Religion & Spirituality - 26 September 2007

2007-09-26 04:45:48 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

A recent question reminded me that a lot of people are confused about the differences in Christianty.
There are three branches of Christianity:
1 Catholic
2 Protestant
3 Eastern Orthodox

If you are a Christian, you are one of those. People who think otherwise are mistaken (and they are probably protestants).

Those are the facts. Every Christian church is an offshoot of the Catholic Church. The Eastern Orthodox churches broke away from unity with the pope in 1054. The Protestant churches were established during the Reformation, which began in 1517. (Most of today’s Protestant churches are actually offshoots of the original Protestant offshoots.)

Only the Catholic Church existed in the tenth century, in the fifth century, and in the first century, faithfully teaching the doctrines given by Christ to the apostles, omitting nothing. The line of popes can be traced back, in unbroken succession, to Peter himself. (here is a list: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm )

2007-09-26 04:42:42 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Three will enter, one will leave.

2007-09-26 04:42:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I fail to see the similarties.

2007-09-26 04:42:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-26 04:41:57 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well If I get 74 Stars on this question I will leave for good!

2007-09-26 04:40:14 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

and New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or did people accidentally create these prions? If god did it, is god also causing the prions to mutate?

2007-09-26 04:39:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

'Gays' mock Jesus with Last Supper take-off
Taxpayers subsidize event with nudity, orgies under watch of police
A taxpayer-supported "gay" celebration in San Francisco, featuring a poster portraying Jesus Christ and his disciples as "half-naked homosexual sadomasochists," has come under heavy fire from major Christian groups demanding that California lawmakers condemn it.

The poster by organizers of the Folsom Street Fair, sponsored in part by Miller Brewing, replaces the bread and wine representing Christ's blood and body with sadomasochistic sex toys.
Wonder where they are going whjen they die? not hard to figure that one out
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57831

2007-09-26 04:39:36 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think this is horrible what their government is doing:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7013638.stm

2007-09-26 04:39:07 · 4 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

According to the bible, are christians allowed to use thumbs up, thumbs down and the Report It button?

Surely this is judging?



(This is a re-post due to the first posting not appearing on the questions list!)

2007-09-26 04:38:26 · 11 answers · asked by Grotty Bodkin is not dead!!! 5

why do you ignore all the other books that were left out of the bible. such the gospel according to judas, the gnostic gospels, the gospel of thomas, etc

http://www.bibleandscience.com/bible/othergospels.htm

2007-09-26 04:38:25 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-26 04:36:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

A Hindu friend has asked the following question .When I gave him the answer he complained it to be an abuse & made me recieve "Violation notice ". Such men are hurting the Christians by their inhuman & foolish questions .Then why do they make it a cpmplaint when we send answers to them ?

Here is the question :-

" Why do most of the Christian- converts in India honestly believe their home town is in Yingland ..er...England ? "

Question details:

"And if they really do belong there.why the hell don't they leave?

My peronal comment :-

We Christians (the Dravidians ) are the sons & owners of the Indian soil. We have embraced Christianity ( an Asian born ) religion which we believe to be the best for us . None of us think our home town is England . The word "India " is mentioned in the Bible many times & not any word like America or England in the Bible . Only the Hindus are aliens to India . Then why do the Hindus expect the Christians to go to England ?

2007-09-26 04:35:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

He is mentioned getting drunk several times in the bible (and gets molested each time). Is this a sign that binge drinking is a sin?

2007-09-26 04:35:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-26 04:35:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Because sects gets in the way

2007-09-26 04:33:10 · 8 answers · asked by darwinsfriend AM 5

2007-09-26 04:32:55 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

My main concern is the all pervasive, creeping, back door methods that some christians use to gain control of our lives, our government and our schools for the indoctrination of our children in patently false beliefs.

Do you know, that is enough to keep us atheists in the R & S section for life?

2007-09-26 04:32:38 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I was sixteen, I gave the bestman speech at my brother's wedding. I was stuttering, sweating, I think at one point I mentioned the bachelor party....it was hell.

Would hell be that moment on a loop or just the fire and darkness with everyone else?

2007-09-26 04:28:58 · 6 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

I would really like your thoughts...

2007-09-26 04:28:47 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-26 04:28:11 · 24 answers · asked by JOHN M 1

Though I don't know the entire background of the issue, it appears there is a split in the Episcopal Church on how to handle gays. Do you feel the church should be more or less supportive of its homosexual members?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/26/us/26episcopal.html?th&emc=th

2007-09-26 04:24:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ruth 1: 16, 17

"...Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me."

So these words are written in the Bible and were originally said by Naomi to Ruth...both females.

Today we use these words in marriage ceremonies between a man and a woman.

But today, we won't allow these words to be used between two women in a "gay marriage".

Isn't that odd?

Your thoughts?

Not looking for regurgitated, memorized Sunday School verses and your religions rhetoric about homosexuality...

But, just do you find it odd, that these words spoken between two women in the Bible, is used for "straight" weddings....while not allowing gay weddings....

2007-09-26 04:22:11 · 13 answers · asked by G.C. 5

or completely unselfish all your prayer are for others and never yourself........( yeah right )

2007-09-26 04:21:07 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am not trying to be funny.

2007-09-26 04:20:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

thanks for the input

2007-09-26 04:20:29 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

since you can't provw god exists and atheists don't need to disprove god's existence.

doesn't that make you agnostic.

2007-09-26 04:19:09 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

I asked this and received only 2 answers so far. I am grateful to those two for the examples provided. It seems that later verses can abrogate earlier ones, example of Medina coming after Mecca revelations was used. But since the Koran is not in chronological order (at least that is my understanding), how do you know what verses came first? Do you have to rely on hadiths to figure out the timeline? Is there a reliable, written work that lays out abrogated verses?

Thank you for your help.

2007-09-26 04:18:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been going through so much. I am only 16, but my life is so messed up. My parents hate each other, my mother has chronic depression and severe anxiety, my father is a perverted sex addict, and I just went to the doctor yesterday and found out I have asthma. Oh, and I left my church about 3 weeks ago for reasons I would rather not discuss. I hate this so much! I want to go find a good church, I want to be healed, and I want to leave my house ASAP. If there is anyone out there who cares enough, please pray for me. Advice would be great too. I cannot take this much longer!

2007-09-26 04:17:40 · 14 answers · asked by chocolatechipcookies2006 1

So we have honesty, I'm an atheist and the intent of this question is to understand what I think would be theological problems by this.

It would seem to me that evolution would cast doubt on original sin, man's nature, blood sacrifice, the need for Crucifixion, and a few other topics. How does your teaching handle these?

(Note: this is asking to explain your theology. If you're a non-catholic believer who accepts evolution feel free to explain your theology as it relates to this topic. However this is *not* an evaluation of that theology)

2007-09-26 04:16:47 · 12 answers · asked by Pirate AM™ 7