Religion & Spirituality - 10 December 2007

please help me

2007-12-10 09:11:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am thinking about doing a special weekly comtemplation time about Mary this Christmas. There is so many things about her to meditate on, where do I start? can you give me some Mary-oriented meditation ideas? Thank you.

2007-12-10 09:09:04 · 8 answers · asked by WhiteDove 2

That's the first thing that pops into my head...

2007-12-10 09:08:54 · 9 answers · asked by Brandon's been a dirty Hore 5

As a christian I see God in everyday life and things and I'll give my reasons if you ask but...why don't you believe in God? What are your reasons?

2007-12-10 09:08:37 · 46 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-10 09:08:23 · 14 answers · asked by buddha11ah 2

My co-worker is a Jehovah's Witness who doesn't celebrate birthdays. Wouldn't it be fun if I organize a surprise birthday party at work and invite other co-workers and big bosses? Aren't you curious to what her reaction would be? Will she be like "oh I don't celebrate birthdays, all of you get out of my face!" or will she turn her back to her beliefs in order to satisfy the efforts of the party organizers and her guests? If you are a Jehovah's witness, what do you think? and what will you do given that situation? Just curious?

2007-12-10 09:02:05 · 16 answers · asked by ^v^OH!BATS!^v^ 2

if so why and if you want to go in depth go ahead, i'm curios.

2007-12-10 09:01:44 · 10 answers · asked by cutepinkninja<3 1

1. Purely anti-Mormon
2. Critical of Mormonism but not anti
3. Some parts anti and other parts critical but not anti

2007-12-10 09:00:01 · 13 answers · asked by Vitriol 1

r. Goldblatt," announced little Joey, "there's somethin' I can't figger out." "What's that Joey?" asked Goldblatt.

"Well accordin' to the Bible, the Children of Israel crossed the Red Sea, right?"

"Right."

"An' the Children of Israel beat up the Phillistines, right?"

"Er--right."

"An' the Children of Israel built the Temple, right?"

"Again you're right."

"An' the Children of Israel fought the 'gyptians, an' the Children of Israel fought the Romans, an' the Children of Israel wuz always doin' somethin' important, right?"

"All that is right, too," agreed Goldblatt. "So what's your question?"

"What I wanna know is this," demanded Joey. "What wuz allthe grown-ups doin?"

2007-12-10 08:58:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have not met an athiest who doesn't say "OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!" When in danger or facing life threatening situation.

2007-12-10 08:55:24 · 52 answers · asked by Traveler 5

I understand that there won't be any eternal consequences if you're wrong, but don't you care about real things at all?

Disclaimer: Not all Christians incite problems just because the Bible tells them to... they're not all real Christians.

2007-12-10 08:54:27 · 34 answers · asked by chem sickle 3

and not "the belief that there is no god".

Could somebody please explain the difference to me?
How can you be "without a belief in pink unicorns" for instance, without "the belief that there are no pink unicorns"??

2007-12-10 08:54:06 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I heard about 7th heaven. So there are at least 7 heavens! Let me count:
Jewish heaven, Christian heaven, Muslim heaven, Hindu heaven, Buddhist heven, Confusianist heaven, Taoist heaven, Shinto heaven, Pagan heaven.

I counted 9. I am sure I missed some others. My point is: if one does not admit you, others will.

Care to comment?

2007-12-10 08:52:34 · 18 answers · asked by OKIM IM 7

Why do you follow a religion that continues to maintain a second-class role for women in many of its congregations today?

Why does Christianity in general refuse ordination for women as ministers or the priesthood?

Why does Christianity maintain the subservient role women are to fill in the household?

How do you deal with Apostle Paul's words: "As in all the churches of the saints, women should be silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as the law says. If there is anything they desire to know, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church."

2007-12-10 08:51:40 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I cannot make a decision...

2007-12-10 08:51:29 · 13 answers · asked by Brandon's been a dirty Hore 5

that ur not allowed to say merry christmas anymore because its so consiversial and schools are not to have anything in it that has to do with religon,now im not super religoious but i do belive in god and i do think you should be able to say merry x-mas if you want,what ever happened to freedom of speach? who here agrees with me because i really dont understand how ur offending people by wishing them a merry christmas i mean its still a holiday its just like saying happy holloween, just because sum people dont celebrate it dosent mean you should not say happy holloween anymore. sum one explain this to me please im so coufused!

2007-12-10 08:51:20 · 9 answers · asked by sk8erhjk 3

I wasn't able to put my entire answer/thought on my previous on and you can't edit the dang thing so here it is...

“For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

“And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” [Rev. 22:18–19] (Italics added.)

Let us first consider what John meant by “this book” and then consider what he meant by not adding to or taking from it. When John wrote the Book of Revelation in the latter part of the first century a.d., he was not writing the concluding pages of the New Testament, as there was no New Testament in existence at that time.

2007-12-10 08:47:27 · 9 answers · asked by **CaKe** 2

There have been many questions on here today regarding the Christian biologist that was fired because he did not believe in evolution. I have a question- how can a biologist who studies life- miss the point that God created it? Life is so complex, how could we get here without being created. Just one thing about life is to amazing to me, not to believe. Every baby conceived from the first had a different set of fingerprints then the next-- NOT one person has the same set of fingerprints- this has to be by divine design.

2007-12-10 08:44:58 · 42 answers · asked by AdoreHim 7

where would you draw the line between em?

2007-12-10 08:44:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

would you babysit him?

2007-12-10 08:42:20 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

The best possible system that God can set up is where 66 percent of the world's population who is not Christian will be burned in Hell forever when they die even if they are good people.

Do you agree?

Ultimately, the most important thing is to believe in the correct version of God. That comes first, because you can be a good person and give to charity all your life and be a good family member, but if you happen to believe in the wrong version of God even though there is no emperical evidence of which religion is true, you have to go to Hell forever along with murderers.

I can think of no better system. Can you? Didn't think so. This logic is well thought out.

God can ACTUALLY see into the future. He knows for A FACT that certain people who he creates will die without ever being Christians, but be good people and thus burn in Hell, yet He created them anyways.

If you aren't Christian, God does NOT send you to Hell, you VOLUNTARILY send yourself there.

Agree?

2007-12-10 08:40:43 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I am asked how I can be so arrogant as to deny God, I frequently respond that it is as easy for me to deny the existence of Yahweh as it is for you, a Christian, to deny Zeus or any other number of mythical figures. Thing is, I never get a decent response. Usually they vary between "well, the bible says so" and "I have faith."

But I'm asking why. Why the Bible and not another book? Why faith in this diety and not some other diety? And to follow up, how is my denial of your God any more an act of arrogance than your denial of all Gods but one?

2007-12-10 08:38:33 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

who's with me? let's see if we all pray together, even those of us who don't believe, let's pray that god and satan sit down and have a heart to heart with each other. maybe we could even get dr. phil to mediate the discussion, and hopefully they can make amends. i talked to satan already and he said he's willing to try if god is. how about it? do you think god is more concerned with fulfilling prophecy, than ending a war that's been carrying on for thousands of years and ending billions of lives? certainly he's not that vain, is he?

2007-12-10 08:38:18 · 21 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

*drink* It's been a long day. This one's on me.

2007-12-10 08:36:53 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-10 08:36:41 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I heard that this guy wont vote for a president cause Jesus didnt come to establish any laws or something. he's a jehovas' witness and wont vote cause of that, like "well he didnt come to put in any laws or whatever".

Now I know what atheists would say as I am one. But I wanna know what do you think of it? Do you think its a cheap excuse to not vote?

2007-12-10 08:35:58 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

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*Some* Muslims believe that Christian believe that God had sex with Mary and provided the sperm that joined Mary’s egg. (These same misunderstand the trinity to be God, Jesus, and Mary)

But, ALL Christians proclaim that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was born of the virgin Mary.
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God created mankind in His own image – perfect and holy. (Genesis 1:26-27)
Man sinned and fell, and his “image” became sinful. (Genesis 3)
When Adam begot a son, Seth, it was in Adam’s fallen sinful image. (Genesis 5:3)

Could one born of woman, in the fallen sinful image of Adam bring redemption to the world?
That is, would a sinful sacrifice be acceptable to the holy LORD God Almighty?

If not, how could the “egg” of Mary and the Holy Spirit provided “sperm” form a zygote leading to the God-man, Jesus, who is said to be the only begotten Son of the Father?

Wouldn’t Mary’s egg have to be “perfect”?
Was Jesus begot in the “perfect” and “sanctified” image of Mary?

Does this give credence to the doctrine of the “Immaculate Conception”, held by Catholics?

Or did God provide the sperm AND the egg, because Mary was also sinful and needed a savior?

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2007-12-10 08:35:26 · 7 answers · asked by yachadhoo 6

how would that affect your faith???

2007-12-10 08:34:49 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-10 08:33:14 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

to any religion,colour or culture and just accept people are different?Islam,Christianity,Judaism,Wicca etc do not preach hate so why don't we speak louder than the haters?

2007-12-10 08:31:52 · 27 answers · asked by amy_pond2010 2