Religion & Spirituality - 7 June 2007

I think this man is nuts because of Christianity

2007-06-07 20:24:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Australian Aboriginals have a creation myth that is intimately linked to the land. They have never considered themselves the owners of the land, but a part of it, and it a part of them.

They have been successful in applying their beliefs and storys to form this relationship with the land, and with each other, for over 50 thousand years.
Until white settlement, they had no concept of your relatively new creation myth fabricated in the middle east around 2000 yrs ago, and were a successful and well adjusted society before the pyramids were even thought of..

To claim your beliefs are the one and only true beliefs are so incredibly ignorant and narrow minded when other far more ancient creation myths are also on the table. They are no more or less real than your creation myths, yet they don't ram it down everyones necks or claim the only truth..

Christianity looks very insular, ignorant, self serving, arrogant, and confrontational compared to more ancient myths.
True..??

2007-06-07 20:19:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I WAS AT MY KIDS CATHOLIC SCHOOL 2DAY TALKIN TO ANOTHER MUM, AND I WAS SAYING THIS SENTENCE
''MY BABY WAS IN THE CAR CRYING FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG''
AS I SAID IT THE PREIST WALKED PAST BEHIND ME, I FEEL SO BAD, HE KNOWS ME COS I RUN THE PARISH PLAYGROUP, I FEEL SOOOOOOOOO EMBARRASED

2007-06-07 20:18:12 · 4 answers · asked by ROCKMUM LOVES BOWIE 7

okay, as much as I like yahoo answers, id rather discuss this in messenger so my messenger ID is kitten_romani_mischief

I would like to know why some morons think the world is only 6000 years old when science has shown that its millions if not billions of years OLDER.

how does this make sense?

2007-06-07 20:11:07 · 17 answers · asked by Kitten K 1

I am sure the clown will come in again with another i.d. but that will not stop people like me from keeping the Y/A clean and respectful. Regardless of language race or religion, this place is for us to share thoughts and ideas. Sometimes we get carried away, true, but still we must practice respect and not throw rude and degrading comments. Serve that clown right and that will be the case for anyone who has that arrogant attitude. What do you think?

2007-06-07 20:00:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

When he makes prophecies like this: http://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word/5328
which are full of peace and prosperity for everyone in just about every country. He has been making these prophecies for many years, and look at the world today. Had this been 2000 years ago, he would have been stoned, and rightfully so.

13Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
14Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
15Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed...

Jeremiah 14:13-15

2007-06-07 19:43:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. Contraception. Your argument that sex is to procreate and therefore contraception is wrong.
2. Celibacy. Your argument that if a person chooses to be a priest, he has actually chosen to purposefully remain celibate.
3. Your argument that the “protestants” have removed 7 books from the bible.

My question to you. Do you realize that NONE of the above can be sufficiently supported with scripture? Its basically what you have consciously established for the catholic faith and no scripturally instructed. By that I mean, it is totally unlike instructions like “thou shalt not kill” and “thou shalt not make unto thyself any graven images, either on earth or in heaven”.

You add these “rules” and then you violate the instructions. Isn't this apostasy?

Jesus said “No man reaches the Father except through me”, and what do you do? You put a Pope (another man) right between Man and God.

PS. I do not see how your 7 books contribute to salvation. Please enlighten.

2007-06-07 19:41:14 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Some Christians here claim that the Bible is all literally true because it is the "word of God" and everything God says is literally true.

Christians also claim that, as part of the Trinity, Jesus is God.

Yet the Bible claims that Jesus taught in parables. The Gospels list at least 33 of them.

The parables of Jesus are considered the prototype for the word 'parable' and it is defined as "a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson." Two antonyms of allegory are fact and history.

In other words, a parable is not literally true.

So, we are faced with a problem. If Jesus is God, then sometimes God says things which aren't literally true. If everything that God says is literally true, Jesus is not God.

The two options are mutually exclusive. Which one do you believe in and why?

2007-06-07 19:40:56 · 11 answers · asked by scifiguy 6

I am a christian- but not by any man-made religion, such as catholicism or whatever title- just faith in the truth of Jesus Christ and no extra rituals, ect.

2007-06-07 19:39:13 · 13 answers · asked by jesusisking51 2

I am thinking that hope is not a good thing because it causes pain.

2007-06-07 19:34:12 · 20 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7

2007-06-07 19:29:50 · 11 answers · asked by rusalka 3

Why the church I attended for 10 over years is like this,a lot of problems,sufferings,always about Holy Spirit,not always about Jesus...What's is it all about Christianity etc.

2007-06-07 19:27:46 · 8 answers · asked by Daniel S 2

Was there an ancient country belived that it was in the middle east [it was where god originated? Was there society so advanced in science and technology and humanity that after all of them left the earth god had to create Adam and Eve to make the prophecy come true? Where did they go and is it true that there are parallal earths like ours in the same earth that we are in [eight hells, eight earths, and eight heavens right right now as if we cann't see them but it is as though we have multiple earths parallel to us? What are the discoveries linked under it.

2007-06-07 19:22:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

So in Job Satan and God basically have a little wager where Satan thins that Job wouldn't be all "I love God" if Satan got to rough him up a little.

Here's my problem, Satan knew God wouldn't take a challenge He didn't intend to win as God can see all. Now with Satan knowing this, he knew Job wouldn't lose faith in God. Now God being all knowing, would know that Satan knew that God knew that Satan knew.

So basically they just tortured Job for fun since both knew the end result.

And for you "Job got everything back in the end two fold" folks. What about the families of his staff? Did they get their sons and daughters back too? And even though I don't have lots on this Earth, I wouldn't take 10x what I have now to be put through what Job had to go through.

2007-06-07 19:20:48 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-07 19:14:21 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you were born in a different continent, it is almost certain that you would have taken on a different religion. So which is the biggest determinant of faith:

1. Geographical Location

OR

2. The Truth of the Faith?

Please give the reasons for your answer.

2007-06-07 19:14:09 · 17 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

2007-06-07 19:08:53 · 19 answers · asked by Amitha 2

Matthew 9:9 proves that Matthew was not the author of the first Gospel which bears his name:
"And as Jesus passed forth thence, He (Jesus) saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and He (Jesus) saith unto Him (Matthew), follow me (Jesus). And he (Matthew) arose, and followed Him (Jesus)." Without any stretch of the imagination, one can see that the He’s and the Him’s of the above narration do not refer to Jesus or Matthew as its author, but a third person writing what he saw or heard - a hearsay account and not words inspired by God.

2007-06-07 19:01:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

And what did it feel like? How would you describe your emotion?

2007-06-07 18:57:36 · 21 answers · asked by Heron By The Sea 7

2007-06-07 18:50:43 · 17 answers · asked by ? 2

2007-06-07 18:50:19 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-07 18:50:09 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

what are your beliefs no matter what they are and why ?

2007-06-07 18:42:43 · 13 answers · asked by delana 4

Okay so if your an Atheist, you obviosly don't believe in God. And if your a Christian then well..you do duh! But what if everything Christians, mormons, muslims, believe in is just a lie, or vise versa.
Some more thoughts, I visited godisimaginary.com and christianity.com. Godisimaginary had really fascinating proof and was very convincing. It talked about praying being a superstition, and Jesus being fiction,and God being cruel, and the pope not reading the bible and on and on. I would like to hear your thoughts....and yes I do a lot of research for my age.

2007-06-07 18:41:22 · 17 answers · asked by . 6

Like say me as a believer was to tell someone off in a very angry style what would that do for other believers? How much responsiblity do I gain by making the choice to post here? Does that responsilibty grow if I am graceful in my answers along with the power I have as a poster?

2007-06-07 18:41:13 · 6 answers · asked by magpiesmn 6

What triggered you to become one? Carl Sagan did it to me through his PBS series "Cosmos". What an eye-opener special that was. =)

2007-06-07 18:40:12 · 15 answers · asked by element_115x 4

As God is man can become and as man is God once was?

Also where does it talk about polygamy?

2007-06-07 18:36:18 · 7 answers · asked by Melissa Y 1

This goes to anyone who belongs to a faith with a questionable background. If your faith/religion is worth anything, it should be able to withstand it's history, and everybody knowing about, not hiding from it.

2007-06-07 18:33:13 · 20 answers · asked by Liesel 5

Brigham Young said, “The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy”. (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 11, page 269) Why did the Mormons yield to the pressure of the government and stop practicing polygamy?
Don't you want to become Gods?

2007-06-07 18:26:17 · 14 answers · asked by the shiz 5

2007-06-07 18:26:04 · 25 answers · asked by universatile love 3