Religion & Spirituality - 19 November 2007

...Because a certain R&S user is making you sweat on so many levels while sitting at your desk?

2007-11-19 08:32:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I go with a rugby match. If we all got along, there'd be no point in watching or playing.

2007-11-19 08:31:20 · 20 answers · asked by Doc Occam 7

so I've come to realize that a LOT of christians are really judgemental. By saying you can 't be gay and having an abortion is wrong and that if you don't believe in God you're going to hell. Its being judgemental.

Its not your life so why do you care? I'm all for spreading the word of God but saying stuff like that is making you go against the Bible. It says not to judge people. and thats exactly what they are doing.

since when does it matter to you if someone is or isn't gay or has or doesn't have an abortion. its not gonna affect whether or not you go to heaven or hell. when you're judgement day comes you can tell God that you tried to spread his word. I'm sure he knows that not everyone follows his word. as long as you try to spread his word its not up to you to say how someone else sould live their life

2007-11-19 08:31:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-19 08:29:48 · 13 answers · asked by Hockey_star104 2

Specifically the book of Proverbs, chapter 8, verse 1 refers to wisdom as "her' and Wisdom's monologue goes throughout that chapter and part of the next.

2007-11-19 08:29:11 · 11 answers · asked by ? 6

SInce Jesus was a human, where did he get his two sets of DNA? One from Mary, and one from whom? God? DOes that mean god has DNA?

2007-11-19 08:28:30 · 10 answers · asked by s7e28w81 5

2007-11-19 08:27:18 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'd like to give thanks for such a blessing.

2007-11-19 08:26:52 · 15 answers · asked by Armless Joe, Bipedal Foe 6

Jesus loves you. you can choose to accept that or deny it, and thats fine, that is your own trip. but please, speak politely to one another, theists and atheists. and please, don't insult my intelligence, just because you encounter a few baby christians who don't know how to respond to or answer a question doesn't mean we're all brain-washed uninformed fear-mongers. when it comes to God and Christ, you need not check your brains at the door. can't we respectfully share beliefs and ideas?

2007-11-19 08:22:50 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous

Two part question:

1.How many people here do not have a good relationship with your parents?

2. do you have the same religious beliefs (or lack of) as them?

2007-11-19 08:21:45 · 31 answers · asked by bregweidd 6

http://www.mediamax.com/zencow/Hosted/Prayer.mp3

2007-11-19 08:21:38 · 9 answers · asked by Belzetot 5

i didn't even know my soul was substantial...or could feel the heat....but i guess it can.

so...what are you guys going to bring? i'll bring the chips and dip. i think if souls can feel heat, they can also eat food, right?

2007-11-19 08:21:05 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

and continues no matter how often you explain it to him, am I safe in believing that this person is nothing but a troll and that we should all ignore him?

What are your thoughts?

2007-11-19 08:19:46 · 24 answers · asked by WhiteDove 2

Do you believe in it? What will happen during? What happens to the chosen and what happens to everybody else?

2007-11-19 08:19:35 · 21 answers · asked by buddha11ah 2

and if u are an atheists back up your atory and if u belive in god tell me y u no there is a god

2007-11-19 08:19:04 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can we not think for ourselves and come to our own conculsions?

2007-11-19 08:18:59 · 7 answers · asked by lucidwillow 4

I am leaving Christianity, because I didn't really feel comfortable. Please give me all the info on Hinduism that you can, and please remember, I have NO idea what its about at all, so please be explain what things are, the deities, practises, what they believe, etc. thanks!

2007-11-19 08:17:56 · 12 answers · asked by kyla_tobi 2

2007-11-19 08:17:35 · 15 answers · asked by David G 6

2007-11-19 08:17:31 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

What had been your reasoning? Had it been based on reason at all or was it more of an emotional thing?

And *DO NOT* explain to me why you are no longer an atheist - that's NOT part of the question and I don't want to know. All I want to know is why you had been an atheist, not why you changed.

2007-11-19 08:16:33 · 19 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7

There is no group that has more pagan practices than Catholics, other than pagans. Why is this so?

2007-11-19 08:13:27 · 11 answers · asked by Kurt 2

There is only one verse in the Bible that mentions traditions, and it is obvious that the traditions being talked about are Biblical traditions, not extra-biblical false practice. Why do Catholics do so many false anti-biblical activities?

2007-11-19 08:12:49 · 28 answers · asked by Kurt 2

It has been puzzling me for sometime and I would really like to know.

2007-11-19 08:10:57 · 70 answers · asked by Tanya S 1

It was only by the authority of the Catholic Church, which collected the various books of Scripture in the fourth century, that we have a Christian Bible at all. And it is only because of the Church that the Bible survived and was taught for the many centuries before the printing press made it widely available.


John Wycliff had produced a translation of the Bible, that was corrupt and full of heresy. It was not an accurate rendering of sacred Scripture.

Both the Church and the secular authorities condemned it and did their best to prevent it from being used to teach false doctrine and morals. Because of the scandal it caused, the Synod of Oxford passed a law in 1408 that prevented any unauthorized translation of the Bible into English and also forbade the reading of such unauthorized translations.

Tyndale was an English priest of no great fame who desperately desired to make his own English translation of the Bible. The Church denied him for several reasons.

First, it saw no real need for a new English translation of the Scriptures at this time. In fact, booksellers were having a hard time selling the print editions of the Bible that they already had. Sumptuary laws had to be enacted to force people into buying them.

Second, we must remember that this was a time of great strife and confusion for the Church in Europe. The Reformation had turned the continent into a very volatile place. So far, England had managed to remain relatively unscathed, and the Church wanted to keep it that way. It was thought that adding a new English translation at this time would only add confusion and distraction where focus was needed.

Lastly, if the Church had decided to provide a new English translation of Scripture, Tyndale would not have been the man chosen to do it. He was known as only a mediocre scholar and had gained a reputation as a priest of unorthodox opinions and a violent temper. He was infamous for insulting the clergy, from the pope down to the friars and monks, and had a genuine contempt for Church authority. In fact, he was first tried for heresy in 1522, three years before his translation of the New Testament was printed. His own bishop in London would not support him in this cause.

Finding no support for his translation from his bishop, he left England and came to Worms, where he fell under the influence of Martin Luther. There in 1525 he produced a translation of the New Testament that was swarming with textual corruption. He willfully mistranslated entire passages of Sacred Scripture in order to condemn orthodox Catholic doctrine and support the new Lutheran ideas. The Bishop of London claimed that he could count over 2,000 errors in the volume (and this was just the New Testament).

And we must remember that this was not merely a translation of Scripture. His text included a prologue and notes that were so full of contempt for the Catholic Church and the clergy that no one could mistake his obvious agenda and prejudice. Did the Catholic Church condemn this version of the Bible? Of course it did.

The secular authorities condemned it as well. Anglicans are among the many today who laud Tyndale as the "father of the English Bible." But it was their own founder, King Henry VIII, who in 1531 declared that "the translation of the Scripture corrupted by William Tyndale should be utterly expelled, rejected, and put away out of the hands of the people."

So troublesome did Tyndale’s Bible prove to be that in 1543—after his break with Rome—Henry again decreed that "all manner of books of the Old and New Testament in English, being of the crafty, false, and untrue translation of Tyndale . . . shall be clearly and utterly abolished, extinguished, and forbidden to be kept or used in this realm."

Ultimately, it was the secular authorities that proved to be the end for Tyndale. He was arrested and tried (and sentenced to die) in the court of the Holy Roman Emperor in 1536. His translation of the Bible was heretical because it contained heretical ideas—not because the act of translation was heretical in and of itself. In fact, the Catholic Church would produce a translation of the Bible into English a few years later (The Douay-Reims version, whose New Testament was released in 1582 and whose Old Testament was released in 1609).

When discussing the history of Biblical translations, it is very common for people to toss around names like Tyndale and Wycliff. But the full story is seldom given. This present case of a gender-inclusive edition of the Bible is a wonderful opportunity for Fundamentalists to reflect and realize that the reason they don’t approve of this new translation is the same reason that the Catholic Church did not approve of Tyndale’s or Wycliff’s. These are corrupt translations, made with an agenda, and not accurate renderings of sacred Scripture.

And here at least Fundamentalists and Catholics are in ready agreement: Don’t mess with the Word of God.

2007-11-19 08:06:46 · 21 answers · asked by Isabella 6

To me, as a Catholic, being a Christian is MUCH MORE than obtaining a "Get Out Of Hell Free" card. It is much more than answering the simplistic question: "Are you saved".

It means two words: "Divine Sonship". God is a Father who is Fathering a family, and He wants you and I to sit at His table and be a partaker in the Divine Nature. It means having God as your Father, Mary as your mother, and all the family of God - in heaven and on earth - as your sisters and brothers. It means love, patience, and charity.

I cringe when someone asks me "Are you saved". I feel they have missed the most beautiful part of the good news, that we have been called to be sons and daughters of God.

This is what salvation means to me. What does it mean to you?

2007-11-19 08:06:44 · 19 answers · asked by Catholic Crusader 3

Hypergraphia?

2007-11-19 08:06:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

why is there such substantial similarity between Catholic Bibles and non-Catholic Bibles?

Given that the American liturgy uses NAB or NASB translations, which has minimal contextual difference from other translations, and given that apologists trace very little of the uniquely Catholic doctrines to the Deuterocanonicals (books disputed by non-Catholics in the West), there is substantial agreement between Catholics and non-Catholics on the corpus of Scripture.

How, then, can the Roman Catholic Church be accused of attempting to hide, distort or destroy Scripture when it so readily relies upon it?

2007-11-19 08:05:29 · 20 answers · asked by Veritatum17 6

and who can spell christeen the worst?

2007-11-19 08:04:50 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-19 08:03:33 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a friend at work that has been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor, which will take his life soon.

It occurred to me, there isn't much I can say, as an atheist, to a dying Christian friend. What comfort can I offer? Is there anything I can even say? Seems like being there for him is the only thing I can do.

2007-11-19 08:01:08 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous