bio-rogue asked:


The germanic pagans believed in valhalla, for example, a place of endless feasting and glorious combat.

I believe there is one islamic sect that taught it’s followers that paradise was a desert island surrounded by luxury and a harem of virgins, not that this is my idea of paradise.

But what makes the christian version so much better?

CRIDER

mexicanboy18 asked:


I know that the first one is Christian and believe in God, but they sound so similar to Scientology. Singer James Hetfield’s mom died of a disease because as a Christian Scientist, she refused treatment saying that God would heal her. That’s also how John Travolta’s son died since they’re Scientologists, and they believed that their son was fine.

So are there any differences between these 2 “religions”?

VIVA LA RAZA!

GOFORTH

Francis Hirak asked:


tian way of life is the pillar and support of the truth and should be concerned about congregational purity. The entire life course of a faithful Christian is actually governed by faith, enabling them to overcome obstacles that would hinder their service to the true God. The Christian congregation serves as a “pillar and support of the truth,” preserving the purity of the truth, defending and upholding it. (1 Tim, 3:15)

The Christian way to upholding the truth is especially important when those entrusted with oversight in the congregation are able to handle the “word of the truth” aright. Proper use of God’s Word enables True Christians to combat false teaching in the congregation, instructing “those not favorably disposed; as perhaps God may give them repentance leading to an accurate knowledge of truth.”

The disciple James wrote: “who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show out of his fine conduct the works with a meekness that belongs to wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.”

The Christian way to seeking true understanding is through prayer to God: “Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed I shall observe it with my whole heart. The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live.” (Ps 119:34, 144) This is the right Christian motive. The apostle prayed for the Colossian Christians that they might be “filled with knowledge of God’s will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding in order to walk worthily of the Lord.” (Col 1:9-10)

For the Christian congregation to be “a pillar and support of the truth,” the Christian members thereof must, through fine conduct, manifest the truth in their lives. (Eph 5:9) They have to be consistent and undeviating in right conduct, as if “girded about with truth.” (Eph 6:14) Besides maintaining personal purity, Christians must be concerned about congregational purity. When emphasizing the need to keep the Christian congregation clean from the defilement of lawless persons, the apostle Paul wrote: “Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” (1 Cor. 5:7-8)

By God’s helping with our Christian way, one can come to an “understanding heart,” that is, to learn right motive and also be able to discern bad motives, one’s own or those of others (Prov 8:5), and by adhering to right motivation can avoid being distracted, misled or sidetracked into a devious and foolish course, and instead can be upright and head straight for one’s goal. (Prov 15:21)

What it means to follow the Christian way is this: Jesus extended the invitation to be His follower, saying: “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” (Matt 16:24) Those who are true Christian have full faith that Jesus is God’s specially Anointed One and only begotten Son, the Promised Seed who sacrificed His human life as a ransom, was resurrected and exalted to the right hand of God, and the one who received authority to subdue his enemies and vindicate God’s name.(Matt 20:28) Christians view the Bible as the inspired Word of God, absolute truth beneficial for teaching and disciplining mankind.(Matt 17:17) and (2 Tim 3:16)

More is required of true Christians than mere confession of faith through the Christian way. It is necessary that belief be demonstrated by works. (James 2: 17, 26) Born as sinners, those who follow the Christian way and repent, (turn around) dedicate their lives to God’s worship and service, and submit to water baptism.(Matt 28:19) From then on they keep themselves clean from fornication, and idolatry. (Acts 15:20, 29) They strip off old personalities with their fits of anger, obscene talk, lying, stealing, drunkenness, and “things like these,” and bring their lives into accord with Bible principles.(Gal 5:19-21)

Peter wrote to Christians, “Let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a busybody in other people’s matters,” (1 Pet 4:15) Our Christian way is to be kind and considerate, mild tempered and long-suffering, lovingly exercising self-control. (5:22-23) Christians provide and care for their own and love their neighbors as themselves. (1Tim 5:8) and (Matt 22:36-40) The main identifying quality by which true Christians are recognized is the outstanding love they have toward one another. “By this,” Jesus said, “all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves.” (John 13:34-35

Christianity is the way of the truth (2 pet 2:2) and those who assist others in furthering the interests of the Christian way become “fellow workers in the truth.” (3 John The entire body of Christian teachings, which latter became part of the written Word of God, is the “truth” or the “truth of the good news.” Adherence to or ‘walking’ in this truth is essential for an individual to gain salvation. (Rom 2:8 2, Cor 4:2, Eph 1:13) In the case of those who conduct themselves aright, the truth, the conformity of their Christian ways to God’s Word and the actual results of their course, testifies to the fact that they are examples worthy of imitation.(3 John 11-12)

True Christians imitate Jesus’ example as the Great Teacher and Faithful Witness of God. (John 18:37) “Go make disciples of people of all the nations, teaching them to do the same things I taught you to do,” is their Leader’s command, and in carrying it out Christians urge people everywhere to put their hope and confidence in God’s Kingdom. (Matt 28:19-20)

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Billy Baker asked:


ingle and a committed Christian? Are you facing difficulties meeting other singles with similar values as yours? Have you almost given up hope in finding your Mr or Ms perfect who has the same beliefs as you? Are you over having to beat off lustful dates who do not share your thoughts on abstaining from pre-marital ***? Do you find it immensely draining having to justify your morals and beliefs to all your dates?

Do you sometimes feel that all the other people who share your views are taken or not in your age bracket? Sometimes you can feel quite alone in a world of non Christians who have few morals and values similar to yourself? Perhaps it is time to think about Christian dating sites.

Christian dating sites have been created solely to cater for single people like you who have firm religious values and beliefs. Not only do these sites provide Christian online dating services, but they offer all sorts of practical advice and solutions to problems associated with Christian dating. If you feel you are being coerced into physical activities you are uncomfortable with, or are feeling tempted, you can receive advice and teachings to keep you on your chosen path.

Others who have felt lonely or simply misunderstood have benefited greatly from online Christian dating networks offering invaluable information and communication. Being able to chat with other single Christians experiencing exactly the same problems that you do can be hugely reassuring and great for keeping your strong beliefs in place.

There are numerous Christian dating services for you to choose from. It is probably a great idea to check out a few first before you join one. After looking at a few you may well discover that there is one site that has more members and better services where you live, or is better suited to your particular denomination.

Superior Christian dating websites will provide plenty of support and services for Christian dating. We both know that we feel better about online dating if there’s support for your own values and beliefs. Does the website allow you to ask questions anonymously that you may be too embarrassed to ask members of your own Church community or peers? It would be a sad error not to know that you can resolve most questions to any dating issues and talking to with people who have experience with your dating issues.

You don’t have to be young to be using the Christian dating networks, just sincere. Life circumstances may have you outside the usual single age group and this can make it even more difficult to find a husband or wife. However with Christian dating sites it will be easier for you to find someone in the appropriate age group for yourself.

Christian dating services are also beneficial for those who may have relocated to a new town and don’t know anyone. Or perhaps your particular place of worship is a little short on singles? It could be that where you liver there are just aren’t any available Christians who interest you? Specialized online Christian dating is available. You just need to know which ones to identify as being valuable and reliable.

Many people now work from home and this can also make it increasingly difficult to socialize and to meet potential spouses. Additionally,for those who do work with others, your fellow work mates may not share your views on dating and Christianity.

Many Christian dating networks are also great for meeting other like minded individuals who share your outlooks on life. You may just be wanting to increase your circle of friends and acquaintances who have similar beliefs as yourself. In today’s world it can be difficult to meet other people who stand by their religious values.

Christian dating sites allow you to meet more Christian singles than you are going to meet in day to day life yourself. Using these dating sites sensibly can allow you to meet your husband or wife in ages and regions that you prefer. Online Christian dating can be the perfect solution for many lonely singles who are isolated socially or regionally, or who perhaps are looking for a husband or wife later in life. Both the Internet and Christianity are universal, why not combine two powerful forces?



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Veracifier asked:

christian extremists disrupt Hindu senate invocation

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bornfreefoundation asked:

Christian’s story. Full ending and original soundtrack to the film “Christian, The Lion at World’s End”. Directed by Bill Travers,Commentary by Virgina McKenna, founders of the Born Free Foundation. In 1969 a young Australian, John Rendall and his friend Ace Bourke, bought a small lion cub from Harrods pet department, which was then legal. ‘Christian’ was kept in the basement of a furniture shop on the Kings Road in Chelsea, the heart of the swinging sixties. Loved by all, the affectionate …

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SwedenLover asked:

This is a story with love between man and animals ;_; so touching. Song: 009 Sound System – The Dark Empire

CARNAHAN

Francis Hirak asked:


It is a true fact that you can make money online with Christian affiliate programs as the source of starting your own Christian business. Through building an affiliate web site, blogs, or email marketing as a source of your business, it’s a great way to have a steady flow of income. Joining free Christian affiliate programs is the less expensive way to start, and at the same time, you can make a very good living, if done properly.

Christian Affiliate web sites post links to the merchant site and are paid a percentage according to an agreement. This agreement is usually based on the number of people the affiliate sends to the merchant’s site who purchases something from them. If a link on an affiliate site brings the merchant site traffic, the merchant site will then pay the affiliate site according to their agreement. Usually these Christian affiliate programs are free to join.

A good Christian affiliate program will provide you with the tools necessary to promote their product, such as text links, banners, graphics and articles. You will also find that many affiliate programs will provide sample email news letters set up and ready to use. Change it around a little, add some good content so you can be unique, then copy and paste them in your email news letter with the unique url they give you so you get the credit for it. If you’re not familiar with affiliate marketing, a unique url is a cookie used for tracking the customer you send to the merchant site so you get the credit for the commission.

When your signing up with Christian affiliate programs, check out what the cookie duration is. Cookie durations vary. Some companies have a short duration and others have a long duration. The duration of the cookie is how long the cookie will last after you send the customer to the merchant site. When that duration of the cookie is up, your cookie then expires. The longer the cookie lasts, the better it is for you. Customers usually don’t buy the first time, it generally takes several contacts before the customer makes a purchase.

Check out if the cookie can be overwritten. When a cookie is overwritten, the customer who first learned about the product from your affiliate link, but go’s to another site or blog and so forth, and go’s through their link, and buys that product, you will not get the credit for it, therefore you will not get the commission on the sale.

You’ll find that most merchants who are serious about selling their products will give you the tools and training you need to promote them. This gives you a good opportunity to get the concept of how online marketing works, when you see how the merchants use their promotional tools to their advantage and your advantage.

Your advantage of starting a Christian affiliate website as the source of your Christian business is that you don’t have to do any copy writing. You don’t have to do the hard work that is involved with making a sales copy. Your job is just to get the customer to the merchant site. It is up to the merchant to make the sale. This is why it is very important to pick a Christian affiliate program with a merchant who has a good sales page and a good reputation. Remember, it is your reputation that is on the line, so choose wisely and choose a merchant that is honest and has a good reputation that will match yours.

To be successful with Christian affiliate programs you must select a company that offers a product that your costumers will be interested in. For example if you run a video game site, do not place links to a site that sells oil paintings. They will seem out of place and do poorly. You have a much better chance of making money by placing affiliate links to game stop, EBGames, GameFly, on other video game companies that have affiliate programs. Choose your affiliates that meet your criteria.

Affiliate programs are arrangements in which an online merchant web site pays affiliate web sites a commission to send them traffic, usually in the form of a commission based on a percentage of sales.

There are different types of commissions that range anywhere from 5% to as high as 75% depending on the type of affiliate program payout. There are also affiliate programs that pay you in the form of residual income. A residual income program is a program that pays you on an ongoing basis as long as the customer stays with the program, where a product site pays you a one time commission for each product they sell through your referral.

When you choose an affiliate program, pay special attention to the profits you receive from each sale. In order to make money with affiliate programs, you should choose a higher percentage commission pay out rather than a lower commission pay out.

Let us look at it from this point of view; if you are only paid 5% commission on the sale of a $10 product, you will only be making 50 cents per customer. It would take 2,000 paying customers just to make $1,000 in profits. You cannot make money online like this! Look for reasonably priced products with a high conversion and higher commissions, especially commissions in the 25% or higher range.

If you want to make money online with Christian affiliate programs, the best strategy to use are a combination of both, residual income programs that pay on a ongoing basis and product sites that pays a one-time commission.

To be truly successful with Christian affiliate programs, ask yourself these questions. Is this something that I can really use? Would it help me? Would I buy this product myself? If the answer is yes, you’re off to a successful and profitable Christian business.



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aga919507 asked:

You can watch this www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com A lion can live from 12 to 15 years in the wild, Adamson believed that Christian ended his days in the Meru National Reserve only a few miles up river. You’ll find this video to be as heartwarming as it is inspiring, reminiscent of rare privileges of a past time and an even rarer moment between humans and animals. Emotional reunion The main part of the film shown on YouTube was shot the following day, when Bourke and Rendall …

COONEY

Peter Menkin asked:


Thought provoking book, matters of the heart for lay people, too

Take on this “On Christian Theology” if you choose to learn more of religious things, like matters of the heart and unities in God. The writer, Rowan Williams, says, “Theology needs to make connections, to search out and display unities…” This book by the Archbishop of Canterbury does that, even for this lay man who spent time pondering over ideas and directions in a manner that required study as well as reading.

There are large subjects addressed, like “The Judgement of the World,” where he addresses many like ideas: “The diffuse discontent that consumer pluralism can engender (although it largely contains and even utilizes it) yields itself readily to any program that dresses itself persuasively enough in moral rhetoric…” There’s a taste of the theologian’s writing.

You won’t find this on a popular reading list, but certainly the publisher Blackwell has found a steady seller with this compilation. The subtitle is “Challenges in contemporary Christianity,” and apt it is–of special interest to Christians in general and Episcopalians and Anglicans in particular. Afterall, the Archbishop is an Anglican. Here he remarks on the world and we as creatures in relation to God. Along the way he says what God is to us and creation. He calls this God’s freedom: “…God in creation means that God cannot make a reality that then needs to be actively governed, subdued, bent to the divine purpose away from its natural course. If God creates freely, God does not need the power of a sovereign: what is, is from God.” Sometimes the writing is clearer to me than others, which is my limitation. I understand, “what is, is from God.” Here’s an understandable statement, among many in an understandable book, from the chapter “On Being Creatures”: “Being creatures is learning humility, not as submission to an alien will, but as the acceptance of limit and death…” He says for that we need moral imagination. One gets the idea of the scope of his concerns and thinking, which are matters of the heart and living.

In the chapter, “Word and Spirit” (again larger subjects, but fascinating and engaging ones to the Christian reader, and others I think), the author says what is extraordinary, or ordinary about the Christian human being. For afterall, this man can speak of being a Christian and of the Christian human being: “We can recognize perhaps more clearly the dispressure of the figure of the crucified Messiah: we can accept more readily the breaking of certain kinds of sacral barrier, so that ‘Spirit’ ceases to be confined to the extraordinary but becomes a qualification of Christian human being.”

Some other chapters: “Triniity and Ontology,” “Between the Cherubim,” (”It will effectively be claiming tht what is vital to Christian discourse about the resurrection can be stated exclusively in terms of what happens to the minds and hearts of believers when proclamation is made that the victim of the crucifixion is the one through whom God continues to act and speak.”), “Nature and Sacrament,” “Sacraments of the New Society” (”…we are either bound together by being ’seen’ by God as distant, as strangers, or bound together in a common assurance that we are received, affirmed, adopted.”

Today, in this season of Epiphany, in the winter of California where I live, I wanted to write a poem for this review (a kind of review in itself). Here it is:

Epiphany Brings News

by Peter Menkin

The Winter is young,

Trees bare against a grey sky.

Rain here.

Epiphany brings news

To me of the resurrection’s

Gifts.

Through this gift,

New creation,

In the cross-resurrection.

This Rowan Williams

Tells us these things;

Wait on the Christ-open heart.

This theologian I am reading

Says,

Shed enmity towards failures,

Enmity between people,

Shed this.

Then comes friendship with God.

Not matters of the mind,

Of the head,

But of the heart.

I think of Easter,

“the living of the believing life.”

Our trust is in Easter.

Many people have said that Rowan Williams writes of the crisis in our world, even the back cover notes proclaim such: “Overall, Williams presents a theological perspective acutely aware of the cultural and political crises of our time…” I would be remiss to leave that statement out of this review. For me, though, I found this a book of spirit and interesting writing opening windows and doors during this winter season into a light on the Trinity and man’s relation to God in Christ. This isn’t a book for a quick read, and I enjoyed the studying of text, even where I knew I was becoming only familiar with terms and people. As I’ve begun to become familiar with Rowan William’s writings, I think I chose a good book as part of that familiarization process.

Peter Menkin — Epiphany



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