Religion & Spirituality - 28 December 2007

Now, this question is not for those who want to simply "believe" the things they were taught without thinking about it.

John 3:22 says that Jesus was with his disciples in the land of Judea and Baptized.

There is no written record of what was said at this ceremony of Baptism. And yet this is the first Christian baptism. So, do you really believe that you know what was going on in an intimate ceremony that was taking place 2000 years ago?

If you want the context of this question, it came up in my mind as I was reading the 7th chapter at http://gospelenigma.com That book highlights a number of puzzles that you don't normally hear about in Sunday school.

2007-12-28 00:54:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

why will not allah simply raise ms. bhutto again from the dead?

it seems so simple: at one stroke allah asserts his divinity and puts an end once and for all to islamic terrorism.

all he has to do is want this.

2007-12-28 00:53:45 · 7 answers · asked by synopsis 7

Explain more that one point of view! for best answer!

2007-12-28 00:52:22 · 8 answers · asked by HBpencil 4

Biblical

2007-12-28 00:50:50 · 8 answers · asked by I Jerry 1

Christian Wiccans?
Atheist and Agnostic Wiccans?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Wicca

Or would they still be considered Pagan?

2007-12-28 00:47:27 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or is it a crime to state a fact? Why was my similar question deleted? Don't you want to hear the truth? Muslims explored North America at least 300 years before the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus, according to many researchers. Dr. Barry Fell, a noted New Zealand archaeologist and linguist of Harvard University showed detailed existing evidence in his work, "Saga America" that Muslims were not only in the Americas before Columbus arrived, but very active there as well. Remnants of mosques found in America and today over 500 city names in America were named after the Muslims. What happened to them?

2007-12-28 00:41:39 · 29 answers · asked by im@home 3

2007-12-28 00:36:59 · 21 answers · asked by W,T,F 1

i just wondered was it a normal working day for you or did you take the day off and/or celebrate in any way or form

2007-12-28 00:34:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-28 00:33:42 · 3 answers · asked by amy u 1

2007-12-28 00:29:33 · 25 answers · asked by MoPleasure4U 4

2007-12-28 00:28:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

If the bible were never written, and someone wrote it today, you know they would be in an insane asylum, so why today is everyone treating it as truth? Is it not, after all, just a book? Does the fact that it was written thousands of years ago make it more believable? Or, due to the fact that it was the first book that was widespread due to the printing press of the 16th century, did the people of the middle ages not know the difference between fiction from a book and reality? Has faith just been from chance all these years? What if the communist manifesto was published first? Would we all be worshiping Karl Marx?

2007-12-28 00:28:36 · 12 answers · asked by Jennifer 2

I'm not satisfied. I long to see more of God.

2007-12-28 00:27:30 · 13 answers · asked by Joy 4

For instance, I'm an atheist, and I'm bisexual, but I feel that if I tell the average person either of those things, they are going to think I'm evil regarding religion and greedy regarding sex. Neither are true. I find myself not wanting to use these labels, not because they're inaccurate, but because I know most people will interpret them incorrectly.

Anyone else have this problem?

2007-12-28 00:23:56 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-28 00:22:12 · 10 answers · asked by W,T,F 1

Christians, do you ever worry that you're not really saved? That there's that one sin that you just don't want to give up? See I have that one sin, and because of my lack of desire to want to give it up, it has me wondering whether I really am saved or love God at all!

I grew up in a church where women werent allowed to pray out loud - we had to be silent. I'm now in a church that is so full of Christ and I so want to be able to pray! I appreciate that is a lack of confidence, and my fiance has been wonderful - he's encouraged me to pray with him and for him and we're doing that more and more often.

I guess I just worry that I'm nto really saved cos my life doesn't really show it that much...in my eyes, there's not much fruit but others have said otherwise. I have changed so much the past few years and I know that is God!

2007-12-28 00:21:33 · 23 answers · asked by Mrs Stevo 2

Leviticus 18:22
"Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable."
Leviticus 20:13
"If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads."
Romans 1:26-27 excerpt for character space
"Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion."


---------Now, the question, 2 parts.

Assume I am not a Christian, and am male. I undergo a sex change operation making me appear female, and have female parts minus a uterus.
I then proceed to marry a Christian male, without telling him about the operation performed on me.
He never asks.
We proceed to lay together as a man does with a woman.

Does this make the Christian male a sinner to his religion?
What if I tell him 5 years after marriage, and he remains with me?

I'm serious here, thanks.

2007-12-28 00:16:16 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Explain using more than one point of view for best answer

2007-12-28 00:14:55 · 15 answers · asked by HBpencil 4

explain, using more than one point if view for best answer!

2007-12-28 00:13:35 · 7 answers · asked by HBpencil 4

2007-12-28 00:11:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

The process of NT canonization took place between the 2nd and 4th centuries. The early church used the 4 principles of; authorship, nature of text, universality and inspirational character to decide what went in and what was left out to finally produce 27 "books" that somewhat loosely fit together to create a big story.

So why is such emphasis placed by some on the final products Inerrability when it was compiled by a committee?

2007-12-28 00:11:03 · 9 answers · asked by AS 2

They have added the poison in the line of water
they are becoming mad
Government should take serious action.

2007-12-28 00:08:14 · 2 answers · asked by MOHAMMAD 3

"you need a restaurant not a religion" is not the correct answer :)

2007-12-28 00:07:21 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Jesus has said that you'll do greater miracles than i did. But no notable miracle has taken place. I am sure that God is able to do. But where does the problem lie?

2007-12-28 00:03:50 · 34 answers · asked by thangs 1

2007-12-28 00:03:27 · 14 answers · asked by Deke 7

that knew everything, could do anything and could be anywhere in space and time would be like one of these abrahamic protrayals?

The bible makes god seem so arbitrarily petty and vain and childish... and not even a good child but a spoiled rotten child... yet you can really picture an infinite being ... like that?
It just doesnt make any sense at all...

2007-12-28 00:00:55 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous