Religion & Spirituality - 27 March 2007

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2007-03-27 09:45:28 · 26 answers · asked by Not Of This World 3

I am writing a paper on religion and I have a couple of questions for Baptists.

You believe in being 'saved' on earth, when you come to the realization that you're a sinner. Is there some ritual or something that goes with that? Am I 'saved' because I know I'm not perfect, or do I have to be Baptist?

Can you be 'un-saved'? If you get saved, then later on if you forget about God or whatever, are you not saved anymore?

Do you have communion? If so, what do you eat and drink, and does it represent flesh and blood?

Thanks for anyone that can answer these questions.

2007-03-27 09:44:50 · 9 answers · asked by billchick 2

in preyer u are crying, u think u r the wrong, u r not good, after finishing the preyer u feel like happy.than ur paryer is accepted.and also ur all the preyer is accepted.weather its bad or good .

2007-03-27 09:43:32 · 6 answers · asked by NR 2

I could understand if sometime during that stretch God made some appearance to resolidify his presence but all we have is a book that some priest rewrote to fit their own needs and some followers who preach old words. Why do you think people still believe?

2007-03-27 09:41:35 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous

as negative as some people on here. Using fowl language, sarcasm, disrespect? Has God changed you?

2007-03-27 09:41:10 · 12 answers · asked by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5

If god's word was revealed (or re-revealed) periodically throughout the ages (Abraham, Moses, Jesus, etc.) ending with the Quranic revelation, why did it stop there?

It seems like he kept giving every few generations a "second chance", but 1300 years ago the second chances ended.

This is an honest question, not an attack or anything, it just seems inconsistent.

2007-03-27 09:40:13 · 11 answers · asked by jeff7272 3

And not a single camera crew showed up? Link to the article says it all. We marched where the Million Man March is held, and complete silence.

http://www.freemuslims.org/march/

The Free Muslims Against Terrorism are proud to announce that on May 14, 2005, Muslims and Middle Easterners of all backgrounds will converge on our nation?s Capital for a rally against terrorism and to support freedom and democracy in the Middle East and the Muslim world. This will be the first rally of its kind in Washington, D.C., that is led by Muslims and Middle Easterners.
Join us in sending a message to radical Muslims and supporters of terrorism that we reject them and that we will do all we can to defeat them.

We also want to send a message of hope to the people of the Muslim world and the Middle East who seek freedom, democracy and who reject radical Islam that we are with them and that we will do all we can to support them.

Endorsers
This rally is NOT limited to Muslims and Middle Easterners. We request anyone and everyone who supports our message to join us at the rally. We want to send a message to the extremists and terrorists that American Muslims, Christians, Jews and people of all faiths are united against terrorism and extremism.
We welcome all endorsers and we ask that you circulate and publish this message to as many groups and people as possible. Help us make history.

2007-03-27 09:40:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

and what would like to learn?

2007-03-27 09:39:29 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok one time i was playing my GBA in church and someone handed me a basket of money, i "accidently" dropped it and realized....i could make like 50 dollars! so i took it and i make about 42 dollars a week at church.

do u get paid to go to church?

2007-03-27 09:38:57 · 8 answers · asked by its not gay if... 2

If I don't, I'm afraid I'll get a bad headache.

2007-03-27 09:37:27 · 3 answers · asked by Heron By The Sea 7

2007-03-27 09:35:31 · 18 answers · asked by radio star 1

2007-03-27 09:35:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

someone who i fell in love with just cut me off like a bad habit & now he has been involved with several females. he hurt me and didnt show any remorse. it feels so hard to accept that he doesnt want me. i have told him how i feel. i told him dont call me but he still does and we may share a baby girl together. need advice

2007-03-27 09:35:14 · 11 answers · asked by sunkist39204 1

Or any other religion for that matter?

2007-03-27 09:33:46 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

ill spit on him and ask him how it feels to be jewish when the christian people are soo much cooler, then id spit on him again

2007-03-27 09:32:23 · 14 answers · asked by its not gay if... 2

A corrupt stinks of character decay! Being a victim of corruption I am biased against the corrupt. I do not find it a great sin for a person to commit prostitution or practice beggary in an insensitive society to ward off hunger and to satisfy the urge to live. But when a corrupt stretches his dirty hand for bribe I get a natural urge to open my mouth and wet his face. He/she deserves to be branded as a dirty element in any home. What sentiments do you respect, the Corrupt or mine’? To me, they are living parasites in any community and richly deserve to be treated as pests.

2007-03-27 09:31:27 · 11 answers · asked by Nimit 2

it was just a quick vision that was in my dream. what could it have meant

2007-03-27 09:30:14 · 8 answers · asked by sunkist39204 1

I do realize I used inductive reasoning for the question before and the purpose was to get real answers. I know many white people fought for people being oppressed just like all cultures have. I am not blaming whites at all because many white people died because they realized what was going on. John Brown, Robert Upham - ect...- the point is that Americans are trying to form a melting pot when we are asked to only accept your spices. Many of us do not like the way you Cook! Seems like you have forgot the way this country was formed and say "this country was founded on God" when it was not. It was formed on Greed and had nothing to do with God! Like I said - not all white people are to blame - but the philosophy that - you won the war - so deal with it and assimilate ----- is asking me to accept my people getting murdered, raped and stolen from like you have. Is that what you are asking us to do? Forget what happened to us and forget where we came from and accept your way

2007-03-27 09:30:12 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

Southern Baptists are "Southern Baptists" because they broke from the Northern Baptists over the issue of slavery. Southern Baptists preached from their pulpits that Slavery was ordained by God. Southern Baptists said that God was on the side of the South during the Civil War. Southern Baptists just apologized for their role in slavery in the past 10 years. They have been out of touch forever and long to admit their mistakes. However, they remain the largest protestant denomination in the country. When will they admit their wrongdoing with other hot button issues of our times...homosexuality, etc...

2007-03-27 09:30:11 · 7 answers · asked by G.C. 5

Is it true that according to 1856 law, building a church in Egypt requires the approval from the president?

Is this some Islamic teaching?

2007-03-27 09:29:33 · 6 answers · asked by Mostafa Al Banna 2

Thank you.

2007-03-27 09:28:59 · 6 answers · asked by nebtet 6

Or do they abstain due to other people telling them they cannot have this anointing?

I ask because of a recent Watchtower magazine article on the Jehovah's Witnesses "Memorial" celebration in a few days. At this annual remembrance of Jesus' death, there will not be one single partaker of the emblems in thousands of their congregations. Only some 8,000 will partake world-wide, with millions abstaining. I know their theological reasons for this. I just want to know whether this article, which virtually tells them not to partake, has convinced them they cannot have the Holy Spirit because "it's not for them" (it's only for the remnant of the 144,000). So, does this persuade them? Or do they genuinely not have the Holy Spirit's anointing (in which case they cannot say they belong to Christ - Romans 8:9-11).

2007-03-27 09:28:49 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Will you just stay dead and be dust in a grave? Do you want to be like that?
Or will you live again? Jesus died on the cross so that we may live again like he did. He took the same route as someone who dies and went to the grave and rose from the dead. In john 3.16 it says

"For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten son for whosoever believeth in Him shall not persih but have everlasting life."

No human can ever judge our hearts because whatever they think is absolutely wrong. Only God can judge us and see our hearts and see our true colors.
If you believe in Jesus and accept Him, He will grant you life! You don't have to stay dead in the dust!

For those of you who wonder why you want to live again...Why wouldn't you want to live again? Wouldn't you want to spend more time with your family and friends? Wouldn't you want to live where there exists no greed, no selfishness, no evil? You want proof...the bible...why is the most read/successful book ever?

2007-03-27 09:27:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

some strange spirit came into me in the form of an angel,causing a persons spirit to come inside me,the strange spirit also took my spirit/soul leaving me void and numb like my spirit is gone.The strange spirit is still inside,and the persons spirit,plus my spirit is still gone,what shall i do if ive had an unusual experience as this.what i wrote really happened.its true.

2007-03-27 09:26:27 · 13 answers · asked by Smiley 1

I have been in love with Jesus my whole life. My precious Holy Spirit has been my constant loving companion, but I have gone back to college to get my advanced degree, and I am taking psychology.

As I review 'abnormal' psychology, I have come to the horrifying realization that I, and the Christians I know are suffering from a common delusionary neurosis.

We claim to "know God" and, as I have, claim that he is more real than a brother, or earthly father, but it's not really the truth.

Once all the psychological pressures (the compelling circular evidence of the Bible and the gratuitous nature of American culture to default into Christianity) are stripped away, it is clear that the process of what Christians call a "relationship" with Jesus and the Holy Spirit is a strong delusional response to fundamental insecurities!

I live a "holy" life, according to scripture, & will continue to do so, but I am having to completely re-evaluate my beliefs, and re-address my moral philosophy

2007-03-27 09:26:16 · 49 answers · asked by John Galt 2

2007-03-27 09:25:42 · 11 answers · asked by alex l 1

Jesus taught to the masses in parables, which each hearer has interpreted in accordance with their own understanding.

This great truth is confirmed in the words of Jesus to his disciples: “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that, they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding” (Mark 4:11-12 NIV)

The word PARABLE means: EXAMPLE
(specifically: usually a short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle)

And where do parables come from? Life! We take examples/stories of our own lives, create a short fictitious version of them and thus we have a parable.

So does anyone else believe, like me, that ALL of life is nothing but a huge parable; like that taught by Jesus, but on a grander scale?

Thus, maybe, if one were to listen to the words being spoken in this world, with the correct mindset, 1 might understand the mysteries of God

2007-03-27 09:25:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mom is morman and my dad id Catholic! They made it so I could choose when I was older but I dont know which to choose! I need help because I want to be apart of a religios life! What should I do because I enjoy both! Help!!!

2007-03-27 09:25:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-27 09:24:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-27 09:24:35 · 2 answers · asked by Kurtis A 2