Religion & Spirituality - 29 October 2007

Everyone says the Bible. So I ask, BESIDES the bible, what book (s) influenced you the most?

I have bought, read, and re-read dozens of books by Rev. John MacAurthur, and each one was precious and influenced me.

But I'm going to site a non-religious book that made me think more clearly on all subjects. I bought it when I was in university... "Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric". What is yours?

This is one man's list of the 100 Most influential Books in history...
http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/grtinfluential.html

2007-10-29 20:11:53 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-29 20:11:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-29 20:08:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or the so-called “leading of the holy Spirit?” Hasn’t this led to crazy interpretations? For example the justification of incest, slavery and the holocaust? The 30 years war between Catholics and Protestants, prejudices, more than 30,000 Christian denominations and the disunity of Christendom? Not to mention cults led by people like Jim Jones and David Koresh who tell their followers to commit suicide? Is this Christ’s way of uniting Christians following his prayer for all of us to be one? I certainly don’t think so.

Jesus prayed that His followers would be ONE.
"that they may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us..." (John 17:21)

St. Paul emphasizes that all followers of Jesus Christ should be ONE.
"Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgement." (1 Co

2007-10-29 20:06:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why NIV (New International version) of bible censored. Countless verses thrown from bible?
Please note that these are only WHOLE verses that the NIV deletes. This list does not include the many words and phrases that were completely deleted from the NIV--it deletes over 64,000 words including words like mercyseat, Jehovah, and Godhead. It removes meaningful, well-known Bible words like Calvary, Lucifer, new testament, regeneration, etc. Most of the modern Bibles line up very closely with the NIV--and so does the New World Translation--the Bible of the Jehovah's Witnesses which predates the NIV!
When you read below where I say that a verse is COMPLETELY deleted, I mean clean/bald-headed/gone/vanished deleted. For instance, if you search for Acts 8:37 in the NIV you will read,
36As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water. Why shouldn't I be baptized?"
38And he ordered the chariot to stop. Then both Philip and the eunuch went

2007-10-29 20:05:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

yet the ten commandment, original (or even old) Hebrew bible texts or NT texts not survived?

The epic tablets are from about 2100 B.C.E and the Code tablets from 1850 B.C.E. that is hundreds of years before even the most conservative bible scholar puts Moses.

And please for the love of god don't tell me the ten commandment are in some church in Ethiopia.

2007-10-29 20:04:16 · 5 answers · asked by Gawdless Heathen 6

please even if its just athiest or christian post it becoz im curious to see which religions are the biggest. im an athiest and believe in logic and science. and why do u believe in wat u believe. what proof do u have to back it up?

2007-10-29 20:03:23 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-29 20:01:22 · 16 answers · asked by idk 4

I am at school from 7:30 am- 7:00 pm and needless to say, I am exhausted when I come home. So, I really don't pray at all anymore. I know it is forbidden, I am trying to find a way to change my lifestlye. Please give me some insight.

2007-10-29 19:58:35 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

please what does christianity means?from which language.does jesus knew about christianity?dont comment if you are not sure!!!

2007-10-29 19:57:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a Muslim, one who isn't that worthy of anything good in life to say the least. I have done other than what my religious texts command me to, and I feel I have not only failed God, but myself. I am apologetic in this sense, and by all means wish to redeem myself without I having a clue how. If you'd take up the decision to add me to your yahoo messenger to speak, it would be highly appreciated on my part.

Regards,

shia_phd_aerodynamicengineer0

2007-10-29 19:55:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-29 19:52:48 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

It began hundreds of years ago, when the Church changed the Bible. . .

The "New Testament": Pagan revenge

Between G-d's own miracles and the Jewish teaching of His Word, the pagan priest/pastorhoods of Egypt, Greece, and Rome were steadily losing their power over the gentile populations. They decided to fight back by creating a new religion, one that would claim to be the fulfillment of the Hebrew "Old Testament," yet would bring back the pagan lies in a new disguise.

Thus the "New Testament" was written, in Greek rather than Hebrew, and attached to the original Hebrew scriptures to try to change their meaning back toward paganism.

The "New Testament" tried to change G-d from One, as in the Hebrew scriptures, into a "trinity" as in Egyptian cults or the eastern religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. It described Jesus as G-d in a human body, like the pagans always described Pharoah and other wicked kings. It declared G-d's Law to be a "curse" that no one can truly obey, announced that there must be a "mediator" between G-d and man, and pretended that salvation could now be achieved outside the Law.

To blind the gentile nations, the "New Testament" also warned people not to learn from the Jews, declaring that Israel no longer possessed the true, complete Word of G-d.

In the Bible, the book of Daniel warned of an evil power--a false religion--that would believe in the true "G-d of fortresses... plus a god its fathers did not know." This religion would "speak bizarre words about the Most High, wear out the holy ones (the Jews), and plan to change the festivals and the religious Law."7 The Christian Church has indeed replaced Passover with Easter (the pagan holiday of Astarte and Ishtar) and Hanukah with Christmas (the pagan winter holiday).


http://www.noahide.com/paganism.htm


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2007-10-29 19:49:31 · 15 answers · asked by kloneme 3

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2007-10-29 19:46:21 · 11 answers · asked by WTFWJD 5

As a Christian, I've been dismayed by conflicting comments about "faith" in general, & I feel the need to make the following observation (not my own words): "It's not that Christianity has been tried, & found lacking -- It's just that it's been found difficult, & left untried." Your thoughts?

2007-10-29 19:44:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

i.e. the good samaritan. if chosen by god asked for my help, i would do everything i could to help him. if one of the roaming trolls on r/s asked me, i would help them. but, here it is. i get e-mail, ALL the time asking me to help convert that person from the edge of christianity to atheism. i will not do this. i do not want to convert anyone. i want everyone to pick up a book, and that would include religious, scientific, artistic and musical books, and read. that would be , and is, my art of persuasion. decide for yourself. but, what if fireball e-mailed you and asked for help. would you help her? i would. without question. and I would not try to convert them, as many of my pagan, christian and witch friends may know by now. how about you?

2007-10-29 19:44:50 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am just curious what kind of events urge people to turn to God! I love hearing these kind of stories....

2007-10-29 19:44:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-29 19:39:59 · 17 answers · asked by kloneme 3

If you don`t you probably should. Since Osiris, Isis, Horus - are all apart of christian mythology. Most of the essential ideas concerning Christianity comes from the ancient Egyptian Gods.

Talk about copyright infringement.

2007-10-29 19:36:08 · 21 answers · asked by Future 5

I was just going through to pick out a B/A and it got me to thinking.

2007-10-29 19:35:22 · 25 answers · asked by Gawdless Heathen 6

Is it possible that early Christian writings & books that were excluded as final New Testament books address Mary's Immaculate Conception since none of the included 27 New Testament books do?
Would it be mentioned in gnostic gospels that were discovered in Nag Hamadi, Egypt in 1947?

If I can get any answers from New Testament scholars,great!
If not,I'll accept answers from Christians who are very knowledgeable about any sources regarding this matter.

2007-10-29 19:26:46 · 20 answers · asked by auntfran8 3

Besides not going to church, reading your holy book, and praying.
Would you still try to be a good person, or would the gloves be off?

2007-10-29 19:22:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am looking for analogous structures to the creation museum.

2007-10-29 19:21:32 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-10-29 19:20:37 · 8 answers · asked by WTFWJD 5

2007-10-29 19:19:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well now it's official the Mayans, the Bible code and now the lost book of Nostradamus all say 2012 we will all perish, what do you think?

2007-10-29 19:16:03 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

the reason why there are 4 gospels (among the dozens of gospels written) is because Irenaeus of Lyons, in the 2nd century thought this was the logical number to add to the Bible, his reasoning being that the compass had 4 directions, so naturally, the Bible should have 4 gospels. Other gospels (such as the gospel of Judas) were discarded without any particular archeological or scientific reasons.

In the centuries following the crusifiction, multiple branches of christianity existed, most of them were persecuted and many seized to exist. Many parts of the Bible were written down long after the crusifiction, and much of the christianity we know today has been heavily affected by the corrupt balances of power that existed many centuries ago.

How can people still take something so vague as the Bible so literal? I am not atheist, and I do believe there is a God, but I cannot take something which has been the foundation of so much abuse, many wars and so much suffering, literal.

2007-10-29 19:12:29 · 18 answers · asked by jhsm85 3

2007-10-29 19:06:55 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was going to ask a question but I'm not sure what it is. But the wave should collapse as you read this so you'll know what my Q is even though I don't.

2007-10-29 19:06:25 · 11 answers · asked by capekicks 3

Hey. I believe when you die all reality seizes to exist. i would like you to prove me wrong. all religions seem to point to a "heaven" however not all living things go to heaven, assuming their is one. so what happens to them?
this is what most likely happens to us. eternal nothing
we have all entered a game we can not win.
their will be a moment in everyones life when nothing matters.
i do not fear dying its the whole death part

2007-10-29 19:05:57 · 12 answers · asked by Schaad M 1