Religion & Spirituality - 27 April 2007

Often I hear it said that to find God I must read the Bible with a sincere desire to understand.

Which of you have done this with the holy books of other religions, and which religions did you study in this manner, and why did this process result in you rejecting the other religion(s)?

2007-04-27 10:36:25 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

For example, I feel there is a difference in the definition of Atonement, Resurection, Repentance, Confession, Judgement, Condemnation, & Eternal Life, to name a few. But I get the distinct impression that for many Christians (at least the ones on here) there's little if any difference between the Resurection, and Eternal Life, between Judgement and Condemnation, between Confession and Repentance, and Atonement.
EVERYONE will be Ressurected, but not everyone will receive Eternal Life. In order to know how to make good decisions we have to learn to judge, but we are commanded to not condemn, which is related to be different than judging. And confession is a part of repentance, but the act of telling someone the sin(s) you committed is not repentance. And the acceptance of (which requires at least a knowledge of) the Atonement is a very valuable part of the repentance process, but there's more to repentance than just saying you accept Christ's gift of the Atonement, or just confessing.

2007-04-27 10:35:13 · 6 answers · asked by Tonya in TX - Duck 6

Then we could have a german pope, and an austrian leader of the free world. himmel it would be magnificent wouldnt it?

2007-04-27 10:29:52 · 27 answers · asked by squirrel 1

Are only people allowed in, because I really want my dog and hamster to go? What about those that have never read the bible because they are dogs or hamsters? Is it really believed that humans rule the world? What if a meteor wiped out all of human kind? Would the meteors now rule the world?...are they allowed in heaven? Someone help me..please!!!

2007-04-27 10:27:06 · 7 answers · asked by ronaldoradano 3

I do... I think it was created to control and manipulate. I believe that most christians are hipocrits and I actually feel sorry for them. I believe organized religion is a legal way of theft from a trusting congregation. Shame on you all you pastors and "word of god spreaders" living in million dollar homes...

2007-04-27 10:26:34 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you are a member of the Assembly of God, what do you believe about speaking in tongues?
What does the Assembly of God teach on this subject?
I really need to know.
Thanks!!

2007-04-27 10:26:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-04-27 10:24:13 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok, now that I have your attention, Ill tell you the bad news - Im pulling your leg.

In fact a study performed last year and published found that intercessory Prayer performed for open heart surgery patients had absolutely no discerable affect - other than to have an increase in complications for those that were informed they were being prayed for...

Now, I understand that the going "excuse" for these results is that you "cannot test God." OK, no problem.

Now, my question has nothing to do with these results. Instead, I ask a hypothetical question:


WHAT IF the results of this study had indeed proven that God answers prayers?
Would Christians continue to deny the results as they are doing so now?
Would you still say that science cannot test God?

Fellow Atheists - please allow THEM to respond - do not respond for them. You can, however, say how it might affect you if this hypothetical situation were true. Thanks for the respect.

2007-04-27 10:16:10 · 20 answers · asked by ? 5

2007-04-27 10:14:55 · 21 answers · asked by ArchAngel Raziel 2

Islam says the Devil only has power to whisper his ideas into the hearts of mankind as a test.

Every human being can either choose to follow the whispering of the devil or the legalism (obediance) to Gods commands.

The Devil tries to negate the importance of following the laws of God in every act we do….. eating, sleeping, waking, working etc.

Rather than submit to the laws of God for every action (legalism) we submit to our own desires and likings which are nothing less than the whispering of the devil in our heart.

Islam rejects the idea that the devil has any real power and certainly does not give him the status of “god of this world” (II Cor. 4:4)

Why do some people glorify the Devil by calling him a god of anything ?

2007-04-27 10:11:59 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

that why is that wonder woman calles wonder woman even if she's not wondering or wandering either?

2007-04-27 10:10:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

If we think unkind thoughts, we become unkind. If we think loving thoughts, we become loving. If we think angry thoughts about a certain individual for a period of time and suddenly find ourselves in that person's company, we discover that it is virtually impossible for us to treat he/she in a loving way.

If we think loving thoughts toward someone, when we meet them, we discover that we reach out to that person with kindness and love.

We need to choose our thoughts carefully because they affect us and consequently the people around us.

2007-04-27 10:06:00 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.mormonsinshock.com/DNABOM.htm

Now that DNA testing has proven conclusively that one of the main claims of the mormon church is false, the American Indian is NOT descended from Isrealite lineage, what is their defense?

This is not an attack on anyone, I just want to know what the mormon church believes today.

2007-04-27 10:03:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

The fathers that have sex with their daughter is a pillar of the community and goes to church and he is around 5ft 10 inches with sady brown hair , so this is the profile of this type man. Interesting huh church people?

2007-04-27 10:01:29 · 28 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6

Just FYI, I eat tasty animals. All of them save for pork and strange, exotic game creatures have graced my belly.

2007-04-27 10:00:08 · 22 answers · asked by crusadawannabe 2

From health to politics...from an internal individual level, to a societal/global level?

2007-04-27 09:57:49 · 15 answers · asked by crusadawannabe 2

Jesus says: "And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd."

Who are the "other sheep"?

(Yes, I know the Mormons claim the Book of Mormon covers this. I am curious to know what non-Mormons have to say about it).

2007-04-27 09:56:38 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-27 09:53:52 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

But as my daddy said to me well honey do not forget you will have to take You with you?

2007-04-27 09:53:09 · 21 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6

Jeremy Camp, Hawk Nelson, Natalie Grant and Steven Curtis Chapman for me!

2007-04-27 09:52:31 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Me being baptist we obviously don't agree on things, but I don't want to be rude.

2007-04-27 09:47:47 · 31 answers · asked by mom2ghl 3

2007-04-27 09:46:40 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Northwest California: between Daly City-Redwood City (farthest distance.)

2007-04-27 09:46:13 · 2 answers · asked by Mami_Cita427 1

...what would you think?

Would you look in at them and say, "Hey guys! What are you doing in there? You're not supposed to be in a foxhole. You're atheists, for crying out loud!"

2007-04-27 09:46:07 · 23 answers · asked by I'm Still Here 5

2007-04-27 09:44:20 · 15 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6

Nobody drinking tonight?

If people came from monkeys, why are there still trees?

2007-04-27 09:42:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-27 09:40:57 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

...then two dads and a mom could only be better, right? Black swans do it that way...

2007-04-27 09:40:43 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Could this be one of the Biblical Plagues?
Revelations 5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

Approximately 40 percent of my 2,000 colonies are currently dead and this is the greatest winter colony mortality I have ever experienced in my 30 years of beekeeping," apiarist Gene Brandi, from the California State Beekeepers Association, told Congress recently.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070407/ts_alt_afp/sciencenaturebeesus_070407020928

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is the one that strikes fear second only to Satan. Famine, War, Pestilence and Death are the biblical cleansers of the world, turning man against man, and nature against man.

2007-04-27 09:39:07 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-27 09:36:55 · 36 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6