Religion & Spirituality - 11 November 2007

2007-11-11 16:08:44 · 31 answers · asked by Christian Sinner 7

I know they were originally one body and both can trace their bishops back to Jesus and the Apostles but who was leaving whom. The Catholics claim the Orthodox abandoned Rome by not accepting the power of the Pope to unilaterally add the filioque and to rule the other bishops while the Orthodox claim the Roman bishop left the other four bishops and therefore left the true Church when it began unilaterally making decisions without ecumenical councils like they had originally. It is more complicated than that but that is my summary. I want to know what Catholics, Orthodox and I guess Protestants think about this. Who abandoned whom? I'm leaning towards the Orthodox explanation of things based on what I've read on both sides but if a Catholic can convince me then maybe I'll become Catholic. I am sure I am no longer a Protestant though. How could God's Truth be in individual interpretation that has led to thousands of separate denominations teaching contradictory things?

2007-11-11 16:07:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a christian, and I'm bi-sexual (female, and I prefer females.) I can't change that fact.


But is it right for me to want, even need to be in a relationship with a woman?

I know homosexuality is wrong, but I know that all sin is wrong, yet all of us sin anyway. What is wrong with love between two same-genders, if it is honest and fidelious?

a fidelious relationship between two women? Please don't look down on me for wanting this, when everyone themselves have there own faulty points.

2007-11-11 16:06:46 · 25 answers · asked by treemeadow 5

What is the reason to not belive that Jesus is our savior. What do you think of right and wrong, love, compassion, where else can we get this. Why do athesist treat christians like they are dumb, also I think that they dont believe because it is just easy.

2007-11-11 16:06:33 · 31 answers · asked by Jeff 3

What is the true cause of Racism, Sexism and Prejiduce.. Why do people hate people just because of their religon, race or sex? Religon has been in and out of of history, people continue to hate on religons, a major one right now is Muslims, people are making false acusations of what the Quran says, they say that prophet muhammed was a child molestor because he married a young girl. But how about the hundreds of children that are getting raped by preists? Islam is terror? What was America when they killed millions of women and children in japan? What were the christians when they started the KKK? Why do people judge an entire religon just on a small group of people? I am not muslim, but if you look into this it is pretty sad how ignorant people are, another major religon is the Jews, they also have been hated because they killed jesus christ? But wasnt jesus a jew himself?

2007-11-11 16:03:53 · 6 answers · asked by the s0urce 3

Asked earlier by Emily K, then deleted by her:

ATHEISTS...?
What would you do (assuming you're older than me), if you were a fifteen year old girl, surrounded by a hard-headed Catholic mother and a barely religious father, and every time you say you're an atheist (baptized Christian), your mother goes on a near-endless tirade of how you ARE Christian. My entire region is religious too.
Now to summarize my whining:
- How do you get people to take you seriously,
AND
- What do you do when you are verbally attacked by your friends?
Thanks for answering.

2007-11-11 15:59:03 · 26 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

i am a banglorean. it is a city in karnataka,india. i am interested in wicca... can anybody tell me where to get things in bangalore? is there any place as such?

2007-11-11 15:58:19 · 6 answers · asked by sneha r 1

2007-11-11 15:57:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Am I pregnant? I only went to the rectory basement with Father Riley the one time.

2007-11-11 15:56:03 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

So that you could go there after death, or does it not make a difference to you? This is a hypotheical situtation and reading your fantastical "what if" questions, I know you can think on this level.

2007-11-11 15:55:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I teach two "web-based" classes (university level, entirely online). When Yahoo! took its little breather, I logged in to the electronic classroom and started reading the students' answers to recent discussion questions. About halfway through one particular one (related to ethics), I found myself searching for the "thumbs up" (and "thumbs down") button...it became increasingly difficult to keep reading without wanting to express my opinion visually.

What does this mean...should I ask the Blackboard folks to add a thumbs up/down routine to WebCT?...or would that be too harsh for a college classroom?

Or am I addicted to this place...is it time for Y!A-A? If so, does anyone know of a group I could join (online of course...or would that defeat the purpose???)...

2007-11-11 15:51:05 · 10 answers · asked by KAL 7

:)

I met some ahlul bait in my country. They are nice people. They do not want introduce theirselve as ahlus bait, but his name already tell us who they are.


Please advise how should I treat them when I invite them to visit my home. How should I respect him.


peace

2007-11-11 15:49:50 · 4 answers · asked by Jilan A 5

Keep in mind how many real questions never post at all:

http://answers.yahoo.com/my/qa/index;_ylt=Amqp2VyMcwAT9Gwp1fCnRgDsy6IX;_ylv=3?link=question&more=y&show=arnR8frnaa

2007-11-11 15:49:18 · 15 answers · asked by I'/\/\AZILLA2 3

2007-11-11 15:48:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-11 15:46:57 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have seen a few christians offer that one evidence of the strength of the logic of apologetics is that christianity has endured 2000 years of people trying to disprove it.

Now, the way i see it, skepticism and atheism are both remarkably NEW ideologies.

first of all, up until 300 years ago, atheism as a philoshical view was so virtually non-existant that there did not even exist a word for someone who did not believe in god. The word "Atheist" first meant someone who did whatever they wished without concern of god's laws and such.

And even though atheism has existed as a philosophy for the last few hundred years, the ideas and arguments that argue for atheism (textual criticism, empiricism, philosophical arguments, ect.) has been given almost no exposure to the common man.

2007-11-11 15:46:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

For example, are the words Jesus spoke in the gospels more important than laws specifically enacted for Hebrews, minor historical incidents, songs, and proverbs in the Old Testament? Are Jesus' "red letter" words more important than the interpretations of St. Paul, or the cryptic prophesies encoded in Revelation?

If all the words in the Bible are as important as the recorded words of Jesus Christ, isn't the Bible your Lord rather than Jesus?

2007-11-11 15:46:32 · 11 answers · asked by Bruce 7

I noticed a lot of the times when I see a church that the car the pastor drives ( I know it is the pastor because I see a reserved sign or placard) a nice BMW, Mercedes, or Lexus. Why is this? Iam not saying its like this at all churches, but I thought a pastor would drive something more efficent and not so costly. And how can they afford such luxuries on a modest salary? Is it possible some church leaders are taking advantage of the donations? FYI, iam not a atheist, I just made this observation.

2007-11-11 15:40:42 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

As a regular man?
As a super-natural man?

... and explain your answer as to why you believe this.

2007-11-11 15:37:19 · 53 answers · asked by Beletje_vos AM + VT 7

WILLTHEY NOT BE PUNISHED
FOR
CHANGING
WHAT BHAGAVAN
HAS MADE ???

2007-11-11 15:36:09 · 13 answers · asked by dhakkansingh007 1

2007-11-11 15:35:12 · 24 answers · asked by I'/\/\AZILLA2 3

Why is it that some of you (not all of you, but some) try to convert people of other religions to Christianity? If you dont mind me stating this, more than likely you are a Christian because you were born into a Christian family in a predominately Christian country, right? If you were born in Afghanistan you would be a Muslim, because you would have been born into a Muslim family in a Muslim country. If you were born into a remote African tribe who worships a sun god, you would be worshiping a sun god as well.

If you believe that people who are not of Christian faith (those who deny Christ) are condemed to hell, how do you justify that. Why would your God determine who will go to hell before they are even born based on what location they are born in?

Dont you owe it to yourself to study all of the religions in the world and find the one that makes the most sense to you? Wouldnt that be the "Christian" thing to do?

It seems to me we are fighting wars over a name alone.

2007-11-11 15:32:25 · 41 answers · asked by jecebn86 2

i really love my bf, and i want to give up my virginity to him. but i dont want to disobey God. so my question is, does it REALLY say in the bible that sex before marriage is wrong and against God? i understand if i went sleeping around with everyone, but im not, its just my bf,and i love him.

2007-11-11 15:31:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I understand about tact. The conversation which begins with "Does the purple dress make me look fat?" and ends with "No, your fat makes you look fat; the dress just makes you look purple" is a lose/lose situation.

What I mean to ask is..... if you tell a Creationist "All life on earth evolved; Creation is purely fantasy", are you "bashing" them? Should you shut your mouth and keep the facts to yourself if they feel slighted by it?

2007-11-11 15:30:48 · 31 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7

2007-11-11 15:28:59 · 24 answers · asked by queen of snarky-yack again 4

The following is a quote from my book "The Bible Redone" In bookstores now.

"In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better."

2007-11-11 15:22:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

believers in one true God also accpts Jesus as their Lord and Savior God who is the Father God??

Why cannot Jesus be " a god" in true Christiantiy?

2007-11-11 15:16:47 · 16 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7

Why are they spending billions of dollars scooping up real estate?

Is a publishing company disguised as a religion, blinding the masses of footstep followers for financial gain?

http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/index.php/watchtower-money/end-of-the-world-near-watchtower-builds-luxury-properties/

2007-11-11 15:14:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-11 15:10:37 · 19 answers · asked by yupahuhsure 1

Some people have been bringing up the conflicting idea that religion should have nothing to do with school. Do you agree?

I find it pointless, as long as no one is forced into going to a christian club, or any activities related to religion in school. Is there really harm from that?

2007-11-11 15:10:29 · 14 answers · asked by stepho. 2