Religion & Spirituality - 14 May 2007

Is there anything that Catholicism supports that directly conflicts with the Bible?

2007-05-14 04:07:49 · 15 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

I know a number of people who are about as willing to understand evolution as they are willing to understand how a hybrid car works or the campaign platform of a presidential candidate. It seems that by falling in line like this and following the crowd rather than doing what it takes to understand something as complex as evolution they are just intellectually lazy.

The same goes with many of my religious friends. I'm not talking about those who are active and go to some sort of weekly service here. I'm talking about those who answer the "Do you believe in god?" question with a shrug and a "Yeah, sure."

So, without addressing the *active* theists and active atheists, are theism and scientific ignorance the default position of those who are lazy, unintelligent, uneducated, disinterested, or who don't or won't think about things that require critical thinking?

If that's the case then only atheists have bothered to go outside the norm and taken steps to alter inertia, right?

2007-05-14 04:07:16 · 12 answers · asked by Peter D 7

I am an intern at a Catholic nonprofit organization, and I have been told to find Catholic prayers on the internet about closeness and togetherness. It ties into the theme of the next board meeting. I am looking up Catholic prayers all over the internet, but cannot seem to find one pertaining to togetherness/closeness. Anyone have any ideas on where to look? Thank you!

2007-05-14 04:04:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-14 04:04:27 · 10 answers · asked by Scotty Doesnt Know 7

After all, he is prepared to kill you slowly with his second-hand smoke, so why not shoot him to teach him a lesson. I stop short of wounding him fatally unless he continues his hostile smoking around innocent people.

2007-05-14 04:04:20 · 18 answers · asked by Davie 5

2007-05-14 04:01:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

the life doesn't deserve to live without God, doesn't it?
sorry if that bother you, I just want to know your opinions.

2007-05-14 04:00:44 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so, why? How does the fact that sex is a natural part of being human and essential to the survival of the species factor into your beliefs related to sex? I'm mostly thinking about religious views on the subject.

Other thoughts?

2007-05-14 04:00:40 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Being God created the heavens and the earth in six days and rested on the seventh day, when did the calendar come into being, before or after the Bible?

2007-05-14 03:57:41 · 12 answers · asked by reverendrichie 4

Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

—Revelation 20:9-15

2007-05-14 03:57:23 · 37 answers · asked by Theophilus 2

i have been married for about 5 years now i just recently separated from my wife because she stated that she has lost all love for me. should i have faith the god will help me out in these trouble times or should i just go ahead and get a divorce?

2007-05-14 03:54:58 · 18 answers · asked by colochi79 1

2007-05-14 03:54:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-14 03:54:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-14 03:53:56 · 20 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6

or was there always something there? If so, what was there? If nothing existed at one point, how did we come into being? And go.........................

2007-05-14 03:52:31 · 13 answers · asked by cartoonrat 3

St. Gregory: “ Jews are slayers of the Lord, murderers of the prophets, enemies of God, haters of God, adversaries of grace, enemies of their fathers’ faith, advocates of the devil, brood of vipers, slanderers, scoffers, men of darkened minds, leaven of the Pharisees, congregation of demons, sinners, wicked men, stoners and haters of goodness.”

St. Jerome: “....serpents, haters of all men, their image is Judas ... their psalms and prayers are the braying of donkeys..”

St. John Chrysostom: “I know that many people hold a high regard for the Jews and consider their way of life worthy of respect at the present time... This is why I am hurrying to pull up this fatal notion by the roots ... A place where a whore stands on display is a whorehouse. What is more, the synagogue is not only a whorehouse and a theater; it is also a den of thieves and a haunt of wild animals ... not the cave of a wild animal merely, but of an unclean wild animal ... When animals are unfit for work, they are marked for slaughter, and this is the very thing which the Jews have experienced. By making themselves unfit for work, they have become ready for slaughter. This is why Christ said: “as for my enemies, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them and slay them before me’ (Luke 19.27).”

St. Augustine: “Judaism is a corruption. Indeed Judas is the image of the Jewish people. Their understanding of the Scriptures is carnal. They bear the guilt for the death of the saviour, for through their fathers they have killed the Christ.”

St. Thomas Aquinas: “It would be licit to hold Jews, because of the crimes, in perpetual servitude, and therefore the princes may regard the possessions of Jews as belonging to the State.”

The teachings of Martin Luther suggested a genocide as a final solution :

http://www.awitness.org/books/luther/


“Know, 0 adored Christ, and make no mistake, that aside from the Devil, you have no enemy more venomous, more desperate, more bitter, than a true Jew who truly seeks to be a Jew... a Jew, a Jewish heart, are hard as wood, as stone, as iron, as the Devil himself. In short, they are children of the Devil, condemned to the flames of hell.”

“O Lord, I am too feeble to mock such devils. I would do so, but they are much stronger than I in raillery, and they have a God who is a past master in this art; He is called the devil and the wicked spirit.. They have transformed God into the devil, or rather into a servant of the Devil, accomplishing all the evil the Devil desires, corrupting unhappy souls , and raging against himself: in short, the Jews are worse than the devils.”

“What then shall we Christians do with this damned, rejected race of Jews? First, their synagogues should be set on fire, and whatever does not burn up should be covered or spread over with dirt so that no one may ever be able to see a cinder or stone of it. And this ought to be done for the honour of God and of Christianity, in order that God may see that we are true Christians. Secondly, their homes should be likewise broken down and destroyed. Thirdly, they should be deprived of their prayerbooks and talmuds in which such idolatry, lies, cursing and blasphemy are taught. Fourthly, their rabbis must be forbidden under threats of death to teach anymore.”

“Now whoever wishes to accept venomous serpents, desperate enemies of the lord, and to honor them, to let himself be robbed, pillaged, corrupted and cursed by them, need only turn to the Jews. If this is not enough for him, he can do more: crawl up into their...... and worship the sanctuary, so as to glorify himself afterwards for having been merciful, for having fortified the Devil and his children, in order to blaspheme our beloved lord and the precious blood that has redeemed us. He will then be a perfect Christian, filled with works of mercy, for which Christ will reward him on the-day of judgment with the eternal fire of hell (where he will roast together with the Jews).”

“In truth, the Jews, being foreigners, should possess nothing, and what they do possess should be ours.”

“...Cursed goy that I am, I cannot understand how they manage to be so skillful, unless I think that when Judas Iscariot hanged himself, his guts burst and emptied. Perhaps the Jews sent their servants with plates of silver and pots of gold to gather up Judas’ piss with the other treasures, and then they ate and drank his offal, and thereby acquired eyes so piercing that they discover in the scriptures commentaries that neither Matthew nor Isaiah himself found there, not to mention the rest of us cursed goyim..”

“If I find a Jew to baptize, I shall lead him to the Elbe bridge, hang a stone around his neck, and push him into the water, baptizing him with the name of Avraham!.. I cannot convert the Jews. Our lord Christ did not succeed in doing so; but I can close their mouths so that there will be nothing for them to do but to lie upon the ground.”

“I hope I shall never be so stupid as to be circumcised; I would rather cut off the left breast of my Catherine and of all women.”

“If we are to remain unsullied by the blasphemy of the Jews and not wish to take part in it, we must be separated from them and they must be driven out of the country.”


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2007-05-14 03:52:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

The bible doesn't mention large parts of his life, maybe they didn't mention that either.

2007-05-14 03:51:29 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-14 03:50:50 · 25 answers · asked by DBznut 4

2007-05-14 03:49:00 · 9 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6

assume that god is bound by the laws of physics like everything else in the universe. wouldn't that pretty much negate everything said about him during the story of creation as well as pretty much the rest of the bible as well?

2007-05-14 03:47:28 · 8 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

I am a pro-life, pro-death penalty Libertarian Atheist. You?

2007-05-14 03:46:53 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yesterday at a Mother's Day family lunch (In Italy), my sister-in law asked her 3 year old son to "tell the story" of Jesus.

The boy stood on a chair and stated the following ;

"Judas kissed Jesus so everyone got mad and started to stab each other. Then the Romans came and killed everybody with spears and stones. Then they gathered up sticks and made a cross and put Jesus on it and stuck him to it with huge nails until blood came out of his hands and feet".

My 3 year-old nephew attends a Catholic day care center, run by nuns.

My sister-in-law said "he'll learn the story better when he gets older".

2007-05-14 03:44:32 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

For example, Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers.

2007-05-14 03:44:14 · 10 answers · asked by jinxmchue001 3

maybe i'm wrong, but personally, i don't see any way whatsoever in which we could benefit from it. none of us here will be around in a kazillion years to see what will supposedly happen anyway, so what's the point?

2007-05-14 03:43:22 · 11 answers · asked by That Guy Drew 6

I once spoke to a man who gave me a verse about priests being able to forgive sin. That's all well and good, but if you are saved (or even if you are not) then you can go to God the Father and confess to Him and he will forgive you. So why go to a human and spill the beans for punishment?

2007-05-14 03:42:49 · 19 answers · asked by MrMyers 5

2007-05-14 03:42:44 · 11 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6

In Spirituality and Religion what dos achieving a Higher state of consciousness mean to you ?
And how does conscience and conscious differ in your view ?

2007-05-14 03:41:54 · 18 answers · asked by jigadee 4

2007-05-14 03:32:05 · 13 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6

2007-05-14 03:29:52 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-14 03:28:59 · 9 answers · asked by sj 1