Religion & Spirituality - 23 December 2007

After all the reflection of down is up and vise versa.

2007-12-23 12:23:54 · 15 answers · asked by Exousia Skotos 3

I mean no disrespect with this question, I am simply confused by this. I have heard Jesus called our Lord, and I have heard him referred to as the son of the Lord. Which one is it?

2007-12-23 12:23:25 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

Unless we're not all God's children? Who's children are we? Why fight in the name of God? Does a serpent's nature ever stop being a threat? Hey, if Satan can't change his ways, does that make him pure imperfection? Or impure perfection?

2007-12-23 12:22:42 · 5 answers · asked by Exousia Skotos 3

noone has ever explained...^-^
is heathenism always norse inspired???
*is confused*

2007-12-23 12:22:09 · 20 answers · asked by sara-harvest 1

I am looking for a good traditional Catholic/Christian CDs. Can you recommend any artist? It can be a choir, individual or a duet. I like music that is not overdone--more like how it sounds in church. Certain songs I'm looking for are:

Precious Lord, Take My Hand
How Great Thou Art
On Eagles Wings
Amazing Grace

Thanks!

2007-12-23 12:21:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I always get annoyed around Christmas time considering I'm Jewish, and all these people are always wishing me a merry christmas.

It's a nice gesture but, after 18 years of this crap it's getting really annoying.

Lately I've been responding with "Happy Hannukah!" I always get a weird look.

Don't people realize that not everyone is the same religion?

2007-12-23 12:19:42 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Most christians aknowledge that it has nothing to do with an actuall birth date.

Most even seem to understand that December 25th was origially a pagan celebration of the winter solstice and that the Romans ended up hijacking the celebration to help them push christianity onto the masses (ie: take an existing pagan festival and rebadge it as a christiasn festival so you can say "Look at all the people celebrating on our newly created holy day!).

So, with this being the case, why do christians keep talking about the need to return to the true meaning of Christmas?

Wouldn't that mean looking at why people originally held celebrations on Dec 25th? .....which certainly had nothing to do with Jesus.

If they want to put true meaning into celebrating the birth of their saviour, shouldn't they do it on a day that doesn't conflict which much older celebrations and festivities?

Why can't Dec 25th just be seen a time to celebrate goodwill among people of all races and backgrounds?

2007-12-23 12:19:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-23 12:17:02 · 32 answers · asked by Kier22_2 6

It seems as soon as Constantine, Clement, and others picked and edited what they wanted and persecuted Gnostics for their own reasons, isn't this sinfull ,man-made Catholicism wrong that also protects pedophiles. This seems like a religion that is the opposite of what Christ taught. I believe when Jesus said Peter was his rock., it all went downhill from there. There needas to be a new rock not built on quicksand

2007-12-23 12:14:47 · 9 answers · asked by magpie 6

2007-12-23 12:13:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I went to church today with one of my friends. All she talked about was how she can't stand how stupid her coworker is. The whole day i ate with her, and watched movie- shes being so negative! About everything!... I feel a heavy weight everytime I'm around her. I don't want to bring this into new year. so what do I do? do i help her? or what

2007-12-23 12:12:51 · 21 answers · asked by Missy 2

Juanita Bynum? Eddie Long? Who is the best evangelist? Opinions?

2007-12-23 12:12:36 · 14 answers · asked by cats 7

If you do, Jesus says in Matthew 5:22 that you're going to hell! Muhahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

"But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire."

Shall I save you a seat at the bar?

2007-12-23 12:12:09 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is good Friday? and if it is why do we have Easter Sunday...... when we say he rose from the dead 3 days after...it does not add up so why would it be a sin to miss that day when we don't even know if its really that day and why is it a sin to miss holy day of obligations ....i mean how do you know that's the day ...write truthfully ...please

2007-12-23 12:11:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Satan said, "eat and be like God knowing good and evil".

-I can't help but feel betrayed if I were Eve.
She trusted Satan out of curiosity and up-to-date mankind can't tell if God is God or Satan is God, or if God is Satan in the Bible.

Knowing good and evil, bullocks.

-I can't help but feel betrayed by God. She didn't die, Adam didn't die. Were they eternal, but God didn't say, "eat and thou shall not be eternal", did he? Either way, Adam and Eve got to live full lives like us.

-That implies two things. One, they didn't die so God is a liar, or God meant "they'd become mortal". That then implies that our lives on Earth are a punishment for Adam and Eve, "our parents" mistake.

Either way, I can't help but feel Eve murdered us all when she took the first bite. That murderous psychopathic whore.

-It's ok though, a glimpse of Hell is better than bad, it's good if you belong here.

Here's a joke: Eve the "L" is silent.

By the way we're all human, the "M" says so.

2007-12-23 12:11:28 · 9 answers · asked by Exousia Skotos 3

It should not be that hard, they just have to pretend today is September 12th 1957 and predict my future ??

I was born at 7 30 in the morning in Kansas City MO

Go ahead

Someone tell me about my life

2007-12-23 12:11:00 · 13 answers · asked by bruce k 1

I have heard this as a common argument used by Christians when trying to convince atheists and agnostics to become secular.

Do they really believe this? Why?

2007-12-23 12:10:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I direct this question to others besides Jehovah's witnesses for i know you or we know the answer ( i did a #4 talk on this several yrs ago)... you may coment but dont give the answer please, i want to see what others think who it is.
Matt 24:45.
Religions of the world who do you think the Faithful & Discreet slave is.

2007-12-23 12:09:47 · 10 answers · asked by ray_clrk 5

i talked with someone today. and they said that if i really dont know what to believe and i just dont know... then i will go to Heaven because i havent reached that level of maturity where i know what to believe.
i dont know. i try really hard to believe but i cant force myself to have faith if i dint? i read the Bible, but to me... its like just a book. a big soap opera. i mean to be honest i believe in Jesus. i really do. i dont know if i believe in God though... and everything else in the bible.
i cant force myself to believe in something i dont believe. i really want to, and its frustrating.
for an example...
couldnt the Bib Bang theory have happened? who is to say that a day to God is the same amount of time as a day is to us? i mean... he lives for billions of years.couldnt a day to him bew like a million years? who says that god's time is measured the same as ours is.? so if the Big Bang Theory happened and it mixed in with the theory that God created everything...? why is that so bad?
because obviously he made the stuff explode... in the first place.
i mean i dont believe in Atheism personally... because if we evolved from algae then why arent we all the same? and why would algae still exist?> wouldnt it all be evolved?
someone once told me that logic is against everything dealing with Christianity. how? couldnt logic help explain what God did? why is that so wrong?
and as for the whole faith part, i cant pray to something i think doesnt/or is unsure of... their existence. because in the bible it says that if you dont have faith then nothing will happen. faith is the key to everything... so therefore how can i pray to something if i dont know it exists or not?
and last thing.
i had a pastor one time throw a Bible on the ground and tear it to shreds. he said that in a thousand years everything would be blown up anyway. how does that make since?
i know that mosyt of these questions are impossible to answer... but i dont know what to think.
if that means im going to hell, then i cant help it. i really hope it doesnt come down to that. but how could i make myself believe in something that i dont know about. ? does that mean im a bad person if i dont know?

and below is my bulletin from last night in case any one reading this doestn know where all of this came from.

i love you guys. but i dont know.




LAST BULLETIN:

something that i like to call FAITH.
i dont have it anymore.
why? i have no idea.
i used to read the Bible all of the time and i used to be a true follower of God. Now? i dont know.
that candlelight went out...
im even starting to doubt His existence.
and it scares me... alot. i dont know what im going to do if i dont have God.
but sometimes i feel like He doesnt even hear me when i talk to him.
people tell me to pray about it... and for me. how do you pray without faith??
i live in a non-religious household for the most part. so church is not really an option.
help. please help me.
i really need it.
i want to be close to god again.
i want to be someone who can truly say that I AM A CHRISTIAN... without lying about it.
im so confused.
please please.
help me.

2007-12-23 12:09:22 · 21 answers · asked by alliee. 4

So what if your interpretations are seemingly opposite?
Why be offended and not honoured that many Atheists, and idol worshippers would want to believe in God the Father, whom they interpret to be very loving and compassionate? Are they really hurting you somehow?

2007-12-23 12:07:34 · 13 answers · asked by Curlyc+ 3

becoming pregnant before you are married

2007-12-23 12:06:19 · 35 answers · asked by upside 4

do you think of the god you worshiped then as the same one you worship now? i personally don't...the one i was taught about then wasn't anything like my god now...to me the christian god isn't real...but is a twisted version of the pagan god that they added their own rules to...hmm...i've been thinking about this for a while...hope it made sense...
(p.s this is NOT supposed to insult christians...its just how i feel)
blessed be!

2007-12-23 12:05:52 · 14 answers · asked by sara-harvest 1

It is how the omnipotent god prove his love to his creation.

2007-12-23 12:05:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i know all about these two religeons.......so which one???

frankly speaking i find nothing wrong with christianity but when i think of islam (may be cuz of tv or something but) these things that pop into my head>>>>
and about islam how do you explain al qaida killings and iraq killings ???and i have heard from afriend of mine (who is iraqi)that the people who resist the american soldiers in iraq have all the right to take money from christian iraqis (rob them or kidnap or threaten them )....some thing called jezia or something..and my friend said it ok in islam to do so........!!!!!!
and please dont tell me that islam do not teach so.....cuz only muslims kill and bomb themselves....
and if i became amuslim then after amonth or so is it true that i cant change my religeon any more and if i did so then i will be sentenced to death and its ok for every muslim to kill me.??????

explain to me please!!!!

thanx in advance

2007-12-23 12:05:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-23 12:02:40 · 11 answers · asked by queen of snarky-yack again 4

the moon god was worshipped from spain to egypt for over 4,500 years.when mohammad invaded mecca it was the moon god, allah, allat,his wife, the sun goddess and their three daughters that was worshipped at the kaaba. god in arabic is not allah. it is his name. mohammad wanted the people to only worship allah and not the other gods and of course pay him for being his prophet. type in, the moon god, on any search engine and read about allah, and allat.

2007-12-23 12:01:52 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems to be that Christians have huge families. I met a family of eleven on the weekend. WOW

2007-12-23 12:01:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I believe when Eve took the first bite she murdered the world.

2007-12-23 11:59:01 · 24 answers · asked by Exousia Skotos 3

I'm a solitary young Wiccan, and I have much to learn. However, I've been looking into Neo-Druidism, but don't quite understand it. What is the difference between the two besides the titles?

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

2007-12-23 11:59:01 · 12 answers · asked by Ashley 2

how do u feel about polygamy, do u like it/ why yes/no? Do u suppport it? do u live it? How is it, how you interact with the other wifes? How do u feel about knowing that your husband is sleeping with other woman in the other room, and telling her that he loves her, and then goes to u and tell u the same?

2007-12-23 11:56:59 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous