Society & Culture - 26 August 2006

how can i say there is no hell? simple there is no hell. to say there is a hell is to say Jesus only did a half azz job for one. for two there is no place of torment in the Jewish faith what so ever.for one schole does mean grave in Hebrew look it up. also hades isn't a place of torment ether it was a place were every dead soul gathered after their death. that was Tartarus that was the place where bad souls went lol. Jesus would have known that so would the people that wrote the bible in Greek so hades is out along with schole. If Hell is real, since some English translations use the word Hell for the Greek word "Gehenna," in the New Testament, why didn't this same place (Gehenna) get translated Hell in the many places where it appears in the Hebrew form "ga ben Hinnom" in the Old Testament?

2006-08-26 23:59:53 · 4 answers · asked by ryan s 5 in Religion & Spirituality

What is the process to become a minister, pastor, etc?
What qualities must one possess?
Must you be affiliated with a specific church and take on a parish?
Aside from giving sermons and running a chuch, what other duties do you think clergy should perform?

2006-08-26 23:59:29 · 6 answers · asked by insecure alias 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-26 23:58:22 · 41 answers · asked by dinoman 2 in Christmas

I'm sick of arrogant christians saying "Oh Mohammad didn't exist" first of all how would they know were they around way back when to document it? no they weren't so right then and there they should shut their ignorant mouths and secondly Mohammads body was actually laid to rest in Madina at the Mosque of the Prophet..can anyone show physical evidence that Christ existed?.I am not denying that Jesus existed I believe he did but I just want to point out that there is more physical evidence to show that Mohammad existed...so where do these people get off saying Mohammad never existed? Theres more proof that he existed versus that for Jesus existing so I think those Christians who think Mohammad never existed need to close their mouths

2006-08-26 23:55:35 · 20 answers · asked by Darkness 5 in Religion & Spirituality

so the clerk also black starts helping her in the middle of helping me! I was calm outside, but it did bug me. later the customer did come back and apologize, but if it had been the reverse, (me, a white lady) interrupting, how many of you think I would have been cussed out on the spot?

2006-08-26 23:55:12 · 16 answers · asked by diques1018 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Would it be rude to take my smacking dog into a pizza hut with me? He smacks really loud. Would pizza hut workers be annoyed?

2006-08-26 23:55:00 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2006-08-26 23:51:53 · 10 answers · asked by jaCkie 2 in Other - Society & Culture

guess my question?

2006-08-26 23:50:27 · 7 answers · asked by tififi 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-26 23:49:58 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Through elementary and middle school, I was always afraid to reveal my atheism, because it almost never would get a good reception. I had a few friends try to convert me, too. Of course most of that prejudice went away in high school and now I have some good religious friends who know quite well that I am an atheist.

Do you treat atheists with the same respect you do other people? Do you trust them? Would you ever vote for an atheist president, say if he ran against a president you really hated?

2006-08-26 23:49:56 · 13 answers · asked by Obeast 2 in Other - Society & Culture

The Christ of the Bible's OT is a Sign from the Lord Himself, and the Lord Himself named him Immanuel.

A Gospel angel in Joseph's dream changes the name of the son of the virgin and turns him into the son of a pagan God, Zeus, who would crucify his son and have the child's mother placed in suspicion of adultery, by this Joseph who is nowhere in the OT.

The Command of the Lord Himself is made into a fable that comes straight out of Greek mythology, with Zeus, God of Gods and Father of Gods and men, appearing in a dream as an "Angel" to make Christ his son of and to make Christ's mother equal with Caesar's mother who is impregnated by Zeus to produce a Son of God, since only such men are worthy of leadership in the World of pagans.

For Muslims, Isa was born of the virgin in the Quran as the Scripture before Quran commanded, without father or crucifixion, and without the slander of adultery on his mother, and Isa is as different from Jesus, as Jesus is from Christ or Immanuel.

2006-08-26 23:47:54 · 12 answers · asked by mythkiller-zuba 6 in Religion & Spirituality

if you are unable to say that ..
is not funny to say that a dragon-fly has no designer ..
is it reproducing feature wich makes you say such an absurd thing ?..
but .. reproducing feature makes dragon-fly many many times more complex than a car .. ok .. am I wrong ..
ok .. does not matter .. complex or not ..
why and how can you say a flying insect has not any designer ?.. while you are unable to say a car has not a designer ..
good luck ..

2006-08-26 23:47:49 · 22 answers · asked by u&me 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I believe in the existance of a superbeing but i question the method (Any Method)...

My practice is Ethics and i believe that anyone who holds to ethics will end Good.

"My Religion consists of the humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feable mind" Albert Einstein

Where do i fit in?

2006-08-26 23:44:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I've heard about buddhist monks who have practised mediation for many years are able to transcend to a different 'world' where they meet spirits ... is this true ?

2006-08-26 23:44:31 · 14 answers · asked by Phantom of the Opera 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-26 23:44:27 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I find that if I'm ever having a bad day or in a really bad mood, even if its serious, if I catch myself and think of something thats positive it really helps, like you found a medicine that instantly works. That's why I like being an optimist, at least if I remember, sometimes when things get tuff you know we forget. But I hate it when people think being an optimist is dumb.. because its not like were ignoring a bad situation, its just we dont see any sense in feeling too bad about it. Do you feel that way?

2006-08-26 23:43:18 · 2 answers · asked by genuine♥ 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-26 23:42:05 · 8 answers · asked by tififi 2 in Other - Society & Culture

and along with that, can u have either one without the other? ty in advance for the answers.

2006-08-26 23:41:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

are you scared of women who are in positions of power compaired to you?
if so why? if not good for you,

2006-08-26 23:39:27 · 14 answers · asked by meme rules 2 in Community Service

and along with that, can u have either one without the other? ty in advance for the answers.

2006-08-26 23:39:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-26 23:36:26 · 2 answers · asked by Osummer 2 in Etiquette

I draw the line in two places

-females cannot have penises (shemales are guys!)

-males cannot get pargnent (that's practiclly the definition)

If you don't draw the line at this then you admit there is no such thing as genders

where do you draw?

2006-08-26 23:36:13 · 8 answers · asked by Enthusiast 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-26 23:33:30 · 37 answers · asked by Guess Who !!! 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Cuz I said you're *******?
Well the truth hurts huh? I know and you know you have had been a ***** before and still are sometimes. Especially to the same sex. Girls are usually mean to girls. Why is that? How could you say no?

2006-08-26 23:32:49 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Near death experience is when a person has met with a critical accident or major surgery and has witnessed death and gone thru the experience. Most near death experience states about being sucked thru a tunnel at lightning speed and seeing a brilliant light at the other end of the tunnel where they are able to see their entire past life in a flash back and suddenly they come back to consiousness. Has anyone had similar experience? Serious answers only please.

2006-08-26 23:31:37 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Imagine, before the first human, before any living thing existed, even before the universe, would it be just black empty space? Or even after everything is gone, would it be just black empty space? If you close your eyes and really think about it, can you picture this empty space? Now here's my question, where does your conscience lay when you're witnessing this? Where are you watching all this from. Scary isn't it?

2006-08-26 23:28:44 · 13 answers · asked by sid.idiosyncratic 1 in Religion & Spirituality

if not are we wasting are time trying to understand the nature of god,why do people preach they are right if this is the case

2006-08-26 23:28:24 · 8 answers · asked by gasp 4 in Religion & Spirituality

What would it take for you to believe in a God?

2006-08-26 23:28:23 · 14 answers · asked by Jamal 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-26 23:28:13 · 7 answers · asked by thepaxilman 2 in Religion & Spirituality

It's the number one drug addiction problem facing the country. The major symptoms are stupidity, naivete, hypocrisy, stubbornness, self-righteous, Republicanism, selfishness, greed, judgmentality, heterosexuality, and gullabilty. It also hatches out evil at every turn. How can we help people escape from this dangerous mental cult drug called Christianity? Jesus, look what you've done!

2006-08-26 23:27:28 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality