Religion & Spirituality - 4 June 2007

When Christians speak of Jesus, they ALWAYS call Him Jesus Christ, that is, Jesus, the anointed one. Their church is called Christian, not Jesian, to honor this anointing. Yet the person who anointed Jesus from her alabaster jar of nard is reviled by the church and called a prostitute.

Who anointed your bishop and priest to give them the holy orders that they follow? Was it a prostitute? Or someone as important or more important than those who received the oil?

Why do Christians hate the person who made them "Christened?"

2007-06-04 08:53:39 · 5 answers · asked by Owl Eye 5

2007-06-04 08:53:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

He is isnt he? since He , like the angels, is not of this world? =/

2007-06-04 08:52:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Have you seen the prices they want for secluded island fortresses?
And henchmen aren't cheap, either.
Not to mention the lasers, shark tanks, etc....

What's the best way for me to raise money for these schemes?
Should I set myself up as a non-profit?

2007-06-04 08:50:05 · 22 answers · asked by Samurai Jack 6

We non-believers in Christianity often point out the horrific acts performed by the Christian God in the Bible. For example, his ordering of people to kill women and children and to rape virgins, for Abraham to sacrifice his son (even though he later changed his mind), and many other accounts of his blood thirst. In a question recently asked by another non-believer, many Christians responded to the question that “God is not evil” and “There is only one God.” My question is: If there is only one god and he is not evil, then who is he? The god depicted in the bible is clearly evil. Is there a God that is different than the one depicted in the bible? If you contend that the god depicted in the bible is not evil, then what is evil? Killing, rape, and condemnation of those with different beliefs are all things that I was always taught were defining of evil. If those are not evil, than what is evil?

2007-06-04 08:47:19 · 20 answers · asked by Biggus Dickus 3

2007-06-04 08:46:49 · 27 answers · asked by panndora 4

To flirt with an old guy just to give him a smile?

2007-06-04 08:45:30 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-04 08:44:35 · 18 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6

2007-06-04 08:41:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you need specifics, then you clearly haven't read it. It occurs the whole way through.

Do christian men still feel superior to women?

2007-06-04 08:41:39 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

any Ideas??

2007-06-04 08:40:37 · 6 answers · asked by slaveof12gods 5

Lutherans
Calvinists
Anglicans
The Anabaptists

2007-06-04 08:39:46 · 4 answers · asked by colombianboy92 1

People ask the first half of the question in the question and the second half in the details

2007-06-04 08:38:23 · 41 answers · asked by ? 2

With so many diffrent religions out there what makes you as an individual think that you are a follower of the "right religion. I use the term "right" not to imply that some religions are right and other wrong because i personally do not believe that but, i want to know why other people think they are right and that thousands of others are mistaken. Please no beacuse it says so in the bible, tora, karan ect...or because this is just what you have been taught since you were small ( we all know that just because soemone told us soemthing was true doesnt nessecrally make it true, for example how many of us were told santa existed only to lean that he doesnt exsit at all) i want you to look with in yourself and tell me truley why you believe you are on the right path.

2007-06-04 08:35:09 · 21 answers · asked by ssuscello22 3

okay... i'm christian and i've been going to church for all my life.
i used to think i'm a believer, but now... i'm not sure.
I want to believe but these questions keep popping up in my head. do you go to hell if u are a really good,kind,helping guy but doesn't believe? why do i see no miracles such as in the bilble in this world? i don't know... i just keep... doubting...
i pray to god every day but few mins later... i'm sinning again.
i went to internet and lots of people who's not christians say stuff, and i think they're right. why do many pastors want money,cheat? and why do so many christians go around yelling non-believers should go to hell? why is christ not doing anything?

i WANT to believe... but it's so hard.... plz help me.

2007-06-04 08:34:59 · 20 answers · asked by tmzkdl2268 2

"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God" (Mark 10:25).

2007-06-04 08:34:57 · 19 answers · asked by Kaliko 6

2007-06-04 08:34:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

On the one hand,

men and women over the last 60 years looking under sophisticated microscopes . . . .

on the other . . . .

a group of Rabbi's writeing a book 3000 years ago.


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Is it just me who would want to base my science on the latest research?

2007-06-04 08:30:59 · 17 answers · asked by ? 2

whenever i ask a question about the bible being in contradiction with science i usually get a few responses from believers stating something to the effect of god not being bound to the laws of science. is there anywhere in the bible that it actually says this, or are you just assuming this?

2007-06-04 08:30:45 · 8 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

On CNN there's a Polish man who just came out of a 19 year long coma. What do you think it would be like to be in a coma? Is it like sleep? Would you go to heaven or hell or whatever afterlife you believe in for that period of time? Purgatory? All opinions are welcome.

2007-06-04 08:30:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

What do you think are valid examples of generational sin?

Alcoholism, tobacco addiction and drug addiction is prevalent in my family. I believe these are all generational sins passed down and not "diseases". Do you agree?

2007-06-04 08:29:20 · 10 answers · asked by Kaliko 6

please try to see it from this point of veiw.
you're wiccan and your children are wiccan too.
at school, your kids are being bullied for their religious beliefs, and what's more, the teachers do nothing about it, even though you have spoken to them, and your child has told them exactly what is going on.
what would you do?

2007-06-04 08:26:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

i need to understand how god can be jesus, god and holy spirit.
i never believed it until i saw that rev. billy graham believes it.
does anyone know if charles stanley does too???

i trust pastor graham.
why did jesus pray to himself in the garden etc if he is god??
it seems that in revelations he is god.
but not in matthew, luke etc.

he says he was sent by god & that he can do nothing except that the father god gives the power.
could it be that god has a son in heaven at that time and gods sons spirit went into jesus at his baptism from john the baptist???
was maybe jesus 100% man??
when he was on the cross gods sons spirit left him & he became again 100% human???
can anyone really help me to understand.???
please donot say have faith.
thanks.
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2007-06-04 08:25:38 · 18 answers · asked by happy in nc 1

Matt 6:7 And when you pray do not keep babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard for their many words

Luke 6:12 One of those days Jebus went to a mountinside to pray, and spent the night praying to god.

Is this a condradiction?

2007-06-04 08:24:39 · 16 answers · asked by Jason Bourne 5

Many people who believe in God believe that He is a sadistic egomaniac who tortures honest truth-seekers who make honest mistakes. In response to another question somebody said, " Evolution is false. God will punish those who denie his hand in what has been created." If that's God, then He's an evil god. So, from a believer's point of view, who's worse, those of us who don't belleve in God, or those who make God the personification of their own hatred?

2007-06-04 08:24:37 · 8 answers · asked by Ray Eston Smith Jr 6

That seems to be the consensus among Christians here... just wanting to make sure I've got it right.

Again, it was "OK" for Adam & Eve's children to commit incest in order to be fruitful and multiply, right?

2007-06-04 08:23:54 · 30 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7

Think about it.He was a man and men have certain needs.Yet people say that Jesus never had a wife or had a woman.Which is highly odd for those days.Even the Bible has an interesting passages:

"So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep." John 21:15-17

Why was Jesus so intent on knowing if this guy loved him?

2007-06-04 08:22:11 · 15 answers · asked by Demopublican 6

i know this is awful, but i actually had and arguement with my great-grandma over this! she says that men with long hair are sinners and that it says so in the bible that it is a sin to have long hair! i think she's full of ****, and she thinks she's right! here is the argument i posed to her though...if its a sin to have long hair then explain to me why everyone during that time had long hair including jesus? was i wrong or is she still full of ****!

2007-06-04 08:21:17 · 15 answers · asked by love_him_villevalo 2

Just one day, no religion, leave your opinions out of it. Don't you think we may have more in common and actually agree with other aspects of our lives, just for one day. No fighting, no hate, just people, all races and religions come together for one day. What do you think will happen?

2007-06-04 08:20:47 · 16 answers · asked by Lynnemarie 6

I'm a pretty rational and reasonabile man, I don't out on a limb preaching hatred of those who hate me, I have noticed on yahoo answers many ignorant Muslims and today I write this which made my blood boil . Followers of Islam please explain how you are not cowards after reading this attack on the innocent

Chaldean Catholic clerics gunned down in Mosul

Mosul, Jun. 4, 2007 (CWNews.com) - A Chaldean Catholic priest and three deacons were gunned down in Mosul, Iraq, on Sunday, the AsiaNews service reports.

Father Ragheed Ganni and three deacons from his parish-- Basman Yousef Daud, Wahid Hanna Isho, Gassan Isam Bidawed-- were killed after celebrating the Eucharistic liturgy on Sunday.

As they left the church, the clerics’ car was stopped by a group of armed gunmen, who shot all 4 men and then rigged their car with explosives so that no one would dare remove their bodies. The car with the four murdered me remained in the city street, bearing witness to the killings...

2007-06-04 08:20:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous