I think this article brings up some very good points about Christianity and I would like your feedback on said issues\nhttp://cricamarvin.blig.ig.com.br/imagens/tubgirl.jpg
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No one click on that link! Thats just plain sick! You sicko!
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Good link. Christian conservatives are only willing to exend their own propaganda. They are against abortion and gays so they don't care about anything else. Children are dying of hunger around the world, environment is crappy, and disasters happening all around us. You think as good Christian, they would care but they don't. I'll never understand them.
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I certainly do! I've only been involved with Yahoo Answers about a week, but I've already received some very positive responses to answers I've proposed. I'm very happy and excited to know that we have a forum here that allows Christianity to be expressed as much as other forms of religion. The Christians, by and large, seem to be very sincere and helpful-most other participants do too, for that matter.\nAs others have said, God can use this forum as a way to communicate His thoughts, and especially His love to people.\nMay we as Christians be not only sincere, but well-versed in our beliefs and God's Word.\n\n"So shall my word be (like the rain that makes things grow) that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." Isaiah 55:10-11
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Okay, I know you requested Christians only, but I have studied the Bible extensively.The Bible was not meant to be taken literally for the most part, and it was written during a time where women were held to be inferior. I'd disregard St. Paul's tirades on women,as a suggestion.Society has changed greatly since biblical times and a fair amount of what was written regarding gender roles no longer applies to today's society.I would suggest treating your wife as a helpmate and with respect,and expect the same from her,as the bible says to do.She should not have to be submissive.St. Paul had some issues with women 2000 years ago.*Sorry,just got your update.Please switch the gender context on what I said regarding yourself.*
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I've been looking forward to the opportunity to use this essay in an answer.  Thank you.\n\nA letter to the religious right involved in Reagan's war on marijuana \n\n\nI am not a Christian nor am I a pothead, however, after speculating over the role of the Christian right in the criminalization of marijuana usage and possession, I found it necessary to make an argument using Christian methods against it.  I feel that it is necessary to add that I was raised christian so I do not intend to use bible verses that I know nothing about.  I know the bible just as well and better than many Christians.  I am also a psychology student in college and the psychological information I will use in my argument came directly from textbooks and lectures on the subject.  I have two arguments to discuss, the first using strictly biblical elements and the second with human physiological elements to enhance and accelerate the original.  \n\n \n\nThe arguments involved are sophomorically simple.\n\n \n\nGenesis 1:9-13 Says this:    9And God said, "Let the waters beneath the sky be gathered into one place so dry ground may appear." And so it was. 10God named the dry ground "land" and the water "seas." And God saw that it was good. 11Then God said, "Let the land burst forth with every sort of grass and seed-bearing plant. And let there be trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. The seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came." And so it was. 12The land was filled with seed-bearing plants and trees, and their seeds produced plants and trees of like kind. And God saw that it was good. 13This all happened on the third day.\n\n \n\n27-31:     27\n    So God created people in his own image;\n       God patterned them after himself;\n       male and female he created them.\n    28God blessed them and told them, "Multiply and fill the earth and subdue it. Be masters over the fish and birds and all the animals." 29And God said, "Look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. 30And I have given all the grasses and other green plants to the animals and birds for their food." And so it was. 31Then God looked over all he had made and he saw that it was excellent in every way. This all happened on the sixth day.\n\n \n\nThese two excerpts tell us two things:  God created the plethora of plants that we have on Earth and gave them to humans and animals for their consumption.  Marijuana and tobacco are the only drugs that grow naturally and do not have to be processed and synthesized before consumption.  Alcohol has to be processed and it is legal.  Marijuana is not.  The devil, serpent, satan, whatever you want to call the spirit of darkness has never and will never have the authority to change the godly composition of Gods creations.  The devil did not put the active ingredients in the marijuana plant and it would be impossible for him to cause the second part of my argument involving the physiology of humans nervous systems.  The only power he has is to deceive and deception cannot change the fact that God made plants and people the way we are physiologically.\n\n \n\nThe active ingredients in marijuana pass through the blood-brain barrier and enter the central nervous system where they bind to three different receptor sites on the neurons.  These receptors are called Delta 9 THC, 2-AG, and Anamine receptors.  These receptor sites are activated only by cannabinoids from the marijuana plant and nothing else.  Nicotine works in much the same way though there is only one receptor.  All other drugs work by manipulating natural receptors in the brain that neurotransmitters use normally.  For example, PCP works as a glutamate antagonist, blocking the natural processes of glutamate which works in opposition to the neurotransmitter dopamine.  When glutamate is blocked, dopamine takes over and too much dopamine in the b
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I regret I have to disagree. First of all , it doesn't mean just because you are Christian, you can neccessary be good. There is no relation betwen non corruption and Christian. Secondly, all the examples of problems cited occur in any country. The US is not alone in this. Thirdly, practices such as the death penalty and the conducting of wars are not neccessary bad. Just imagine what would have happen if the US didn't enter the Gulf War to drive the Iraqis from Kuwait. The balance of power will not only be changed in the Middle East, but the whole world.\n\nSo, having said this, I can't say the US is a corrupt place. Not completely anyway.
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I think you are partially right.  For a purely human standpoint, everything you say is true.  But to me, as a Christian, I see a very real definition of where to find GOD.  Thank you for a beautiful easy way to describe his omnipresent facet.
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How common this fallacy is. "I think ......" Then, "Are there Christian values....??? " (Implicit assumption: what I think = christian values). Ah, the arrogance of thinking that your opinion represents semi-universal truths. I am also PRO-life in that I respect it greatly, and do not take abortions lightly, but don't be dictating your belief to me. I am not gay, but see no harm in gay relationships, and in fact I believe tolerance would be good for society. I can't imagine Jesus tying homosexuals to a wire fence and leaving them to die, nor even being concerned if two swore undying allegiance to each other.It doesn't harm me, nor anyone else. What's your hangup. That the word "marriage" has been co-opted? Then use another word.
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Even though I admire your efforts, the way you have asked the question, will only make the christians feel insulted and become defensive. Only a very openminded one would read your post and seriously think about what you are saying. Good points, though.
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I'm an ordained evangelical minister and see no problem with either the movie or the book. The problem is that Dan Brown has stated that the book and movie are fictional, but Christians say it's misleading--but their problem is that they are trying to pick apart DVC without going to the Bible to find out what is true in DVC and what isn't. If they'd just stick with the Bible as their source for truth and read it and absorb it, and keep in mind that DVC is fiction, then it's absolutely no problem. I just wonder how many Christians are seeing the movie or reading the book without opening their Bibles. :-(
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If KKKarl Rove and Dick Cheney are God, and that's your view of your God. I have another vision of what God is and it is a Christian view. Warmongering and profiteering isn't in any scriptures in my Bible either.
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I admire people who think like you! You have painted the current turmoil in world beautifully in words. I am also wondering whether the answer lies in RELIGION, POLITICS or HUMAN FOLY in itself. I also agree that life is too precious and too short for squables.
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More than likely he was just there to bathe in the river anyway.Maybe some would argue about humbling himself before John the Baptist as a gesture of respect for him and what he did.Jesus had said that what you do to the least of these you do to me also.I don't have an issue with it. You're reading way too much into something without knowing the truth. This is a negative application you are applying so you're fishing in a toilet for excuses. Unless you had witnessed everything from that time without prejudice it's difficult to usually grasp it without faith. From the perspective of immortality one death on a cross to start a religion seems to be a safe bet.Mortals usually only understand living sacrifice as an example of faith or honor. A virgin woman represents an undefiled vessel or purity. Would it sound better to you if she was just the babysitter? This isn't a sitcom drama you know.
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The article is interesting, but it seems to have some flaws. It was too long and involved to read carefully, but I skimmed the points it was trying to make. One that jumped out at me was worshipping on Sunday. The article says we do that because the Pope said to. The fact is that the earliest church worshipped on Sunday. Paul says the day doesn't matter, as long as we worship.\n\nAnother problem is that the Bible tells us that once the antichrist comes to power, we only have 7 years left before the end. The catholic church has been around for far longer than 7 years!\n\nThere are more, but I'm a very slow typer, so I'll let it go at two.\n\nI have a big problem with some of the catholic beliefs, but I really don't think this article should be taken seriusly. When I have more time, I am going to look at it more closely, though.
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I have been saying, for years, that modern Christians follow Paul, not Jesus. The Christian New Testament is in large degree a Paulist document. The books that were accepted as worthy of inclusion were chosen by religious leaders long after the time of Christ at the request of Constantine. It was his desire to make Christianism the Roman state religion. It needed to be something that was very structured so as to give control over the masses. Paul's writtings afforded them the opportunity to do that, which is why they were picked. Anyone interested in a good look at the REAL Jesus and what HE taught, as opposed to Paul, should read the Lost Gospel of Thomas. Its easy to find, just do a web search. Funny thing about that book ... Jesus was married, spoke in ways that are foriegn to many now days, and comes off looking much more like the Jesus presented by Muslim scholars and also modern Gnostics. Its also dated, as a translation of an earlier work, to 60 C.E. which makes it older than 60 C.E. and very close to the life of Jesus. Its also older than most of Paul's works. And that married part? Makes it a little hard to let that pass as a fact and still enjoin celebacy on priests, monks, and nuns by way of example, don't you think? There goes the control over a cheap source of church labor. Another funny thing that lends credence to the Gospel of Thomas is that almost every quote in it can be found in the current Christian New Testament. But the OTHERS, the ones that are left out, make all the difference in the world. Paul was who and what he was. That's between Paul and Deity. But I don't think he was an Apostle, and I don't think he spoke for true Christianity. But, hey, Thomas did a good job. ;-) ~ Peace and Blessings ~ (Just an added thought ... Luke wrote the Book of Acts.He wasn't an Apostle, he probably never knew Jesus, he came on the scene latter. He worked and traveled with Paul. Realistically, where do you think he got his information. Who gave Luke input?)
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great post, ranger.\n\nanother thing, too.  christians have difficulty admitting they are a cult.  they are a cult, that's true.\n\nand you are right.  this country was not based on christianity, or the Framers would have declared that in all of those instruments you described.  at least one of them!  \n\nit's amazing where chrisitians "claim" to see christianity, even where it doesn't exist!!\n\nthe idiot, above, who said "you have a self-esteem issue yourself" simply because you posed this question -- he just proved part of your point for you.  these people never cease to amaze me.  i can hardly wait to see how many call you "angry" just for posting these facts.  they'll try to make you look bad, so they can look better, in their own eyes.\n\nsome idiots will come back and try to say "this country is over 2/3 christian" blah blah blah...\n\nwell, guess what?  this country is mostly WHITE.  so, is the US a "White Country"??  get real, you morons!!!\n\nanother thing -- before you clueless cows come on here yakking about "IGWT" on our currency (and "under god" in the pledge of allegiance), let's rememebr it never showed up on our currency until the McCarthy-paranoia of the 1950's.  The comment in the pledge was also added in the 1950's.  Also, IGWT was only placed on a very few US coins right after the Civil War, almost 100 years after the country's founding.  So, that's also an invalid argument.  These things came later!\n\nI already predict that people will lie and claim that most of the Framers were xians.  And then, they'll use "quotes" from madison and jefferson and many others -- quotes that these Framers NEVER QUOTED and that you will not find anywhere in the Smithsonian.  These are all quotes that have been re-edited by Falwell and Co. to make things "look christian".  Been there, done that.  Keep trying, folks.  Like Ranger, I feel sorry for you for needing to go to such lengths to make your religion look better.  It's too bad that you must lie like that!
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I think we've all pondered that.  Just remember to share love too !!  Sometimes we try to share our Christian beliefs the wrong way. Christians are people. People make mistakes.  Thank you and God Bless.