yes/no/why?
I sometimes wonder if I should ask for church affiliation with every question.
2007-03-18 04:49:15 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
DogSneeze: So you really think there is a difference between following one leader or following a couple of leaders saying something slightly different? Does disagreeing whether a fairy's wings are made of gauze or feather make christianity look better?
2007-03-18 05:20:44 · update #1
This is an interesting counter-example the usual claim that Christians mindlessly follow what they are taught. It seems to me that you are suggesting they think for themselves?
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Your question likened the task unifying Christian belief to herding cats. The analogy only works because cats are notoriously independent. If you wish to liken Christians to mindless sheep, then that would be a rather different image. To use them both at the same time is problematic because they require opposing leader-to-mindless-follower ratios. The first would be 1/1 and the second 1/all.
2007-03-18 05:15:22 · answer #1 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The problem among Christians is the difference in opinion on how to read the Bible. I believe that God meant what He said and, unless the passage is obviously symbolic, it should be read literally. If the current sense makes sense, don't look for any other sense. Others believe the Bible is so spiritual that the plain black and white can't possibly mean what it says, so they try to find other meanings. When you try to "interpret" the Bible instead of simply reading it, you end up with all kinds of disagreements over meaning.
2007-03-18 11:57:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Much agreed (except I would say the herding might be a tad bit easier.) I still can't get a straight answer on two of the questions I asked in reference to recycling and creation of man and animal in the Bible. If they can't decide, I don't think I really want to trust the answers anyways.
2007-03-18 12:32:54 · answer #3 · answered by KS 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe in God and consider myself a Christians I don't go to church because of the politics of it I have tried many different
denominations
Baptist,Methodist and Church of Christ they all read the bible the way they want to and take from it what they want.so yes I agree with you I would rather heard cats the try to figure out why each church teaches something different
2007-03-18 12:01:55 · answer #4 · answered by superwomen 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
dude, self proclaimed "holy" scripture is what it is... an ancient rambling of non-sense that religious types can then "translate" the meanings of...
Any decent god worth its salt would have bestowed a "proper" word of god document upon man kind... not some tatty old book from 1700 years ago that needs translating by theists...
god doesn't even exist anyway - doh !
Does everyone fail to see that ***MEN WROTE*** THESE POOR EXCUSES for ***HOLY BOOKS*** ??? LOL hah haha hah a hh ah a hah ha... There were no "gods" involved what so ever... just their over active imaginations !
2007-03-18 11:56:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Equally difficult, yes.
They all have the truth, yet that truth varies from denomination to denomination. The bible is the unchanged word of god, yet there are several different translations in use. Which truth is THE truth?
2007-03-18 16:48:57 · answer #6 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Except cats don't attack other cats when they are "wrong." Christians, historically, start wars over it. In modern times, they just split off and start another church, which is why you'll find a few hundred protestant churches in any given town, that believe ALMOST the same thing.
2007-03-18 11:53:13 · answer #7 · answered by Cindy Lou Who --P3D-- 5 · 8⤊ 1⤋
Agreement is not what America is all about.
(I know Christians are in other parts of the world, I just am not in a paragraph answering kind of mood.)
2007-03-18 16:29:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Herding cats is easy its the rats that are a real problem.
Try to get muslims to agree on it...do it from a very safe distance though.
2007-03-18 11:52:27 · answer #9 · answered by clever investor 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Similar, but I'm actually allergic to cats; with Christians I only break out in a mild rash.
2007-03-18 11:55:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋