What are they??? 😑
Tongues are popular in more charismatic churches......they are considered one of the fruits of the spirit, but many churches believe that unless you can speak in THESE TONGUES (based on Pentecost...ie book of Act), that you are not really saved.......Tongues are pretty much senseless babblings, not at all what was the original story in Act, which were other languages for a purpose of telling others who couldn't understand. But the church today uses them constantly as THE WORD OF GOD OR HIS ANGELS.........MESSAGES.......
Some churches even give classes in how to do it...........Some fruit...You got to be taught????????
Originally posted by lil bitchiness
I don't understand why does it matter what Christians think?Noone ever asks why Jews think something or why Muslims think something, or even more interestingly and debate worthy why Hindus and Buddhists think something.
Why is religion in general defined through Christianity?
As far as the thread and the prophets go -
Why should I bow down to a God which refuses to speak to me himself, but must send a MAN to preach to the rest of us.
Am I not worthy to be spoken to by this divine which will, may I add, ''smite me'' and ''send me to hell'' if I don't do what ''HE'' says?
Also, does Abrahamic God have absolutely NOTHING else to say to me apart from what ''he'' has said in Torah, Bible and the Qur'an?
Is that all he has to say to me?''worship me or go to hell''? ''follow my rules or go to hell''
''dont have sex, don't eat pork, hate everyone who is having sex and eating pork, abortion is bad, gay peopel are bad, worship me or go to hell,...'' etc...
Waoh! Chillax!
Prophets were gr8 ppl.They had never committed a single sin.Can u come up 2 that standard?
They were very very patient.They dedicated their lives 2 bring the ppl 2 the rite path n 2 convey the message of God.Most of the times,the situation wud get so severe that the ppl tried 2 (or mostly did) murder them.They had 2 endure so many hardships.Ppl teased them,taunted them,scorned them n laughed at them,but they never complained n always thanked God 4 watever was given 2 them.D u think ur strong enuf 2 endure all that?
It's a HUGE responsibility n I bet if any such responsibility wud'v bin given 2 any of us,v wud'v committed suicide.
Moral of story:U can't b a Prophet so stop hopin 2 b 1.
Depends on what you mean by perfect. I read somewhere that when Jesus commanded his disciples to be perfect, that another way to translate the word perfect is complete. I do think that people can eventually acheive that kind of perfection. Think of it like the pyramid of self actualization (I don't remember the name of the guy that came up with it) First we need to take care of our physical needs, then emotional, and so on, until we eventually become masters of our selves.