Religion & Spirituality - 22 November 2007

2007-11-22 10:08:34 · 20 answers · asked by Nikki 3

My mom passed a year ago and there has been bad blood between my sister and my brother ever since (they have never been the best of friends, but at least they both made an attempt). My sister is angry at everything, even God (she has been thru her share of personal crises). At Thanksgiving my sister wouldn't come inside because she saw my brother's car in the driveway. He makes an attempt, but she remains quiet and acts like the victim she always claims she is. My sister and I have a good relationship and she always states that I am all she has. It is time for her to get over things and I want to talk to her but when I do, she always calls me "sanctimonious". I don't want to come across as such, but do believe that she needs to grow up. Hostility and holding grudges only kills you. Please give guidance on how I can talk to her in Godly love.

2007-11-22 10:04:38 · 10 answers · asked by blonde4 3

Like, do you pray that they stay away?

2007-11-22 10:03:35 · 3 answers · asked by Nikki 3

or is it more like swallowing his spit.

2007-11-22 10:00:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-22 09:57:49 · 24 answers · asked by flowersinthewind 5

Acts 15:29 says to “keep abstaining from . . . blood.” It does not say merely to abstain from animal blood. (Compare Leviticus 17:10, which prohibited eating “any sort of blood.”) Tertullian (who wrote in defense of the beliefs of early Christians) stated: “The interdict upon ‘blood’ we shall understand to be (an interdict) much more upon human blood.”—The Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. IV, p. 86.

In a hospital, when a patient cannot eat through his mouth, he is fed intravenously. Now, would a person who never put blood into his mouth but who accepted blood by transfusion really be obeying the command to “keep abstaining from . . . blood”? (Acts 15:29) To use a comparison, consider a man who is told by the doctor that he must abstain from alcohol. Would he be obedient if he quit drinking alcohol but had it put directly into his veins?

2007-11-22 09:56:55 · 18 answers · asked by Adamantium 4

Ok, so in my opinion, God isnt real. When people say God saved my life and i see him every night is just them imagining him because they want to see him. Yes, Jesus was a real man but how can he prove hes the son of God? And if God was real, who invented him? The word 'God' doesn't mean anything anymore, the way religions have changed hundreds of times through recent centuries just proves my point that little bit more. The Bible, no God didnt write it, people just made stuff up and put it in because they want somthing to believe in. Ofcourse this is all just my humble opinion, but really, how can God be really physically real? What is he exactly? If he was real Then why was it said the world was started by a big bang? Also, if he was real then why is there so many different religions believing different ways of what he is? Thanks for reading my views on God, i will read and respect anybody elses answers and give a best fairly, bye

2007-11-22 09:54:06 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-22 09:52:57 · 6 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7

2007-11-22 09:52:47 · 5 answers · asked by brutus 1

since it's not necessary for reproduction, is it wrong?
don't be mean I am being serious, please

2007-11-22 09:44:45 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Women have been consistently robbed of our full dignity as friends of God and prophets, whether due to theories like Augustine's, who claimed a man taken alone was fully in the image of God, but a woman was fully in the image of God only when taken together with man who is her head; or philosophies like Aquinas' which argued that women are misbegotten males with weak minds and defective wills. Women have long been denied equality with men in access to sacred ties, places, actions and even identity.

The conclusion is that to be female is a handicap, but to be a sexually active woman renders one almost incapable of embodying the sacred. The few exceptions are queens. As a result, the history of women's holiness has been largely erased form the collective memory of Christianity."

-Sister Elizabeth Johnson

2007-11-22 09:38:25 · 9 answers · asked by Lex Fok B.M.F. 3

She was raped and for that she will receive 200 lashes and 6 months in jail. If she gets raped in jail again she will just die.
They hold massive demos in the world for the most absurd reasons and are silent when it comes to really standing up for justice.

2007-11-22 09:30:47 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Christians often try to persuade me their god is real by using what they believe are answered prayers as evidence. How do they account for another god answering prayer. (And please don't take the cheap way out and say it was an illusion from the devil unless you can prove how it's not the devil tricking you with *your* prayers.)

2007-11-22 09:23:31 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Bible makes only two references to such celebrations:

Gen. 40:20-22: “Now on the third day it turned out to be Pharaoh’s birthday, and he proceeded to make a feast . . . Accordingly he returned the chief of the cupbearers to his post of cupbearer . . . But the chief of the bakers he hung up.”

Matt. 14:6-10: “When Herod’s birthday was being celebrated the daughter of Herodias danced at it and pleased Herod so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. Then she, under her mother’s coaching, said: ‘Give me here upon a platter the head of John the Baptist.’ . . . He sent and had John beheaded in the prison.”

Everything that is in the Bible is there for a reason. (2 Tim. 3:16, 17)

2007-11-22 09:22:38 · 2 answers · asked by Adamantium 4

I was just reading a book on prophecy and it talked about a World leader coming on the scene soon that would.

1) Be very charismatic and a strong leader
2) Would gain the support of a large portion of the worlds population
3) Would be able to negotiate a peace between the Arabs and Israel
4) Would be able to arrange the rebuilding of the Jewish temple at the sight of Solomon's temple.
5) Would implement changes that would result in better conditions in the 3rd world.
...

2007-11-22 09:21:56 · 14 answers · asked by Pilgrim in the land of the lost 5

Jesus was a jew. But the jews dont believe in him. Why?

2007-11-22 09:16:32 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

when God started creation there was a big bang......then after the bang he began creating the rest? and maybe if you believe only in a big bang then you only maybe have part of the truth?

2007-11-22 09:15:47 · 14 answers · asked by Rev.Michelle 6

If god confused the languages of the world at the tower of babel so people could not speak to each other, does that mean that learning foreign languages is a sin?

2007-11-22 09:15:26 · 4 answers · asked by Gregory 2

2007-11-22 09:13:10 · 28 answers · asked by shiningStar 2

“In the number of ancient MSS. [manuscripts] attesting a writing, and in the number of years that had elapsed between the original and the attesting MSS., the Bible enjoys a decided advantage over classical writings [those of Homer, Plato, and others]. . . . Altogether classical MSS. are but a handful compared with Biblical. No ancient book is so well attested as the Bible.”—The Bible From the Beginning (New York, 1929), P. Marion Simms, pp. 74, 76.

A report published in 1971 shows that there are possibly 6,000 handwritten copies containing all or part of the Hebrew Scriptures; the oldest dates back to the third century B.C.E. Of the Christian Greek Scriptures, there are some 5,000 in Greek, the oldest dating back to the beginning of the second century C.E. There are also many copies of early translations into other languages.

In the introduction to his seven volumes on The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri, Sir Frederic Kenyon wrote: “The first and most important conclusion derived from the examination of them [the papyri] is the satisfactory one that they confirm the essential soundness of the existing texts. No striking or fundamental variation is shown either in the Old or the New Testament. There are no important omissions or additions of passages, and no variations which affect vital facts or doctrines. The variations of text affect minor matters, such as the order of words or the precise words used . . . But their essential importance is their confirmation, by evidence of an earlier date than was hitherto available, of the integrity of our existing texts.”—(London, 1933), p. 15.

It is true that some translations of the Bible adhere more closely to what is in the original languages than others do. Modern paraphrase Bibles have taken liberties that at times alter the original meaning. Some translators have allowed personal beliefs to color their renderings. But these weaknesses can be identified by comparison of a variety of translations.

2007-11-22 09:08:47 · 12 answers · asked by Adamantium 4

One thing I don't get: if Jehovah’s witnesses believe that only 144.000 will be saved and that nothing they personally do can change this, that the number (and persons) are already set and no changes can be made, then why do they refuse to receive blood transfusion or organ transplantation, as they believe that they will receive the sins of the donor? What difference does it make? Please, someone, explain it to me..

2007-11-22 09:07:01 · 12 answers · asked by pAvLe 2

everything has to be proven with the bible

2007-11-22 09:05:04 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

There's a show up here in Canada called "Just for Laughs: Gags." Basically, they put hidden cameras out on the street and set them up for a joke; kind of like Punk'd with circus/elevator music and no speech. Anyways, this one skit just aired where they had a few Muslim men praying in front of a parked car, acting totally obvlivious while the driver wanted to get out (one asshole even used his horn to get them to move). Personally, I'm an Canadian aethiest, and I found this personally offensive. Just curious as to how the Muslim people feel.

2007-11-22 09:03:17 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.morethandreams.org/
what say you?

2007-11-22 08:55:16 · 21 answers · asked by sego lily 7

If you look at answer 9 here
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArHAvKdOYGyDYY858rX4aMEgBgx.;_ylv=3?qid=20071118040729AApGvum

According to this, women are not allowed to speak out in the christian faith. If it is true, how many christian women can say they do follow this - and if they do speak out will they go to hell? does that mean more women will be in hell as today - society has gone away from christianity?
Just wanting to know if this is a contradiction or if its false. Thanks

2007-11-22 08:52:39 · 19 answers · asked by Den 2

2007-11-22 08:52:28 · 12 answers · asked by M-L-E 4

Even if I tried to follow everything in the Bible there is absolutely no way I could (I mean I don't really want to stone adulterers/homosexuals) so I might as well not try if I'm going to hell anyway.

2007-11-22 08:48:10 · 15 answers · asked by mannzaformulaone 3

It is odd that self labeled "Christians" follow a very small percentage of what the bible dictates, do you not think so?

2007-11-22 08:46:36 · 15 answers · asked by mannzaformulaone 3

also, what is artistic blasphemy?

2007-11-22 08:44:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

choose one
a) be a christian
b) be a flame broiled whopper, hold the mayo, thanks

2007-11-22 08:40:26 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous