Society & Culture - 22 August 2006

. . . people asking "where was god when this happened" or "why did god allow this or that to happen"?

PEOPLE kill, rob, rape, torture people, not the Creator.

Free will is the ability to do good OR evil.

Besides, if you believe in the Creator, then you know that this life is only a temporary part of our existence - when an innocent person is killed, it is their physical body that is killed, not their soul!

2006-08-22 02:02:21 · 28 answers · asked by bregweidd 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I keep seeing statements from people belonging to certain religious groups stating that people who have not accepted Jesus in a certain way will not go to heaven. This apparently includes people who belong to other non-Christian religions. I am wondering if anyone went to heaven before Jesus was born? Obviously no one who died B.C.E. would have been Christian in any way. So does that mean no one who died B.C.E. could have gone to heaven? What about Moses and Elijah, who according to the Old Testament were actually transported up to heaven? What about Abraham? Was heaven empty B.C.E.?

2006-08-22 02:02:19 · 20 answers · asked by WendyD1999 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 02:01:01 · 39 answers · asked by couv 2 in Religion & Spirituality

as opposed to normal flick switches outside the bathroom.

2006-08-22 01:58:50 · 29 answers · asked by answer101 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-22 01:58:13 · 3 answers · asked by Salvation man 1 in Other - Society & Culture

For a guy to share a bed and cuddle with a buddies ex?

2006-08-22 01:57:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

The moola manthra of Prathynghara devi in english (Full),the orginal version.

2006-08-22 01:55:38 · 1 answers · asked by shanththampi 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 01:49:08 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Before I boarded a plane from Frankfurt to Detroit, the security guard asked me if I had any makeup in my purse. I thought he was just teasing and told him that I did. I was stranded with my grandparents who had no source of media that covered these matters so I was clueless as to what was going on. I handed him my deodorant, foundation, and mascara. then when he asked me to hand him my lipgloss, I got pissed and hurled it and told him to take it and shove it. He looked at me like "what a drunken *****". I was informed that if I had been sober I would have even been arrested for my outburst. Has anyone been through something like this and if so how did you handle it. I would also like to know how insults like this are handled among native born germans

2006-08-22 01:26:16 · 15 answers · asked by larissa1982000 1 in Etiquette

Everyone (with the exception of the Native Americans) were immigrants when we first came here, so why the discrimination against today's individuals that are just trying to make a better life for themselves like we once were?

2006-08-22 01:20:15 · 37 answers · asked by guerajs 1 in Other - Society & Culture

so many people belive in god but were was god when more than 100,000 jews were murderd by the nazis Why did god give us the power to create guns and weapons only so we can kill each other why is god leting us kill his earth and were is god now as more than 5000 children die every day of starvation is god real or is he just made up to give an easy answer to things that people didnt uderstand

2006-08-22 01:19:09 · 28 answers · asked by The question guru 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 01:14:38 · 1 answers · asked by Dark angel 1 in Languages

Did anyone see that story on the news where a lady who had teached sunday school for almost 50 years was fired because of a verse in the bible? So she was fired for being a woman, I guess Christians are becoming like muslims and soon the women will wear burkas too.

2006-08-22 01:13:55 · 13 answers · asked by Fiesty Redhead 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I have a lot of friends that are Jehovah Witnesses and they are the nicest people ever. I noticed a lot of people complain how they knocked on your door, they are not the only ones that knocked on your doors they are other religions as well.

They knock on your door because they want to tell you, just like other religion.

2006-08-22 01:05:59 · 17 answers · asked by Questions 3 in Religion & Spirituality

The love of my life is leaving me but I know in my heart of hearts that we were meant to be together. Does anyone know a (simple) spell to return someone to you. (obvioulsy only if they are meant to!!)

2006-08-22 01:03:33 · 24 answers · asked by DippyGirl78 3 in Mythology & Folklore

2006-08-22 00:54:44 · 7 answers · asked by bobkgin 3 in Religion & Spirituality

and what do u love best about GOD?

2006-08-22 00:49:12 · 14 answers · asked by poupée 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 00:48:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-08-22 00:47:34 · 3 answers · asked by imlaura2006 1 in Other - Society & Culture

when people in Iraq defend themselves then Bush & media says that they r terriorist but when he attacks on iraq then he says that i m helping them.u know what i mean. What is he doing. I think that he is a mad person. cuz of him thousands of people died.(lil babies, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters). whatz he doing? he is an evil person.

2006-08-22 00:46:10 · 8 answers · asked by jiya 2 in Religion & Spirituality

We are redesigning our website and I need to know if it is neccessary to make any donations made to us public as a declaration of thanks. I can't find anywhere else that does it, so I guess it's not part of the "contract" of being a charity, but do you think we should make it part of our website?

2006-08-22 00:43:47 · 2 answers · asked by HiFi 3 in Community Service

Serious question.

I know the catholic church forbids it. But do fornicators go to hell?

And is it forbidden in other Christian denominations?

It is explicitly forbidden in both old and new testaments:
1 Corinthians 6:9, 18
Ephesians 5:3-5
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
Deuteronomy 22:13

The vast majority of Americans are christian.
The vast majority of Americans have premarital sex.

How is this reconciled?

2006-08-22 00:42:10 · 13 answers · asked by the last ninja 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 00:41:26 · 5 answers · asked by vincegill 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm a christian but it seems people concerned with spirituality, just like damning christians. Spirituality and religion is not the same and there is a site here for pagans and wicans, i wonder if christians would be able to communicate still with each other frequently, or are we naturally defensive.....?

2006-08-22 00:39:59 · 10 answers · asked by HOPE 4 THE FUTURE: 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 00:39:54 · 44 answers · asked by dips 1 in Other - Society & Culture

I'm a christian but it seems people concerned with spirituality, just like damning christians. Spirituality and religion is not the same and there is a site here for pagans and wicans, i wonder if christians would be able to communicate still with each other frequently, or are we naturally defensive.....?

2006-08-22 00:38:37 · 5 answers · asked by HOPE 4 THE FUTURE: 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I agree that we all know that our religion is best, so a tough question.
Please identify your own religion.

2006-08-22 00:37:31 · 4 answers · asked by DKS 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Do you agree that if we were genuinely discipled and we also obey we will live a real life pleasing to God? The evil we have in churches today is due to the fact that God do not more see people he can use.The Lord said the harvest is ready but there are no labourers. Is it not the same today? People wants to hear the gosple but is the gosple of the stomack that has filled the world. Am I right?

2006-08-22 00:35:17 · 7 answers · asked by patrick w 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 00:33:18 · 5 answers · asked by andy 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

If any such god person were real, who enjoyed such lowly behavior as constant begging and nagging, and who also got a real ego kick out of mousy little humans praising and exalting "his" name, such a god person should surely be considered a tyrant and a conceited creep. This kind of personality is intolerable to us from other human beings - we call it a coward, bully or egotist - but from our created god entity, we expect it and go along with it. This behavior is truly hypocritical.

Whenever a person arises on this earth who has such a conceited and arrogant "god" personality, he soon develops many enemies who wish to destroy him because of his hubris and arrogance. But this same kind of behavior from our deity is a given, and humans seem to perversely admire that.

Why?????

2006-08-22 00:31:09 · 12 answers · asked by ben s 1 in Religion & Spirituality