Religion & Spirituality - 14 August 2007

i find the christianity practised in the east and 3rd world countries to be still backward because those christians still hold on to lots of primitive tribal customs and superstitions.

in contrast i find the christianity practised in the west to be very progressive and free of tribal customs and superstitions

am i right christian friends?

2007-08-14 15:16:09 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

All christians care about is going to heaven.
They do good and dont lie, cheat steal etc...because they want to go to heaven.
Why not just do good. Don't lie, cheat and steal because you know its wrong. Why do u need a reward for not doing those kind of things?

2007-08-14 15:13:08 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am 15 years old and consider myself to be a liberal christian. the problem is that the rest of my family is conservative. me and my parents (mostly mom) get into arguments about different topics. for example i think that homosexuality is wrong, but i would (and do) support my gay friends and think there is nothing wrong with them choosing that lifestyle for themselves. as with my mom, she would say that homosexuality is totally wrong and that i should stay away from gay people. other topics include swearing, taking the bible literally or figurativelly, secular music etc. so i want to know what you think about either conservatives or liberals and just your beliefs in general. thank you.

2007-08-14 15:09:01 · 15 answers · asked by pianoman 2

2007-08-14 15:08:28 · 1 answers · asked by Nikki R 1

Anyone is allow to answer. I'd like answers that have some thought in them.

2007-08-14 15:07:54 · 12 answers · asked by Jhonny 2

Caleb nathaniel, and at church the pastor had a huge smile and said, this child will never have a worry in the world. why did he say that? I have tried to look it all up, but never get different storys

2007-08-14 15:06:04 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Transaction fees can be brutal.

For that matter, since God can forgive everyone's respective sins....why did Jesus have to die at all?

***Please no "God murdered his son to show us how much he loved us" until you pause to realize how absurd and apologetic that is.

2007-08-14 15:04:56 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just curious.

2007-08-14 15:02:12 · 17 answers · asked by socmum16 ♪ 5

I had to take drastic measures tonight though I am still alive in two ways. I am not used to level 1, nor being without my trusty orange badge. I am weak and afraid. I feel some may find my avatar name offensive. I feel like there is a bull eye’s on me tonight. How do I regain my faith in religion or in spirituality?

2007-08-14 15:02:00 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-14 14:59:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Chaotic weather would be prevalent (Luke 21:25-26).

Jesus foresaw the seas and the waves roaring in the last days. He also likened these signs to birth pangs (Matthew 24:8). The Greek word odin, often translated as sorrows in Matthew 24:8, literally means birth pangs. Furthermore, the apostle Paul reminded us that the creation itself will be delivered from the curse at the end of the age (Romans 8:21). And that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs (Romans 8:22). As delivery draws near, birth pangs always increase in both intensity and frequency. Therefore, the creation itself would travail as the time of delivery draws near. Of course chaotic weather is not new, but there are indications that we are witnessing an increase in strange weather. (Global warming anyone?)
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/natural_hazards_archive.php3?topic=flood

http://www.livingwaters.com/good/
http://www.understandthetimes.org/101prophecy.shtml

2007-08-14 14:59:25 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

i saw a question asking christians why we belive in a religion in which you are scard of the place hell well im a christian and i kinda think too wha if there was no hell then what would you do and why would god want to scare us into a hell to get us too believ in him?

2007-08-14 14:57:58 · 16 answers · asked by Logan B 1

Me and him are both Christian and we are trying to change our ways. We haven't done anything like that yet but is it bad?

2007-08-14 14:57:43 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does the Bible say anything about humans having gaurdian angels

2007-08-14 14:55:59 · 18 answers · asked by Logan B 1

I asked an innocent question there and got my question reported and deleted...so there are always worse places to be...so who is nuttier politics or R/S?

2007-08-14 14:53:33 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to find something online that I can jot down notes for, and then go sit with them and read the Bible and apply the lesson. I can't believe what a hard time I have had trying to find anything like that. I have two girls, ages 7 and 8, and I want to be able to read them a passage, and apply it to their lives. I'd appreciate any help.

2007-08-14 14:53:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another ... "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison..Matthew 25:31-46

2007-08-14 14:52:58 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

heres the deal: i think that if i dont do the same thing every day, (as if not eating in a yellow bowl) Not having peanut butter. I think that God will punish me more severely (ie-breaking my leg) rather than making it rain. I know this is not true, but how can i fix this? DO i need counseling? Please help

2007-08-14 14:51:50 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

To admit that the biggest reason they became christians and remain so is out of fear of the imaginary place known as hell

2007-08-14 14:51:14 · 47 answers · asked by arizonabrat 3

I'm skeered of the bullies on here...

2007-08-14 14:49:42 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

I believe in god (I use lowercase on purpose), but not as an individual entity. God is everything, a unifying force that includes everything from the smallest atom to the grandest idea, and can not be assigned human attributes like gender or even emotions. (Remember that scene in I Heart Huckabees where he takes the sheet and points to all the places that affect each other, and you pull on one thread and it messes with stuff on the other side? That fabric is god.)

I do not believe in Jesus. The idea that you can apologize in the last minutes before death and be granted a place in Heaven is ludicrous. No one was sent to pay for our sins, we have to pay for them ourselves.

I believe in reincarnation. What and where you come back as depends on how much you've learned in this life.

The Bible was written by men, and only men. It has gone through countless rewrittings and revisions and I don't trust a word of it.

2007-08-14 14:46:15 · 26 answers · asked by itellicat 2

2007-08-14 14:45:17 · 13 answers · asked by Gamla Joe 7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL7FcvEydqg

2007-08-14 14:44:49 · 25 answers · asked by icananswerthequestion 2

there are a lot of chritians whi just think they are saved, but they are not. what do you think of that comment?

2007-08-14 14:43:07 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous

And I'm not necessarily talking about god vs no god, though it is one of the thoughts. But more specifically, how you interpret certain things about your beliefs? Like homosexuality for one. I know you will say that God would not allow something in the Bible to be 'wrong' but the Bible was written by man, and man is fallible. Especially when it comes to translating ancient languages. For that matter, how do we know that we were right with the translation? What if that word we think means this, really was supposed to mean that? I dunno, I was just thinking.

2007-08-14 14:42:05 · 32 answers · asked by Lorreign v.2 5

Are christians allowed to defend themselves? Or wrestle demonic beings into submission and throw them down?
It says that Love always protects, should christians be ignoring the duty to defend others, or even themselves?

2007-08-14 14:39:58 · 16 answers · asked by Silly BaBy505 1

Did Jesus form via an embryo? Mary had the egg. Who had the sperm? We receive one set of chromosomes from mom and one from dad. Mary obviously would donate one set, but who donated the other? Thank you.

2007-08-14 14:39:44 · 10 answers · asked by danieloholic 6

A little background. Fussy little old lady across the street, lives in a huge home by herself. Just put $26K into redoing her backyard.

Now as some of you know, I have a new puppy, Diogenes, who is just at the stage where we've got him trained to go in the yard - finally! So every 2 hours, I let him out my front door, he piddles, and I praise him. Not loudly. Just from my front door and he's about 20 feet away. "Good boy! Nice potty!"

Little Old Lady neigbhor came over to complain recently. The sound really carries into her backyard, you see. It's just a terrible burden on her to hear me say "good boy, nice potty."

So...can you think of some OTHER way for me to praise my dogs defication and urinary accomplishments? I'd like them to be something to really make her day, if possible. Just now I said incorporated "diarrhea" in my praises, but I thought you guys could do better.

Thanks!

2007-08-14 14:39:19 · 18 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7

I don't if I am an I or a Nay, so yea good for me I suppose! lol, no discrimination! Be tolerant pf others Atheist or otherwise!

2007-08-14 14:39:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-14 14:39:02 · 8 answers · asked by Page 4