Religion & Spirituality - 29 July 2007

2007-07-29 05:58:00 · 12 answers · asked by Christanti 3

hi
I have been a member of my church for 4 years. I have been extremely active in my church and I attend regularly. I've also talked to leadership about what I perceive the problems to be are, and they are in complete agreement with me, and they are equally frustrated. Essentially the church is very immature and very self-absorbed. nobody interacts with people outside of church, and they don't interact with people outside their own family when they are AT church. Most people don't look at each other in the eye and they rarely connect with each other. People don't socialize before and after church like they do at most churches. I stand in the back andd i watch, and I stay pretty much until I"m one of the last ones there. I talk to everyone. People pretty much make a bee line for the door. If they have a social or someting like that, almost nobody comes, and the ones that come only communicate with thier own family. The problem for me, is how long do I keep trying and trying

2007-07-29 05:57:18 · 3 answers · asked by art_flood 4

2007-07-29 05:54:57 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Copernicus made us face the probability that we are but a speck in the universe.

Darwin made us question whether we slithered up from the swamps rather got instantly placed here in final-form by the hand of God.

Freud made us ask ourselves whether we are totally motivated by our conscious thoughts.

So what religious revolution has made most of us change our self-view of mankind?

2007-07-29 05:54:50 · 3 answers · asked by Ward 3

2007-07-29 05:54:24 · 15 answers · asked by mody246 2

(and it's not worth lying to your God, who knows everything)

2007-07-29 05:53:22 · 14 answers · asked by Dave H 1

I want my son to decide for himself what feels right for him, spiritually.

What would you do if your beloved child came to you and said that the bible is the literal 'word of god'?

For all my postulating about giving our children choices, I wonder what would I do if he decided to be a fundamentalist Christian. I shudder to think of that possibility but I wonder what would I do.

I am sorry but I would have a serious discussion with my son and I would lay out all the contradictions found in the bible and appeal to his common sense.

I would love him no matter what but I would have serious doubts about his intelligence if he became a fundie.

Now let me specify that I don't think that all Christians are ignorant fundies. I know that MOST Christians are good, loving people who are capable of independent thought. I can agree to disagree and feel love and respect for many.

2007-07-29 05:52:29 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Islam says........ Eden is the name of the first heaven which is not on this earth.

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2007-07-29 05:49:33 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Quit crying Atheist, the word does exist and is in spell check..

Just your personal definitions only.

NO LOOKING IT UP!

2007-07-29 05:48:34 · 16 answers · asked by Christanti 3

"Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out:..."

Revelations 3:12

Any takers?

Peace!

2007-07-29 05:47:23 · 8 answers · asked by Automaton 5

and was there religion before humans existed?

2007-07-29 05:47:14 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can you see how this could ripple into 'change'. If so, what do you see changing and on what levels?

2007-07-29 05:46:37 · 6 answers · asked by shakalahar 4

invention, and noone knows what day the original seventh day was?

2007-07-29 05:44:18 · 10 answers · asked by JiveMan 2

Matthew 27:9-10
Then was fulfilled what has been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price has been said by some of the sons of Israel, and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.”

The problem with this passage is that nowhere in Jeremiah can this prophecy be found. Instead it is found in the book of Zechariah.

Zechariah 11:12-13
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter...

Did the author of Matthew make a mistake?

2007-07-29 05:43:33 · 21 answers · asked by kimmyisahotbabe 5

I'm starting to finally get some wisdom with my years. I have discovered (alert the media) that sometimes having patience along with praying makes all the difference in the world, because God works in His own time. Anyone care to share a positive experience that was a result of having patience?

2007-07-29 05:43:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's been asked, time and time again, what people are glad they learned here in R&S. But is there something you learned that you wish you hadn't?

2007-07-29 05:42:55 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

I noticed a lot of people have asked on here if Jesus would vote Dem or Rep and the answers are usually he's an obvious liberal who cares for the poor. The only counter has been that Jesus wouldn't vote. I have yet to see someone say he'd be in the GOP. So let's turn it around, would Republicans vote for Jesus since he clearly said we should reject the rich and self-righteous religious leaders?

2007-07-29 05:42:04 · 10 answers · asked by Sharon W 2

2007-07-29 05:41:49 · 3 answers · asked by captain janeway 1

God created them as two seperate sexes BEFORE THE FALL.

It looks like the Christian notion of their not being "male and females" in Paradise will have to be changed by the Church soon.

It can be shot down by real scripture and theological facts.
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2007-07-29 05:40:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-29 05:40:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-29 05:38:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

what if you belive in jesus but your a Catholic ,Methodest or christian like bit confused ? :)

2007-07-29 05:34:08 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Rule: no bad words - just words other than bad ones
that come to mind first! - use 5-7 words each - not
sentences. Try it 2 times on paper first.
1. Religion
2. Spirituallity
3. God
4. Morality
5. Society
6. Faith
7. Truth
8. Doing good
9. Doing evil
10. Satan
11. Hell
12. Lies
13. Love
14. Joy
15. Peace
16. R&S
Don't worry, I'm not a psycologist by profession!

2007-07-29 05:33:36 · 9 answers · asked by Nickel-for-your-thoughts 5

So many people are set out to prove that God is not real. but so many times they are proven wrong and change their beliefs. if you are so sure that God isn't real then what is the deal with the ones who have been proven wrong?

2007-07-29 05:32:09 · 16 answers · asked by rissa 1

The Jesus Christ of of Latter-Day Saints church in my city is building a "stake center" a few blocks from their church. I can't find any information on it online, and I'm just curious what it is....?

2007-07-29 05:30:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anne D 1

CHEROKEE CREATION STORY

When the Earth begun there was just water. All the animals lived above it and the sky was beginning to become crowded. They were all curious about what was beneath the water and one day Dayuni'si, the water beetle, volunteered to explore it.

He went everywhere across the surface but he couldn't find any solid ground. He then dived below the surface to the bottom and all he found was mud.

This began to enlarge in size and spread outwards until it became the Earth as we know it.

After all this had happened, one of the animals attached this new land to the sky with four strings.

Just after the Earth was formed, it was flat and soft so the animals decided to send a bird down to see if it had dried. They eventually returned to the animals with a result.

The land was still to wet so they sent the great Buzzard from Galun'lati to prepare it for them.

The buzzard flew down and by the time that he reached the Cherokee land he was so tired that his wings began to hit the ground. Wherever they hit the ground a mountain or valley formed. The Cherokee land still remains the same today with all the land forms that the Buzzard formed.

The animals then decided that it was too dark, so they made the sun and put it on the path in which it still runs today.

The animals could then admire the newly created Earth around them.


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For those who want creation taught in school, don't you think it should an indiguous story?
We have many more if this is not to your liking.

2007-07-29 05:30:01 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-29 05:29:44 · 26 answers · asked by Enigma®Ragnarökin' 7

That is why I am making sure I don't go to Hell where there are no virgins anywhere.

2007-07-29 05:27:16 · 19 answers · asked by JiveMan 2

it was two years ago but it was horrible. how do i forgive myself without god talk

2007-07-29 05:27:16 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

In YA News today, I read an article of a fisherman in Indonesia who caught a large fish, whose fossil records date back 360 million years ago. Most scientists thought that the fish had become extinct with the dinosaurs, but here we are. It is interesting to note, in a period of over 360 million years the Coalacanth has remained a Coalacanth, and not evolved into lets say, a vermicious knid...what's up with that? How can this be? Is evolution selective? Why no evolution for some species, yet for others they are like Transformers? Kisses!!!!

2007-07-29 05:25:18 · 7 answers · asked by Starjumper the R&S Cow 7