Society & Culture - 18 August 2006

When discussing Israel and it's rights some people, who I would describe as Christian fundamentalists, say things like
"The Israelis are Gods chosen people and we have to stand by them" also allot of references to the Old Testament.

I thought that Jesus came to tell us that the Old Testament was not relevant anymore, ie God was not vengeful but forgiving. He also seemed to have no prejudices over exactly who were Gods Children (ie all of use).
Are the fundamentalists therefore not Christians at all or is my interpretation of Christianity wrong?

2006-08-18 21:05:11 · 18 answers · asked by Richard H 2 in Religion & Spirituality

The noun cult has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices


Meaning #2: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal


Meaning #3: a system of religious beliefs and rituals

(Source: American Heritage Dictionary)


I believe so!

2006-08-18 21:02:59 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-18 21:02:47 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-18 21:02:45 · 7 answers · asked by southsidepalmreader 2 in Religion & Spirituality

plain and simple.

2006-08-18 21:01:03 · 13 answers · asked by seanski_2110 2 in Etiquette

2006-08-18 21:00:57 · 38 answers · asked by IDNTGIVASHT 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I have....It's very.....frusterating....and weird, confusing and annoying......

2006-08-18 21:00:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-18 20:59:59 · 11 answers · asked by Dawn C 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I mean they act all high and mighty about it, telling everyone else that if they dont accept their messiah, they are going to hell? How arrogant can you get?

2006-08-18 20:59:53 · 6 answers · asked by Nestor Desmond 6 in Religion & Spirituality

me and my friends were hangin out around 12:15 at midnight.....
we was just hangin out their was a large crowd of people drinkin one of my friends were drunk really drunk needed to go home. so she went home we spent time with her until she went to sleep.
then we left again but later these couple of guys would not leave us alone. and the wind picked up suddenly and a trash can flew and hittheguys then we ran off, we lost them, I was wondering was that God

2006-08-18 20:58:56 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am an Avon Lady.

I went to deliver to a customer last night. She wanted to return a Lip Balm because she realised it contains alcohol, and as a muslim she does not allow any alcohol to touch her lips.
Realising that in her order were lipsticks (which she has used in the past) we read the list of ingredients, and discovered that they also contain alcohol. (Oops!)

Does anyone know what the "rules" are regarding muslims using such products????

2006-08-18 20:58:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Just asking - peace be upom u all no matter what ur religion is.

and by the way, I m a muslim, just saying.

2006-08-18 20:56:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i would never marry one..my friend and i had a so deep chat about this subject..i would love to hear from women who are married to middle eastern muslim men and anyone who has an opinion on this...

2006-08-18 20:55:22 · 17 answers · asked by AMERICAN_YANKEE35 5 in Religion & Spirituality

explain the creation, having for Human history 6000-7000 years, and how do you explain this below?

The Map of "The Creator"
A find by Bashkir scientists contradicts traditional notions of human history: stone stabs which are 120 million years old covered with the relief map of Ural Region.
http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/04/30/28149.html


The christian parrots are cindly requested to use their own words. I can't accept lines from bible because I DON'T CONSIDER IT AS CREDIBLE SOURCE.

2006-08-18 20:53:32 · 25 answers · asked by UncleGeorge 4 in Religion & Spirituality

ha ha true huh???

2006-08-18 20:51:59 · 21 answers · asked by LIZARD 3 in Other - Society & Culture

Hes close, but hes just so stubborn.

2006-08-18 20:51:41 · 17 answers · asked by chained6002 1 in Religion & Spirituality

That if there is a fairy tree on you property and you cut it down, or interfere with it in any way, something bad will happen to you! old irish myth anyone believe that.

2006-08-18 20:51:03 · 20 answers · asked by Little miss naughty 5 in Mythology & Folklore

2006-08-18 20:47:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What shall I do? What are your thoughts on this?

2006-08-18 20:47:11 · 5 answers · asked by MissChatea 4 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-18 20:46:24 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

does anyone find this greeting offensive in any way

2006-08-18 20:43:25 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

They are making devices of evil conjuration. they summon evil spirits and spread evil upon innocent children!

So why do you Christ Cultists let this continue while spending most of your energy attacking what grown people do in their bedrooms and making sure people dont use their naughty parts until they are married?

2006-08-18 20:43:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

do me a favor, stop with all this bull about if you turn to vampiri then your soul is damned by god!! its a load of bull, everybody knows there is no real anything in catholic or christian beliefs anyway!! with that statement out of the way, here is my qestion: how come all yu son o bitches are soo afraid to just come out in the open?!!!? i mean really!! we live in a new age now, no witch killings and demon burnings now adays, if the wiccan religion aka "first" religion can come out of hiding and prosper, why cant you? oh sure a little sanguine situation but so what! they will deal with it! if satanists can kill chickens and goats, how come you cant "borrow" a little blood. ive spent most of my life following you guys and to tell the truth, most of you are SCARED to come out cause they will think your a poser or a phsyco, heres a hint on humanity: PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF WHAT THEY DONT KNOW!!! so come out and TEACH THEM A LESSON!!!! please?? come out and see wat ur missin -akasha clan

2006-08-18 20:42:23 · 20 answers · asked by WolfBound 1 in Religion & Spirituality

what did u think of the movie "The DaVinci code"

i personally didn't get to see it because my mom didn't ask me if i wanted to go when she was going!
Heck!, i don't even know what the movie is about! Can u tell me?

2006-08-18 20:41:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

WHY DO PEOPLE ASK IF THEY'RE UGLY

2006-08-18 20:40:37 · 19 answers · asked by MR T 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Why in this situation did he or she not help me? I was in a very dark emotional place awhile ago. I was on the verge of suicide and crying and praying and begging to god to let me die, or take my pain away. I begged and begged and he did nothing How can you say there is a god, am I such a bad person that he makes me suffer,Why? What could I have done that was so bad that I deserved to be punished like this? All I want is some peace in my life.

2006-08-18 20:40:28 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I think they are scum!!

2006-08-18 20:39:30 · 8 answers · asked by grey smily 3 in Other - Society & Culture

If there is no God and all religion is made up by man, why do people try so hard to prove it wrong? One would think people would need to prove it RIGHT, wouldn't they? Better Question: Why is it that when people talk about and/or attack "religion", they automatically bring up Christians/Christianity, God, the Bible, Muslims and Islam (in that order). These people will accuse the perviously mentioned of being intolerant and bigoted because they "force their beliefs on other people". (The last time I checked, I was an adult and no one can FORCE me to believe anything I don't want to believe, but that's beside the point.) For me to say it's wrong for you to "force your beliefs on me because you're intolerant and a bigot" is an intolerant and bigoted statement in itself! (I'm just sayin...)

Bottomline: If you KNOW something doesn't exist, why try so hard to prove it? Shouldn't the burden of proof be on those who say the "thing" DOES exist?

2006-08-18 20:38:24 · 13 answers · asked by kevbox2006 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Exodus 20;
2. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3. Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. 4. Thou shalt not make to thyself graven things, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of thos things that are in the waters under the earth. 5. Thous shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, 6. and showing mercy unto thousands to them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Is it possible that Saul made the massive mistake of creating a cult who deliberately flaunted the First 2 Commandments, creating the worship of a god before their true god? Did Saul create, in his establishment of his new cult a "likeness" unto god, in violation of verse 4? Is the worship of Jesus a violation of verse 5, "worship and adore" another before god?

2006-08-18 20:38:19 · 7 answers · asked by Jim T 6 in Religion & Spirituality

We already don't believe the Bible, why would reiterating some words we already deem meaningless be any more convincing?

Oh, and spare us the "god loves you," crap. Just looking for serious answers here.

2006-08-18 20:34:01 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality