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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 12:46 PM Original message |
I have a question... Why to people pray to Jesus and worship Jesus |
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rkc3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've been thinking the same thing - when did Jesus kill God? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. I wanna know why they don't do it privately, in a closet, like they were |
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rkc3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Wasn't there a story in the New Testament about the rich man at the |
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teenagebambam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Simplistic answer, but... |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Seems as though Jesus has become bigger in this whole thing. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Because... |
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chicagojoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Jesus=God. That's what I've been told. |
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Danocrat (485 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Jews have been asking the same question for centuries |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. LOL! |
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Drifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. You hear the argument about evolution ... |
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lagged_variable (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Trinity |
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forgethell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. According to |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 08:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. "I suppose the Holy Spirit can be ... prayed to ..." |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. Jesus is God |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 04:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. But doesn't Jesus talk to his Father when he's on the cross? n/t |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Yes, Jesus and Father are different persons, yet part of the same |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 07:48 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. so...God has |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. My question is why do Roman Catholics and Orthodox Catholics pray... |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. That's why Protestants could not take it anymore, |
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adwon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Depends on how you look at it |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Unfortunately, the Roman Catholic Church allows other cultures to... |
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adwon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Hmm |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Oops, gettin' my saints mixed up. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Yes, brother, the Catholic Church is well aware of the idolatry issue |
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Stunster (984 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 09:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. It's stems from the Apostles' Creed |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 09:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. That is the Protestant's Creed Too |
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Stunster (984 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 12:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. So, if I ask you to pray for me, |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. You ain't dead yet! |
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Stunster (984 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. I know I'm not dead yet |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. We pray for other people, of course, and I |
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Stunster (984 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Does not saint Paul indicate in some of his letters |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I am of the reformed persuasion, so I don't think Augustine |
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Stunster (984 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Communion in the Body of Christ |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 06:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. OK, you made me look this up: |
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Stunster (984 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. This may be of interest |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. No, but Jesus said that |
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Mich Otter (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. It is Christ-ianity, not God-ianity |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. That name just signifies that we think that Jesus of Nazareth |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-05 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
37. To some, Jesus, the son of God is God in human form, |
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Stevepol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
39. When you pray to God, you are praying to God as if He/She/It |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
40. Many people have fixated on the person instead of the message. |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
41. The early church had major issues with this very problem |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
43. because they can't read |
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universalcitizen (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
44. Because they can't follow their instructions which were: |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
45. I Always Wondered About that Too |
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