Religion & Spirituality - 13 July 2007

Do what?

2007-07-13 11:27:07 · 11 answers · asked by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6

"Dominus Iesus," which riled Protestant and other Christian denominations because it said they were not true churches but merely ecclesial communities and therefore did not have the "means of salvation."

The commentary repeated church teaching that says the Catholic Church "has the fullness of the means of salvation."

"Christ 'established here on earth' only one church," said the document released as the pope vacations at a villa in Lorenzago di Cadore, in Italy's Dolomite mountains.

The other communities "cannot be called 'churches' in the proper sense" because they do not have apostolic succession — the ability to trace their bishops back to Christ's original apostles — and therefore their priestly ordinations are not valid, it said.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/pope_other_christians;_ylt=Ai91b0mA..o3P33gwQ0d0GLkeO0A




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2007-07-13 11:24:23 · 20 answers · asked by kloneme 3

What do you think of what the comments say? I personally found the video odd, but the comments were very interesting. Here is a sample.



"ATTENTION AMERICAN CITIZENS:
h t t p :/ / abc news . g o . c o m / US / story?id= 92662&page =1

U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba
Book: U.S. Military Drafted Plans to Terrorize U.S. Cities to Provoke War With Cuba By David Ruppe
N E W Y O R K, May 1, 2001
Font Size In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba. Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the possible assassination of Cuban émigrés, sinking boats of Cuban refugees on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities."

2007-07-13 11:24:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-13 11:20:21 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

Of course, and SOME genuine help and answers...

2007-07-13 11:18:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

We had to learn about evolution in our biology class, but why can't they let us learn about creation? Wouldn't it be easier to teach both so we know both sides not just what scientists want us to know? What are your ideas about it? Should they teach both, one or the other, or not teach them at all?

2007-07-13 11:16:50 · 17 answers · asked by pippenintheshire 2

This is the religion section. Why do you come here to talk about something you don't believe in? Why would you try to sway children from the right path? Do you realise you are working for satan and satan has given you logic as a tool against God?

2007-07-13 11:15:40 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-13 11:14:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-13 11:14:54 · 6 answers · asked by Michelle R 1

Jesus was born near the time of 0 A.D. and there where many many people before jesus. so my question is that seeing as there was no way to know what christianity was, are they all in hell now for not beliveing in it?

2007-07-13 11:14:36 · 23 answers · asked by ? 2

..would the world and universe be different?

What are some examples you think would be present in our world if god actually existed?

2007-07-13 11:13:31 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

why is it that Catholic priests give counseling to young couples prior to their wedding if they themselves have never been married or even had physical encounters with the opposite sex and have no clue what it means to be living together?

how are they qualified to do this?
and what is said during these meetings?

2007-07-13 11:12:14 · 13 answers · asked by slaveof12gods 5

2007-07-13 11:10:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Daniel 3:25
25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. (KJV)

I've seen LOTS of guys with the form of the son of God, mmm, those six-packs, but none of them have ever claimed to be after I told them so!

2007-07-13 11:09:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

the popes thrown his hat in as the only true. who will be next and how can they prove it?

2007-07-13 11:08:53 · 29 answers · asked by ash tray 1

2007-07-13 11:08:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

5th Commandment: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. (Exodus 20:5)

Deut. 4:24- For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

Such a jealous and angry entity certainly doesn't fit the definition of a god.

2007-07-13 11:05:57 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you think the 'war on terror', is just the beginning of a long, drawn out WW3?

2007-07-13 11:05:47 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I dont believe in supernatural things because I have never seen it and believe everything can be explained scientifically. I heard somewhere that ghosts might just be images of people you seen throughout your life being projected in your mind making you see "ghosts" and etc...

2007-07-13 11:05:39 · 12 answers · asked by Sanh L 2

2007-07-13 11:02:59 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-13 11:00:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-13 10:58:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

i would like to know does god hear your prayers ? if so , why is there pain and suffering and hunger and war and people dying and why do our loved ones die ? does he take them to end their suffering if they were ill ? or why do people get tragically killed when it is not their time to go ?

2007-07-13 10:57:19 · 25 answers · asked by smiler 1

This is part of an article from a local news paper. You have to read this. Can you believe this?

Catholics offered rite to cut purgatory stay
Friday, July 13, 2007BY JIM LEWISOf The Patriot-News
Charles Shriner is a religious pilgrim in a PT Cruiser, driving about 25 miles from his home town to the holy destination he seeks -- a cathedral on State Street in the city.

There, at St. Patrick Cathedral, his pilgrimage is complete. After Mass and confession, he and other pilgrims -- his wife and sister among them -- have taken advantage of a rare offer by the Roman Catholic Church to reduce their souls' time in purgatory after death.

The church is offering its 240,000 followers in central Pennsylvania a plenary indulgence that might reduce the time their souls spend in purgatory to be cleansed of their sins.

2007-07-13 10:56:01 · 12 answers · asked by Me 6

2007-07-13 10:54:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-13 10:53:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-13 10:52:10 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

The bible as we know it was not compiled until late in the 4th century at the Synod at Hippo. Before this there were many books purported to be scripture, such as Romans II. If the early church relied on Sola scriptura they were pretty much up a creek, I would think.

2007-07-13 10:51:10 · 15 answers · asked by in a handbasket 6

I am absolutely at my wits end trying to understand some of these Christians. Why are some of these people so hateful? Tell me, does this sound like an "abomination"?

"We meditate on the transcendental glory of the Deity Supreme, who is inside the heart of the Earth, inside the life of the sky and inside the soul of the heaven. May He stimulate and illuminate our minds."

This is what the Hindu prayer was that caused such an uproar in the Senate. Was that so wrong? It was a universal prayer?? what is so wrong? I don't want to hear anything about "seperation of religion/state" whatever...if that were true, those Christian people wouldn't have jumped up started praying for their lives or something. Anyone, religion or not, can you find anything offensive about this?

2007-07-13 10:48:24 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

Were they really baptized? If not, what's the significance of this?

2007-07-13 10:47:31 · 7 answers · asked by ccrider 7