#religious question

[tuiccimsrandomonium]

Question: the Bible says that two become one when married. So... are Jesus and the holy spirit actually God's spouses and that's how the three became one? God is in a poly relationship with a man and a non-binary entity? Jesus wasn't the son of God but the Spouse of God? That's why Jesus never married, he didn't want to cheat on his spouses. Was this how the trinity was created?

(I'm just messing around but it makes sense. Lol)

[daman-daman-daman]

Question(s) for all of the protestant theologians out there:

If the devil/Satan/Lucifer/etc Fell because he aspired to be like God, then why are humans told to do the same thing? What makes us different/"Better" than literal Angels?

[thesaffronwitch]

In religions that are outside of Christianity….. are there other stories or tales or legends of deities performing… what the Christian religious would call - miracles?

Right now, I’m not even sure what words to use in a Google search to get started…

[redtaylors-version]

Okay, so, it's almost one in the morning and I had this thought as I was trying to fall asleep. Now, I'm typing this out, so clearly that's not working very well for me. I grew up religious, never really bought into it very much & in then realized around ten/twelve that I was very much Not straight. After a brief "Pray it Away" spell of desperation, I'm not very religious nor do I remember much about the bible. But I have this question:

Why is dressing "immodestly" considered a sin in the Bible? In the beginning, Adam & Eve apparently just flounce around the Garden completely naked & unashamed. It's only after they've eaten fruit from the tree that they feel shame for being naked. And when God comes to visit them next in the garden, he knows already what they've done even before he sees them having made clothes (sorta) out of like, leaves or something? I can't remember if he makes them confess their "sin" or not, but I remember that. After they've eaten fruit of the tree of life or whatever (I don't remember) they are unworthy or something and forced to leave the garden. So why is dressing immodestly considered shameful and sinful if Adam and Eve were doing in the Garden, and still seen as pure?

Sorry if it's hard to understand what I'm getting at, I'm too tired to think of a better way to put it all. Maybe I'll edit it in the morning. Or, more likely, if I do at all, afternoon. I'll be asleep all morning probably.

[alimcg1492]

Question for Jewish People

So I have a character who was/is Jewish, yeah? She’s in a world where most of her life here on Earth is forgotten, but she has some memories still shine through, making her quite special. Obviously she doesn’t remember everything about it, maybe not even what it’s called, but she has snippets.

What I’d like to know, is if you could only express one bit of your faith, which would be the most important? Hard question, I imagine, but I want to be able to get the idea across without directly stating it (though my main character might bring it up, as a person that has full memories of Earth). She remembers things like the Star of David (she still has her pendant), and she stays away from any meat that resembles pork and non-kosher to the best of her abilities since the animals aren’t the same, though she can’t place why she does it. I want it to be meaningful, like something that was so important to her and her family that it survived.

As someone who doesn’t practice any religion, this is a kind of idea I can’t really reach the depths of on my own. Thank you in advance for any help! I do intend to do more research, of course, but personal stuff is hard to research ;)

[cheshirecat178]

So I have a question (This is really long, sorry)

If a person has a life threatening growth, you’d have it removed. No one would argue against the surgery if it would save the patient’s life and the only way to do so was to remove the growth. Now replace “patient” with “young mother” and “growth” with “baby”. Suddenly we’re talking about abortion. We’ve humanized the growth and brought religious rules down upon us. It amazes me that in today’s world, a teacher for once didn’t have an answer to a relevant question asked in his class. The question posed was; “if the baby is the reason the mother is going to die, as in, the mother was particularly weak or something, and the strain of growing a life inside her was going to kill her, would the catholic church allow her to abort the baby without excommunicating her?”. And to my amazement my teacher stared at me like a deer in headlights, before putting on a thoughtful expression and telling me I should ask the bishop in our town.

Now I’m not religious, I was just asking a question, trying to get a better understanding of a rule I was just taught. And I still don’t have an answer. So I’ve decided to ask the people on here.

If the rule for catholic churches is “no abortions with no exceptions, however there is the Doctrine of double effect”, which is to say “There are times when an abortion may occur. E.g. when a woman is sick and requires an operation, but in the process of operating on her the baby is lost.”

Then my question is this; If the baby is the cause of the problem, if the baby is the only cause of the problem, and there is no other way to save the mother without aborting the baby, would the catholic church allow for the baby to be aborted without excommunicating the mother? (This is all under the assumption the mother is a devout catholic etc)

[islam-is-love-blog]

I’m really stressed right now about paying for college classes that seem pricey, and feeling very bad emotionally. Is there a way to pray to Allah for guidance, help and support?

[in-your-light-we-see-light]

hello! i was recently “baptized” but i am unsure if this baptism counts. it was done by a baptized christian (non-catholic) and in the ocean. now im not entirely sure that this counts on a technical term as no prayer was given out loud and there was no anointment of the water or what not. would you count this as an actual baptism?