Religion & Spirituality - 13 July 2007

2007-07-13 10:01:45 · 11 answers · asked by Eric C 1

I cannot find any evidence that any of the chruches that Paul was mentoring during the beginnings of the church, that had anything to do with Peter.

My question is, How can Peter be the first Pope and also the leader of the only church in existance until the time of the Protests if he never even knew about the churches that Paul was mentoring.

This is a bit complicated, but important to me. I do not want to be involved with any organization that goes against the bible and I need to find in the bible where it states that the Catholic church is indeed the first and only church.

Somewhere, there should be a verse or a place that ties all the apostles together under the authority of Peter. I can only find verses that support that they were all under the authoity of Jesus Christ.

2007-07-13 10:01:08 · 12 answers · asked by onsitemoments 2

Do they only live within the confines of temples and their own communities? Or do you find practising Buddhists in every walk of life? If you are a Buddhist in a country like Vietnam or Thailand, do you have to be part of an actual movement, or not? I have asked similar questions but if people only respond with website addresses, it is sometimes hard to find any specific answers.

2007-07-13 10:00:40 · 4 answers · asked by Z 1

If we, as a society, decided to teach our children insanely improbable "truths" about the world, do you think they would believe them?

2007-07-13 10:00:20 · 13 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

2007-07-13 09:56:12 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I would be mad I think.

2007-07-13 09:55:56 · 13 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

I always see christians saying that they are happy about it. I assume you mean grateful. Personally it would cause me deep sadness if anyone had to die for me. I don't believe Jesus died for me but it still makes me very sad that he was killed for his beliefs and teachings...

2007-07-13 09:55:06 · 25 answers · asked by NONAME 5

I rarely go to church but I sincerly believe in God and I love Him and Jesus Christ. I try my hardest to follow the ways of Christ and when I dont I pray and ask for forgiveness. I dont confess at church but i do aks God for forgiveness in my prayers. I pray every night and thank God and Christ for all that they have given me and when I do forget to pray, I pray and ask for forgiveness for not praying. I am also baptised. I love God and Jesus Christ but I am afraid that since I dont go to Church i will go to hell. I do try to go to Church when I can.

2007-07-13 09:54:18 · 9 answers · asked by Dougy 3

And what about the other 603 commandments? Are they to be ignored? Did Jesus usurp only the other 603 or all 613 which includes the first 10 most people refer to? If the first ten are still in force why not the other 603?
Exactly which version and which 10 do people want posted all over the place? Just the first 10 in the protestant version?

2007-07-13 09:50:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

just thought i would offer everyone a drink at 4:50pm on friday the 13th!

**chugs a beer**

2007-07-13 09:50:01 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous

A sin is a sin. It will always be a sin in the eyes of God right? Getting a divorce was a sin to Catholics, but now it isn't if you pay some money and take a class. This is just one example from one religion.

If you change the way God thinks to suit your own needs, aren't you proving that he does not exist? That he is merely the tool of men to control the masses?

2007-07-13 09:46:55 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

The "blind" will never see the reality behind the deception.

2007-07-13 09:44:52 · 7 answers · asked by wwhy 3

How might these words apply to the problem of religion? If you don't think religion is a problem, please don't waste your time and mine answering. Thank you.

"No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it."
— Albert Einstein

2007-07-13 09:43:57 · 15 answers · asked by HawaiianBrian 5

If theists are going to have any chance to get a skeptical, critical atheist to suddenly believe in some god, the first step must obviously be to have a coherent, understandable definition of the subject being debated. What is this "god" thing? When people use the word "god," what exactly are they trying to refer to "out there"? Without a coherent, understandable definition it will be impossible to discuss the matter in a substantive and sensible manner. We have to know what we are talking about before we can get anywhere in our conversation.

This, however, is a very difficult task for theists. It's not that they are lacking in labels and characteristics to attribute to their gods, it's just that so many of these characteristics contradict each other. To put it simply, not all of these characteristics can be true because one cancels out the other out or a combination of two (or more) leads to a logically impossible situation.

2007-07-13 09:42:20 · 6 answers · asked by Jack Rivall 3

2007-07-13 09:42:14 · 3 answers · asked by ? 4

One answer would be the 15th Century Christian practice of impaling 'heretics' on a stake These people were impaled through the anus and out through the mouth. Imagine the agony. Sometimes they could live like that for hours.

I am much more grateful to these early heretics for dying for what they believed in, than for any messiah dying on a cross for "my sins". The arrogance involved in this latter scenario is truly appalling.

2007-07-13 09:41:44 · 22 answers · asked by Shawn B 7

Why, if Peter is the first Pope, are we to fall at the feet of the pope and kiss his feet and worship him?
This seems against what the first pope taught, according to the bible anyway.

I know I am not supposed to read the bible on my own, but I did, so now I need this explained to me.

2007-07-13 09:41:42 · 16 answers · asked by onsitemoments 2

that no everybody wants to be converted? Or that there are some people that just don't want to hear you gush about god?

2007-07-13 09:40:36 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not going to try and tell you you should believe in god or anything, so dont worry. I'm just kind of trying to figure out my own beliefs right now and i think i might be agnostic, but that's the thing that i'm struggling with right now, death. How do you find peace with the possibility that death could really be the end?

2007-07-13 09:40:33 · 14 answers · asked by 17*mezzo*17 3

I see answers about true christians here and there. I wonder what makes a christian true?

For example, in the past the church started things like crusades etc. So some will say they weren't true christians. However I ask this, if they were merely listening to their religious leaders then they were sincerely following their faith. Were they not true christians in that sense? As far as they knew they were.

What makes a true christian today?

SDA's say you have to be an SDA to be a true christian.
JW's say you have to be a JW's to be a true christian.
Mormons say you have be a mormon to be a true christian.
Protesants say you have be their denomination to be a true christian (though some will relent on this one.)
Catholics say you have to be a catholic to be a true christian.
Some say you have to believe the trinity to be a true christian.
Some say that if you sin at all you are not a true christian.
Some say you have to be elected to be a true christian.

2007-07-13 09:39:54 · 25 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

or the Jewish religion?

PS>im jewish

2007-07-13 09:38:39 · 26 answers · asked by million$? 4

Why do people think muslims worship it and that if it was destroyed, Islam would vanish? It wouldn't. That is simply a building. Nothing more, nothing less. It's been rebuilt many times. It's a point of unification, so that when a muslim prays there are others praying with him/her, like a big family. What do you think of this quote?

"The original shrine of Abraham has been rebuilt many times over the millenia. It eventually took the form of a large, stone, cube-shaped building. It stands about two stories high and measures about thirty feet across both ways. Its four corners are aligned with the four points of the compass, and a black meteorite, said to have been a part of Abraham's original construction, is situated in the easter corner. This building is the Ka'bah, or Cube."

"Tragically, with the passage of many generations, Abraham's original goal for the city to be a center of monotheism dissipated. Idolatry crept into the lives of the people who lived in and

2007-07-13 09:37:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-13 09:35:43 · 15 answers · asked by Furibundus 6

Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.


9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:

12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

2007-07-13 09:35:35 · 15 answers · asked by EAT! 3

2007-07-13 09:33:59 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

where is the verse that says that we are more important to him then the sparrows?

2007-07-13 09:33:58 · 9 answers · asked by amanda 2

... of unconfessed sin and/or spiritual strongholds? Why or why not?

2007-07-13 09:33:55 · 17 answers · asked by Dr. G™ 5

2007-07-13 09:33:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-13 09:31:45 · 28 answers · asked by Treacle Tart 1

2007-07-13 09:29:12 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous