Religion & Spirituality - 24 October 2007

so last night i deleted all my secular music...
figuring that it was affecting my relationship with God...
so i deleted all the music that wasn't giving christ like messages...
i deleted over half my library...
do you think it was a good idea???

<3.

2007-10-24 05:58:18 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm reading a book about 'hidden' things in the Bible by Chuck Missler. It is really, really cool. Anyway, he talking about acrostics (if you're not familiar with this, notice how in your Bible many Psalms are listed as acrostic poems) in the Bible and using the book of Esther as his example. He did this because Esther supposedly doesn't mention God. Anyway, He said that Yahweh is mentioned in there four times (interestingly, it is fowards when it pertains to doing something to protect the Jews and backwards when he is reversing a decision that the gentiles have made against the Jews), the word Messiah is in there once, Yeshua is in there once, and El Shaddai is in there once. This was so cool!

But what was funny is that he said that there was an acrostic in there that says, "Satan and Haman stink." Is that not too funny? Just wanted to see what you guys think. I couldn't *not* post this because it is so cool and is a good refutation for those who think God isn't funny. ;)

2007-10-24 05:56:28 · 12 answers · asked by KL 6

Other than the usual rubbish you trawl up on the internet, could someone explain to me the basics.

Thankyou in advance

2007-10-24 05:54:29 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am interested in your answers whether or not you have a religious faith. Are your beliefs supported by testable evidence? If not, why do you hold them?

2007-10-24 05:53:51 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

and how many of my fellow Christians are glad to see that we are bonding like true brothers and sisters with the Jews.

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to come together in unity.

2007-10-24 05:53:24 · 11 answers · asked by Tx Guy 3

2007-10-24 05:53:06 · 17 answers · asked by Green 7

2007-10-24 05:52:11 · 13 answers · asked by elle4 1

remember hearing that?

2007-10-24 05:51:01 · 19 answers · asked by PediC 5

i am just trying to see which sections i can post questions in today! it seems i can't post over in politics, but i can in Y!products, so lets give R&S a go then :)

2007-10-24 05:51:00 · 11 answers · asked by Free Radical 5

This one is for Father K. Sorry man! ;-)

Here you have it, my first drinking question of the day...

*bottoms up*

2007-10-24 05:50:57 · 10 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

Everybody else would have to sign it, too, regardless of religion. Then everybody would still go ahead and do whatever they want for worshipping, etcetera, but you would sign something saying all Relgions, including Islam, are equally true with Christianity. Muslems would sign it, too, saying they officially recognize that Christianity is equally true with Islam.

I'm not saying it's plausible--but if it was, and we knew 100% for sure that it would cause world wide peace, would you be willing to put your own beliefs aside just to sign this one official document. It wouldn't mean you didn't still love Baby Jesus.

2007-10-24 05:50:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-24 05:49:35 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous

Maybe god doesn't understand the human psyche, because there was most assuredly some trauma he suffered for the rest of his life. Who can lose their family and everything they own, suffer diseases and not come through unscathed? Even if he was rewarded with a new family and great riches do you think he was truly happy? Did Job have no attachment to his first family? According to god and satan he had a great family first and was pretty happy. Was he really blessed in the end? Or did he just recieve a consolation prize for suffering god's callousness?

2007-10-24 05:49:08 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

If the lamb represents jesus, and the lamb is powerful enough to open the book with the 7 seals, why are lambs portrayed as being innocent or being a symbol for weakness etc...as opposed to the lion etc...

2007-10-24 05:48:31 · 19 answers · asked by elle4 1

the stories in the bible were true because socities all over the world have similar stories. So going on that logic...Why don't you admit to the existince of vampires, werewolves and such?

2007-10-24 05:46:38 · 6 answers · asked by Zombie Princess, (2012) 4

**cries** ....after loooooooooooong months that was the only R rated movie I've watched and now I wanna do it again, and Borat is in that cover like looking at me and telling me "come watch me" Awwwwwwwww What would Chuck Norris do in a situation like this

2007-10-24 05:46:03 · 21 answers · asked by Love Yahoo!!! wannabe a princess 3

Many of you have said that "God is incorporeal and lives in a different dimension", so how can an incorporeal being have a "right hand"?

Or is it yet another metaphor for something you can't figure out yet?

2007-10-24 05:44:41 · 13 answers · asked by Lex Fok B.M.F. 3

From their dealings with world powers, which they are not supposed to be a part of, to their clergy men, men who are supposed to be men of godly devotion but decide that its ok to molest little children and then cover up for each other. It is easy to see that they don’t teach honest hearted people the truth but teach out of their own doctrines which are not based on Gods word the Bible.... I’m not trying to insult anybody, I’m just trying to see if anyone else feels the same way. It is even known that during World War II the pope then was backing Hitler and his Nazi regime. Now that is insulting to me!! I know that God and his son Jesus must look down on them for misleading their flock.... Please some let me know how you feel.

2007-10-24 05:44:26 · 19 answers · asked by gerardofperez 1

Daniel 12: 11-13:
11 "From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. 12 Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.

To go with me friend's ΚαταЋσЮs date question.

I've been trying to decipher these scriptures from Daniel for many years. The other day, as I was reading these passages, this came to me:

Daniel says there will be 1290 years from the time the abomination that makes desolate is set up. Then he goes on to say "blessed is he who waits until the 1335 days". When I subtracted these two (1335-1290) I got 45. So if we then take the year the Seven-day War was fought, and Israel once again controlled Jerusalem (a Bibical prophecy--year 1967), and add the 45 days to it, we get 2012, which is the year the Mayan calender ends.

1335-1290=45+1967=2012

I know no one can predict the return of Christ, but I found this quite interesting.

Comments?

2007-10-24 05:44:05 · 11 answers · asked by frenzy-CIB- Jim's with Jesus 4

I want to know more about it. The Wikkipedia says that it's a bunch of atheists who just live life 2 tha fullest. but i watched the devil's mass and it looked like they were worshiping the devil. did it start out as devil worship and turn into atheists or what? i don't believe in anything so i don't wanna join something that worships a false idle

2007-10-24 05:44:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

(How does this relate to God's purpose?)

If you have relevant scripture I'd apprecaite that as well.

2007-10-24 05:43:37 · 5 answers · asked by RC 2

ok...so...
'the wages of sin is death' (Romans 6:23), but we all die anyway.

Note:I am not religious. i found the quotation by accident. i don't want to be persuaded of anything, and i'm not trying to insult Christianity. i was just wondering what people think. *share your views in harmony* haha

2007-10-24 05:41:58 · 8 answers · asked by kleptomanic sheep 5

every person in every decision choses the option they think will make their life better. when confronted with a fork in the road, no one opts for the path that they think will lead to an unhappier life.

how do we make decisions? based on our intelligence, reasoning, logic....all things we received genetically. so...no alternate decisions could have ever been made in your past. unless you made a decision where you tried to make your life worse.....

god knows how we die...when we die....and what we accomplished even as we discuss this. our life is already come and gone in his eyes.

so why do people think we have free will? no one thinks they can prove free will, do they? prove you could have made any other decision than to read this. you couldn't have. this is the only thing you possibly could be doing right now. there was no other way. you were predestined to read my words.

2007-10-24 05:40:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

....on the street, giving out leaflets, just like the Christians do and the Muslims too. He could claim, tongue in cheek, to represent the Almighty Thud. Yada yada yada. I reckon online he'd get away with it, and people would notice the irreverant sarcastic humour, but on the streets they would want to lock him up. Why the difference? Should there be a legal right? Lets assume he's only taking the ****, and doesn't really have "delusions." Are we really a free society, or are the orthodox faithful potentially too violent and serious to allow such a thing to occur?

2007-10-24 05:40:33 · 5 answers · asked by bulletproofmoth 2

Or.... God is !!!!....Hence I am??

2007-10-24 05:40:28 · 40 answers · asked by ۞Aum۞ 7

For those who say that natural disasters "have nothing to do with God"...is it because God doesn't send judgment or because we are not deserving of judgment?

Doesn't the Bible talk about God's judgment in both the Old and New Testaments, and aren't we all deserving of it (myself very much included)? In fact, didn't God bring judgment upon many, including Job who even lost his family but was blessed in the end? I am not overlooking God's mercy or His perfect love and wisdom, but perhaps questioning man's arrogance in thinking he is above discipline from God (or his ignorance in thinking God would not discipline His children)...

2007-10-24 05:39:11 · 32 answers · asked by whitehorse456 5

Christians, when you tell others to read the Bible do you include the Talmud in that advice? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud

Have you read it?

Did you know that the Catholic Apocrypha includes it as one of the most important things to read if you are learning about the bible?

Protestants did you know that Martin Luther included it in his bible as the Middle Testament and wanted everyone to read it?

Does it make you sad that one of the main reasons it is left out of modern bibles is because doing so decreases printing costs?

2007-10-24 05:39:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

without even having to read their answer, you know they're wrong?

Or anyone you thumbs up assuming they've said something intelligent?

2007-10-24 05:37:24 · 33 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

I truly do not wish to offend I am just trying to increase my understanding of your religion. OK so here is my thought on the topic of God. If there is an ALL powerful, Omniscent, being do you think he would really have emotions? Wouldn't that in turn just degrade him to any other human being? What is the Christian veiw on this?

2007-10-24 05:34:27 · 22 answers · asked by Lorena 4

If a Christian were to voice disapproval over someones sexual orientation, is it considered hate? If someone voices disapproval over a Christian viewpoint, is it protected under the Bill of Rights? Why?
Serious answers please, this is for a college research paper.

2007-10-24 05:34:13 · 18 answers · asked by hailstorm 2