Religion & Spirituality - 13 November 2007

I just find it interesting that while I ask many probing biblical or doctrinal questions about Christianity or issues surrounding the faith or their beliefs about God, NEVER ONCE would I ever question the validity of a Christian's devotion to God, try to make them doubt the validity of their personal relationship with God even if their view of God is different to mine.

You would never hear me say, "You are not REALLY serving God." or any such snide remarks to suggest their belief in God is invalid or untrue or even that their God itself is untrue.

As far as I am concerned, just because I personally did not find God within that faith, book and doctrine does not mean someone else cannot find God there.

So why do certain Christians make such comments to non-Christians?

Do they assume just because you aren't Christian you have not fully explored their faith, bible and tried to commune with God as Jesus or Jehovah within the perimeters of their belief system?

2007-11-13 08:01:28 · 21 answers · asked by pixie_pagan 4

Both will respond and have "feelings". Robot cannot reproduce. Damaged is physical or mental but obvious, possibly correctable and maybe inheritable.

2007-11-13 08:01:13 · 12 answers · asked by GisL4all 5

Because of the religious scandles.The fornication in the church.Making God look bad.Christians not admitting they have sinned.Global warming,fires,Eartquakes in diverse places,Wars that have been preempted,The forgetting of the poor,Etc Etc Etc. If we change it will be a good thing .If we dont.Watch out .Keep your fire on because you salvation is near.Jesus will come and take the ones that truly love Him and have a personal relationship with Him.The heavens door will be locked and it will be too late.I am not good.I sin.I have faults.I love everyone and forgive everyone.I love Jesus first.Without Him I am nothing.Jesus is King.Only by God's mercy am I saved.Now i will wait for the fallout.

2007-11-13 08:00:48 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

on the 3rd day he created vegetation, on the 4th day he created the sun. what was the earth revolving around for the first 3 days? and why was the earth rotating at all? the human concept of day is from the earth completing one rotation. if there is no sun....there would be no rotation. the earth would not revolve or rotate. it would be still. how were there still days?

2007-11-13 08:00:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-13 07:57:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-13 07:55:12 · 5 answers · asked by The Church Lady 3

Just have different religious beliefs?

2007-11-13 07:54:46 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why can't a woman have more than one husband? Surly 2 incomes would better support a family than one.

2007-11-13 07:54:24 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Top ten answers are on the board.

Show me______________.

2007-11-13 07:54:07 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Bible Verse In John 3:16 States- For God So Loved The World That he gave his only begotten son, That whosoever shall believe and call upon his name shall be saved.....What will become of all those countless billions of souls from the beginning of the world before the time of christ who were never ministered to?

2007-11-13 07:53:08 · 8 answers · asked by ~StormWolf~ 1

2007-11-13 07:53:04 · 13 answers · asked by Je Marche Drôle 3

I wanted or still wanting to go into ministry, therefore, I've been searching for jobs for a while. However, it was hard to find. i've been searching for a job, hoping that I would find one soon. However, getting a job was really hard. Ministry training is in January..seasonal job or temp job is hard to find. If I dont do the training that I want to, I would not have another chance since opportunity to become a ministry staff only come like once after graduating. therefore, right now I am thinking about self supporting for ministry. However, some of the adult are telling me to get out my comfort zone & work. does that what God want me to do? give up cuz my prayers are not being answered finacially right now ? some of people are telling me to have faith & start support raising. at the same time I dont want to depend on parents all the time.. faith is something unseen so would you support raise when you dont have money or would you work just give up the training? What is God's will?

2007-11-13 07:51:27 · 13 answers · asked by rondorondo 1

2007-11-13 07:50:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

We kill and eat animals that are more intelligent than some of our species so it can't be intelligence. We kill and eat those creatures that are self aware so it can't be that.

Is it wrong just because some ancient people said so? Isn't that the same thing those that believe in God say?

Strictly scientifically speaking, why would it be wrong to kill the weak among us to further our genetic material? Every other species on the planet does whatever it takes to strengthen and propagate its genetic line.

I know the reason if you believe in God but I am trying to get an answer from those that don't. Shouldn't we just let the handicapped die at birth like all the other species? What purpose does your compassion have other than to make you feel good. And why does it make you feel good? What evolutionary benefit comes from helping the weak? Evolution is survival of the fittest and not saving the weak.

2007-11-13 07:50:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-13 07:49:26 · 21 answers · asked by Nerds Rule! 6

2007-11-13 07:49:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Isaiah 40:22
It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.'
The book of Isaiah was written somewhere between 740 B.C and 680 B.C. This is about 300 years before Aristotle suggested that the earth might be spherical. If the bible is scientifically inaccurate, how did it predict that the earth was round 300 years before science did?

2007-11-13 07:49:09 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Genesis Chapter 5 describes the genealogy of Adam to Noah. If one takes each name in the order it is listed and translates the actual meaning of each name (e.g. Adam comes from a word meaning "mankind"), it is astounding that the resulting statement would be as follows: “Man is appointed to mortality (or weakness) and sorrow. The Blessed God shall come down (or descend), teaching (or discipling). And His death shall bring the despairing grace and comfort.”

Here is the actual breakdown of names / meanings:

Adam = mankind
Seth = appointed
Enosh = weak / mortal
Kenan = sorrow
Mahalalel = the blessed god
Jarod = shall come down…shall descend
Enoch = discipling / teaching
Methuselal = his death shall bring (from muth meaning “death” and shalach “to send forth”)
Lamech = the despairing
Noah = grace and comfort

2007-11-13 07:47:33 · 26 answers · asked by whitehorse456 5

Why is it everyone has to attack one another? Everyone needs to learn to respect that some people don't beleive the same thing as you, and thats FINE. There is nothing wrong with a civil conversation about opinions, but the "cyber attacks" are not only stupid, but they show a real lack of respect for others.

Equality Coalition of North Carolina
EqualityCoalitionNC.org

2007-11-13 07:44:59 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous

would Joseph Smith have had to change many of the revelations in it before they were published in the 1835 Doctrine & Covenants?

D&C 67:6-9 - http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/67/6#6

Key changes in the Book of Commandments revelations for the 1835 printing of the D&C - http://www.irr.org/mit/changingscrips.html#Key%20Changes%20B

2007-11-13 07:44:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-13 07:44:27 · 5 answers · asked by sheanika s 1

If you are Christian and your spouse is an athiest is he/she going to hell? Are you both going to hell?

2007-11-13 07:43:56 · 37 answers · asked by migrainegirl1 3

I mean, if you think about it, if I say "I think God exists", and someone else says "I don't believe in God", that should about do it for that whole conversation, right? Why does each camp feel the need to defend their beliefs, when neither view can be proven? In the words of Rodney King
"Can't we all just get along?"

2007-11-13 07:42:56 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

is that why they believe in a god? i use pretty much all of my brain, so i'm able to differentiate what's fake from what's real.

2007-11-13 07:42:40 · 12 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

If so, what's the secret handshake? I didn't know atheists had their own "origins" theory.. as a pagan who has many atheist friends, I'm a bit miffed that I didn't get the memo.

(re: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071113123250AAT6iN2&r=w&pa=FZptHWf.BGRX3OFMiDBcWOZ8EOT8FA.coaoCK12ZAdmaePRfbsn2OmFViozgJGu4YWnvfBt7Q07LzS63gg--&paid=answered#EMArCzO5BGa1qMzvQzTIcNTr9D8PNf_H2mhW51t7nTRqWM5OZZTZ)

2007-11-13 07:41:32 · 11 answers · asked by Kallan 7

I had a discussion with some friends and we each listed our top 5 Christian books that we have read that have changed our lives, persepctives, etc. So, what books or authors are in your top 5?

2007-11-13 07:38:25 · 26 answers · asked by bbboz7 3

In a perfect world with perfect beautiful people would this condition lead to smoking the weak & the handicapped?

2007-11-13 07:37:32 · 6 answers · asked by LordVader 4

2007-11-13 07:36:51 · 10 answers · asked by queen of snarky-yack again 4

Dear fellow Christians, do you not understand that questions like "ATHEISTS: Do you not realize that you will not go to heaven just because you think you're a 'good person'?" are no better than "ATHEISTS: Do you not realize that you will not flarz booga mazingy hoip just because you think you're a 'good person'?"

That's what such questions boil down to. You are warning them that something they deny existence will be witheld from them because they do not believe in something they deny existence.

If you truly wish to convert the atheist, you must engage them on the ground they can grasp. You cannot presume they believe in what they deny, and that is what the vast majority of attempts to convert the atheist boil down to. People who deny the existence of Heaven and Hell don't care about threats of Hell or promises of Heaven.

2007-11-13 07:36:31 · 18 answers · asked by Hoosier Daddy 5

i am a strong believer in christ and don't think it is really moral to touch women's privates untill marriag but can't find a passage in the bible that says not to.

i need as many verses as possible
5 minutes ago - 3 days left to answer.

ps im 14 he's 14 he is betting me to see if i can find somethin.

by the way he is a christin too

2007-11-13 07:36:31 · 10 answers · asked by pistoluser 3