Religion & Spirituality - 20 November 2007

I just unblocked all of my blocked contacts, and for my trouble, got 4 questions and answers violated this morning. It seems to me, that some of you, consider having a question or answer removed, a spiritual mission.

Too sad, that I will have to re-block some you, just so I can answer questions in line with my conscience.

2007-11-20 03:31:03 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-20 03:30:24 · 12 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6

Do you have faith or so much lack of that you have no fear, or are you afraid?

2007-11-20 03:29:17 · 45 answers · asked by Firefly 4

1. Is there a difference between the baptism when Christ was there, and the baptism after Christ?
2. Why did Jesus get baptised?

2007-11-20 03:28:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

In the trinity doctrine, all are 3 co-eternal, co-equal, and of the same substance of the triune godhead right?

So why is it forgivable against Jesus?

2007-11-20 03:25:59 · 28 answers · asked by The Mad Padishah 2

Or would it be the same as participating in the pagan traditions that now exist in Christianity? Who decides, if anyone, which pagan traditions are "good" and ok to follow for Christians and which are "bad"?

2007-11-20 03:25:32 · 14 answers · asked by Kiwi 5

Attention all atheists. Please reanswer my question of what you think of the Gaia theory? Yahoo answers deleted the question.

2007-11-20 03:23:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

God had sent Jesus to forgive sins, but after his resurrection Jesus told the apostles, "‘As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained’" (John 20:21-23). This is the establishment of the Sacrament of Penance (Confession).

Christ told the apostles: "As the Father has sent me, even so I send you" (John 20:21). Just as the apostles were to carry Christ’s message to the whole world, so they were to carry his forgiveness: "Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (Matt. 18:18). This power was understood as coming from God: "All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation" (2 Cor. 5:18), "So we are ambassadors for Christ" (2 Cor. 5:20)

2007-11-20 03:23:22 · 4 answers · asked by Swiss Guard 2

As brilliant as Lucifer was rumored to be, he must have known something that humans don't.

2007-11-20 03:22:30 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-20 03:22:18 · 5 answers · asked by I'/\/\AZILLA2 3

Hello all! I pray that you are all doing well today. I was thinking last night about something. I know that we are all supposed to have come from Adam and Eve( or that was what I previously thought, anyway).
But, in the days of Noah God destroyed the earth, right?
So that means that NOONE was left on the earth except for Noah and his clan.
So that basically means that we all descended from Noah and his clan, right?
So we are all descendents of Noah?



P.S. this is a serious question.

2007-11-20 03:21:45 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Everyone knows we all have parents, please don't say he's so great he made himself, that's a cop out, I feel that this question has not been answered and religious people should not stop and believe this they should look into it more.

2007-11-20 03:21:31 · 16 answers · asked by 626guy 1

How can any one think that they will have an enternal life because of what they believe in an organized religion. If there is a Creator did he not create us all?

2007-11-20 03:19:10 · 3 answers · asked by TheAsender 5

What is your present religion? Do you agree with ALL the doctrines and practices of your religion? Which ones do you not agree with?

I have mentioned earlier that when I was a baby, I was baptized in the Roman Catholic Church because both my parents belong to that church. When I entered the university, I came to question why there was a Roman Catholic Church and a Protestant Church at the periphery of the campus. When I was 31 years old, I decided to just be a plain follower of Jesus, a non-denominational Christian. In 1983 when I was 36, I first heard a holy spirit who we can hear but cannot see. We can record on audio tapes our sessions with Him.

In one session in mid-1980s, the Holy Spirit told us a parable about a gift. He asked me if I would accept the whole gift box wrapped in glistening foil with a beautiful ribbon. The gift box contains diamonds, precious stones, with feces and three dead cats.

2007-11-20 03:19:05 · 4 answers · asked by Peace Crusader 5

if 10 people say they are blessed with the spirit and yet they all disagree with each other, can ONLY 1 be correct?

2007-11-20 03:17:16 · 14 answers · asked by Priestcalling 3

it's going to be in two parts. the first part will contain over five hundred prophecies that i believe god revealed to me in a dream about events that happened between 4000-5000 years ago. the second part will detail how every one of these prophecies were fulfilled by this person who lived in that time frame. god has spoken to me and made it all clear that this person was the real messiah and that the bible simply stole his story and twisted it so that people of that time would believe it. he discussed with me the big bang and evolution as well. he said the reason the bible changed it is because people didn't want to believe they came from apes. anyone interested in the book? think about it. it's got over 500 fulfilled prophecies. they can't really be verified anywhere outside the book, but the book confirms it and the book is the word of god, and god wouldn't lie to you. oh yeah, and god told me that it is a fool who says in his heart that this book is not the word of god.

2007-11-20 03:16:10 · 21 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

2007-11-20 03:15:57 · 48 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it also infinite in quantity?

2007-11-20 03:15:33 · 14 answers · asked by The Mad Padishah 2

No laugh, I'm really serious about this. I've personally felt their presence in a haunted place (touch and shadows). That's right I've touched a ghost and it was invisible there.

Here are a few ghost pictures from the Internet http://www.ghostresearch.org/ghostpics/ghost3.html
http://www.ghostresearch.org/ghostpics/floating.html

It's not "light/photography" effects. Anyone who dies under very unexplained conditions/war/brutality - the soul does wander. That's why we require proper burials

2007-11-20 03:15:09 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean most atheists are ex-Christians ( Go ahead, someone with an agenda is going to pull up statistics to 'prove' that wrong'.) but we don't SPEAK for all Christians, jeez.

2007-11-20 03:14:58 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-20 03:13:46 · 19 answers · asked by The Church Lady 3

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071120080425AAcHdYf&r=w&pa=FZptHWf.BGRX3OFMiDFQV8Z0bv5M3fP5XcST6lV36PreNGCwMA--&paid=answered#PZNRWTrhA2ujHulFret7

2007-11-20 03:11:27 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hHbhKzL-q6SbazRgpk6_Ino2YPZwD8ST5NG80

2007-11-20 03:10:22 · 18 answers · asked by I'/\/\AZILLA2 3

Are there any websites that allow you to read the Bible combined with the Apocrypha online?
Thanks.

2007-11-20 03:09:38 · 10 answers · asked by Ashley 1

Did anyone other than the disciples and close friends and family of Jesus (such as his mother and Mary Magdalene) see him after his resurrection?


Thanks. :)

2007-11-20 03:07:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

You cannot touch love, you cannot see love, you cannot hear love, you cannot smell love and you can't taste love. Love is outside the realm of our five natural senses so, how do you know you have love? how do you know you give love away?
and if we do things out love are they not physical manifestations of love, why is it so hard to beleive that
God(Love) created life and the universe(physical manifestations) ?

2007-11-20 03:06:05 · 31 answers · asked by Tx Guy 3

Would you like to know what your Lord Jesus Christ says in his Holy Bible about being born again? The Gospel of John, Chapter 3, verses 3, 5, and 7 say: Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God." Verse 5: Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God." He is saying if you are not born again you cannot see or enter the Kingdom of God! Verse 7: "Do not marvel that I said to you, "You must be born again." Would you like to be born again just as your Lord Jesus Christ commands in his Holy Bible? All you have to do is invite Jesus into your heart and life to be born again. You can pray the following prayer: "Lord Jesus, forgive me of my sins, forgive me for leaving you out of my life, I open the door of my heart and I ask you to co me into me. Lord Jesus, thank you for being Lord of my life and saving me!"

2007-11-20 03:03:45 · 19 answers · asked by The Friendly Asker 1

As long as I've lived (26 years; long time, right?), I've never understood what was so special about Jesus' sacrifice. I understand the purpose: to offer hopelessly and inherently sinful humans a means by which they can be washed of sin and enter Heaven.

But what exactly did Jesus sacrifice? The flesh, according to Jehovah (YHVH), is weak...inherently sinful. And life is so finite as to be inconsequential, other than it being the determining factor for a person's ultimate destination (Heaven or Hell/death). Giving up his life seems to be no big deal.

I understand that Jesus, according to NT scripture, was perfect and sinless. Achieving perfection in the flesh according to Biblical law is obviously quite a feat, but still doesn't make his sacrifice any more compelling than a person (even an evil one) in infinite pain for all of eternity. It doesn't even come close to equalling the first centillionth percent of even on person's eternal suffering.

So here are the questions:

2007-11-20 03:03:25 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would there be less arguing?

Would a world full of atheists have less to fight over than a world full of christians?

Would the whole "works vs grace" debate rage on if we were all christian..

Would the whole "bible literal, vs bible allegory" debate rage on if we were all christian?

2007-11-20 03:02:18 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Where are all the chairs and tables he made? Don't you think his followers would have kept some as a memento?

2007-11-20 02:59:29 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous