Society & Culture - 26 August 2006

For those who don't know, the Pauline letters opened up the door to the inclusion of Gentiles in what was, prior to Paul, a Jewish Messianic cult.

By including Gentiles, Romans and other non-Jewish people could participate and accept the Church, obviously a very useful decision that eventually gained the Church political power.

So how do you know whether Paul's letters were included in the Bible because they were divinely inspired, or were included as part of the political machinations to help the Church gain political power?

2006-08-26 02:50:43 · 8 answers · asked by bobkgin 3 in Religion & Spirituality

If so, I need you to pray for my niece, a little girl named Roselie that has been in intensive care since Wednesday due to E Coli. She is less than two years old and is not not very well at all. The doctors say that even if she survives the disease, she may not be able to go to the bathroom normally again, as well as other complications.

I am not interested in heartless cold comments that people somehow feel more embolden to leave because of the anonymity they feel they have on this site. Your well wishes are appreciated, but we really need your prayers.

2006-08-26 02:49:10 · 27 answers · asked by gplay2001 3 in Religion & Spirituality

So ever tell someone something....which gets passed along from friend to friend & the next week another 1 of your friends comes up and asks you if what they heard was true. And when they repeat what they heard, it is SO far off what you originally said that you are left dumbfounded & confused? How could that have happened?!?!

My question: The Bible was written years after Jesus was killed... written by people who weren't there to witness everything or if they did - they were super old when it was written. People have difficulty remembering what they ate for dinner the day before! How can people WHO WEREN'T EVEN THERE PERSONNALLY, write something YEARS after it happened.

"The Bible was written over a period of 1400 to 1800 years by more than 40 different authors." "The Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ is believed to have been penned by the Apostle John between A.D. 70 - 95. "

It all points to it being one old and long broken telephone

2006-08-26 02:48:44 · 7 answers · asked by ηιgнт ѕтαя 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Bare with me. So, a while ago I cheated on my amazing, beautiful, smart, talented (now ex) girlfriend. We went through hell with that. Me with her, her with me. Her going out with other girls while I felt like dying etc. I cheated on her because I felt obligated by the other girl...that may be hard to understand but try. I did not want to cheat on her. It just happened, I regretted it and I still do. We moved past that though into bigger problems. We both decided to just date others like a normal broken up couple. We both hated this. I hated seeing her with other girls and shes told me she didnt really enjoy it either...Anyways I met this new girl. We'll call her Gia. Gia is really very great, she makes me feel good and is very sweet. I was dating her for a little bit...I still sort of am. Gia also always whines and complains and is a bad influence for sure. Anyway, Me and my ex made love again the other night. She wants to get back together. I want to...but then again...?What do I do?

2006-08-26 02:48:03 · 19 answers · asked by hermosa 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

They sure learn ***-ger jive.....excuse me....ebonics young.
That and how to beg in the streets.

2006-08-26 02:46:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-26 02:46:22 · 11 answers · asked by adeline w 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-26 02:45:29 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Mmm, first of all, I would like to see if it works.
I've never tried using one in real life, if I did, I would probably go nuts.
Hahah, literally.
Anyways, thanks for your time and help.
bye now !

2006-08-26 02:43:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

There have been all kinds of words for "Good," what do you use?

Bad, Shibby, Cool, Far Out, Ace, Sweet

2006-08-26 02:43:33 · 34 answers · asked by waycyber 6 in Other - Society & Culture

Its probably Satan that wants me to manifest my own thoughts.

2006-08-26 02:43:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The soul is not part of the physical world, so how can it be harmed by physical things such as fire and a poke up the backside with Satan's pitchfork

2006-08-26 02:42:41 · 23 answers · asked by naughty boy 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-26 02:42:25 · 8 answers · asked by adeline w 1 in Religion & Spirituality

The Biblical descriptions arebut for learning purposes. To think truly that God is so weak as to have feelings is a form of personification, and therein it demeans the Lord God.

2006-08-26 02:42:21 · 13 answers · asked by Tofu Jesus 5 in Religion & Spirituality

i just had a nice hot bath.i know some people have never owned a bath let alone had a hot one .so what do you take for granted ?

2006-08-26 02:41:52 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

And before I begin, I hold no animosity towards Catholics or Protestants.

But I would be ignorant of history to be unaware of the animosity felt between some protestant denominations and Catholicism.

So I'm asking those protestants why they continue to use the Bible when it was Catholics who chose what to include, who chose what to exclude, and who transcribed it, one copy to another, for about 1400 years before Protestants appeared?

Why assume it is the word of God when those who were responsible for its creation and preservation are the ones you distrust?

2006-08-26 02:41:29 · 15 answers · asked by bobkgin 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Then why do the american people still choose not to believe or just plainly refuse to look at the evidence themselves??

Should the government be overthrown?

2006-08-26 02:41:27 · 10 answers · asked by bv nbvnvbnvbn n 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-26 02:41:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-26 02:40:17 · 22 answers · asked by Tofu Jesus 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Before u read, i would just like to say that i am agnostic and was just curious about this.

In Ramayana (Hindu Mythology), it is said that Lord Rama was helped by an army of "Vanaras" who are inteligent monkeys. Could these Vanaras be the Neanderthal men or an unknown evalutionary branch of primates?
I heard that modern man co-existed peaceully along with Neanderthals. Could Ramayan be the story (Possibly changed over time to the current version) of an incident which happened during that time?

2006-08-26 02:40:07 · 4 answers · asked by Saber 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-26 02:39:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2006-08-26 02:39:03 · 18 answers · asked by curious 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-26 02:38:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

You work all day just to come home, write bills, and give your money to strangers. You jump through everybody's hoops in this three-ring circus of life, either working or studying and following everybody else's rules. You go here, go there, do this, and do that, go to school, go to work, get sick, lose your money to doctors or a nursing home. You go through the motions of life like a programmed robot. What do you have left for yourself in life?

2006-08-26 02:36:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

first question: does online ouija work?

second question: is ouija itself real? i mean isnt
god the only one who really knows the answers to the questions you ask? like i heard this story about someone who played ouija and the ghost that was talking to them was anne frank? if thats true so how did anne frank know the answers about them? i mean just cuz ur a spirit does that make you phsycic?

2006-08-26 02:35:17 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

2006-08-26 02:33:35 · 2 answers · asked by kat b 1 in Other - Society & Culture

I don't plan on using it (i don't think) I couldnot resist it as it makes a great ornament!

2006-08-26 02:33:27 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Is it a girl with a black hair?
Thanks.

2006-08-26 02:33:14 · 9 answers · asked by sagittarius 2 in Languages

What images do you have in your mind regarding the Heaven?

2006-08-26 02:30:56 · 31 answers · asked by mortangle2006 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Christians beleive Christ as god or Mesiah...
Muslims beleive Muhamad as god or Mesiah...

Christ is to protect and save christianity, and Muhamad is to protect and save Islam,

Now since Christians complain Muslims for the terror in the world and Muslims blame Christians,

Will those two Gods/Messiah fight each other and give a solution to the world.??????

2006-08-26 02:30:36 · 13 answers · asked by senthil r 5 in Religion & Spirituality

what maks your hart beat faster.tell me what you belive in?

2006-08-26 02:29:09 · 19 answers · asked by Panda 2 2 in Religion & Spirituality