Religion & Spirituality - 3 August 2007

If we cannot heal someone does that mean that we are not filled with the Holy Spirit?

2007-08-03 13:50:15 · 26 answers · asked by bethybug 5

If Jesus was to come back to Earth as a human, lets say in a big city where crazy things happen, would peole believe that he is really Jesus? Alot of cults do start out with people proclaiming they are Jesus and make people kill themselves and others. What do you think ?

2007-08-03 13:47:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am 17 and an atheist. My sister is 28 and a christian. She keeps on trying to *convert* me which will never work because I hate everything about christianity and i don't believe in a god. She told me the story of how she was suicidal and she was plotting on killing herself and how she went to church and how god helped her. I told her that that is a delusional thinking because god isn't real. She said that she is not crazy and not delusional. We have been fighting over the phone now for 2 days. Who is right here? I am entitled to have my own beliefs, I am not a christian and will never be one. How can I get that through her thick head?

2007-08-03 13:46:28 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-03 13:44:38 · 25 answers · asked by rajan.tmadathilmkthirumulpad 1

2007-08-03 13:41:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-03 13:40:51 · 15 answers · asked by bethybug 5

Who created God? And whoever created him, who created the guy who created God?

2007-08-03 13:40:39 · 35 answers · asked by PunkRocKa25 3

I'd be afraid that they'd let my child play in traffic if the little one let slip something resembling blasphemy or mockery.

2007-08-03 13:37:06 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do I know if God is leading me to serve in ministry? I have desire to serve him but parents are worried that ministers will not make enough money. If I dont have desire to do anything but ministry but parents are opposing, what is the next step?

2007-08-03 13:33:12 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-03 13:32:46 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Don't say that Christianity both helps and hurts the Western civilization because I know it does. State whether you think it hurts or helps in a whole and why.

2007-08-03 13:30:19 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-03 13:29:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-03 13:28:37 · 5 answers · asked by ? 5

Would you do it because, 'it was law'?

Would you do it 'for their own good'?

Would you do it because it would get you a better seat in heaven?

Or would you do it because Jews killed Christ?

I've often wondered which reason all those Lutherans in Germany gave themselves.

2007-08-03 13:28:09 · 10 answers · asked by Jack P 7

about my job: I found the following poem today when I was reading through "My Daily Bread":

When God asks you to lay aside
Some cherished work you loved to do
Accept His choice of someone else
And let Him give new work to you.

Just wanted you to know it inspired me. Thank you all for your prayers and advice!

2007-08-03 13:25:55 · 9 answers · asked by ~SheSul~ 6

2007-08-03 13:24:33 · 17 answers · asked by ? 5

Deke asked this question at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnLEJ.2S4uMKRzafOvTIDSrd7BR.?qid=20070803104935AACjiN9
Although its not finished here on Aug 3, I think it deserves a redo because I suspect that the answers given and the chosen answer will be paltry. I will keep an eye on it and if a good answer comes in then I will write about that also.

2007-08-03 13:24:18 · 18 answers · asked by Ear GW 2

2007-08-03 13:19:59 · 25 answers · asked by Page 4

Joel 2:3 seems to picture this God: Law
OT Law <- - - - No Escape - - -> NT Law

James 3:17 seems to picture that God: Grace
Firstly Pure Grace <- - - - Escape - - -> Grace Us

This: God sent his Son to condemn(law) the world
That: the world thru Jesus-->Christ might be saved

This: I fought the law and the law won: extinction
That: I flushed the law and grace won: salvation

This: "I will forsake you", the city, your fathers: Enmity
That: "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee: Friend

This: by using of ordinances(laws) all perish: no escape
That: by giving more earnest heed none perish: escape

This: no escape: "them": 1Th 5:3
That: escape: "us": 1Th 5:9

This: the day of the LORD is darkness and not light
That: the day of God is light with no darkness at all

This: cursed EVERY ONE by the law: Galatians 3: 10-13
That: BLESSED every one by grace: Galatians 5:18-6:18

This: saved + destroyed afterward by grace + law added
That: endure to the end to be saved (only) by grace (only)

2007-08-03 13:18:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

or are we limited to thinking that an idol can only be a material object, like a statue, or a big gold cross?

2007-08-03 13:18:31 · 22 answers · asked by That Guy Drew 6

**This question is directed toward women; but men feel free to answer.

I keep reading in Wiccan books that women have their menstrual cycles in tune with moon phases.

If you know anything about this, do share.

2007-08-03 13:17:04 · 13 answers · asked by Ashley 2

Number 1:

ZER0 C00L asked a question earlier about In 2 Kings 2:23-24 in which Elisha was mocked by 42 youths, and God sent a couple of bears out to kill them.

The reaction of SOME of the Christians was glee, in that God was glorified, without any heed of the massacre that had occurred or the grief that was caused.

Here's the link to the original question, where you can read some of the reactions: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070803163529AAAfb0z

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Number 2:
On September 11, 2001, planes crashed into NY's World Trade Center, the Pentagon, & one in PA.

Following the deaths of over 3000 people, Palestinians were seen dancing in the streets of Jordan, etc., gleeful that God had been glorified, heedless of the massacre that had occurred or the grief that was caused.

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So in these instances, what is the differences between the celebrating Christians and the celebrating Palestinians? Or is it a distinction without a difference?

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2007-08-03 13:16:24 · 18 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

Heres my simple question. I am a god believer but I don't call my self christian or catholic or whatever. See one thing I don't like about religions is that they add a whole bunch of things like to go do a communion and coffessions. God didn't say go tell your problems to a priest! He didn't say you have to eat a piece of bread to be healed! He just said pick up your cross and follow me. Nothing more than a simple instruction! This world makes believing in God as if your a sinner that you can't believe in him or something! God did say to get baptized in water as John the Baptist did for Jesus did so. Read the bible and see what the truth is don't just go into a church and do what the priest does! Just get a relationship with God and thats it! None of that eat a bread stuff! Just repent! He sent his only son to die for our sins and it doesn't matter what you've done you just need to repent. God knows that we couldn't be perfect but all he wants is for us to get closer to him!!

2007-08-03 13:15:07 · 16 answers · asked by BNR32 2

2007-08-03 13:14:01 · 9 answers · asked by rajan.tmadathilmkthirumulpad 1

For instance, if someone were teased for being bald, it would be immoral for him to have 42 of the taunters mauled to death by wild bears.... BUT.... if God has 42 taunters mauled to death by wild bears, God is in the clear and we are not to question his judgment.

SO.... that leads me to assume that the morality God commands us to obey does not in any way apply to him. Is that because he's God? Because he's "in charge"? Because he "owns the place"?

2007-08-03 13:11:54 · 11 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7

2007-08-03 13:10:11 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is there a particularly difficult "nut to crack" in the door-to-door world? Roman Catholic? Baptist? Calvinist backgrounds? Others?

2007-08-03 13:07:35 · 12 answers · asked by ccrider 7

Just wondering.

2007-08-03 13:06:34 · 19 answers · asked by Trinity 6

doubts and questions magically disappear? Does one then "feed their faith" by participating in repetative ritual rather than approaching it with logic?

I would like your thoughtful responses on this thoughful question.

:)

2007-08-03 13:06:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

big gold crucifixes? Do you really think jesus would want you walking around with something that probably cost enough to feed a few homeless/poor for the day? Would that not go against everything he taught? Or the giant ornate gold bibles, is this in anyway what jesus preached? I remeber a lot of abandon everything you own and not a lot of "bling" in his preaching.

If jesus came back today (lets just put reality aside here for now) i think a lot of "good christians" would be surprised where jesus sent them.

2007-08-03 12:59:45 · 30 answers · asked by Gawdless Heathen 6