Religion & Spirituality - 14 May 2007

2007-05-14 09:03:32 · 3 answers · asked by kaye j 3

Vision of the founding fathers of the US, or McCarthy era propaganda?

2007-05-14 09:03:19 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

if the bible clearly states not to make heaven idols or worship them why do people wear crosses. if your mother died in a car accident, would you wear a car symbol around your neck to remember her? if not why do it to jesus

2007-05-14 09:02:08 · 35 answers · asked by chica69 2

I know they come from the Old Testament but they are universal values that most people teach their children. Only Atheists would not like the first commandment, but if you don't believe in God what difference would the first one make to you. All in all I think the 10 commandments should be embraced. It is nice to have some of these things in our courthouses etc. We will never be able to replace it in this day and age because everyone is so open minded they stand for everything and nothing , so no decision ever gets made. What do you think?

2007-05-14 09:01:40 · 17 answers · asked by spring storm 2

2007-05-14 09:00:52 · 9 answers · asked by wisdom 4

to understand the things of God?

2007-05-14 09:00:08 · 16 answers · asked by wisdom 4

2007-05-14 08:59:25 · 2 answers · asked by kcbrown1979 3

2007-05-14 08:58:57 · 25 answers · asked by wisdom 4

2007-05-14 08:57:09 · 6 answers · asked by deltagremlin 5

i watch hundred of picz and videos with orbs and i just can not explain to myself what are these

2007-05-14 08:56:33 · 7 answers · asked by chris 3

I believe in God and all his works... I go to church here and there with my family and/or my girlfriend... I even worry that if I do something against what God wanted, like swearing or don't pray as much as I should... Does this make me a bad person being a Catholic?

2007-05-14 08:55:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

does it say anywhere in the bible about it being "godly" or at least ok to smoke weed?....my husband and I were debating about this

thanks in advance

2007-05-14 08:55:24 · 22 answers · asked by Ruby Tuesday 3

I heard that Mars are gonna start using animal whey in their sweets. This means they wont be suitable for vegetarians or halal. I love snickers, someone plz tell me this isn't true!!!

2007-05-14 08:54:59 · 17 answers · asked by ¸.•*´`*•.¸ ℓανєη∂єr ¸.•*´`*•.¸ 6

That's 12 generations (400 years ago).

2007-05-14 08:54:44 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

And was so disgusted by fanaticism in His name that He is laying low...?

2007-05-14 08:54:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-14 08:53:54 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-14 08:53:01 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

For example, if Adam and Eve had two sons, guess who must have been having sex with their mother? It's either that, or the whole creation story is wrong. And there are many more cases of incest too...And what about wife-swapping Abram who goes to his wife's maid, Hagar, so that his wife can "obtain children by her." And what about the sons of Eli having sex with women "at the door of the tabernacle'' 2:22? And don't even get me started on the Songs of Solomon...

2007-05-14 08:50:32 · 30 answers · asked by cheryl m 3

2007-05-14 08:50:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-14 08:49:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Our government has knelt down to other religions & allowed Christianity to be almost deleted from our country. We are no longer allowed to display our own belief in our schools. This makes me want to remove my child from public school & teach her at home. They are even going so far as to remove pork from the schools because it offends Muslim children. Our children can't pray in school but children in other religions are allowed to. If it were up to me, every desk would hold a bible & there would be an hour set aside each day for the children to read from it. I've noticed that the United States isn't mentioned in Revelations. We are destroying ourselves. Unless "We the people" stand up for God & our country, our children will soon not have a country to defend. Take the time to look around & tell me what you see this country of ours becoming. The Americans need to stop fighting amongst ourselves & start standing up for each other. Drop the "African" & "White" & call yourself "American".

2007-05-14 08:47:50 · 47 answers · asked by foreverhoyt 3

Is it the case not that they don't believe it, but they just don't understand how it works? So they say they don't believe it.

2007-05-14 08:47:20 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-14 08:47:14 · 3 answers · asked by andromeda 2

Then what is wriiten in the Bible?

I have heard many people say we are vastly approaching the End Times Scenario because billions of believers are praying for Jesus to come back to earth as soon as possible, which is speeding up the process of ending this system of things.

What says you?

2007-05-14 08:46:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

We all see posts here by people saying "Evolution is just a theory, not a fact!"

So what? No scientific theory is ever a fact.

Scientific theories are based on facts, and with more facts to back it up, the theory becomes stronger. Facts are observations of natural phenomena.

In other words, the theory of evolution EXPLAINS the changes to life on earth over time. The FACT that life on earth changes is shown by observations of natural phenomena: one area where we get a lot of observations is paleontology. We see fossils of life on earth that show a progression from non-lilfe, to simple celular organisms to, simple sea creatures, and onward over time until the present day. That's how they have come up with the charts like this: http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/G/GeoEras.html

You don't get amphibians, for example, before the late Devonian period. They just aren't there. You don't get mollusks before the Silurian period. THOSE are the "facts."

2007-05-14 08:45:58 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

#1.He was married: Mark 1:30 , 1 Corinthians 9:1-5
#2.Peter was not put above any of the other Apostles: Matthew 20:20-28 , Mark 9:33-34 , Luke 22:24-27
#3.Power was not given to Peter, but was given to the Church as a whole or no less than two or three: Matthew 18:18-20
#4.Peter attempting to dissuade Jesus from His announced path of suffering, thus proving himself a "stumbling block" : Matthew 16:23 , Mark 8:33
#5.He stoutly contridicted Jesus when he had been warned by Jesus that he would deny Him: Matthew 26:33-35 , Mark 14:29-31 , Luke 22:31-34 , John 13:37-38
#6.He had a problem staying awake when Jesus had told him to watch: Matthew 26:37-46 , Mark 14:33-42
#7.He tried to defend Jesus in the flesh and was rebuked of Jesus for it: John 18:10-11
#8.He fled with the others when Jesus was bound: Matthew 26:56
#9.He denied the Lord three times in one night even cursing and cussing: Matthew 26:58,69-75 , Mark 14:66-72 ,Luke 22:54-62 , John 18:15-18,25-27

2007-05-14 08:45:43 · 8 answers · asked by don_steele54 6

Can someone explain to me if it is a race or religion? I need help explaining it in a speech I have to give to my class.

2007-05-14 08:44:42 · 11 answers · asked by Felicia [FR3$H] 1

Scripture: The Bible is the inerrant word of God and is to be read as the earliest Christians read it: in the light of Tradition and under the guidance of those ordained to teach. The Books of the Old Testament were put together by the Hebrews in the Septuagint (ca 300 B.C.), which includes the seven Books called "Deuterocanonical" by Catholics and "Apocryphal" by Protestants, and was the Old Testament used by the Apostles. The Books of the New Testament were made canonical over time and were first listed over 300 years after the Resurrection.
The idea that all revealed truth is to be found in "66 books" is not only not in Scripture, it is contradicted by Scripture (1 Corinthians 11:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:15, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 1 Timothy 3:15, 2 Peter 1:20-21, 2 Peter 3:16). It is a concept unheard of in the Old Testament, where the authority of those who sat on the Chair of Moses (Matthew 23:2-3) existed. In addition to this, for 400 years, there was no defined canon of "Sacred Scripture" aside from the Old Testament; there was no "New Testament"; there was only Tradition and non-canonical books and letters. Once Scripture was defined from the many competing books, Bibles were hand-copied and decorated by monks, were rare and precious, so precious they had to be chained down in the churches so that they would not be stolen. Do you think that the lack of printing presses affected the salvation of those who could not peruse Scripture as we have the luxury of doing?


And given the level of bickering back and forth about what Scripture means, do you believe that God expects each of us to be a scholar of Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Chaldean to understand His word and the message of salvation? No! This is why He, in His wisdom, started a Church with teaching authority through Peter, the earthly father of the New Covenant and whose successors sit on the Chair of Peter, just as Abraham was the earthly father of the Old Covenant and his successors sat on the Chair of Moses.



Though we are not to "Judaize" because as Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, warned in the 1st century, " Christianity did not embrace Judaism, but Judaism Christianity," Christianity can only be fully grasped by understanding it for what it is: the Old Covenant growing into the New Covenant, the fulfillment of the Old Testament religion, the organic result of the coming of the expected Messiah Who was Himself from the Tribe of Judah. Tradition and earthly authority have always been an extremely important part of this:

Malachi 2-7
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.


Our Lord founded a Church (Matthew 16:18-19), not a book, which was to be the pillar and ground of Truth (1 Timothy 3:15). We can know what this Church teaches by looking not only at Sacred Scripture, but into History and by reading what the earliest Christians have written, what those who've sat on the Chair of Peter have spoken consistently with Scripture and Tradition, and what they've solemnly defined. To believe that the Bible is our only source of Christian Truth is unbiblical and illogical.


And here is a little something to think on for those who believe in sola scriptura: Ignatius, appointed as Bishop of Antioch by Peter, came up against some Jews who resorted to the same mind-set in order to disprove Christ's Messiahship. In his first century letter to the Philadelphians he wrote: "When I heard some saying, If I do not find it in the ancient Scriptures, I will not believe the Gospel; on my saying to them, It is written, they answered me, That remains to be proved."




2 Peter 3:16
As also in all his [Paul's] epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

2007-05-14 08:43:45 · 10 answers · asked by Isabella 6

taste, or feel?

2007-05-14 08:43:03 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Muslims, Christians, all of you. What, if anything, do you do to make the more extreme factions of your flock 'see the light', as it were?

Does you feel that that falls under your responsibility, or not? Are you your brothers' keeper?

2007-05-14 08:42:02 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous