Religion & Spirituality - 5 November 2007

Will someone explain pentecostalism to me?



I dont understand some of the rules they place on women and the often old fashioned view on church attire.
i was raise pentecostal my entire life and over time became aware of its views on reality/women. No makeup or jewelry, no pants, no dancing, constant reminders that God made man to rule over women.
Instead of talking about women and men working together, the failing of the family is due to men not being head of houshold. A womand only salvation in life is to find God and a good husband, no female pastors allowed in church or as official leaders. I remember I missed out on prom, senior cruise, HS dances, going out with friends. No movies either.
All the things ppl take for granted I obsess over. I never got my ears pierced and I feel sexualy dysfunctional. There so many other things.
There is emphasis on the afterlife before this life. Whats the point of a religion that refuses to acknowledge half the world population & life?

2007-11-05 02:27:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-05 02:26:00 · 30 answers · asked by I'/\/\AZILLA2 3

I have been pronounced dead twice. Once by a firefighter, once by a paramedic. The only sensations that I've had either time was an overwhelming cold, a loud clap like a book shutting really hard in a library and darkness. I begin to pull away from myself, as I were Astral Projecting (which I regularly did during this period in my life) and then I wake up, to the utterly shocked face of my rescuer. Both times, I came to and had no injuries, no signs of what happened to me. The physical damage just...vanished. There was no water in my lungs from drowning, and no burns or scars from becoming a human pyre. Not even a blister.

There was no hand of God involved. There was no heaven. No light in the tunnel. No long lost relatives. No feeling of overwhelming power. No meeting of deities. Nothing.
What do you make of it?

2007-11-05 02:24:47 · 15 answers · asked by Phoenix_Slasher 4

2000 years of tradition, uninhibited by progress....

(thanks mike)

2007-11-05 02:23:37 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

In Religion & Spirituality, Y!A refuses to have subcategories. As a result, it is the one of the busiest (if not the busiest) category here. There are pages and pages of open questions I never see. Good questions are "hidden" by questions by "trolls" - who have no interest in obtaining a well-thought out answer.

I have been developing my list on Contacts, which has helped considerably...in my quest to find difficult answers by atheists, Catholics, and other Christians, etc. The more "stumped I am", the more it drives me to seek out answers, and I thereby grow in my own walk with God.

So, last night, I asked a question asking who would be good to add to My Contacts.

It very quickly got deleted and I lost points for this apparent "violation".

Perhaps it wasn't the "best" of ideas...what do you think?
Was it a violation?

And my "main" question:
Is Y!A in control...or is God?

WHO is sovereign?

2007-11-05 02:23:20 · 14 answers · asked by yachadhoo 6

What happened is sad, I don't agree with the circumstances but it was not my life.

The whole would she of survived is media speculation, not that of doctors.

Why does the media get to say what it wants about people, and is instantly lapped up?

Note: I am not a JW, but I think the media has handled this badly and done them a disservice in this case.

2007-11-05 02:23:12 · 14 answers · asked by Link strikes back 6

2007-11-05 02:21:45 · 27 answers · asked by Earl Grey 5

2007-11-05 02:20:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

VI VA LA ANTI_INTERNET

2007-11-05 02:18:12 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Setting your religious views aside for one moment, which of these sounds more appealing and, ultimately, fairer?

The Kingdom of Heaven, in which only one is ruler by which all decisions are unquestionably made.

The Republic of Heaven, in which all important decisions are made by those effected: the public.

2007-11-05 02:17:38 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I believe Jesus died for my sins and everyone's sins..I believe all that BUT why do I live my life in fear constantly for my sins? Everything I do I think about Jesus and what he would of done and sometimes I succeed in changing the way I think and sometimes I don't. I fear that I will ultimately go to hell because I sin..What does this mean? Does this mean my faith isn't 100%? Or is fear ok? Having fear means you believe in something. Genuine people answer only please.

2007-11-05 02:16:44 · 13 answers · asked by Frontier123 2

It seems to be that by wearing small crosses and having larger statues and such of crosses on which "Jesus" is crusified promoting his suffering and reincarnating his death? Itsn't that like repeating and preserving the mistakes of the Romans that killed Jesus? I can't seem to understand how glorifying it is a good thing. Especially when historically the crusifix is merely a torture device and not a holy symbol.

Could someone please attempt to explain without chewing me out?

2007-11-05 02:15:06 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

it dosent mention a pope in the bible nor does jesus ever mention of electing an official to speak for the people. isnt that jesus' job, i mean thats why he needed to shed his blood, for us. now the whole pope thing? whats up with that?

2007-11-05 02:14:39 · 16 answers · asked by ersan b 4

Do you have a poetic vision of heaven? Care to share it?

First taste of cold on warm flesh
Sacred smile ignites flames
Bursting in sweetness
Mute colors and gray sky
Clow in holy auras of autumn.

Jasmine buds courageously cling
Denial in evidence, frosted
Strength in nature's will
Petals cling to waxen stems
Scented Heaven rises from Earth.

2007-11-05 02:12:01 · 9 answers · asked by Virtual Evie 4

Every time I pick up the bible, whatever I read just shows me up for the wretch I really am. I sin with practically every breath I take even when I'm trying to be good.
I know I am saved by believing but faith without actions is dead. (James 2:17) But no matter how hard I try I am a sinner and always will be.
How do you deal with being such a disappointment to God?
And if you think you do live up to His expectations then how?

2007-11-05 02:11:56 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-05 02:11:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-05 02:10:35 · 21 answers · asked by megawale 2

I read that the tribe of Isreal is Christian

2007-11-05 02:10:08 · 7 answers · asked by LUIS III 1

give full details of this name name if u know shafivullah

2007-11-05 02:09:05 · 3 answers · asked by karri 1

not pratice just to know about it

2007-11-05 02:08:57 · 26 answers · asked by mscaramel 1

“and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen” Revelation 1:6 (NIV)
“the God of our Lord Jesus” Ephesians 1:17 (KJV)
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Matthew 27:46 (NIV)
“I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God”. John 20:17 (KJV)
"Here is my servant, whom I uphold” Isaiah 42:1 (NIV)
“When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you" Acts
“Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name. Revelation 3:12-14 (NIV)

2007-11-05 02:08:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

The two thousand member Baptist church was filled to overflowing capacity one Sunday morning. The preacher was ready to start the sermon when two men, dressed in long black coats and black hats entered thru the rear of the church.

One of the two men walked to the middle of the church while the other stayed at the back of the church. They both then reached under their coats and withdrew automatic weapons.

The one in the middle announced, "Everyone willing to take a bullet for Jesus stay in your seats!"

Naturally, the pews emptied, followed by the choir. The deacons ran out the door, followed by the choir director and the assistant pastor.

After a few moments, there were about twenty people left sitting in the church. The preacher was holding steady in the pulpit.

The men put their weapons away and said, gently, to the preacher, "All right, pastor, the hypocrites are gone now. You may begin the service."

2007-11-05 02:07:54 · 15 answers · asked by The Raven † 5

Check out the present huminitarian service "lds.org"

2007-11-05 02:07:51 · 7 answers · asked by scotty_84116 4

I pray a lot, grew up going to church 2-3 times a week, went to a church school for all but two years of school, etc.

what I wish they would have done was help us to learn how to pray. I do pray, it's not like I don't know *HOW* but I want to do it right. Does that make sense?

No one can have a perfect life and we all will have ups and downs in our life here on earth, but sometimes you need a little extra 'protection' for getting through the really hard things.

For those who believe in angels, is it ok to ask God to send angels to protect you so you don't collapse. I am so tired from my current battle that I don't have the strength to finish it. I am tired.

2007-11-05 02:05:28 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-05 02:05:14 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Also, the laws set in the old testament are no longer valid because Jesus came to earth. Therefore, Christians are allowed to have pork....was an answer i got when i asked about the forbidden christmas trees and eating pork i asked why christians do these things when they are forbidden .. now i ask this if the old testament is considered not valid we should ignore the 10 commandments also.? why do you guys pick and choose what you want to follow. it disturbs me . in my religion we have to follow every verse what it instructs us not just picking what we want to follow. how many christians ignore the old testament? why do you ignore it if so?

2007-11-05 02:04:45 · 7 answers · asked by ? 3

...why am I only supposed to do it once?

2007-11-05 02:02:07 · 9 answers · asked by ccrider 7

If so read John 3:16

If not read Acts 2:38

2007-11-05 02:01:54 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

People in ancient times believed in magic. Ledgends differ trick magic from real magic. I believe there where phenomenons caused by people that did the unbelievable. This is how i think magic works and why it's almost gone today. Imagine a illuionary world that you just form out of your fantasy. Just like a dream you can do whatever you want as long as you understand that this world is not real. You could go through walls and move mountains. Everybody in your world is nothing but your imagination and everything good and bad that happens to you is because you want it to be like that. Now if you understand that the world is not real, you can control it, you can do magic! Take Buddhism for example... enlightment is the reach of a perfect state. It is to understand everything. What if we were the one we call god and just play a mind game by creating a world and a life out of our very imagination and fantasy?

Please tell me what you think about this. :-)

2007-11-05 02:01:50 · 7 answers · asked by Marcus Paul 3

What I mean by "peaceful death" is having no distress about eternal destiny. My father had a close call with death 21 months before he actually died and had absolutely no concern about eternity(never has) from then until hi death. When he passed away, he went peacefully. He had always rebuffed my efforts to proslytize him. I now have serious doubts about Hellfire. I am still a Christian, but have considered belief in reincarnation even more lately.

2007-11-05 02:01:42 · 5 answers · asked by Stan Smith 1