Religion & Spirituality - 4 November 2007

hate for men?
Not to go in details here--had abusive father, and nearly raped by a date I just met. No good male role models in life. I know it's no excuse, but how do I overcome this hate for men. I trust in God and know He can help me.

I've already went to counseling and wrote a journal, but it hasn't helped much.
Anyone out there who is in similar situation or suggestions needed.

2007-11-04 06:27:38 · 8 answers · asked by * 1

2007-11-04 06:27:15 · 30 answers · asked by Kaliko 6

Since then, it seems that God doesnt care anymore about my life. (I'm saved and born again christian) Does He hear my prayers?

2007-11-04 06:22:43 · 18 answers · asked by alextheraver 1

because there has to be a reason to everything that we are here today.

2007-11-04 06:22:07 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

like blowing other denominations' candle to make theirs shine brighter?

2007-11-04 06:21:04 · 9 answers · asked by Ťango 3

Doesn't double-minded = un-stable in James 1?
Doesn't it result in a twoedged sword tongue?
Isn't such Bi-polar condition called Dis-order?

2007-11-04 06:19:59 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

do catholics really think they're the only ones going to heaven??

i heard today that they believed they cant go to any other church and that they'd go to hell if they're not catholics


i'm a baptist and i kinda got scared about that cuz i always thought u only had to be a christian and just join the church u believe more in but it doesnt REALLY matter what church u join. as long as you're a christian.

catholics...is this true? and where in th bible did it say. noone else answer please.

i dont want nonbelievers answering this question knowing what they might say. so im not being mean or anything. im just asking catholics this.

2007-11-04 06:18:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

"My great delight is to unite Myself with souls. ... When I come to a human heart in Holy Communion, My hands are full of all kinds of graces which I want to give to the soul. But souls do not even pay any attention to Me; they leave Me to myself and busy themselves with other things. Oh how sad I am that souls do not recognize Love! They treat Me as a dead object."

-- to St. Faustina, Divine Mercy.

2007-11-04 06:18:19 · 8 answers · asked by the good guy 4

Cahe separate the flesh from the spirit and you still be around to see it?

2007-11-04 06:18:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-04 06:15:54 · 13 answers · asked by Defunct 5

In an answer to one of my recent questions, a person mentioned how that when you ask a Catholic, “Are you a Christian?”….that MANY respond, “No, I am a Catholic.”

And I personally have heard this TONS of times while sharing the Gospel to Catholics!

The first time I heard it, I shook my head in profound dumbfounded disbelief and awe…!

I mean…DON’T GET ME WRONG:
There are many Catholics who don’t respond this way…!

But WHAT does it tell you about the Catholic Church…and Her pathetic commission from Christ to “Feed My sheep”!?

How SHAMEFUL!

…and you deny the fact that there are SO many cachectic sheep in your pews!

Oh, the PIERCING blow of truth!

MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF KNOWLEGDE!

My heart absolutely BREAKS…and I sorrowfully weep for such Catholics…!

Oh, Lord God, I pray…provide FOOD for your starving people!

Guide them by your Holy Spirit to YOU, the fountain of living water - Jesus Christ - so that they may drink and thirst no more!

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2007-11-04 06:14:34 · 17 answers · asked by yachadhoo 6

1 Tim 2:5
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
(KJV)

Obviously this scripture is not plain enough because people invoke Saints, Mary, Idols, Priests, and Popes to interceed to God on their behalf.

With a close study of the book of Hebrews it becomes abundantly clear that there is no one standing between God and man save Jesus Christ alone.

Isnt' going through another intercessor:

1. Vain
2. Insulting to Jesus Christ
3. A foolish and dangerous teaching of replacing the Son of God with some human idea?

2007-11-04 06:14:32 · 6 answers · asked by realchurchhistorian 4

Could mythology be a way of expressing a truth for which people do not have the words to express otherwise?

Or is mythology always completely fiction? But if that were true, what then is the attraction to something un-true and ficticious which to be always fiction can't have any relevance to anyone?

2007-11-04 06:12:43 · 20 answers · asked by EisforEverything 3

How about; Once you are saved you can screw until your hearts content anyone you want to married or not.

2007-11-04 06:12:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

"praying to saints is not worship"

2007-11-04 06:10:43 · 5 answers · asked by realchurchhistorian 4

okay so i go to Scotts Hill Baptist Church and they copied some production. I think one of the main somngs is by Casting Crowns and it was about a girl who dances with god but then she dances w/ the devil and he brings along drinking and suicide and eating disorders and then she finds her way back to God

can anyone tell me what its aclled or where i can find it online?

2007-11-04 06:09:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-04 06:06:14 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

All I asked is why do some people like to shove religion down others throats. I didnt say everyone did, and I didnt say I had no religion. My religion is Wikan just so you know....I think having your own religion is a great thing. And I wasnt saying that only christians try to shove religion down your throat, I was just saying some people insult your religion by saying things like " That is wrong" or "Why would you think that" or " You really need to go to my church, you would learn about things there". First off, I love my heritage and religion.Second, I was not insulting anyone. Third, I am not athiest! .....Why cant we all just get along? lol

2007-11-04 06:06:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Politics and religion are obsolete, the time has come for science and spirituality."
Do you agree?
I read this a few years ago in The Fountains of Paradise, but I think Arthur C. Clarke was quoting someone else.

2007-11-04 06:04:37 · 10 answers · asked by rebekkah hot as the sun 7

...does God still believe in you? If he does why do you die?

2007-11-04 06:04:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need to know what days they worship.
Their special places and places of worship.
And what are their most important hoidays.
Sources are appreciated!

2007-11-04 06:02:01 · 8 answers · asked by Hayley_Bailey 2

i am Christian! And I never turn do anyone who want to spread the word. If it the truth I will go along with it, but Jehovah witness are always coming to me. For instance at the bus stop at school I run into some even at home they come every Sunday! I don't want to turn them down, but I am not sure their teachings are right. How do I let them know I don't believe in what they teach without hurting their feelings.

2007-11-04 06:01:59 · 31 answers · asked by michaelbiggestfan70 1

that has propagated so fiercely because individuals who didn't believe would be killed or cast out of the group and not survive? I am simply amazed at the percentage of people that have a belief in god or a higher power, when there is absolutely no reason to believe this in terms of day to day survival needs of shelter, food, water, etc. Any ideas???

2007-11-04 06:01:49 · 10 answers · asked by luke 2

seriously, every Bible-fundie I've encountered are acting like qualified and inerrant theologians, but all they do is bash the Catholics and back their bashings with their own interpretation of the Bible.

so, my question is, is reading and listening to anti-Catholic sentiments makes you a qualified theologian?

2007-11-04 06:01:21 · 9 answers · asked by Ťango 3

*Note*- I am not in anyway trying to put down ANYBODY but rather trying to understand the concept of religion.

Believers say that to really feel God's love and presense(the Christian one atleast) you have to have faith. Faith is belief that is not based on proof. As we grow older ,we create dreams (and even envision)and have faith in hopes of them coming true one day. The longer we let this dream manifest, the more and more we almost know we can reach that goal and the vision gets clearer and clearer. How is this different from the belief in any type of God? Please don't say that you JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE because I've already heard enough of those. Like I said am not bashing anyone but simply trying to understand. I am agnostic but the more I think about the validity of God, the more questions seem to arise on this...Is it not the same thing, you create a vision, it manifests and it grows on?and plus with religion there is already that "foundation"..please help me understand this...

2007-11-04 06:00:41 · 13 answers · asked by Cilantro 5

I mean do they got to heaven?? I am alarmed by the idea that they pray to Saints....do they really? I have people I love that are catholic! Wise answer please....

2007-11-04 05:59:47 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have seen this assertion made by both Protestants and Catholics (!) on Y!A the past few days, and I find it suspicious.

When a Catholic becomes easily confused about his church's teaching regarding Mary, is that really any worse than a Protestant being ignorant of his own church's history?

When a Catholic thinks he is earning his salvation (as opposed to the actual Catholic teaching of *participation* in salvation), is that any worse than a Protestant thinking the sinner's prayer saved him?

When a Protestant has been taught a sales pitch, does that really give him any more genuine knowledge of his faith than a Catholic who feels evangelism is best left to those called to ministry', and so isn't practiced in the art of selling his faith?

2007-11-04 05:58:42 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous Lutheran 6

Here's my point: If Adam and Eve were Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, would you get Denzel Washington, Mr. Miyagi, Geronimo, or Gandhi over the course of a few thousand years? Of course not!!

Of course I'm assuming Adam and Eve were Caucasian -- the same could be said if they were black (Don't forget I'd be happy to make the same comparison if Adam and Eve were black, or asian ok? I'm not racist)

2007-11-04 05:58:29 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Peter," or "I follow Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
1 Corinthians 1:10-13

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that plants any thing, neither he that waters; but God that gives the increase.
1 Corinthians 3:3-7

Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's; Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Peter, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's!
1 Corinthians 3:21-23
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2007-11-04 05:56:35 · 10 answers · asked by yachadhoo 6

As far as Muslims are considered Judas was Cucified not Jesus.. Jesus was called by the God earlier and jesus left his face to judas..!! what is the actual fact? can any one let me know .. or any one have proof for this??

2007-11-04 05:55:24 · 16 answers · asked by Legolas 2