Religion & Spirituality - 20 March 2007

ok i need a few answers on being baptised

by the way im a baptist


1.do you have to attend classes before bieng baptised at a baptised church for learining about it or something

2.is being baptised purification of ones soul by water or is it a mean of salvation

3. whats the history behing baprtised like where was it created or widely used

4. kind of like question 2 is being saved mean like you ask jesus for forgivness and ask him to be with you in your heart

question 2 is the most important question i need to know

2007-03-20 14:01:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Theses days I'm focusing a lot on The Great Apostasy which will precede the Rapture, and also on the love that Paul speaks of in 1st Corinthians 13. What about you?

2007-03-20 13:59:09 · 8 answers · asked by celebduath 4

I've prayed and I prayed, but God wont let me fire lasers from my armpits. God must not love me.

2007-03-20 13:58:42 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Matthew 19:28
Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

2007-03-20 13:58:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

(I've been reading youtube Nick Gisburne's latest book "The Atheists Are Revolting" and he made a valid point I want to bring up.)

Christians:
Your argument is that the world is too vast and complex that it must have been created. But surely, then, one god isn't enough, right? Perhaps there are 2 gods; 50 gods; a thousand gods.

Your analogy is comparing the universe to a watch and God to the watch maker.

But watches have more than one creator: One for the glass for the face (heats sand and then moulds it); one for the copper and zinc ores digged up (and then melting them down and mixing them to make brass); one for the batteries if it's a modern battery (using leather from a cow and making the appropriate technology for batteries); one for the tools used for making the watch (e.g., tweezers, magnifying glass)... and so on.

A watch has several watch makers.

So surely the universe, the Earth, the animals, etc. need a huge team of designers and manufacturers to build them, right?

2007-03-20 13:58:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I CAN FLY!!

2007-03-20 13:56:40 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-20 13:56:35 · 11 answers · asked by Muslimah 1

What do you think of this statement:

"Most Christians believe in evolution (to some extent), but are afraid of punishment if they were to explore or express their feelings as such."

I'm sure some do not accept any form of evolutionary theory, but you can't ignore the fact that species change over time. Even people are taller, live longer, etc. than they did 1000 years ago. Imagine 3 000 000 years!

Anyway, I just think many are afraid of what God would do if they investigated his greatness on allowing his creatures to adapt to the world around them.

Discuss.

2007-03-20 13:55:51 · 10 answers · asked by Fourth Line 5

People are like lambs to the slaughter house. They get into these cults never even looking into their long histories of false
prophecy. For example 1914, 1915, 1918, 1925, 1941, 1975
and even 1994. All of these are years in which this group said
that Jesus would come. Why are people so dense?
There is so much more. Please look at youtube and watch some of the videos.

2007-03-20 13:55:51 · 30 answers · asked by goof b 1

i want to hear Gods voice and to recognize it, but i dont know how to tell if its Him, me, or the devil thats telling me something...how can i recognize/hear his voice???i think he might have told me something, but im not sure...please, no stupid answers...thank you for all your answers!!!:) :-)

2007-03-20 13:55:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Also, if you commit the same sin over and over does God forgive you when you ask even though you know you are sinning everytime you do it?I want to go to heaven not hell, how can I insure this?

2007-03-20 13:55:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean, the message is not at fault. Could it be us?

2007-03-20 13:53:49 · 9 answers · asked by Prof Fruitcake 6

2007-03-20 13:53:16 · 4 answers · asked by サンダース 2

There are at least 4 major Christian denominations and about 20,000 sub-denominations and small groups. Each one is claiming to have the correct doctrinal interpretation of Scripture. Small wonder people say we do not practice what we preach. We debate, argue, fight even kill each other because of doctrinal issues.

Jesus prayed for all of us before he was arrested. He said, "I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me, because they are yours,
and everything of mine is yours and everything of yours is mine, and I have been glorified in them. And now I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, while I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are." - John 17,9-11

Comments and suggestions, please.

2007-03-20 13:52:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2 Timothy 2:22-24

22Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

23Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.

24And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful

2007-03-20 13:52:05 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

too selfish? tsk, tsk, tsk.

2007-03-20 13:52:04 · 14 answers · asked by FaceFullofFashion 6

Do you believe the begining was caused by a creator or do you believe there was no cause and that the series of causes and effects is infinite?

2007-03-20 13:52:01 · 12 answers · asked by Maikeru 4

2007-03-20 13:51:43 · 3 answers · asked by Jan 1

Please explain why you would not believe me.. Thank you.

2007-03-20 13:50:58 · 52 answers · asked by MoPleasure4U 4

it all adds up to a religion founded on making money and control, not of believing in god.

a) you cannot question your faith. (typically).its dis-encouraged.

b) give money to the church / "give cesear what is cesear's"

c) the threat of hell and the reward of heaven in exchange for mindless obedience.

d) atheists go to hell. automatically. (atheists dont give money to churches, do they?)

e) the inconsistancies and contradictions with modern science in the bible spell out "the words of men, not god"

f) rich televangilists

g) a loving caring god would not show such discrimination against homosexuals like the biblical one does, only bronze age homophobic men would.

you guys agree or disagree and why? feel free to expand.

2007-03-20 13:49:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Open to all brothers and sisters

The question Jesus asked himself.

Matthew 16:26. "For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?"

"Quid enim prodest homini si mundum universum lucretur animae vero suae detrimentum patiatur aut quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua"

2007-03-20 13:49:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

...or do they deserve what happened in Noah's day when they were all drowned. How many will survive armaggedon..do you think you might?? Tell the truth.

2007-03-20 13:47:28 · 14 answers · asked by J.W. 2

I agree with many Protestant ideals and I reject the authority of the Pope. I was never baptized when I was a baby for some reason, although my parents were religious, but stopped going to church when me and my brother were born. My family was originally from Northern Ireland and were Irish Protestants.

2007-03-20 13:46:51 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

My best friends and parents hear it all the time...they say ive been speaking in a different languages...they told me i said aniki.i looked it up and it meant "big brother" and then they told me i spoke rapidly...comments?

2007-03-20 13:46:16 · 5 answers · asked by hanna F 1

Is heaven a physical place? Does it have space, cast shadows? Could it be weighed, could it be destroyed, could it be converted into energy ( e = mc2)? Does heaven change?

2007-03-20 13:45:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Matthew 27:50-"And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth shook; and the rocks were split"...what does this say to you in terms of man's relationship with God, and 'religious practices and rituals?'

2007-03-20 13:44:58 · 13 answers · asked by spike missing debra m 7

Sometimes, I get no response, but the wind just kept blowing on me and the trees never moved. I am intrigued

2007-03-20 13:42:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Patience is the ability to remain internally
______ and ________ in the face of harm and difficulties in life.

Your mental state should always remain
______. Even if some anxieties occur as they are bound to in _______, you should always remain _______ !
Like a ______, which rises from the _____,
and dissolves back into the _______, these disturbances are very short, so they should not affect your mental attitude.
*If you remain _______, your blood pressure
and so on, remains much more normal, and as a result your health will improve.

With Metta {loving-friendlines).

P.S.: Hint. Answers can be found in The
Dalai Lama's Little Book of Wisdom.
Oh...man, I gave it away. Try to answer, if you do not have this Little Book of Wisdom.
*This is not difficult.

2007-03-20 13:41:27 · 5 answers · asked by Thomas 6

2007-03-20 13:39:54 · 23 answers · asked by Pete Allison 6

Why he have to destroy the whole universe?

2007-03-20 13:38:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous