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have their children removed in order to safeguard the well being of those children.

The following advice is from a prayer book: "Pray as if everything depended upon God, act as if everything depended on you." I think that this is consistent with the idea of NOMA, formulated by the biologist Stephen Gould. We exist in the material world; God exists in the spiritual world...

because according to the Bible the only mediator between God and Men is JESUS CHRIST but catholic church believes in saints also, I believe in the catholic church but I am not sure about saints? what makes the difference between asking to christ and the saints?

When God already knows the future. Do you believe God to be some sort of a vending machine and you will get lucky. I am asking because I know Christians and Hindu's who pray for that they get that amazing car or that girl they like falls in love with them. What is the point?

...things to actually help? Or what if we stopped spending money on these huge churches that attract people to their expensive facilities? What if we used every church in the US as a house for the homeless that community service volunteers, or people serving community service for non-violent...

Is praying to "Jesus Christ" for forgiveness enough even if you didn't read... ...the entire bible? I skip chapters of the bible most of the time and i accept the facts that god hates my homosexuals acts therefor i repent for my sins and beg for his forgiveness. I read the parts about how god...

if there is a god he should consider all of us,then what is the need of prayer to god.?

if there is a god he should consider all of us,then what is the need of prayer to god.?

if there is a god he should consider all of us,then what is the need of prayer to god.?

if there is a god he should consider all of us,then what is the need of prayer to god.?

I've been praying to feel peace about a situation I am going through for the past month or so, every night. Well I woke up a couple of days ago with this unexplained feeling of peace. My situation is very unstable right now, so I should not be feeling this. But I can't explain how peaceful...

...but sort of complaining? I hope this is not offensive to some people because it was supposed to be a joke, so I am putting this under another category instead of the Religion & Spirituality section. Thanks in advance.

Whenever I see Christians praying, I can’t help it; I find it intensely amusing. I snicker and laugh and I’ve noticed that Christians who pray in public are quite sensitive about it. If they don’t want to get laughed at, then why do they pray in public? To me, praying is one of the dumbest human...

doesn't overhear? I heard this on a Televangelist show yesterday, and almost died of laughter! You? Have a good one! ;) Liberal/Spiritual Atheist

"And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it" (John 14:13-14). What is the true meaning of "asking in my name" ? Thank You for answering! Many Blessings! I do not TD, even to rude...

...Father,as taught/exemplified in the Bible? This (prayers addressed to Jesus) seems to be a popular "fad" in the U.S. especially Of course, EVERY PRAYER in the Bible is addressed to God the Father, not Jesus -- so I would have thought that most Christian would tend toward the Biblical models...

does is matter if i pray in my head, cause maybe i dont want people hearinq me pray.but will god still hear me ? or would i have to pray with words and saying it out loud?

1. What are the benefits of praying? 2. What can praying do for me? 3. What are some things that can encourage me to pray more everyday, and break the habit of not praying? I really want to pray every day! Thank you so much! :)

on court t.v. they tried a couple for not taking their child to the doctor but praying for him instead. but on a commercial on another station it says that medical malpractice kills more people each year than breast cancer and two other ailments. and there is a commercial that says if this drug...

I have one Praying Mantis already can I introduce another? And could some one tell me the difference between a Female and Male. Thankyou.