Society & Culture - 1 August 2006

The Bible is very clear on this, God says:"I will bless those that bless Israel, and I will curse those who curse Israel"- Genesis 12:3

2006-08-01 20:30:30 · 7 answers · asked by michinoku2001 7 in Religion & Spirituality

thought about it myself and had fun imagining

2006-08-01 20:29:59 · 11 answers · asked by vie 1 in Mythology & Folklore

I had such a commotion last night! I bought a pram yesterday and it was sat in my car for hours because all the women I know were telling me not to take it into my house because it bad luck (which I had never heard of) and my partner was like "oh I dont believe in bad luck, just bring it in". I ended up taking it to my mums. But my question is has anyone else heard of this, is it just an old superstision?

2006-08-01 20:27:34 · 36 answers · asked by byedabye 5 in Mythology & Folklore

in america appx 90% of population is christian as were most of their parents grandparent and so on.
But appx 1 billion people are atheists in the world with about 750 mil living in China(1.2bil) and Russia(150mil), where communist governments attempted to eradicate religious beliefs by telling people from birth that there was no god
this means that more than half of the religion in these nations was wiped out in less than a century b/c thats what people were taught to believe
also consider nations like afganistan where religion is widespread but a very small number are christian.
according to the bible all these people are going to hell and according to the argument i am debating they are w/o excuse
the point i am making is that most people take their religios beliefs from what they r told, whether it is in america at vacation bible school or in russia by a government employed teachers is irrelevant
do you really think that so many westerners r smart and so many others r so dumb?

2006-08-01 20:25:53 · 10 answers · asked by kitty is ANGRY!™ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-01 20:25:24 · 7 answers · asked by beautifulgorguzme2006 1 in Other - Society & Culture

With the way things are going it is us and Israel VS. the world. Is George Bush the antichrist and is the United States the Next Babylon as predicted in the book of Revelation? In gematria Bush's name = 666. Gematria is the Hebrew numerical system that transfers words into numbers. And in Revelation 13:18 it states...... Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: his number is 666. Get more info on the numbering system and Bush at www.bushisantichrist.com This site is a very good read even if you don't take it seriously. The man makes some good points with good evidence. Do you think it's true?

2006-08-01 20:24:54 · 16 answers · asked by Kasey R 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Jesus, Krishna, Sakia, Iva, Indra, Mithra, Tammuz, Criti, Attis, Baili, Thules, Orontes, Witoba, Odin, Hesus, Quetzalcoatl.

note that they are all real and are not made up names

2006-08-01 20:24:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Or is this Jack Chick *** lying?

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0058/0058_01.asp

2006-08-01 20:23:57 · 20 answers · asked by thehutch86 2 in Religion & Spirituality

which and why

2006-08-01 20:23:47 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm 13 year old girl. Everybody I know thinks I have anorexia, probably it's true. I see myself as an ugly person which is fat and which doesn't cost a thing. My parents are soooooooo worried. They keep taking me to doctors, they want me to become "normal".I have depressions all the time. I was thinking once that maybe I should kill myself, but I didn't, and I don't know why I didn't make that decision. My life is horrible, I mean my "in my head" life. Everything outside me is perfect. People tell me I'm pretty and skinny, but I don't believe them, I just thing they are lieing to me! It makes me even more miserable, I'm crying all the time, I can't do this anymore. I have dreams that will never come true. I want to be a model, but I know I'm too ugly for it. And I will always be , then waht's the reason to live?! I don't have one. I don't know what to do. And the worst thing why I thing that about myself is because I've never had a boyfriend. Guys think I'm too ugly and too fat!

2006-08-01 20:22:56 · 13 answers · asked by sexy bitch 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-01 20:21:31 · 14 answers · asked by Jay S 1 in Religion & Spirituality

you raise your glass in a toast, you clink the glasses together, and then they place the glass back on the table without drinking from it first?

2006-08-01 20:21:01 · 21 answers · asked by milhouse 2 in Etiquette

sucking on nipples?

2006-08-01 20:20:56 · 12 answers · asked by RayvenShayne 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2006-08-01 20:20:54 · 14 answers · asked by goldencurls_99 1 in Religion & Spirituality

This is a serious question and it is not intended to bash Christians or their beliefs. Just a question I've always wondered. Many Christians I speak with tell me God is omnipotent; all powerful and all knowing. So this would mean God would know I would go to Hell before he even created the Earth because I don't believe in him, right? So why did he put me here if he knew beforehand what I would think of Him? I would certainly hope God didn't put me here just so I would go to Hell. So in case I wasn't clear, answer this question for me please: Why did God place us Atheists here if he always knew we would not believe in Him, and therefore go to Hell? Why create something that is destined to Hell?
Please, don't give me any crap on "Freewill to decide if we want Heaven or Hell". I'll post a question on what this God given freewill really is to question those peoples answer if I see one. Thanks to any serious and informative questions.

2006-08-01 20:19:31 · 32 answers · asked by whosyodaddy3030 2 in Religion & Spirituality

If I am wrong from what I have heard, do tell me the significance of Pope. Thanks

2006-08-01 20:18:47 · 26 answers · asked by NchantingPrincess 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-01 20:17:32 · 24 answers · asked by ? 2 in Other - Society & Culture

I know that astrology is followed by many people worldwide...what's amazing is that even people who do not believe in God do read stars...

Anyway I would like to understand from the spiritual point of view how astrology works.

And Astrologers are welcome also to explain how they seem to be able pin the lives of many who fall into their star e.g. Gemini so closely accurate...

Before I was born-again, I used to read them a lot and they seemed to say accurately what I was really going through...but after I gave my life to Jesus Christ, as a baby Christian, I went to read them to see if there would be any similarity to what the star I belonged to said at the time...and guess what...THERE WERE NO SIMILARITIES...ever since then my life never overlapped with that in the star I belonged to! (I use the verb "belonged" because I now belong to Jesus Christ)

...so I would like Astrologers and Christians to explain their views on Astrology.

Do it in love please!

2006-08-01 20:17:30 · 7 answers · asked by Hope Dollar 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Is this Jack Chick *** lying again?

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0042/0042_01.asp

2006-08-01 20:16:16 · 20 answers · asked by thehutch86 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-01 20:14:37 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I was driving on the freeway today.
My car has a little rainbow sticker on it near the rear plate.
A car comes up beside me and beeps the horn.
I look and the man and woman both give me the finger.
As they continued on, I see a religious bumper sticker and one of those fish things on the back of the car.

Do they not realise that behavior like that, is why so many people hate THEM?

2006-08-01 20:14:16 · 28 answers · asked by Chris C 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-01 20:13:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

if straight marriage has no affect on anyone except that person getting married what is wrong with gay marriage, it will not affect anyone but the gays who want to get married.
And please, i know what the bible says and does not say this is a legal matter not a religious one. thanks, and please no religion bashing, gets one no where.

2006-08-01 20:12:10 · 10 answers · asked by cbb 2 in Religion & Spirituality

A trick question designed
to open your little minds
I hope that you will see
That thinking too fast or not at all
Creates stupidity!!!!!!!!!

2006-08-01 20:11:10 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-01 20:10:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

does he really exist

2006-08-01 20:10:17 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-01 20:09:23 · 9 answers · asked by johnny_topanga 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I have met this expression in the article about children, family and eduation, and I just feel that there is another hiden meaning, not only the proper names, may be some kind of general definition of somebody. English is a foreign language for me, so I may be mistaken.

2006-08-01 20:08:35 · 1 answers · asked by er_trans138 1 in Languages

2006-08-01 20:07:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

I'm very disappointed and disillusioned right now, with religions. Religion claims to be about finding peace and uniting individual with society and humankind in general, YET all I see is it being used to create division among people, for example "Christians are liek wayy better than Muslims!!111!!" and garbage like this. If religion is supposed to be about love and helping other people, why is it only used for the opposite, nationalism and racism and hate in general? Let's say everyone converts to Christianity (nominally) - will some American Christians stop hating Arabs so much? No, because that is human nature, to want to hate and have conflict, religion here is just used as an excuse. If Arabs stopped beheadings, replicated our culture and our treatment of women...there would still be some conflict, maybe racial? National? always something, religion is just an EXCUSE for hate, I find myself disgusted with it, anyone else? By the way, I'm not atheist or anything..just an idea.

2006-08-01 20:06:58 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality