Religion & Spirituality - 9 April 2007

Considering that the gnostic gospels were written no earlier or later than the gospels chosen for the new testament I'm surprised that they're not see as just as valid as the gospels of the new testament.

2007-04-09 07:38:15 · 23 answers · asked by basisdnb 1

Back in those days all it took was a couple of witnesses to verify a miracle.

If the standards then had been as they are now, would the Jesus character have been able to make the cut?

2007-04-09 07:37:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

and that what you believe He commands you to do is not what an evil hacker actually forces you to do through the "friendly" God interface?

What if you're giving your souls to Satan, while you naïvely believe it is God who will get them?

Remember that God runs on Windows 98, whereas Satan is a Linux freak.

2007-04-09 07:36:37 · 11 answers · asked by Malcolm Knoxville V 3

I just found out my husband lost his job.....

2007-04-09 07:35:54 · 21 answers · asked by beatlefan 7

Who in their life has ever found a teacher of religion that can pass on the teaching of his church without impressing his own interests. We give a man a robe and put him at the front of the church and he stands there exhaulted by others. He gets the choice spot at dinner and everone puts on a polite and accepting face when he is around. We build him up and yet history tells us that men have used these positions to perpetuate their own power/evil. Is the flaw in relligion or man.
Christ didn't teach the leaders of the synogogue. They wouldn't listen and he intended to keep God's message from the learnered and wise so they wouldn't use it for themselves. We as people take this humble man's teaching and decide to exhault him and place him on the same plane as God. We equate him with God. We then take anyone who is the authority over this teaching (our priests) and equate them with God. We commercialize all that is religious. Easter and Christmas have nothing to do with religion.

2007-04-09 07:34:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Job 14:13, Dy: “[Job prayed:] Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell,* and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a time when thou wilt remember me?” (God himself said that Job was “a man blameless and upright, fearing God and turning aside from bad.”—Job 1:8.) (*“The grave,” KJ; “the world of the dead,” TEV; “Sheol,” AS, RS, NE, JB, NW.)

Acts 2:25-27, KJ: “David speaketh concerning him [Jesus Christ], . . . Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,* neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.” (The fact that God did not “leave” Jesus in hell implies that Jesus was in hell, or Hades, at least for a time, does it not?) (*“Hell,” Dy; “death,” NE; “the place of death,” Kx; “the world of the dead,” TEV; “Hades,” AS, RS, JB, NW.)

2007-04-09 07:34:10 · 16 answers · asked by Jason W 4

2007-04-09 07:34:06 · 21 answers · asked by NONAME 3

Have they lost all faith in god?

Are they unwilling to offer their proverbial other cheek?

2007-04-09 07:33:00 · 13 answers · asked by Malcolm Knoxville V 3

defend themselves?

2007-04-09 07:31:47 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-09 07:29:35 · 17 answers · asked by t_a_m_i_l 6

When I die, or when Jesus comes back (whichever comes first), I wonder what the afterlife will be like. Sometimes it depresses me, because I think about certain unpleasant aspects.

How will we all feel when we see that some of our departed loved ones are NOT there???

Is being dead like dreaming?

Will heaven have that idyllic feel...the experience of being in heaven...will it be similar to that detached, hazy experience of dreaming? Or, will it be "real", in the sort of way that living consciousness is?

Will I know the people there? What will we do there? What will "life" be like?

Have you ever thought about these things?

2007-04-09 07:29:33 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

i know for a fact god cannot be known, but only be known inwardly,
i would like to hear about your creator also

2007-04-09 07:28:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Considering the role of Satan, is that not the prototypical Dualist proposition?

Isn't Satan, simply, the god of evil, or temptation, vice, etc?

I understand that God is much larger in scope, but so is Zues to Mars.

Psalms 82 (I believe) chronicles the event when Yahweh took the throne as God Most High; is Satan but a minor god, in which Christians choose not to observe?

But he is verily observed, though, isn't he?

I am not saying that he is worshipped in praise, but that he is observed as: one of a group of supernatural male beings in some religions, each of which is worshiped as the personification or controller of some aspect of the universe (definitively).

Zorostrianism is Dualist, what makes it's pantheon different from Christianity's?

2007-04-09 07:26:57 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-09 07:26:55 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

I asked the question a few minutes ago and got an overwhelming reply, thank you for your answers, but i have another related question. for those of you who said marriage> Christian or not I want to know that I'm getting married because it is the right time and for the right reasons, not because of SEX. Don't you think people should get married for more than just sex? I dont wanna look back on my wedding and think that we got married just so we could have sex guilt free

2007-04-09 07:23:02 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

If there was no mention of God in schools, on currency, or in the pledge of allegiance; no advertising for God at all by our government or our citizens, would you still believe?

2007-04-09 07:20:47 · 13 answers · asked by feliouscat 1

I'm wondering what the beliefs/doctrines are of this denomination.

2007-04-09 07:19:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

to go into all the world and tell him about me

2007-04-09 07:18:53 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just tell me what you think Islam is. I dont need the history of Islam or anything like that. I just want to know what you personally think it is. Thanks!!!

2007-04-09 07:15:34 · 27 answers · asked by C-DUB 1

We tend to get a lot of Questions on the difference between catholics and Christians. Is there a website that I can bookmark to answer those questions???

Thanks in advance.

2007-04-09 07:14:35 · 14 answers · asked by Searcher 7

I have dropped the idea from my belief and when I tell others that I don't believe in hell(especially when they tell me someone's going there) they get all bothered by it. Granted, it could be something that might bother people but why do people assume that I can't be Christian if I don't believe in hell?
I suppose the question is why do some act as though it's mandatory to believe in hell to be Christian? And do you believe in hell? (explanation please, I enjoy hearing others' comments and insights.)

Thank you.

2007-04-09 07:14:04 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-09 07:13:35 · 5 answers · asked by serf m 2

The scribes of the Book of Mormon manuscripts who were native, American speaking made almost 4 000 errors in both of them. -In my opinion this testifies of an influence of evil spirits, and, accordingly, the Book of Mormon as a hoax.
However, to more fully substantiate my claims, I would like to confirm differences between those scripts and their normal ones to confirm my position. Can anyone tell?

The scribes: Emma Hale Smith, Reuben Hale?, Martin Harris and Oliver Cowdery, a school teacher!

2007-04-09 07:10:44 · 16 answers · asked by peterwehlin 1

2007-04-09 07:10:07 · 14 answers · asked by imtori 3

Did anyone watch on the history channel, the banned from the bible shows. What did you think about the lillith, eve, and adam or solomon using demons under his control, with a ring of all things to build his temple. Who's to say what was writtings inspired by god, and those that are stories of man. When jesus said a greater man than solomon was here, when doing excercisims, does that mean this story was meant to be included?

2007-04-09 07:09:13 · 15 answers · asked by shadycaliber 5

i can't find the yes or no answer to this question: can you loose your ability to pray in anyway?
explain please

2007-04-09 07:09:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I recently found God's love again and started renweing my faith. But I have been in a long-term relationship with my boyfriend, we have had premarital sex throughout our relationship. Well, since I have started believing again, rather than seeing our acts as love for each other, I feel guilty and feel that i am hurting God, but if i stop it i fear that i hurt my boyfriend. this sucks! lol. I dont know what to do. My boyfriend is not Christian, although has expressed intrest, and we are nowhere near financially able to get married at this point (it's complicated please dont fight me on this it would take a million characters), but we do plan on marriage in the future. I know that he would be upset with me if i just up and decided to discontinue our "relations" and i'm not sure that in not having faith himself, he would understand. once I was told that according to Jesus "once you have slept with someone you have married them in your heart" does this apply to me? please help me

2007-04-09 07:04:07 · 50 answers · asked by Anonymous

OK, many people on here say that logically, the idea of a God does not make sense, so they are therefore atheists. And I agree with that, in the sense that the idea of a God defies all logic.

But let’s actually use logical thinking to address this situation. Let’s pretend there is a God, and He obviously does not want us to “KNOW” He exists, because if He did, He could just megaphone over the entire world “I am God, I exist”. Right? If He wanted to, He could instantly prove His existence. So therefore, He must want us to question His existence, for whatever reason. Possibly so that many people will have faith in Him, and those people will go to Heaven. But that isn’t the point.

The point is, if there IS a God, and He wants us to question His existence, why would logical thinking lead to proof of His existence? He created us, so he could get our minds to work however He wanted. So, He could manipulate our idea of logical thinking just enough so that logic will never lead us to determine His existence. Otherwise, logic would eventually lead mankind to discover evidence of His existence, and the idea of faith in Him would be destroyed.

I am not trying to force my viewpoint, but just to make you think about it another way. So what do you think?

2007-04-09 07:03:07 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Those of you who spend your daily lives mistreating others, do you really think you will go unpunished? ---

You know, it takes a coward to seek out the weak among us and prey on them----

Why spew insults, when you can shower compliments?----

The strongest argument for God is found in the eyes of compassion---

Nothing really belongs to you. Yet you move around the earth making noise with your feeble feet and hands to proclaim your stake in a land that's not yours. A sick soul you are, indeed.---

2007-04-09 07:02:38 · 9 answers · asked by icyhott4urmind 1

Zephaniah 2:2 Before [the] statute gives birth to [anything], [before the] day has passed by just like chaff, before there comes upon YOU people the burning anger of Jehovah, before there comes upon YOU the day of Jehovah’s anger, 3 seek Jehovah, all YOU meek ones of the earth, who have practiced His own judicial decision. Seek righteousness, seek meekness. Probably YOU may be concealed in the day of Jehovah’s anger.

2007-04-09 07:02:29 · 14 answers · asked by Jason W 4