Religion & Spirituality - 21 June 2007

I'm Catholic and I have this Protestant friend who keeps bagging on my religion. When ever we discuss things like the the Papacy, Mary having no children or anything else for that matter he wants to know where thats at in the Bible.

Theres nothing wrong with this mind you and I usually give a pretty good explanation. The problem is he always says "Well thats your interpretation, your not reading it in context."

My immediate response is usually "By what authority do you question my Churches teachings, then I usually will follow up with a quote from Turtullian, St. Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp, Ireaneus or a host of other Early Church fathers from the early 1st-4th century to show that the interpretation or teaching I'm giving him was historically excepted as true or at least widely taught by all of Christendom for the past 2000 years.

But he won't except it. How do I convince him to see reason?

2007-06-21 19:39:47 · 13 answers · asked by scholar_wood 3

2007-06-21 19:34:12 · 19 answers · asked by stunner......... 2

2007-06-21 19:28:56 · 12 answers · asked by Silly BaBy505 1

what do you think of this?

"For this Universe is obedient to God, and land and sea are submission to the universe; and human life depends on the just administration of the laws of the universe;"- Aristotle

Great philosphers and history writers believed in God..Why do so many people go against it now..?

2007-06-21 19:26:46 · 17 answers · asked by † God's Kitty † 2

Do you believe it is possible for a born again Christian to become an atheist? I don't know how anyone who has experience salvation, and felt the weight of sin taken from them, could ever say there is no God. Do you agree?

2007-06-21 19:26:29 · 41 answers · asked by † H20andspirit 5

What are your thoughts?

2007-06-21 19:25:30 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

what do you think? I am 15 and an Agnostic. fyi, agnostics are those who believe that its impossible for us to know about god, the future and stuff. They beleive god is there, but they dont believe that its jesus, ram, or mohd...
My family is Hindu. I talked about me being an agnostic, she didnt deny it, but she said " do what u want but believe me, one day, god will get back at you, in a very bad way"
So, are only believers good people in your opinion?

2007-06-21 19:15:07 · 27 answers · asked by phoenixankit 1

I personally don't think Christians have pure love...

1.Christians in general want a ticket to heaven and fear of dropping to hell...So there is a motive here...This is not Pure love.

2.When Christians do go to heaven...I can't imagine if they have any feelings for those dwelling in Hell..(if it happens anyway)..Just imagine yourself in heaven and billions and billions of other people in hell .

3.Christians generally enjoy their beef steak but that steak comes from a cow who died horribly being slaughtered at the slaughtered house...Try putting these Christians to see those horrific events, hear the cow moaning in pain...than we will see many becoming vegetarian because they could be affected by compassion, anyway general Christians don't have compassion for animals because they don't know if animals have souls ??

4.When a Buddist helps a person he does it without any motive..Just pure goodness, but when a Christian helps.he does it with a motive which is converting the innocent.

2007-06-21 19:14:48 · 12 answers · asked by Hare Krishna 1

I read the Skeptic's Bible. It was Funny how they asked the same questions I did before I came to faith in Christ. I studied out the language that the scripture was written in. I mean I read it in the Hebrew, Greek, Semitic and Aramic. I took a good look at the History and the Evidence there of. It seem that the person who wrote this skeptic's Bible did not do the same. I feel every has the right to thier own opinion, but I wish some poeple would be more open to looking at why people believe as they do. Some people have a good reasons for being a Christian, or Atheist. Know the facts before you attack them. I was not saved until I was 27. I have seen the Atheist Facts all my life. My brother and I square off over this all the time. He is an Atheist. So I see every new little thing that comes along. I put it through the test and most of the time With in a little research I find it's wrong. I have put the scripture through this same test but have found it to be correct.

2007-06-21 19:14:37 · 6 answers · asked by Dark Angel 3

Is there any interpretation of that verse, and who can give justification for removing some verses in a holy scripture?

2007-06-21 19:13:16 · 9 answers · asked by paul-young 1

2007-06-21 19:09:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-21 19:06:57 · 26 answers · asked by khattak k 1

How often did you think about it before discovering R&S?

2007-06-21 19:06:47 · 11 answers · asked by rebekkah hot as the sun 7

How did he manage to keep all the animals from killing eachother for fourty days and nights. And how did he fit them all?

2007-06-21 19:05:03 · 14 answers · asked by Sneaky Shoelace 4

What are you going to do when judgment day arrives? he will see you did not accept Jesus as the saviour,and he will send you to burn in hell because that was your choice ,why do you want to be tortured for the eternity? What are you going to do then?it is not too late to REPENT, God is loving and he is giving you the choice to be saved why don't you take it?

2007-06-21 19:01:26 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-21 19:00:50 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

R&S King and Queen, God and Goddess, Prince and Princess ???

Meows! =^-^=

2007-06-21 19:00:11 · 10 answers · asked by † God's Kitty † 2

A Rosary is the prayers said on the beads and not necessarily the beads themselves. It drives me crazy when people talk about some Pagan Rosary they have or something like that. A Rosary is strictly for praying THE ROSARY, everything else is just beads.

2007-06-21 18:56:02 · 4 answers · asked by Midge 7

You say that Water is of the devil, which is why Missionaries can't go swimming. Yet you baptize people in it, full dunk. You have dunk tanks in the Temple. You drink it for the Sacrament. What is the deal.

2007-06-21 18:55:57 · 12 answers · asked by Cheese and Rice 2

When I was little, my dad told me ATMs worked by having little monkeys inside them.

I believed that for years. Now I work in a bank, and wish it were true!

2007-06-21 18:44:26 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

A recent question on Jepordy asked 'What is the most accurate translation of the Bible?' Nobody got the answer. Which was The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. Many know this as "The Jehovah's Witnesses Bible".
If you go back and research, the men that compiled this translation spent over 12 years doing so. Working day and night most of the time to get the most accurate translation of the Hebrew and Greek words.
Do you agree that this is the most accurate Bible? If not, why?

2007-06-21 18:43:13 · 33 answers · asked by bashfullocket_7 1

I mean is that our fault too, like we tan because we are vain, or because we pollute the Earth, and destroy the ozone layer?

I mean the sun causing cancer, touche, I get it God = 1, Douchebag me = 0.

2007-06-21 18:40:26 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay, time for a fun question. Pick any R&S personality or personalities, and say why you think they might make a good deity. Extra points: say what you think they might be a good deity of. For instance:

I think Loka should be the Parrot-Goddess

Kallan would be Goddess of forests

Super Bobo would be God of Jack Black movies

Geezah would be God of Math

IWF would be God of the Penguins

etc., etc.,....

So, have fun and let's see if we can't discover the divine in each of us!

This heavenly question has been brought to you courtesy of Jack

2007-06-21 18:39:07 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do you Christians resolve the inherent conflict between omniscience and a just and loving God?

The problem is this: Christianity ascribes the quality of omniscience to their God. By that definition, he knows all things, past present in future. He therefore knows the final outcome of everybody's life, including the decision to weather or not to "accept Christ" (however a particular denomination defines that) at some point in their life. This means, then, that he purposefully creates people knowing full well that their end result will be Hell (again, however defined by whatever denomination) - hardly the mark, in my opinion at least, of a "loving", "just" and / or "omnibenevolent" God.

Any thoughts / responses?

2007-06-21 18:32:22 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-21 18:31:56 · 3 answers · asked by Midge 7

Christians say the Bible is the only true Word of God, correct? They even demean other Bible based religions for changing/adding to The Word (think Mormon, Jeh. Witness, etc.) The Bible is composed of writings inspired by God.(?) These writings were accumilated and compiled several generations later by other men inspired by God.(?) I have been told several times by my Christian friends that you either believe every word of the Bible or none at all.

Why then did the "experts" remove 12 accepted and God inspired books of the Bible some 150 years or so ago (I think)?

More recently: why do today's newer versions of the Bible omit the last line of "The Lord's Prayer"? (Mt. 6:13..."for Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever. Amen."). For some 1500 years the Bible was 100% correct, now it is wrong? It seems to me that Christian leaders are doing the very same thing they have condemed others for doing over the years. HELP!!!

2007-06-21 18:29:42 · 20 answers · asked by Steponby 2

Sorry if that's vague, I'm trying to completly get this.

Sin is not having faith in God, even for one split second. And to not have faith would be something like thinking about the head cheerleader....yeah her.

But God created us so we couldn't lead the perfect life...it's impossible, or at least the odds are greater than 1 in 10 Billion*.

And then worst of all He comes down as a man and leads the perfect life just to rub it in our faces.........brutal.

So God accepts forgiveness for sin right? You ask Him for forgiveness and He will accept you in His kingdom if your heart is pure. Before Jesus no one entered His kingdom, not even Moses because no man was worthy of Him. Now God has come down to Earth and lead the perfect life, and died for our not having faith in Him, and His forgiveness, and His Kingdom and glorious love awaits.

See I get it, but I still think He's a bit of a jerk!

* = my ballpark estimate on amount of humans past and present.

2007-06-21 18:26:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Not trying to be offensive, just curious about whether there are hindu equivalents to Christian fundies

2007-06-21 18:12:46 · 15 answers · asked by ? 1

I was just told that it's different from how I would define it, and I guess that he, or other like minded individuals (read: Christians) would in turn know what God's definition of sin is.

2007-06-21 18:09:57 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-21 18:09:29 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous