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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:53 AM Original message |
A religious question for Christians that has always confused me |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Shhhhhh! |
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QuettaKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. even better....the one that always bugs me |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. There has been an effort for years |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. With my brothers and sisters, cousins, aunts and uncles, |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. when you come right down to it- |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Some people will actually miss the departed. |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. When you lose someone you love |
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Bellamia (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Tears at funerals |
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dickthegrouch (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
44. Where, exactly, did human #5 come from? |
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yppahemnkm (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
61. Because we are sad ! |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. There are plenty of things that don't make sense in the Bible, but this is |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. Independant Thought Alert!!! (nt) |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. do you really want to know? |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Actually I do really want to know your opinion |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Those are two completely different examples... |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. When a person does something for show only IMO it is a LIE |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:13 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You mean like pretending to ask a sincere question when you don't |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. You make quick assumptions |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. other posts further down have already ably answered you, then...if |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
62. so, I give you an answer and dry up and blow away? typical |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. You said |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. you want my opinion on what you consider a LIE? |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
49. While it's true about about baptism |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. god is omni present. in all. including jesus and me and you |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Ever since I was a child |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. jesus does not in front of. he doesnt walk behind |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:17 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I pray for strength |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:27 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. look at all the strength you have had 35 years. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. how about this interpretation of second coming |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I do not believe |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. kuuuuul.... |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. Yes |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
7. The early christians |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. wrong place |
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Bellamia (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
36. I'll buy that! |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
51. Yes |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
8. He was baptized |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Depends, but in general... |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
9. as an 'example' of how we should live, also |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
52. Only his body died |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. His Cousin John needed the work! |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yes, he had a really old |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Matthew 3:10-12 |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
17. Why is this worth discussing in General Discussion as opposed to |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:15 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. When the question was asked |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
21. Jesus was originally a disciple of John the Baptist. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:46 AM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Strangely Enough, the John-the-Baptist Movement Still Exists in IRAQ |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
31. I've always wondered if he was really getting in the mikvah |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. John May Have Invented a One-Time Purification Ritual |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. With baptism and a bathing ritual |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Yes, It Certainly Was for Paul's Church |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
53. Here it is about baptism |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
33. When Jesus Comes Out of the Water After Being Baptized |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
55. Perhaps with that |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Personally, I Think Belief in the Holy Spirit Came Along with Paul |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
37. As an act of obedience to the Father. n/t |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
43. There is another side to the baptism issue . . . |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. Yes |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
47. I think his baptism was for others, not him. I see it as symbolic... |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
48. Good question |
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Leftist_Warrior (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
56. Nothing in the bible |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
60. Don't forget the Jewish Origin of Baptism |
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Darth Lib (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-05 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
63. It wasn't that Jesus needed to be Baptized the point was to give |
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