Religion & Spirituality - 22 May 2007

Its a family dispute that can not be agreed upon or proved either way.

2007-05-22 13:30:01 · 15 answers · asked by alisonjk 1

Think of Mother Theresa's great charitable works, Pope John Paul II forgiving the man who made an attempt at his life (who was MUSLUM), the Church nearly going bankrupt rebuilding Europe after WWI, and their countless other unmentioned good deeds. I guess even more ignorace is the cause of this, maybe they just weren't taught these things???

2007-05-22 13:25:37 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

a traditional church (Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopalian etc)
I understand that most traditional churches teach receiving the sacrements of baptism, communion and confirmation....
Does your church also teach that you should pray 'the sinners prayer' to personally take responsibility for and accept that you are a sinner, and that you should accept Christ as your personal saviour?

2007-05-22 13:24:40 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-22 13:24:12 · 4 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

Many things that people don't agree with are just looked at as being something indifferent to people and not a matter of hating or liking.

2007-05-22 13:23:04 · 3 answers · asked by Midge 7

2007-05-22 13:22:12 · 8 answers · asked by ill*Will 2

2007-05-22 13:20:50 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://ezinearticles.com/?Questions-Your-Pastor-Will-Hate&id=103223

I remember asking why the Bible, a book which had to know better since it was written by God himself, said Joshua raised his hands and the "sun stopped for the space of about a day," when clearly it would be the earth that stopped rotating? I asked him how oceans would not slop out of their basins in such a scenario and drown the whole world? I asked him if humans would not be cast into space by such a sudden stop of the entire planet? I even asked if this really happened, why did no one else on the whole planet notice it, or write about it? I got that dumb look again.

I even asked him what would happen to my handicapped brother, who could neither hear, speak or see and thus had no way to become a Jesus accepting Christian. He told me he was saved automatically. Wow! How cool. I, on the other hand, would have to risk getting my beliefs correct or go to hell. Bummer. more at link

2007-05-22 13:18:55 · 8 answers · asked by voice_of_reason 6

2007-05-22 13:16:16 · 12 answers · asked by maykel d 1

2007-05-22 13:14:47 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

My aunt, who is a very conservative Assemblies of God Christian but still has a sense of humor occasionally, got upset that I sent this to my early-teenage cousins in their e-mail today.

"When I'm in doubt, I always ask myself, "What would Jesus do?" I should have also reminded myself that this isn't Galilee and handing out free fish to everyone would cost me my job at Long John Silver's."

I thought it was clean and actually kind of funny and not disrespectful of beliefs. She thinks it is disrespectful, but just told me to "be more careful" when I asked why.

So, why?

2007-05-22 13:14:20 · 22 answers · asked by GreenEyedLilo 7

The efforts to suppress these non-believers are astounding.
From the political arena on down, non-believers are judged harshly. These behaviors are fear based, anyone with the most basic understanding of psychological behavior can see this.
What are they so afraid of?

2007-05-22 13:13:07 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hv a question about Christian faith.How to trust in Jesus Christ.How to trust that he is God, came down to the earth,died for our sins,and rose again in three days.I really want to try my best to trust in Him so I won't go to hell in the future.Sometimes,I think that it is very very difficult for human to trust in God because we hv never seen,smell,touched, and tasted Him be4.I am kinda a double minded person,one side of my brain says that I want to try,and the other side is strugglin g about is Jesus really a God,sth like that. Is it satan work on me?Do I not hv any spiritual roots in my heart?Or it is just human natural being?
Does anyone feel like speaking to the air when they pray?What is that?

2007-05-22 13:12:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Which of the seven do you think is the worst? Which do you think is the most harmless or not as bad?

2007-05-22 13:10:14 · 14 answers · asked by CJ 1

Ok, I'm agnostic but that's what my little bro said to me. So answer this like you hadn't read that I want to see what people would say.

2007-05-22 13:08:22 · 28 answers · asked by Æ 3

doesn't it sound like an STD?

2007-05-22 13:07:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been to Vegas and all and I kinda figured it out.

2007-05-22 13:07:09 · 7 answers · asked by Snow Bear 1

I got a 93 and I glanced at the Christian student sitting next to me and he got a 37. Is this proof that Christians knowledge of Science is limited

2007-05-22 13:05:57 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

asks a small Sufi...........

2007-05-22 13:05:48 · 2 answers · asked by WillRogerswannabe 7

Please ill give you ten points of whoever gives the real answer

2007-05-22 13:02:17 · 21 answers · asked by blondcalihottie 2

2007-05-22 13:00:05 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-22 13:00:04 · 19 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5

I'm trying to see all sides of the issue. I'm starting to believe they were for the first church times, to speak in other languages to confirm their faith and reach out to other cultures. I'm not sure if I believe in it now as a prayer language and etc...

2007-05-22 12:59:09 · 14 answers · asked by yaabro 4

why can't people respect each other anymore? is it really that hard just to accept other peoples faiths and views? have the mothers gone lazy and forget to teach their children respect?

Oh brother, where art thou?

Journey the teenager.

2007-05-22 12:58:16 · 22 answers · asked by Journey 4

2007-05-22 12:56:43 · 14 answers · asked by ANyone but you 2

2007-05-22 12:54:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not asking if you suddenly stop believing, but if it is hard to hold on sometimes? Thats how I got out of my religion. It became too overwhelming because science interested me so much.

2007-05-22 12:52:56 · 25 answers · asked by Seeker 3

2007-05-22 12:52:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't want no judgemental stuff...I just want people's opinions of what your definition of fate is and if you believe in it or not.

In my opinion, fate is a bunch of bull. Everyone has a choice when it comes to their lives and how they live it...the next choice a person makes might end up killing them, and if they would've made the other choice they would've lived. Nothing is written in stone, especially the day that we die and the things that we do in life.

2007-05-22 12:51:36 · 8 answers · asked by Supernatural Fan 3

I am already a babtized Christian who has been attending Catholic Mass for about 6 months and am sure this is what I want to do. I have done plenty of research and talked to many Catholic friends and have a thorough understanding of the religion and believe in it with all my heart. Due to certain circumstances, I cannot attend RCIA regularly to be confirmed into the church. I want nothing more than to be a member of the Catholic Church.

2007-05-22 12:51:09 · 10 answers · asked by trippintim00 2