Religion & Spirituality - 18 May 2007

My father was baptist and my mother catholic. Both my parents decided to allow my brothers and I to explore and discover our own spirituality and adopt whatever religon we wished. I and my brothers I suppose are agnostics. I am happy that they did this for our family, what about yours? Would this work, do you think it would be better or do you wish this had happend to you?

2007-05-18 07:59:49 · 23 answers · asked by terrorfex01 5

2007-05-18 07:59:03 · 9 answers · asked by armstrong82002 1

2007-05-18 07:58:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-18 07:57:53 · 8 answers · asked by armstrong82002 1

should we be held accountable for our temptations, which are dependant on our temporary bodies, when we're left with only our souls? These temptations will ultimately disappear, and we'll be free of them when our bodies are no longer living(again, assuming God exists and he will punish us for acting wrong). So, is it right, in your opinion, to be held accountable for eternity for our bodies that are susceptible to sins (in god's eyes), when after death we'll be presumably 'above' those sins and no longer subject to them? Is this some sort of strange game? anybody.....?

2007-05-18 07:57:42 · 10 answers · asked by grl235 2

So many churches baptize "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" It's not the same.

Jesus never took upon himself of no reputation. But he told in Matthew 28:19 to baptize in the "name" of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Matthew 28:18 he said All power is given unto me in heaven and earth.

Acts 2:38 & 39
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise is unto you and to ypur children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

How do you explain this away? Do you never slow down to see what the scripture is saying? Is something wrong with the name of Jesus? Are you ashamed of him? Did you know he died for your sins?

Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

2007-05-18 07:56:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

You know, like the ones at Jonestown, Heaven's Gate, etc...

2007-05-18 07:49:54 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Should I even ask for his help when there are others that have so much bigger problems?

2007-05-18 07:47:56 · 32 answers · asked by kind 2

2007-05-18 07:45:27 · 6 answers · asked by ? 4

I mean really, why do some of you cling to this notion we're all miserable with your fantasy god? Is it that difficult for you to comprehend that people can be happy without your god? What about buddhists and hindus then, are they miserable without your god?

Is that the only way you can feel good about yourself and your beliefs??

2007-05-18 07:43:15 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

help they neighbor...they need food, but yet not everyone gives to them, even ones that can.

2007-05-18 07:42:24 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

simple question. if you don't believe that jesus was responsible for all the killing in the old testament then you can't believe that he is the same god in the old testament. don't give me your "we believe in a trinity." all that means is you believe that three different entities are making up god in which case each individual does not make up the whole. to say "god" in this case is more like saying the "god club." if any one of them sufficed as being god then there would be no need for the other two. to say there is a need for all three implies that there are limitations to each seperate individual. your thoughts?

2007-05-18 07:41:51 · 19 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

Why don't most lower church Protestants attend church everyday as they often quote to Saturday sabbath keepers that everyday today is the sabbath? (This belief on everyday sabbath stems from a biblical verse found in Galatians I believe)

Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Churches are open everyday for Christian worship. They also regularly practise prayer and the breaking of bread every time they worship God which is also mentioned as common practise of the disciples in NT scripture why not in Protestantism?

2007-05-18 07:39:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Meaning evolution, universe, life, whichever you prefer.

2007-05-18 07:38:50 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-18 07:37:12 · 16 answers · asked by ! 6

It may seem sacrilege, but I am!

2007-05-18 07:36:13 · 23 answers · asked by socmum16 ♪ 5

2007-05-18 07:35:54 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-18 07:34:03 · 7 answers · asked by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7

Creationists claim transitional fossils are nonexistent. Is tiktaalik not a perfect example of a transitional fossil.

http://tiktaalik.uchicago.edu/

2007-05-18 07:32:08 · 8 answers · asked by Dog 4

2007-05-18 07:31:25 · 17 answers · asked by C.O.G. 3

not hold a grudge, don't verbally hurt anyone/anything, show mercy for others, try to maintain calmness, do the right thing, not be pushy, show patience with others, be generous to others, show kindness/gentleness to others, minimize arrogance, feel others' pain, show proper respect for others, be concerned for others.

Do you act in a Christian manner?

2007-05-18 07:29:03 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

JW or Mormans...or both? i always thought it was just the JW's

2007-05-18 07:28:56 · 16 answers · asked by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7

Rather than Traditional Christianity is?
Many articles on this subject:

The Jewish Messiah known to a few Jews as Yeshua is definitely a different Messiah compared to the Hellenistic anti-semitic Jesus Christ that the Church proclaims. Yeshua is a Torah observant Jew observing the Shabbat (sabbath) and commandments of Moses, teaching that those who teach against Torah are lawless (without law) and not His followers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4XfOWBmstQ&mode=related&search=
http://www.messianic-torah-truth-seeker.org/index.html
http://www.sa-hebroots.com/

2007-05-18 07:28:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it because it's Friday? Are we all crazy or is it just me?

Will you go to church in Sunday?

2007-05-18 07:27:18 · 19 answers · asked by momof3 6

1. God LOVES you and offers a wonderful PLAN for your life.

"God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life" John 3:16.

Why is it that people are not experiencing the abundant life?

2. Man is SINFUL and SEPARATED from God. Therefore, he cannot know and experience God's love and plan for his life.

Man Is Sinful
"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23.

3. Jesus Christ is God's ONLY provision for man's sin. Through Him you can know and experience God's love and plan for your life.

"God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" Romans 5:8.

4. We must individually RECEIVE Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then we can know and experience God's love and plan for our lives.

"As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name" John 1:12

2007-05-18 07:26:09 · 33 answers · asked by Theophilus 2

ok, how about this? the day god stops with aborting unborn fetuses due to natural causes, then maybe man will follow his lead. if god is perfect and can do this, why would he hold man, who is imperfect, to a higher standard?

2007-05-18 07:25:06 · 11 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

When a Christian judges them as one big group...and yet, they do that to us every day all the time? Just curious...getting a little sick of people saying, "You can't generalize a whole group of people by one person's comment"...you do it to us on a consistant basis. Cry me a river.

2007-05-18 07:24:26 · 23 answers · asked by stakekawa 3

1. God LOVES you and offers a wonderful PLAN for your life.

"God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life" John 3:16.

Why is it that people are not experiencing the abundant life?

2. Man is SINFUL and SEPARATED from God. Therefore, he cannot know and experience God's love and plan for his life.

Man Is Sinful
"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23.

3. Jesus Christ is God's ONLY provision for man's sin. Through Him you can know and experience God's love and plan for your life.

"God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" Romans 5:8.

4. We must individually RECEIVE Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then we can know and experience God's love and plan for our lives.

"As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name" John 1:12

2007-05-18 07:24:06 · 10 answers · asked by Theophilus 2

secretly peddling some sort of religion?

2007-05-18 07:20:49 · 18 answers · asked by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7

2007-05-18 07:20:24 · 20 answers · asked by babeecakes510 2