Religion & Spirituality - 2 December 2007

The contradictions in the bible are obvious. It's as if there are two gods. The Loving and forgiving God. And the jealous and vengeful Lord. Christians seem to go one of two ways. Either toward Love and forgiveness, or jealousy and hatred. Was it written this way, by God, so that people would make their own choice between good and evil?

2007-12-02 06:14:43 · 13 answers · asked by phil8656 7

2007-12-02 06:14:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. In Romans & Acts we discover that Peter was never in Rome before 60 A.D. for sure!
2. The churches of Rome pre-dated Paul's visit to them in 60 A.D.

Other men were pastoring the house churches in Rome that Paul wrote to.

2007-12-02 06:13:12 · 12 answers · asked by realchurchhistorian 4

What happens to scientists, researchers, scholars, and others who just can't seem to conjur up sufficient belief that Jesus rose into the sky and became a god?

Also regarding the story that Joshua (or was it God, I forget) stopped the sun:

What happens to astronomers, physicists and others who cannot manage to believe that one?

Maybe they'll writhe and scream in agony in Hell forever. Won't that be a hoot --

2007-12-02 06:10:57 · 15 answers · asked by Saint Nearly 5

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lostfaith21jul21,0,3530015,full.story?coll=la-home-center

[EXCERPTS]

WHEN Times editors assigned me to the religion beat, I believed God had answered my prayers.

As a serious Christian, I had cringed at some of the coverage in the mainstream media. Faith frequently was treated like a circus, even a freak show.

I wanted to report objectively and respectfully about how belief shapes people's lives. Along the way, I believed, my own faith would grow deeper and sturdier.

But during the eight years I covered religion, something very different happened.
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AS the stories piled up, I began to pray with renewed vigor, but it felt like I wasn't connecting to God. I started to feel silly even trying.
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And I considered another possibility: Maybe God didn't exist.
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Clearly, I saw now that belief in God, no matter how grounded, requires at some point a leap of faith. Either you have the gift of faith or you don't. It's not a choice.

2007-12-02 06:08:00 · 8 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

Is there one great Judgment Day that mankind should be aware of and what is your understanding of this day. Is it happening now, in the near future or after a period of many years?

Please refrain from judging this question and other's answers.

2007-12-02 06:05:49 · 11 answers · asked by Marina 1 6

Do you believe in God?
Are you a christion?

2007-12-02 06:05:35 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

When it makes no sense?

"... from time indefinite to time indefinite you are God" -- Psalm 90:2 (Also Psalm 93:2)

"He [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation." -- Colossians 1:15

If God is from time indefinite and Jesus is created, thus has a beginning, how come Jesus is God? If before creating anything there was just God, Jehovah, how come now people believe that he is a trinity? How could he become 3 if at the beginning it was just him?

Please limit on answering my questions. Thank you.

2007-12-02 06:02:21 · 26 answers · asked by Alex 5

A friend of mine is Muslim but she celebrates Christmas. She see's nothing wrong with it but I do. I have not mentioned it to her but every time she mentions it I feel as if all she knows about Christmas is that you get presents. What about Jesus? She doesn't get it!!! I'm not that upset but it tweeks my nerves a little more every time. What do you think? This is the opinion of a Prodestant church go-er

2007-12-02 06:00:35 · 26 answers · asked by kitKat 4

http://www.godshew.org/Partiality.html

2007-12-02 06:00:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

like in school, all the preppy ppl have good lives, but they sin a lot, like commit adultery, swear, fight, drink, all that stuff
but nerds, normal ppl get tormented but they are super good christians

2007-12-02 05:59:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I welcome all answers.

2007-12-02 05:57:54 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-02 05:57:10 · 7 answers · asked by ? 4

Why do we think that "god" is human-like??
Question Details: For all we know, he could be a dog, right? I mean, that is god backwords. All major religions have a human-like god.

oh yeah, this is assuming that there is a god.

2007-12-02 05:55:06 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-02 05:54:55 · 7 answers · asked by matthew q 2

You see I believe in Jesus as a Prophet akin to the ebonites who were massacred in early Christianity. They did not believe in the Trinity which was something that wasn't accepted as a doctrine until after the 4th century at the behest of the roman empire.

The original message of Jesus has been changed because all the Prophets called to the worship of one GOD.

So did Jesus worship himself?

And if you believe that God can have a child and that God needs something to create something. Then how can what you believe to be God be all powerful? If he needed Mary to create something?

Do you see how none of the Christan doctrine makes any rational sense?

What the first commandment? "I am your Lord."

Second commandment, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."

Third commandment? "Thou shalt not make for thyself an idol"

So if you believe all this that came with all the previous Prophets before Jesus. Does that mean that they won't enter heaven? how can that be?

2007-12-02 05:54:20 · 24 answers · asked by Knowing Gnostic 5

I'm not looking for bible quotes here. I want solid verifiable facts. Something you can put right next to gravity and say it is obviously true without any leap of faith.

2007-12-02 05:52:56 · 20 answers · asked by AL 3

Athiests and just respect their beliefs w/out judging or condemning them (and vice versa?!)

2007-12-02 05:51:15 · 37 answers · asked by Marmelade 2

Can anyone please give him some advice on this.....he won't listen to me.

2007-12-02 05:50:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Follow up to a related Q :)

It's accepted, even expected and directed by the bible for Christians, so what if the atheists do this as well?

Would Christians be offended by this?????? How does the shoe being on the other foot feel?????

2007-12-02 05:46:27 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (AP) - Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson said [in January 2007] that God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would cause a "mass killing" late in 2007.

"I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear," he said during his news-and-talk television show "The 700 Club" on the Christian Broadcasting Network.

"The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that."

Robertson said God told him about the impending tragedy during a recent prayer retreat.

God also said, he claims, that major cities and possibly millions of people will be affected by the attack, which should take place sometime after September.

http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=19206

2007-12-02 05:44:30 · 18 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

Im going to give him my life Im to stop doing things that are efecting my health I smoke cigs and drink to much coffee and someother things and Im going to become a better parent.Thank GOD that he knows it takes time to grow and one step at a time

2007-12-02 05:42:48 · 20 answers · asked by saveitok 6

2007-12-02 05:40:01 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-02 05:39:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just because they used mechanized mass extermination methods rather then be run by their anger and rage like most totalitarian regimes that use weapons to kill instead

2007-12-02 05:39:40 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-02 05:36:12 · 16 answers · asked by hghostinme 6

The "Left Behind" books cite this teaching to support a popular evangelical idea of "the rapture." From a fresh reading of this teaching, what is Jesus telling us?

"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away.

2007-12-02 05:33:04 · 11 answers · asked by Bruce 7

-- as recently revealed by Ion Mihaj Pacepa, former KGB official.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTUzYmJhMGQ5Y2UxOWUzNDUyNWUwODJiOTEzYjY4NzI=

2007-12-02 05:32:05 · 3 answers · asked by the good guy 4

if you were about to die and you had the oppertunity to do anything that you have been longing to do your whole life, what would it be?

2007-12-02 05:31:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-02 05:28:29 · 27 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3