You only need to know that God loves you!!!
2006-11-18 19:54:18
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answered by Anonymous
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praise God and Halleluja that you are looking deeper into this!
here is my advice!
1. read the Bible wether it bores you or not. you'd be surprised how much it can charnge your life. to tell you the truth, the first several chapters of the Bible bore my mind out too... but i read them anyway . sometimes they can be really helpful!
2. GET HOOKED UP WITH A CHURCH! i'm sorry that you had a bad experiance with a chuch; but you will never beleive how important one is to your faith. Maybe try a different denomination. i promise you that the right church for you is out there! Praising and learing about God are really wonderful!
3. Find a group of good christian freinds. Hnaging out with non- Christian people can't bring you any closer to God. I don't hate non- Christians-- i just believe that you need to be nutured by a group of God-loving people!
4.Spend time with God every morning. Just 10 or 15 minutes will do. God will talk to you through the Bible and through prayer if you listen!
God Bless! i thank the Lord for your want to be close to him!
2006-11-19 05:50:40
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answered by {hippy}[dreamer] 4
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That depends on what you are looking for in a religion, if you are looking for the truth then that will come to your door, but if you just want something that suits you then you have to look arround for a religion with it's own ideas that does not teach from the Bible but teaches the ideas of the pastor priest or church leader you cannot have truth without the Bible, because the Bible contains the advice of God for you to learn how to live in happiness it is where you can find the reall happiness that is so elusive in this world! God can become a bigger part of your life only by your learning accurate truth that is provided in God's word the Bible, the Bible is called God's word because it is how God talks to usby the Bible I don't mean you any disrespect I just wanted to answer your question truthfully.
2006-11-19 04:09:48
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answer #3
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answered by I speak Truth 6
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Naw, even Jesus found that the way people treated scripture as angering. Read the first four books of the New Testament, then Dueteromony and then swing into the Psalms and Proverbs. We have to get to know God, but nothing says we have to read the individual books in succession. Besides believing in Jesus, Jesus reccomends we get a water babtism, thats all most churches are good for...spend your time learning what God wants and he will become a larger part of your life.
2006-11-19 04:06:22
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answer #4
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answered by Marcus R. 6
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By deciding your own path. Many people believe what is right for them without having to have a label from an organized religion and without having a building to make their beliefs feel real. Try simply Spiritual and your own beliefs, without the stress of trying to find a certain label, and see how it works out.
2006-11-19 04:07:59
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answer #5
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answered by Indigo 7
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Try some other churches and find a place that you feel right at. We're all trying to figure out this crazy mess we've been thrown into, and I'd hate to have to go it alone.
God be with you.
2006-11-19 03:58:23
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answered by Josh 4
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Sara M is right, God loves you very much. Jesus is the manifestation of that Love.
I Cr 13;8a, Love never fails!!!!!
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2006-11-19 03:55:47
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answered by ? 7
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Even our religion Islam teaches us that for converting other people to Islam you should tell them to read other religious books too so that they can decide for themselves.You don't pray for people you pray for Allah,its your deeds that will count in the end.
2006-11-19 03:59:03
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answer #8
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answered by Anonymous
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Unity is a branch of christianity that is much less judgmental. See if there is local "Unity" church.
2006-11-19 03:59:27
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answered by Anonymous
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Very carefully. Not everyone claiming to be Christians are.
What is false religion? Are you distressed about crimes committed in the name of religion? Do the warfare, terrorism, and corruption perpetrated by those who claim to serve God offend your sense of justice? Why does religion seem to be at the root of so many problems?
The fault lies, not with all religion, but with false religion. A widely respected religious figure, Jesus Christ, indicated that false religion produces bad works, just as a “rotten tree produces worthless fruit.” (Matthew 7:15-17) What fruit does false religion yield?
False Religion . . .
MEDDLES IN WAR AND POLITICS: “Across Asia and beyond,” says the journal Asiaweek, “power-hungry leaders are cynically manipulating people’s religious sentiments for their own needs.” As a result, the journal warns: “The world threatens to sink into madness.” A prominent religious leader in the United States declared: “You’ve got to kill the terrorists before the killing stops.” His solution? “Blow them all away in the name of the Lord.” By contrast, the Bible says: “If anyone makes the statement: ‘I love God,’ and yet is hating his brother, he is a liar.” (1 John 4:20) Jesus even said: “Continue to love your enemies.” (Matthew 5:44) How many religions can you think of whose members engage in war?
SPREADS FALSE DOCTRINE: Most religions teach that the soul or spirit is some invisible part of a human that survives the death of the physical body. By means of this teaching, many of these religions exploit their members, charging money to pray for departed souls. However, the Bible teaches a different doctrine. “The soul that is sinning—it itself will die.” (Ezekiel 18:4) “The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5) Jesus taught that the dead will be resurrected—an unnecessary action if humans had an immortal soul. (John 11:11-25) Does your religion teach that the soul does not die?
TOLERATES IMMORAL SEX: In Western lands, church groups ordain gay and lesbian members of the clergy and urge governments to recognize same-sex marriages. Even churches that condemn immorality have tolerated religious leaders who have sexually abused children. What, though, does the Bible teach? It plainly states: “Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men . . . will inherit God’s kingdom.” (1 Corinthians 6:9, 10) Do you know of religions that condone immoral sex?
What does the future hold for religions that produce rotten fruit? Jesus warned: “Every tree not producing fine fruit gets cut down and thrown into the fire.” (Matthew 7:19) Yes, false religion will be chopped down and destroyed! But how and when will this happen? A prophetic vision recorded in the Bible book of Revelation, chapters 17 and 18, provides the answer.
False religion exerts influence “over the kings of the earth”
“Get out of her, my people”
How will false religion end?
Picture the scene. A harlot is sitting on the back of a fearsome beast. The beast has seven heads and ten horns. (Revelation 17:1-4) Whom does the harlot represent? She exerts influence “over the kings of the earth.” She dresses in purple, uses incense, and is exceedingly wealthy. In addition, by means of her spiritistic practice, ‘all the nations are misled.’ (Revelation 17:18; 18:12, 13, 23) The Bible helps us to see that this harlot is a worldwide religious entity. She depicts, not any one religion, but all religions that produce rotten fruit.
The beast that the harlot rides pictures the world’s political powers.* (Revelation 17:10-13) False religion straddles the back of this political beast, attempting to influence its decisions and to control its direction.
Soon, though, an amazing event will take place. “The ten horns that you saw, and the wild beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her devastated and naked, and will eat up her fleshy parts and will completely burn her with fire.” (Revelation 17:16) In a sudden, shocking move, the world’s political powers will turn on false religion and completely destroy her! What will prompt this action? The Bible book of Revelation answers: “God put it into their hearts to carry out his thought.” (Revelation 17:17) Yes, God will call false religion to account for all the despicable acts she has committed in his name. In a stroke of perfect justice, he will use her political paramours as his instrument of execution.
What must you do if you do not want to share the fate of false religion? “Get out of her, my people,” urges God’s messenger. (Revelation 18:4) Indeed, now is the time to flee from false religion! But to where can you flee? Not into atheism, since its future is also bleak. (2 Thessalonians 1:6-9) The only haven is within true religion. How can you identify true religion?
How to identify true religion
What good fruit should true religion produce?—Matthew 7:17.
True Religion . . .
PRACTICES LOVE: True worshippers are “no part of the world,” are not divided by race or culture, and display ‘love among themselves.’ (John 13:35; 17:16; Acts 10:34, 35) Rather than killing one another, they are willing to die for one another.—1 John 3:16.
TRUSTS GOD’S WORD: Instead of teaching “tradition” and “commands of men as doctrines,” true religion bases its doctrine on God’s Word, the Bible. (Matthew 15:6-9) Why? Because “all Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight.”—2 Timothy 3:16.
STRENGTHENS FAMILIES AND UPHOLDS HIGH MORAL STANDARDS: True religion trains husbands to ‘love their wives as their own bodies,’ helps wives to develop ‘deep respect for their husbands,’ and teaches children to ‘be obedient to their parents.’ (Ephesians 5:28, 33; 6:1) In addition, those entrusted with positions of authority must have exemplary morals.—1 Timothy 3:1-10.
Does any religion meet these standards? The book Holocaust Politics, published in 2001, says: “If more people practiced versions of what the Jehovah’s Witnesses preach and practice, the Holocaust could have been prevented and genocide would scourge the world no more.”
Indeed, in 235 lands, Jehovah’s Witnesses do not just preach the Bible’s moral standards—they live by them. We urge you to ask Jehovah’s Witnesses to help you learn what God requires of you so that you can worship him acceptably. Now is the time to act. Do not delay. The end of false religion is near!—Zephaniah 2:2, 3.
2006-11-19 03:56:48
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answered by Anonymous
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