Religion & Spirituality - 27 September 2007

2007-09-27 03:43:09 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

This question was raised druing a youth group decusion last week.

2007-09-27 03:42:55 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Lately, I have been letting certain people and certain questions get my temper boiling, and I have given some very un-Christian responses. That is a violation of my Catholic/Christian faith. I ask that anyone I have offended recently please forgive me
From now on I am only going to respond to thoughtful questions. My answer will be a reasonable answer from a Catholic perspective. I hope my answers will help whoever is truly interested in them.
If someone has a real question about Catholicism, let me say in advance of you question that you should first try going to Catholic Answers at http://www.catholic.com/
If you look at the left sidebar, you'll see many subjects. You can click on one and see tracts that may answer your questions. Also, the search engine searches 20 years worth of articles from "This Rock" magazine, which has a lot of great articles about the faith. Also, the "official" Catechism is online at http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/entiretoc1.htm

God bless everyone

2007-09-27 03:41:51 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

NO!

Luke 11:9 says, "So I say to you ask, and it will be given to you;(ASK WHAT?), Seek, and you will find (FIND WHAT?) knock, and it will be opened to you (WHAT WILL BE OPENED?) For everyone who ask receives (RECEIVES WHAT?), and who seeks finds (FIND WHAT?), and to him who knocks it willed be opened (OPENED?) .....................vs. "If you then, being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father GIVE GIVE the HOLY SPIRIT to those who ASK Him!" The Indwelling of God's Spirit.

This why it is so......important to ask, seek, & find God's Holy Spirit and sadly so....many people who say they are Christians are just like Nicademus who was a devout religious man (good people), did not even know what it meant to be Born-Again. I

If it just takes simple belief in God, why would Jesus tell someone that He never knew them if all they had to do is just believe? Why, because they have not been Born-Again.

You must be Born-Again!!

2007-09-27 03:41:47 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are you a religious person, if so what is your place of worship or prayer or whatever.
Ok so i guess from that you can tell i'm not religious, but it is still interesting to know. Well for me anyway.

2007-09-27 03:41:32 · 22 answers · asked by alser 2

2007-09-27 03:40:59 · 13 answers · asked by Nna g 5

and if you heard someone bragging about programming or distributing such malicious software - what would you do about it?
(one of my friends just beat the crap out of a 14 year boy old for having programmed and used a trojan virus)

2007-09-27 03:39:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well Crimmsonandclover's end-of-the-world meteorite mystery appears to have been solved.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20070927/sc_space/meteoritecrashbreedsmasshysteria


Mass hysteria!

Does any one else see this as hugely ironic?

2007-09-27 03:38:36 · 9 answers · asked by Simon T 7

I am just too funny...I am very sorry to all my fellow believers of truth and rational thinking, I am not in any way related to any type of Church and only was trying to make a point to the Christians that the Bible can be used for Evil purposes. I am very happy of how apalled you all were and hope a Christian or 2 decided to go down the path of rational thinking...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070927065806AAx3J5e&pa=FYd1D2bwHTHwLbpvFOs_SQyyO.8mAoE6BVfUX6lYJvnkog--&paid=asked&msgr_status=

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhoMM0Qf4fMPhFWSMZEJomHsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070927072125AA7xiSH

About Deuteronomy 13:6-10:
Jesus came to fulfill the prophecy so we would not have to follow these laws anymore...What about the 10 commandments? and many other laws of the OT if they are no longer Valid then why study them and have them in the same book?

2007-09-27 03:37:57 · 3 answers · asked by klover_dso 3

The meaning of the word "baptize." It comes from a Greek word which means “to submerge in water." Therefore, baptism by sprinkling or by pouring is an oxymoron, something that self-contradictory. Baptism by sprinkling would mean "submerging someone in water by sprinkling water on them." Baptism, by its inherent definition, must be an act of immersion in water.

Baptism illustrates a believer’s identification with Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. “Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life” (Romans 6:3-4 NIV). The action of being immersed in the water pictures being buried with Christ. The action of coming out of the water pictures Christ’s resurrection. As a result, baptism by immersion is the only method of baptism which illustrates being buried

2007-09-27 03:36:47 · 12 answers · asked by Freedom 7

1 Tim 2:11-12
A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.

Or is this yet another example of god having a bad day?

One of my post doc announced this morning that she got a real job at a good university.

Yea for her!!! Boohoo for me, she’ll be missed. :-(

2007-09-27 03:33:54 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Should early indoctrination, without the kid's consent, count as Child Abuse?

Should parents offer children different choices of faith or beliefs, including the freedom to not choose any dogma?

What do you think?

2007-09-27 03:31:47 · 6 answers · asked by Lex Fok B.M.F. 3

we go to a community christian church but i went with a friend to her catholic church once and ever since then i like to just go once in a while, i know not to get the communion. there's a catholic church on my way home and sometimes i sit in there and pray, its peaceful, but my other friend at my regular church freaked when i told her i do this. how is it wrong? i've been trying to get up the nerve to ask this so please don't make fun of me, its a serious question.

2007-09-27 03:31:38 · 45 answers · asked by Jenni P 1

2007-09-27 03:26:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's madness, I tell you, MADNESS!!!

2007-09-27 03:25:09 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

undeniably there has been a problem with catholic priests molesting children in this world. (and yes i'm aware that most people who molest children are not catholic priests, but this is the issue i'm currently adressing)

do you think that these priests chose this line of work because they had intentions of committing these acts and aren't really men of god, or that their faith's strict rules about sex ultimately drove them to commit those acts due to man's sinful nature and sexual desire mixed with opportunity?

or do you think it's something else entirely? and what do you think can be done about this problem?

2007-09-27 03:24:05 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

The question is, isn't saints are people too?

2007-09-27 03:21:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

My boss knows and doesn't mind if I do personal business on my computer during my break times...Many employees take 10 minute Cigarette breaks 15 times a day...Thanks for helping me find Deuteronomy 13:6-10 it will make a lovely study for the 2nd and 3rd graders...I see why it didn't show up though, too many prohibited words on one page The word Deatk and slay and Kill are all there together

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070927065806AAx3J5e&pa=FYd1D2bwHTHwLbpvFOs_SQyyO.8mAoE6BVfUX6lYJvnkog--&paid=asked&msgr_status=

I am trying to scare the 2nd and 3rd graders into not studying other religions or associating with people of other faiths, is there anything better than this one? I know there are alot of Death to disbeliever quotes but this one is more to their level of understanding I think...

;o}

2007-09-27 03:21:25 · 14 answers · asked by klover_dso 3

when

2007-09-27 03:20:50 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

A user named Rapture Ready asked the following question over 20 minutes ago, and received just one response --mine. Here's the link.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApfAtJ272f0pgqstkV1V3aTsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070927065545AAuGfFI&show=7#profile-info-E3Y9x3Yoaa

It's a simple question, asking for our favorite songs. Because music moves us in many ways, it's a spiritual thing. This question is worthy of this category, and deserves more than one answer.

Please, it's the first question this person has asked. Show him that R&S brotherhood, and answer his question. Thanks.

2007-09-27 03:20:37 · 5 answers · asked by iamnoone 7

2007-09-27 03:20:21 · 11 answers · asked by Janet Reincarnated 5

Please go to www.myspace.com/williamyeo
to read my blog,I need help and prayer.Please help me..

2007-09-27 03:17:57 · 16 answers · asked by yeocheong2000 1

I am so happy that more and more people are standing up and giving the Monks a break. They can't do it all, but at least they started it. I wish I was healthy enough to go help and march. All they want is what most of us have, freedom and the right to speak and worship as we want.

2007-09-27 03:17:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

To become a human then let them kill him so they would be redeemed. Are we supposed to find sympathy for some stupid God who did all that unnecessary nonsense? He certainly didn't improve the morality of mankind by this action. So just what purpose did it serve? and how did that accomplish his purpose if he had one?
BB

2007-09-27 03:16:49 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-27 03:15:29 · 14 answers · asked by 23x08 1

i jus found out that the bible was changed by over 40 people in the last 1400 years , that to me seems like its mans book not gods book where the Quraan has neva been changed

2007-09-27 03:13:27 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-27 03:12:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

If it had been the church's policy to kick out pedophile priests and turn them over to the police, would the Catholic church be the hotbed of pedophilia they've become?

2007-09-27 03:11:45 · 9 answers · asked by kimmyisahotbabe 5

Do you believe in the SUPREME BEING, or are you an
athiest ? If so please explian why you are an athiest.
And how can you not think that there is something out
there so divine, it is beyond human comprehension.
After all there is only a small percent who fit that mold.
So why do you see things differently ? Believers give
me your take on why you think the Christ exists. Give me
your best answer please. Thank you.

2007-09-27 03:11:09 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are we teaching the same truth here?

2007-09-27 03:08:50 · 8 answers · asked by web_trace 1