Religion & Spirituality - 3 December 2007

The only reason I posted this question was to reduce the points I have....

FROM 666....

2007-12-03 21:20:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

instead of referring to themselves as just "christians"? it's confusing non-Christian people what to call them.

if a non-Christian ask Christians why they believe in rapture, some Christians of other denomination will protest since their particular sect don't believe in 'rapture'.

can't non-denominational be specific of their name, instead of just calling themselves as "Christians", so that other people can tell which is which, especially because there are thousand sects of Christianity?

2007-12-03 21:19:44 · 7 answers · asked by The Asker 4

For me ,,it taught me about Mormonism and Scientology
and i don't know if that counts,,,but "Kennyism"
What about you?

2007-12-03 21:11:42 · 12 answers · asked by Kalipso 4

2007-12-03 21:09:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Your guardian angel must have been working overtime" or "God must have been watching over you." or something along that line concerning my accident that blew out my eye.

It drives me insane! How can they dare to belittle my body's resilience?

2007-12-03 21:09:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

this is the ritual when the body of Christ symbolized by bread is broken up and fed to the church members, followed by drinking of the wine symbolizing the blood of the Christ

2007-12-03 21:09:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-03 21:05:06 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=403815&in_page_id=1770

Excerpt:

South Wales police admitted evangelical Christian Stephen Green was then charged purely because his pamphlets contained anti-gay quotations from the Bible.

Mr Green faces a court appearance today charged with using 'threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour' after his attempt to distribute the leaflets at the weekend 'Mardi Gras' event in Cardiff.

A spokesman for the police said the campaigner had not behaved in a violent or aggressive manner, but that officers arrested him because 'the leaflet contained Biblical quotes about homosexuality'.

Our new Hate Crimes bill uses verbage that includes the word perceived which is a slippery slope. I personally think gays should be afforded civil unions, however if my fellow brethren would like to have free speech about this matter, they most certainly should be able to safely and legally. Thoughts? US soon?

2007-12-03 21:04:48 · 5 answers · asked by Loosid 6

if you are not a practicing Catholic, why do you bother to buy presents and celebrate xmas day. Oh and the three kings bought Jesus his presents on the 6th January.! So why isn't this present giving day!

2007-12-03 21:02:13 · 25 answers · asked by magdalena 4

2007-12-03 20:59:31 · 8 answers · asked by r_king_ra 2

Is Jesus Just alright with you?

2007-12-03 20:57:58 · 13 answers · asked by Joanna S 2

there is actual scientific evidence for this!

2007-12-03 20:57:09 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Couldn't God think of something more important to say to man than this?

2007-12-03 20:55:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

.


The patriarch Jacob had an encounter with God
Gen 28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

Jacob even made a prayer......Gen 28:20-21 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God



Q1) DO YOU THINK JACOB WAS SAVED/JUSTIFIED IN GENESIS 28?

Q2) IF NOT, WHEN WAS HE JUSTIFIED??



Have we ever considered that we may be professing Christians for year, had encounters with God like Abraham and Jacob..................but when exactly are we justified with true saving faith???


Many are called, few chosen..............and alas, all of us presumed we are chosen, don't we...? Have we made our calling and election sure?

2007-12-03 20:48:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

and why?

2007-12-03 20:47:22 · 46 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-03 20:47:09 · 20 answers · asked by ? 4

2007-12-03 20:43:25 · 34 answers · asked by Jimmy Dune Dean 1

.


The patriarch Abraham exercised faith in Gen12.
In Heb 11:8-9 said that Abraham exercised faith.............

Heb 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Heb 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:


Q1) DO YOU THINK ABRAHAM WAS SAVED/JUSTIFIED IN GENESIS 12?

Q2) IF NOT, WHEN WAS HE JUSTIFIED??




Balaam's A S S had spoken


Source:

Authorized Version


.

2007-12-03 20:43:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-03 20:39:46 · 13 answers · asked by frenzy-CIB- Jim's with Jesus 4

im trying to figure out what kind of category i would fit in religiously...i guess ive kinda made up my own belief system....in a nutshell, i believe that we choose our life (lives)...we determine what happens, consciously or not, by putting the idea out into the universe (i suppose it's similar to praying...)..we are our own creators.....each person, animal, plant, bug- everything!! are just balls of energy and we're all connected....i think we can get in touch with that connection and that's how we begin to understand our place in the universe.....everything around me is a part of me and i a part of everything else...

i believe that the bible is a book of stories, literature....jesus was a normal man who had the guts to love all people....god (or the idea of a deity) is a created object for people to hide behind b/c they're too afraid to be individuals (part of human nature, i suppose, to go with the crowd)....that's just a bit of my crazy thinking....

am i atheist? agnostic?

2007-12-03 20:36:58 · 11 answers · asked by bassclef13 2

I am white and my GF is black and nothing can tare me away from her becasuse I believe God places people in our lives whether marriage or friends and i had two friends disagree with her being black. Well they are no longer my friends and I cussed them out its sick. Was this wrong of me being a christian its just i saw red in my eyes especially when its my GF they made the statement about?

2007-12-03 20:35:42 · 9 answers · asked by Carl F 4

Really what do you think NOT WHAT YOUVE READ OR LEARNED

your honest opinion.


IM asking this cause i honestly dont know but knowing i will die one day is kinda scarey but think about it
It just bugs me

2007-12-03 20:26:46 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

.

if you are prepared to judge the atheists.....are you prepared to review the beam in your own eyes?

Do you know that the rapture theory is a theory? It is a false teaching, propagated to destroy faith?

if rapture theory is true:
1) How can there be another way to salvation for the Jews, through animal sacrifices at the re-built Temple? (NB: The Temple will never be re-built)

2) If the Holy Spirit is taken away, how can there be anyone be converted as described 2 Thess ch2??

3) Can you not see that the rapture theory is but another gospel, preaching another Jesus and had another spirit(s)? Do you really know the source and origin of it??


Care to do a thorough self-examination???



Balaam's A S S had spoken.



Source:
Authorized Version

.

2007-12-03 20:23:10 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

What does it signify?

2007-12-03 20:22:44 · 4 answers · asked by sunoverla 2

I was kinda racist when I was young because I just believed everything people and the media told me. When I became a teen I took in my own views such as shut out religion, explore over what is shown, and much more. I'm now open to people of other races and I support interracial love.

The thing is... I kind of doubt my friendship with people of another race... I'm scared what I was told will be true. I was told that people of other races only care for their own kind and would use or betray me. I was told to be less fair to other races... I don't want this! How do I overcome this fear or doubt?

Thank you for reading.

2007-12-03 20:21:47 · 20 answers · asked by Closed 5

2007-12-03 20:16:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://paranormal.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=paranormal&cdn=newsissues&tm=31&f=22&su=p284.8.150.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2007/11/19/01942.html

2007-12-03 20:13:01 · 17 answers · asked by Life goes on... 6

Key lime pie?
Gravity?
Red blood cells?
Butteflies?
Laughter?
Touch?
Smell?
Mint chocolate chip ice cream?
Shiny hair?
Cancer?
A pulsating heart?
Radio waves?
Mountains?
Children?
Clouds?
Rain?
Magnets?
Cell division?
Soapy bubbles?

2007-12-03 20:11:18 · 9 answers · asked by omgwtf1980 2

.

........believe that babies are cute and born without sin???



8-)

Authorized Version

2007-12-03 20:07:38 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Aside from -Atheists or Religious- Blah,blah,blah
It's a totally sexual question..

2007-12-03 20:07:33 · 22 answers · asked by Kalipso 4