only one for the mammals lower jaw. I wonder if there is a fossil record of this transition.)

2007-03-02 11:13:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

religion" what would you say back?

2007-03-02 11:13:32 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-02 11:12:45 · 7 answers · asked by t a m i l 6

2007-03-02 11:10:50 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is a second chance question for those who didn't have a first chance.

2007-03-02 11:10:33 · 6 answers · asked by Patrick the Carpathian, CaFO 7

2007-03-02 11:10:00 · 8 answers · asked by debbie d 2

Who helped me with my newbie ritual question. =) I found tons of pinecones lying around and it seems I was more than welcome to have them. Thank you so much.

2007-03-02 11:08:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-02 11:08:08 · 9 answers · asked by Lily K 1

i feel like i want to know God on a spiritual level but i just can't. any advice?

2007-03-02 11:07:22 · 23 answers · asked by gaaabbers 2

IF I take the scriptures and look up the scriptures on Hell, it talks about gnashing of teeth, torment, endless flames, and ultimately annihilation! But .... WHY???

2007-03-02 11:07:16 · 19 answers · asked by John Galt 2

can somebody please explain this to me?

2007-03-02 11:06:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Religion is hope for an afterlife and Hope is a powerful thing. Gambling addiction is when people Hope to win money. So can Hope as in Religion be an addiction?

2007-03-02 11:05:17 · 23 answers · asked by ry s 1

2007-03-02 11:04:35 · 22 answers · asked by Laurel W 4

2007-03-02 11:02:06 · 10 answers · asked by Julia 1

2007-03-02 11:02:01 · 19 answers · asked by pickle head 6

Was the earth created by the big bang and not god?

Personly i believe god created the elements and he gave them charicteristics that form everything we have today. Does any one else believe the same way as me?

2007-03-02 11:02:01 · 19 answers · asked by ..... 2

I have never had to do this before and am unsure what is supposed to go in this letter.

2007-03-02 10:59:35 · 5 answers · asked by Jenn62082 1

2007-03-02 10:59:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Higher Intelligences claim there was a Lemuria. Like
Atlantis, but in the Pacific Ocean. And the people there
were Brown-skinned.
They were supposed to have migrated to Easter Island and The Indus Valley, over a long period of time, and by mass exodus, right before Lemuria finally disappeared under the waves, through Earth cataclysms and erosion.
They claim the "Giant Heads" on Easter Island are a Memorial to that Lost Land.
There is in fact, 5 "lost" languages on our World, that we still cannot read. Two of them being almost identical. One coming from Easter Island. And the other from The Indus Valley!

Sadeek

2007-03-02 10:58:24 · 5 answers · asked by Sadeek Muhammad 2

Im forever getting people answering my questions with a religious response or undertone, i have even been abused for being atheist in the past and damned to hell for all of eternity on one occasion! I dont deny you your beleifs, however i dont wish them to be pushed onto me.

2007-03-02 10:56:55 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

St. Irenaeus is known as the "Father of the Church." His writing in 180 C.E., "Against Heresies" details his opposition to Gnosticism as well as other sects within the early history of the Church. What do you think were his major objections to Gnosticism?

2007-03-02 10:56:15 · 3 answers · asked by confused 1

2007-03-02 10:54:38 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

which day is the Sabbath according to the Bible, and is it important to keep it?

2007-03-02 10:54:25 · 15 answers · asked by Daniel 2

I keep seeing this from christians all the time. "We don't lead people to God, God does it. We just help". Why does he need your help if he's god and can do it all by himself?

2007-03-02 10:52:40 · 29 answers · asked by Kallan 7