How to ask Rabbi , Priest, Imam & others ?

[Muslim Woman]

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How to ask Rabbi , Priest, Imam & others ?

----If u have online address or e-mail of Rabbi , Priest , Imams , then post it here , pl.So that , we can ask them & have scholarly answers :statisfie

here is one link but the problem is they are always busy & it's hard to submit question.


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[azim]

Asalaamu alaykum.

Is it perhaps wise to post such email addresses? They can be abused or mishandled. Perhaps getting the consent of the people first would be better.

I'm just worrying about individuals breaking the trust of respect and politeness.

 

[Muslim Woman]

Asalaamu alaykum.

Is it perhaps wise to post such email addresses? They can be abused or mishandled. Perhaps getting the consent of the people first would be better.

I'm just worrying about individuals breaking the trust of respect and politeness.

Walaykum as Salaam;

don't worry ; it's easy to block sender

 

[Grace Seeker]

I'm a protestant pastor. If anyone has a question that you feel you can't post on the open forum, feel free to send me a PM.

 

[Malaikah]

^are you really? :uuh: You forgot to mention that before!

So what is a pastor exactly?

 

[Grace Seeker]

^are you really? :uuh: You forgot to mention that before!

I've mentioned it. But I don't make a big deal about it, so you might not have noticed when I did.

So what is a pastor exactly?

Very similar to an Imam.

I am the chief administrator of a my church, with primary responsibilities to lead worship, preach, celebrate the sacraments, and give guidance to others in the church. I call on the sick, visit in hospitals and the shut-in, lead Bible studies, provide direction at planning meetings, develop ministries to help others grow in their own faith, share it with those interested, offer the services of the church to the poor and hurting in our community where we are able to make a difference, and otherwise ensure the smooth functioning of the congregation to accomplish the church's mission and ministry in our community and connect with others who are seeking to do so around the world.

Depending on the denomination or size of congregation, a pastor is usually an ordained clergy person, set apart for that as a specialized ministry within the church. Some however are lay persons. Most are paid employess of their church. A few are volunteers.

In my particular situation, we have a large enough congregation to have a few staff that assist me with some of this workload. In other communities i have lived in in past, I have been the staff person assisting the Senior pastor, or at churches so small that two or three of them came together to cooperatively be served by one pastor.

And all of that doesn't describe it exactly, as it varies from church to church, and even from pastor to pastor, depending on the church's needs and the pastor's personality and unique gifts for ministry. Some pastors even in serve in other locations that are not churches, such as a chaplain in the military, at a college or hospital settings.

 

[Malaikah]

Impressive! You know, you must be the only person on this whole forum who is actually an authority on any religion.

No wonder other Christians here are so impressed by you.

So know I know where to go when I have a question about Christianity, but that doesn't mean I still wouldn't rather call you imam Grace Seeker on day. (No offense intended)

 

[Grace Seeker]

So know I know where to go when I have a question about Christianity, but that doesn't mean I still wouldn't rather call you imam Grace Seeker on day. (No offense intended)

I appreciate the sentiment in which I believe you intended it.


Most of my fellow Christians do as good of a job of answering as I do, often better. I'm just a little more wordy -- I'm not sure that is actually a good thing.

 

[Jayda]

hola,

i think this is a good idea... because i do not always know answers to your questions so i rely on a network of people to help... my family is very close to his Eminence Edward Michael Cardinal Egan and sometimes i ask him questions from some of your questions here... i also call a local monastary sometimes...

but i do not think they have time to actually take emails or join this internet webforum... they only person i can think of that might, and truthfully i do not know if he answers questions, would be his Eminence Seán Patrick Cardinal O'Malley has a blog on the internet and is very approachable...

that seems like something that he might do...

the senior members of the Catholic Church are completely dedicated toward Catholic knowedge since they guide the Church... sometimes they have backgrounds in other faiths or communicating with other faiths but as a general rule that is not the purpose they serve... maybe there is a priest that could serve such a function...

Dios te bendiga

 

[Jayda]

I'm a protestant pastor. If anyone has a question that you feel you can't post on the open forum, feel free to send me a PM.

hola Grace Seeker,

are you what is called an "evangelical" protestant? i do not know anything about this.. and i was curious... but i must go right now, my daughters have awoken

Dios te bendiga

 

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[Grace Seeker]

hola Grace Seeker,

are you what is called an "evangelical" protestant? i do not know anything about this.. and i was curious... but i must go right now, my daughters have awoken

Dios te bendiga

Jayda,

I am "evangelical". But that word is used by so many people in so many different ways, that it has almost lost its meaning for communicating anything. My denomination is United Methodist. When I say that I am evangelical, what I mean is that I believe that communicating the "Good News" about Jesus Christ is the primary task of the Church universal, and thus as a Christian it is what I am called to along with everyone else in Christendom.

Some people mean other things by it. There are those that think of evangelical Christianity in a political sense, i.e. it was evangelical Christians that so strongly supported Bush to be President. (I probably fit that category too, but I would not think of myself as a Republican, and don't think I would vote for Bush again, even if it was possible.)

Others mean almost fundatmentalism by the term -- that there is a litmus test one must pass to be a Christian. And why I do think that there are certain givens within Christianity, I hate the concept of a litmus test -- probably mostly because I don't like the way I see other who categorize themselves in this way use it.

So, I don't think I did much for answering your larger question, but if you have specific details you would like addressed, I would be willing to try.

Benediciones para ti tbm.

 

[Muslim Woman]

Salaam/peace ;

Jayda,

I am "evangelical".......

what's the main difference between Catholics , Protestants & other groups ?

I read somewhere that majority Christians are Catholics but non-Catholics are sending them to hell. Even ordinary Christians hear this from their Churches .................... how come ????

Priests can not marry but Pastors can , why ? Who decided all these ?

I heard the scandal about Catholic Churches ..... I have not heard anything much about other Churches...... do u think , as Catholics missionaries can not get married , that could be the reason behind those immoral
acts ?

Gay Bishops are allowed in all Churches ? Gay marriage, Gay parade .....what's the stand of ur Church about these issues ?

Sorry , i asked many questions. Take ur time :smile:

 

[Jayda]

Salaam/peace ;




what's the main difference between Catholics , Protestants & other groups ?

I read somewhere that majority Christians are Catholics but non-Catholics are sending them to hell. Even ordinary Christians hear this from their Churches .................... how come ????

Priests can not marry but Pastors can , why ? Who decided all these ?

I heard the scandal about Catholic Churches ..... I have not heard anything much about other Churches...... do u think , as Catholics missionaries can not get married , that could be the reason behind those immoral
acts ?

Gay Bishops are allowed in all Churches ? Gay marriage, Gay parade .....what's the stand of ur Church about these issues ?

Sorry , i asked many questions. Take ur time :smile:

hola Muslim Woman,

there are profound differences between Catholics and Protestants... i do not even know all of them but i know they are so big they cannot recieve sacraments from Catholic Churches...

but just in talking to them i think the biggest difference is that the apostolic Churchs (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox) which were founded by Jesus and his disciples, still believe in sacred tradition... Protestants do not...

this i think is very dangerous because there seems to be a no rules attitude about them... there doesnt seem to be anything about excommunication... meaning that a person is no longer Christian because of some extremely heretical idea or practice, and there does not seem to even be an idea of what is orthodox and what is heretical... it is very hard for me to exactly define what Protestantism is... i do not understand.

to understand the history of this maybe i could put this in islamic terms... it is like how you have an umma that was founded by mohammed and his friends and ruled by the ulema... and one day there start to be major differences in the ulema so certain factions say they disagree with each other and parted ways... but they are still part of the one umma...

this is how the roman catholic church and the other apostolic churchs parted ways... they are still the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church... some followed the other patriarchs (who are like our ulema, they have the highest authority granted by God on all christian matters) and others followed the roman patriarch...

but still we are all one big Catholic and Apostolic Church (soon ojala there will be no more rift)...

okay... some people followed certain ulema and others followed other ulema,then one day imagine that after this rift a group of normal people who are not ulema and have no authority from God and no education... they are just normal everyday muslims, decide to completely leave the entire umma... these are the Protestants...

the Protestants completely separated themselves from the Catholic and Apostolic Church... they have no patriarchs, and no apostolic successor bishops to guide them... they are just normal people who are leading themselves... so they stopped listening to the Patriarchs and follow their own guidance... which is why they believe so many different things...

it is extremely confusing for me... in the Roman Catholic Church and any apostolic Church we can say "this is heresy" "this is orthodoxy" if you believe heresy you must renounce it or be excommunicated, if you believe orthodoxy you are still on the straight path... but since protestants do not believe in excommunication and i think not heresy either i do not know how they could ever effectively combat it... which is why they believe so many heretical things...

like some actually do allow gay ministers, and marriages, and they do not believe the host is the body of Christ, and many many many other very strange things... because there is nobody to say that something is wrong... and if they do the ones who dont believe that will found a new denomination...

okay so as for the Church abuse scandal... i think celibacy is not the problem... because the things i heard were that they were men abusing boys... and if it were just a matter of sexual repression than they would have hurt girls...

i think the problem is that there were not enough review programs to make sure seminarians were mentally healthy people... child predators are difficult to pick out sometimes because they can be charming, or seem normal, which we did not understand in the 20th century... so i think it is important that happens...

abusing children is obviously a sin...

there are no gay bishops, priests or other things like this in the Catholic Church, chastity and sexual purity are requirements for vocation... and the Church condemns homosexual behavior.

Dios te bendiga

 

[kkawohl1]

Most of my fellow Christians do as good of a job of answering as I do, often better. I'm just a little more wordy -- I'm not sure that is actually a good thing.

Question: Many Christians claim to be born-again and thereby claim to have priority to heaven...why?...isn't this promoting prejudice?

Man is flesh with a spirit. Man can not claim to be “born again” because man is not spirit. God is spirit. Man’s spirit always has flaws attached to it so in order to “enter into the kingdom of God” it is cleansed by God; THE SPIRIT IS BORN AGAIN in order to be a part of a perfect unity. Upon the bonding with the spirit host, the spirit continues eternally. Those born-again spirits are the souls of ALL, ALL, All who have lived righteously, not just the Christians or the ones who "claim" to be born again. Luke 23:46 And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, "Father, 'into Your hands I commit My spirit.' "Having said this, He breathed His last. This is when the spirit of Jesus was "BORN AGAIN" and united with God.

Kurt

 

[kkawohl1]

Salaam/peace ;

Priests can not marry but Pastors can , why ? Who decided all these ?

Man sets the rules, not God. God is self-sufficient and needs nothing from mankind. God's only desire is for mankind to live righteously; this will insure the survival of his soul...not rituals, they are man-made.

Many religions have become the culmination of their own agenda and politics and often promote something other than true spirituality.

Kurt

 

[glo]

Question: Many Christians claim to be born-again and thereby claim to have priority to heaven...why?...isn't this promoting prejudice?

Man is flesh with a spirit. Man can not claim to be “born again” because man is not spirit. God is spirit. Man’s spirit always has flaws attached to it so in order to “enter into the kingdom of God” it is cleansed by God; THE SPIRIT IS BORN AGAIN in order to be a part of a perfect unity. Upon the bonding with the spirit host, the spirit continues eternally. Those born-again spirits are the souls of ALL, ALL, All who have lived righteously, not just the Christians or the ones who "claim" to be born again. Luke 23:46 And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, "Father, 'into Your hands I commit My spirit.' "Having said this, He breathed His last. This is when the spirit of Jesus was "BORN AGAIN" and united with God.

Kurt

Welcome to LI, Kurt.

I realise that you may be addressing that question specifically to Grace Seeker, so I hope it's alright for me to butt in ....
I found this article in wikipedia, which you may find useful:

To be born again in Christianity is synonymous with spiritual birth and, in some denominational traditions, salvation. The term is used somewhat differently in various Christian traditions.

The Christian use of the term is derived from the third chapter of the Gospel of John, where Nicodemus visits Jesus:

Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God."
Jesus answered him, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born again." Nicodemus said to him, "How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit."
-John 3:1-5 (New Revised Standard Version)

(Note that some translators consider "born from above" to be a better translation than "born again".)
Consequently, most Christian denominations hold that a person must be born again in some sense in order to be a Christian, and thus that all who are true Christians are in fact born again, whether they describe themselves as such or not.
[...]
The idea of being born again carries with it the theological idea that a Christian is a new creation, given a fresh start by the action of God, freed from a sinful past life and able to begin a new life in relationship with Christ via the Holy Spirit.

This certainly describes my personal perception of 'being born again'
Here is the full article.

Hope this helps.

peace

 

[kkawohl1]

Welcome to LI, Kurt.

The idea of being born again carries with it the theological idea that a Christian is a new creation, given a fresh start by the action of God, freed from a sinful past life and able to begin a new life in relationship with Christ via the Holy Spirit.

Hope this helps.

peace

If Christians follow the examples set by Jesus without promoting exclusivity and prejudice they will achieve their goal of having their soul united with God. My spiritual revelation showed that Jesus was a Messenger Of God and that he has been appropriately called the "Son of God" and "Prince of Peace". (see my website) We are often reminded of the teachings of peace and love from Jesus whose words have survived two millennia. His disciples and followers kept him alive in the memories of all who heard and believed his words. Those who believe that Jesus was a prophet and Messenger of God, rather than the only Son of God will share Heaven equally with all who have lived righteously. We are all children of God and as children of God, we are also sons and daughters of God; God shows no favoritism, He loves all of his children equally.

 

[Muslim Woman]

Salaam/peace ;

Man sets the rules, not God. God is self-sufficient and needs nothing from mankind.

----In Islam , we believe that God Almighty sets the rules & God created us ; so that we worship Him alone.


kay:

 

[Muslim Woman]

Salaam/peace ;


thanks for ur reply.

they have the highest authority granted by God on all christian matters)

--pl.explain more . How do u know that God granted them the highest authority ?

they are just normal people who are leading themselves... so they stopped listening to the Patriarchs and follow their own guidance...

---but they have their Bible for the guidance , don't they ?