Religion & Spirituality - 25 September 2007

2007-09-25 07:40:07 · 12 answers · asked by Eve 4

Which one's your personal favorite from this list?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deities

2007-09-25 07:39:55 · 14 answers · asked by JWill 4

When I was a freshmen we had a religious retreat over night at our school. During the end of the day we had to meditate and it was then that I had a vision of Jesus. He walked with me up this hill, everything was like in his time, and he sat on this rock. He looked at me with open arms and told me to embrace him. He loved me and wanted me to be a part of him. He said other things that I really do not remember. I am now a devoted Christian and couldn't see my life without him.

How come when I tell this to people they look at me funny? What is so hard with people excepting something that was true and genuine?

2007-09-25 07:37:51 · 38 answers · asked by Kristi P 2

how would things be different.

2007-09-25 07:35:54 · 23 answers · asked by bulletproofmoth 2

2007-09-25 07:33:19 · 50 answers · asked by Anonymous

the word of goD , so he will be saved.

2007-09-25 07:31:48 · 14 answers · asked by Thomas 2

that Jesus loves You!!!
come to Him, He will help you heal your broken heart
your empty soul
cry out to Him, God listens!

2007-09-25 07:31:17 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Christian Post Reporter
Tue, Sep. 25 2007 11:19 AM ET
Study: Christianity No Longer Looks Like Jesus

Negative perceptions toward the Christian faith have outweighed the positive as a growing percentage of younger Americans associate with a faith outside Christianity.

Only 16 percent of non-Christians aged 16 to 29 years old said they have a "good impression" of Christianity, according to a report released Monday by The Barna Group.

Common negative perceptions among non-Christians is that present-day Christianity is judgmental (87 percent), hypocritical (85 percent), old-fashioned (78 percent), and too involved in politics (75 percent).

2007-09-25 07:29:55 · 33 answers · asked by Micah 6

Hry everyone, There's this girl who was really nice to me. she knew I practiced witchcraft. And invited me to join a Christian club called first priority. I don't know much about it other than it being christian.

I decided to go, the meeting is today. I brought some research papers. With christians and pagans, compareing them and stuff. So I can tell everyone that witches arent bad and I'm their friend.

what do i need to prepare?

2007-09-25 07:23:43 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

logics....

2007-09-25 07:22:00 · 28 answers · asked by bad g 1

"Our situation is so uncanny. We have a world that has been shattered by literature, and I think we have to marshall an emotional response, the same response we would have if we woke up in a world tomorrow where all the violence in the Middle East, all the bloodletting, all the wars and threat of future war was borne of rival interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare, where the Jews like King Lear and the Muslims like Hamlet, and they're willing to blow themselves up and perhaps their children over the difference.

That seems like an impossibly bizzare world to live in, and yet that is exactly the world we are living in."

~ Sam Harris

2007-09-25 07:20:35 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

My Pastor says that our society would have a lot more morals if we got rid of the liberal, US Constitution.

2007-09-25 07:17:51 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

The flying speggetti monster, the purple unicorns, and lepricauns are all "straw man" arguments.

2007-09-25 07:11:49 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Using biblical scriptures:

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky”, (Matthew 24:29-35 NAB)


IF god and jesus are one in the same, jesus would know that stars are burning balls of gas billions of miles away. In other words, since he created it all, he would know that these stars could not "fall from the sky" because stars wouldn't FALL.

Fall to where, exactly? There is no down in the universe.

PS: This is a DIRECT quote from the Lord Your God. To misconstrue his word is blasphemy. So don't give me the "written by people who didn't know."

2007-09-25 07:11:08 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you think maybe some of your answers just might be why atheist think of us Christians in a negative way? When you answer questions or ask questions are you doing it with love? I have seen some Christians on here that are pretty rude, and you wonder why atheist give you a hard time.Don't give me a bad name cuz I am a Christian, and you aren't acting like God would want you to.This isn't to be mean, but we as Christians are suppose to be setting examples.

2007-09-25 07:09:40 · 30 answers · asked by simple serenity 3

or are -all- donkeys hyper curious? If non-talking donkeys are curious, how do they express their curiosity, I wonder?

2007-09-25 07:08:38 · 10 answers · asked by PediC 5

I understand that these are religious commandments, but sometimes it seems an almost manic need for validation - I'm sure that's not the case across the board, but I've been cornered by more than a few "believers" with this really scary gleam in their eye, only you can't run, 'cause they really do corner you.

Contrast this to the other religions out there. None of my experience with Wicca and the other Neo-Pagan religions, Buddhism, Hinduism or any of the native religions in South Africa (where I'm from) do this. In fact, if you want to find out from a source other than the "new age" section in the bookshop, you have to go looking for somebody to tell you, and even then they make you work for it.

So what's the difference? Why do the "older" religions seem to be more pluralistic and open to different paths, while the young religions seem to act like the Borg sometimes?

2007-09-25 07:08:23 · 32 answers · asked by dead_elves 3

I was in Grand Rapids, Michigan a couple weeks ago and was browsing the local paper during breakfast when I saw an ad that depicted Jesus spread out his arms in the side-mirror of a car. Upon further inspection I realized it was an ad for a drive-in church. Seriously.

http://wdi.gospelcom.net

What do you think would be the advantages of such a church? Don't you think it seems to encourage laziness and discourage community?

2007-09-25 07:07:47 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-25 07:06:11 · 13 answers · asked by andybaseball2003 2

If all of a sudden, the US became a Muslim nation and told you to convert, pay extra taxes, or be executed- what would your reaction be? Would you convert? Pay the fee? What if nobody hired you for a job, or allowed you equal rights? What if you weren't allowed to marry unless you are Muslim?

What would your reaction be to the new legal limits placed upon your religion? What about the women- would you accept the local law and wear full headscarves- walk 10 feet behind your husband- stop working?

Note: this question is meant to pose the question- if suddenly your lifestyle was changed by an oppressive religious leader, how would you react to your loss of religious and personal freedom?

THis is not meant as an insult to Islam, nor am I teasing you Christians- I chose Islam thanks to the wonderous activities in the Middle East being displayed by the 3 Abrahamic religions.

No scripture please- I'm looking for opinions.

2007-09-25 07:06:05 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-25 07:02:53 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

By being filled I mean speaking in tongues or baptism of the Holy Spirit.

2007-09-25 07:02:48 · 17 answers · asked by RAJ 2

This was my answer to one of the Talking Donkey's questions...I really hope someone can shed some insight.

2007-09-25 07:01:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Even Islam doesn't get this much crap from people!

What about buddism? Isn't the main concept of Buddism to live your life free of any desire or material things? And yet so many celebrities, like Harrison Ford, are buddists.....you really think those celebrities are living a humble and meager lifestyle? Every religion has so many contradictions, every religion may seem stupid to someone else, but Christianity gets attacked most often? I am proud to call myself a Christian, I don't bother anyone with my beliefs, I live my life in a free country, don't force my understandings onto anybody and yet people can get so offensive....it's like people look for reasons to attack another group simply because they don't share similar views....I actually don't think its even about God or religion, it's the human nature of trying to prove to someone that "I am right and you are wrong!".

2007-09-25 07:01:43 · 40 answers · asked by Yul'ka 3

http://objectiveministries.org/kidz/

At least atheists don't do this crazy bull!

2007-09-25 06:59:09 · 33 answers · asked by Melty Blood 3

Does that phrase seem offensive to you? I am Faithful follower of Jesus, but when I heard this for the first time the other day, I couldn't help laughing and laughing. The church really was over the top. It seems that money could've been better spent on their missionary work or something.

2007-09-25 06:57:53 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. (1:2a) People who unreasonably claim that verse 1 describes a 24-hour creation of heaven (which they describe as God’s home thus built in 24 hours--Where did He live before that?) and the Earth as hereafter described, miss the point of this Scripture. For an untold eons of years after the beginning referenced in verse 1 and prior to its being made habitable, the Earth simply existed even as do all the other planets in the universe. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (1:2b) This Scripture gives a body of sorts to Jehovah, although we must not fool ourselves into believing that he can be contained by the universe. He did after all invent the universe by whatever means He chose to do so. The “Spirit of God” could not therefore be the Person of Jehovah God, but merely a force that He is able to use to effect anything He chooses to.

2007-09-25 06:56:01 · 13 answers · asked by SPR Founder 1

2007-09-25 06:54:07 · 11 answers · asked by Captain Galactic 6

My husband and I are going through a divorce and we have shared placement and joint custody right now.
I signed my daughter up for religious ed so she can make her First Communion. I told her dad I was doing this and he was not happy about where I signed her up.
Today I found out through my older daughter that her dad signed them up for religious ed at a different church closer to him.
He told her it was MY fault I signed them up at a different church.

So my question is,can a child have 2 First Communions in one year?

Also,do you think I should back down and just let him take them to religious ed? I have always been the primary caregiver for our children so this is a difficult decision for me.

Thanks in advance.
~Z~

2007-09-25 06:53:57 · 15 answers · asked by zoya 6

Isn't the supposition of creationism outside of the scope of science?

2007-09-25 06:52:12 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous