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Religion & Spirituality - 28 March 2007

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Perhaps that way, the people(spiritual or not) who are asking serious and honest questions about things they really would like information about won't have to sift through all the sarcastic people that ask mean evolution vs. creation questions, or start out judgemental and rude from the beginning.
Your Responses:
1. must not be rude or offensive
2. must be related to this section heading
3. must not be disrespectful to any religion, spiritual or personal belief.
Any thoughts?

2007-03-28 03:10:33 · 23 answers · asked by prettygirlsmakegraves 3

A quick read through of the New Testament shows that the first century Christian church met almost exclusively in homes. It is fairly easy to demonstrate that this was what the apostles were taught to do by Jesus and what the apostles taught new churches to do. Certainly other things happened, such as public preaching in the temple, teaching in the synagogues as an attempt to convert the Jews, etc. But it is clear also that these were not church services. Also conspicuously absent is the worship service with rows of Christians passively sitting and listening to a preacher. What they did instead was meet to encourage one another, pray for one another and share the Lord's supper as a full meal, potluck style. Everyone was free to contribute to the meeting so long as it was done in an orderly fashion and for the purpose of edification. Today's church does things so differently as to appear to be an entirely different entity. Why meet in buildings instead of homes?

2007-03-28 03:03:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Peter ever say to Jesus you can have my axe? Paul ever say, you have my bow?

2007-03-28 03:02:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-28 03:00:44 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems a lot of the 'Athiests' on here use the term as mostly an excuse to bash religious people.

Now I myself used to 'claim' to be an Athiest, then when I truly thought about it, I now see myself as an Agnostic.

I cannot beleive for 1 second that although there may not be a 'God' as such, there cannot be a greater power either.

Just a thought... carry on...

2007-03-28 02:59:38 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

There are 2 psychological profiles of pedophiles.
1)FIXATED-These molesters never developed a mature sexuality. Their sexual attractions focus on children – boys, girls, or children of both sexes. These pedophiles are neither gay nor straight as they do not have an adult sexual orientation.

2) REGRESSED-These offenders have an adult sexual orientation but "regress" due to trauma, abuse, sexual repression, sexual guilt etc. and disassociate from their adult sexuality and return to an earlier, less mature psychological state and engage in sexual contact with children.

A gay person repressing their natural orientation is just as unhealthy as asking a straight person to do it and increases the risk of severe dysfunction like "regression". As a Christian appalled by the number of child abuse cases in churches, I have to ask: 'Are Christian organisations who demand gay people repress their adult sexual orientation putting our children at greater risk of being sexually molested?

2007-03-28 02:58:35 · 4 answers · asked by jessicabjoseph 3

not murder or anything really bad like that-just the general stuff

2007-03-28 02:56:23 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

There is a prophetic statement told by prophet Muhammed that says that a piece of carpet at your home is better than a woman who can not get pregnant.

The above statement is mentioned in many Hadith books:

http://www.al-eman.com/islamLib/viewchp.asp?BID=383&CID=22

(1) Did prophet Muhammed really say that?
(2) Is not that considered as discrimination against infertile women?

2007-03-28 02:56:17 · 18 answers · asked by peace_lover 2

Note that a wide variety of guestions are raised to undermine the Christian view of God. Thus, it is crucial that we learn to question the question rather than assuming the question is valid.

Proverbs 26: 4-5
"Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes."

Religion is only at fault when others don't respect what you believe in, therefore religion gets the blame.
God works in most all religions, because God knows we are all not perfect, and that this is his way to reach out to many. And others whom don't have a religion, spiritualist...God reaches out to the ones that believe, that trust in Him, even to the ones that are weak in spirit. God does communicate in so many ways. And uses us all to reach out to help one another.

2007-03-28 02:56:06 · 11 answers · asked by inteleyes 7

False Christian that he has always been?

I think Bush left Christ when he was told to give up his riches and follow Him because Bush has yet to do what Christ would have done in anything he has done so far!

2007-03-28 02:55:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Christians, let's pretend you were born in Iran and you weren't taught Christianity from the time you were little...
Do you think you'd still feel so strongly that Christianity is "right"?

OR, are you going to tell me right now that you would belong to another religion, and that you would be wrong?
-If so, don't you think that if you were Muslim for example, and you were asked the same question, that you'd say the same exact thing....that you'd be a Christian, but you would be wrong?

Why is it that since you were born where you are, and taught what you were taught....that's "right"?

2007-03-28 02:55:53 · 5 answers · asked by retired 6

I've always wondered how important it really is for an Arab girl to be a virgin when she marries. My aunts and grandmother have made me very afraid of having sex before marriage. They say that if I marry an Arab (and I would prefer to) and I'm not a virgin on my wedding night he'll give me back to my family and the whole thing will be very shameful. So, I remain a virgin. But my father married my mother and she wasn't a virgin. He says he was in love with her. But you have to keep in mind that my mother is American. My friends who I've asked about this say that Arabs will "excuse" an American woman. Now, I'm half-Arab, half-American. Do I get the same "get out of jail free" card? And I belong to a different generation than my father; things must have changed since he grew up. I wonder, how are Arab Muslim men who grew up in other countries on the matter? I'd like to marry someone like me: half-half or whatever. Do Arab American guys care more or less about virginity than pure Arabs do?

2007-03-28 02:55:05 · 4 answers · asked by Haifa Z 1

2007-03-28 02:54:27 · 14 answers · asked by jignutty 4

2007-03-28 02:53:45 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hey guys,

Did you know that 666 is not actually the number of the beast mentioned in Revelations? It turns out, there was a translation error, either intentional or accidental, somewhere along the lines. The actual number, as shown in the earliest existing copy , the Oxyrhynchus Papyri (see here http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/POxy/beast616.htm ) assigns the number 616 as the number.

Just how many more Satan related mistranslations are going to be found in the Bible? First it was the whole KJV "Lucifer"/"Likening to the Morning Star" (King Nebuchadrezzar II) thing, now this vital numeracy error?

2007-03-28 02:52:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-28 02:51:07 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Imagine you met the Pope, standing there in his hat and robes and before you get to tell him anything or ask him, you must first address him as Your Holiness.

Would you do it? Why or why not?

2007-03-28 02:50:45 · 39 answers · asked by jleslie4585 5

So many churches have so many painting and picture of what they claim Jesus looks, and yet so many people pray infornt of these idols...technically one is worshiping the idol wheaher or not they apove. And does christianity forbide worshiping other gods or idols. How do you know that Jesus looks the way people picture him to be, i mean there's so many jesus' out there...there's a black jesus, a white one, a pale one...etc. That's why i think islam and Judasim is the only religion that doesn't worship infront of a god, because at the end of the day we don'r know what God looks like.

2007-03-28 02:49:21 · 16 answers · asked by Bilqis 2

I get the king troller award, you all jumped on the hook.
Loved the responses.
Good bate, I think.

2007-03-28 02:45:44 · 12 answers · asked by chris p 6

Now you know why I don't believe in Christian God.

2007-03-28 02:44:05 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

I did it the slow way, just study, reading and doing the math for 44 years, very interesting.

2007-03-28 02:41:21 · 18 answers · asked by jeni 7

Watched a show last night all about the Branch Davidians....brought back memories of 1993 for me.

Although I am a Christian and firmly believe that David Koresh was a cult leader and totally wrong in his teachings.......

I still believe that our government....more specifically...the ATF & the FBI did things in a horrific way by attacking those people first without cause. Whose to say that can't happen to any one of us?

Again.....David was a false teacher....but what happened to those people was awful & horrific and shouldn't have been done.

Your thoughts?

2007-03-28 02:40:49 · 16 answers · asked by primoa1970 7

Anywhere on a map is there heaven and hell? Limbo anywhere?

France is on a map. I can go to France. I can go to Scotland (but hogwarts isn't there).

Your move

2007-03-28 02:40:47 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-28 02:38:54 · 23 answers · asked by avatar 2

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