Religion & Spirituality - 4 November 2007

As God is almighty isn't it illogical for him to appear amongst people in human form as some Christians say? Isn't a messenger enough? He can make his messenger act as however he likes?

This is like a Great Great King going inside a community of coal workers to check how they are doing? Why would he need to do it? If he can see everything and send messengers and hear them talking?

I just can't understand this. It really doesn't make sense for me to accept a human as God...

2007-11-04 09:14:20 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

As God is almighty isn't it illogical for him to appear amongst people in human form as some Christians say? Isn't a messenger enough? He can make his messenger act as however he likes?

This is like a Great Great King going inside a community of coal workers to check how they are doing? Why would he need to do it? If he can see everything and send messengers and hear them talking?

I just can't understand this. It really doesn't make sense for me to accept a human as God...

2007-11-04 09:13:07 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please state your religion.

2007-11-04 09:09:54 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think it is possible because I saw a show on the history channel about levitation. The host said that back then a long time ago, there were reports that says people have seen Saints fly in med-air. He said that only a person with great holy morel values ( like Jesus) would fly in mid-air by using the divine powers.The historians however belief that the saints were just good athletic people but it could be possible. So, what is your opinion on this?

Note to Atheist: This is not a drinking question and/or game. You are free to answer this question but do not be rude or I will report you

2007-11-04 09:08:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Assuming there is a God, do you think they would let us choose were we go? Personally I would choose not to live eternally.

2007-11-04 09:04:48 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

All they would have on them are just a few simple facts, like, prison statistics showing how many Christians are incarcerated compared to how few secular people, the high proportion of educated people who reject the biblical explanation for the origin and development of life on this planet and of course some figures on how much money various religions turn over tax free.

2007-11-04 09:03:55 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

1 Peter 4:8 - Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.

2007-11-04 09:00:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-04 09:00:01 · 15 answers · asked by Ťango 3

2007-11-04 08:58:22 · 22 answers · asked by Doc Occam 7

Grampa has candy in his pocket. The paper that's around it wants to make a big noise when we unwrap it. Do you think we should eat candy in church?
teehee
*giggle*

2007-11-04 08:56:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do most christians don't believe that the pentagram(not the inverted one) is a christian symbol?It represents the five wounds of Christ.The pentagram was used as a Christian symbol for the five senses,[10] and if the letters S, A, L, V, and S are inscribed in the points, it can be taken as a symbol of health (from Latin salus).[citation needed]

Medieval Christians believed it to symbolise the five wounds of Christ. The pentagram was believed to protect against witches and demons.[11]

The pentagram figured in a heavily symbolic Arthurian romance[11]: it appears on the shield of Sir Gawain in the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. As the poet explains, the five points of the star each have five meanings: they represent the five senses, the five fingers, the five wounds of Christ,[12] the five joys that Mary had of Jesus (the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Resurrection, the Ascension, and the Assumption), and the five virtues of knighthood which Gawain hopes to embody: noble generosity, fellowship, purity, courtesy, and compassion.

Probably due to misinterpretation of symbols used by ceremonial magicians, it later became associated with Satanism and subsequently rejected by most of Christianity sometime in the twentieth century.[11]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has traditionally used pentagrams and five-pointed stars in Temple architecture, particularly the Nauvoo Illinois Temple[13] and the Salt Lake Temple. These symbols derived from traditional morning star pentagrams that are no longer commonly used in mainstream Christianity

2007-11-04 08:55:43 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

How long have you been going through your atheism 'phase'?

Fifteen years and counting here... :)

2007-11-04 08:54:20 · 10 answers · asked by Doc Occam 7

ok ok... I'm a little confused with all this. A few months ago I asked here this question: If Jesus was a Jew, why aren't we all Jewish?

The answers I got weren't bad, some of them made sence. I'm Christian (Mormon) and I believe in Jesus... but I don't understand a lot why the Jews don't accept Jesus. That is the only thing I know about Judaism. I don't know any Jew except for 2 great teachers I have and they are super great persons but althought I have a lot of curiosity and my intention is just to learn, never to be disrespectful, contradict or make conflicts but I don't really dare to ask them because I don't want them to think that I want to contradict or something.

What is the Jew's point of view about God and why did Hitler hate them so much? (another part of history that I don't really get).

Is it true that Judaism only accepts one part of the Bible?
if so, why not the other one too.

2007-11-04 08:52:12 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

God’s love is related to His salvation program. He loves His chosen people (the elect), who are scattered all over the world; and He demonstrates His love by saving them from eternal Hell:

Romans 5:8 “But God commendeth [exhibits] his love toward us [believers], in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

Galatians 3:13 “Christ hath redeemed us [believers] from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:”

2 Corinthians 5:21 “For he [God] hath made him [Jesus Christ] to be sin for us [believers], who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

Revelation 5:9 “And they [believers] sung a new song, saying, Thou [Jesus Christ] art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;”

2007-11-04 08:51:49 · 12 answers · asked by JESUS means: JAHWEH is Salvation 2

The KJV has served it purpose. Let it go! There is no need to struggle with two foreign languages; the translated Greek and Hebrew and the archaic British! Many modern Americans can barely understand Brits today, let alone, 300yrs ago!! Don't get me wrong, the KJV was a great translation for its time. Did you know there was as about much criticism over the KJV back then compared to other "elder" versions as there is over the modern translations compared to the ,now, "elder" KJV!! What a small world afterall! A wise book once said, "History only repeats itself." This is so obviously the case right here. Tradition can be a two-edged sword. Some traditons are good such as family reunions, praying before you go to bed, going to church on sunday ,but on the other hand there are other traditions that are bad, such as slavery, goverment oppression, the unrest in Middle East and so on. God has given mankind common sense to discern between a "good moral excercise in faith" and just a bad habit.

2007-11-04 08:51:23 · 9 answers · asked by Red Rage 1

We all have our own opinion about things, I'm not so liberal about things to ignore Jesus' own words......yes I can love, live, and forgive, but I can't put away the bible???????

2007-11-04 08:49:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

one of us celebrates all holidays and birthdays and the other doesnt. we are both christian but kind of different

2007-11-04 08:46:34 · 15 answers · asked by lost 1

how do Catholic and other liturgical churches rationalize their rituals? such as genuflection, sitting, standing, kneeling, making the sign of the cross? does the need for this in worship come from the Bible? why is worship done this way?

**this is not criticism, just curiousity :)

2007-11-04 08:46:34 · 16 answers · asked by <>< captivated 1

Assuming humans find life on Europa or something of the sort, how will Christians respond? Will they drop their religion? Will new religions arise saying that God created that life too? Seems like religions have updated themselves to provide answers for the masses before, will that happen again? Will people believe it?

2007-11-04 08:45:05 · 17 answers · asked by XPEH BAM 3

or forensic psychiatry to detect mental illness of the writers of the bible?

2007-11-04 08:44:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

what is the name of the nun who became a saint and she is in a glass coffin in europe. she was beautiful and i would like a picture of her i think she is over 100 years old

2007-11-04 08:44:42 · 10 answers · asked by sheilasays 3

and if Jesus asked him to feed his sheep (Jesus's Jewish followers) then why is he the first Pope since Paul founded the church in Rome shouldn't he be the first Pope?

2007-11-04 08:44:36 · 4 answers · asked by Pal 2

Many of the proverb are absurd and I dismiss them . It is such a statement that bind and condition our thinking in certain ways.Thta is not conductive to our growth alos, What is your opinion regarding PROVERBS .

2007-11-04 08:43:24 · 13 answers · asked by Raghavendra R 5

I am against the doctrines of men according to Galations?
what say you?

I continue to compliment them on all the wonderful things they have done in the name of Jesus. My previous question about Catholics was due to an attack insuating that we who dont' attend the Catholic church are not saved. That offended me.
May Jesus' prayer about Unity come true. I say amen to that.

2007-11-04 08:42:59 · 29 answers · asked by sisterzeal 5

This was taking place in the course of the same meeting that Jesus had with his disciples...

1) Peter is asking Jesus where he is going... John 13:36

2) Thomas is asking Jesus where he is going... John 14:5

3) Jesus is complaining that nobody is asking where he is going!... John 16:5

Was Jesus so upset about having to die for the sinners that he couldn't keep track of the questions that he was asked... or was there an ulterior motive for such a lament? Can Christians follow this same example, especially in politics?

2007-11-04 08:39:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

How old are you?

2007-11-04 08:38:51 · 23 answers · asked by Kaliko 6

What are their days of worship?
What are some things to avoid?
What are their special places?
What are some historical and present leaders?
What are their important holidays?
Sources would be good.
thanks!!!

2007-11-04 08:36:22 · 8 answers · asked by Hayley_Bailey 2

so i grew up in the church and i always asked them where i could look in the historical records to help prove their point that jesus existed in the first place, and more so, did all these awesome things. their answers were dubious at best. i recently saw zeitgeist the movie, a film produced by ppl i dont even know, and they had much better answers then pastors and "friends" that i had known forever ever had for me. so, given the fact that jesus' name should be all over the historical records, im just curious as to where i should start my independent research to back up zeitgeist's very logical sounding claims. note- even the church stated a few times to me that "christ" wasnt a last name, rather, it was a title meaning "the annointed one". so anyones mentioning of the christ or christ in history is a little less then solid. zeitgiest accurately reports this fact in the movie as well. so my question is; where should i start my search for jesus in the history books? thanks for your time

2007-11-04 08:35:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm thinking specifically of The Great Awakening and the Azusa Street Revival (though there are many others). I'm not trying to put down the Catholic or Orthodox church in any way by asking this --- I'm just wondering if there are times of intense revival among these churches as there is at times in protestant churches.

Thanks!

2007-11-04 08:35:45 · 6 answers · asked by KL 6

2007-11-04 08:34:11 · 12 answers · asked by Kaliko 6