Society & Culture - 4 October 2006

What does it take to get into heaven? Do works have anything at all to do with it?

the correct answers to this question might clear up some stuff for some misguided folks on this site.

2006-10-04 11:22:54 · 18 answers · asked by wisdom 4 in Religion & Spirituality

What does it take to get into heaven? Do works have anything at all to do with it?

the correct answers to this question might clear up some stuff for some misguided folks on this site.

2006-10-04 11:22:33 · 20 answers · asked by wisdom 4 in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/full_story/377

And note that J.K Rowling herself is a very commited Christian...
So kiddies, what do you think about this?

2006-10-04 11:22:20 · 10 answers · asked by Creative Name 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Isn't discrimination the withdrawal of privileges from certain groups? That sure sounds like discrimination against white people to me. Would it not make much more sense to base it upon economic groups than racial groups? I still wouldn't like that but at least it would make more sense than giving handouts to minorities.

2006-10-04 11:22:14 · 6 answers · asked by I am all that is man 2 in Other - Society & Culture

What country does he represent?
What places did he explore?

2006-10-04 11:21:45 · 5 answers · asked by iluvkenji 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Really.

2006-10-04 11:21:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Reading the bible or going to church?

2006-10-04 11:21:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-04 11:21:03 · 12 answers · asked by Youth Pastor 2 in Religion & Spirituality

anyone here can volunteer to teach me urdu ! I would really appreciate it together with the correct pronounciation.
Thank you

2006-10-04 11:20:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anne H 3 in Languages

How are people who claim to be religious so sure that their religion is the correct one when no religion has proof of it's beliefs?

2006-10-04 11:19:35 · 19 answers · asked by Viv 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Please, give me straight proof in your "God" without telling me to prove that its not real. Im asking you to prove that it is. So tell me?.

2006-10-04 11:19:14 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I mean, if he was God and knew everything, why didn't he tell people that germs caused disease, or warn them about the plague or the inquisition or Hitler or Stalin? Does God enjoy people suffering? If God knows everything, he must know all the misery that's happening and going to happen, yet he does nothing to stop it. What good is he?

2006-10-04 11:18:09 · 14 answers · asked by cdrfish7 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-04 11:17:04 · 6 answers · asked by aceventuradude 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-10-04 11:15:45 · 13 answers · asked by psychomomof5girls 1 in Religion & Spirituality

My supposed best mate is an estate agent. Can I ever really trust anything he tells me?

2006-10-04 11:15:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I'm asking this because someone asked why French accent English sounds so sexy. I wonder what other accents sound sexy when speaking English.

2006-10-04 11:14:58 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2006-10-04 11:14:39 · 4 answers · asked by Take it from Toby 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-04 11:13:45 · 4 answers · asked by pacificwaves8 2 in Religion & Spirituality

But I can't get James 2:20 out of my head. You Christians all know that verse. You see, some of us atheist types see your denial of works as a way of you doing exactly whatever the hell you like, and believing you're the chosen people just because you say Amen a lot. (We have a word for this: hypocrisy.)

Now I have a lot of respect for people who do good works and a lot of disrespect for people who don't, irrespective of their professed faith. Would one of the "saved" who thinks he doesn't have to contribute to the good of the world care to explain away James 2:20? I can hear the sound of demons stoking up the old furnace even now...

2006-10-04 11:13:02 · 7 answers · asked by Bad Liberal 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-04 11:12:44 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-04 11:12:31 · 14 answers · asked by figenphelps94 1 in Languages

There are many churches, there is only 1 God. How can a person determine which is the one God approves?

2006-10-04 11:12:11 · 9 answers · asked by KaeMae 4 in Religion & Spirituality

The following quetion was posted earlier.

I'm confused.?
On these boards, religious types often say things like "Science cant "prove" evolution, therefore god must have created the world".

Along side that, they will say "You cannot prove the existence of god, you must have faith. God created the world"

IS IT ME? WHAT AM I MISSING HERE?


I think the problem relates to how each group makes its decisions. Atheists do not believe in God. They only believe in what they can touch, smell, observe, etc. Therefore, since an atheist reasons only by what they can PROVE the normal response of a Christian to the argument of evolution is that atheists cannot indeed do what they claim they can do. And that is to PROVE there is no God and to PROVE that evolution is a fact. "Religious types" then are only responding to the basis of your argument. If atheist rely on physical proof then they must be held to that in their arguments. Atheists have set the agenda on their part around PROOF.

Now, "Religious types" never make claims about PROVING anything by means of what one can touch, smell, direct observation, etc. We have always based our convictions on faith which we have arrived at by personal conviction related to eye witness accounts in scripture. We have never set the agenda on our part around PROVING anything by touch, smell, direct observation, etc. So Christians are not held to defend our position based upon touch, smell, direct observation, etc. The position was not arrived at through this modality.

So, it would be very normal for a "religious type" to respond to an atheists position by saying they can't prove anything and be perfectly comfortable with the idea that we cannot prove anything by touch, smell, observation, etc. We are simply exposing that atheists are not able to prove God does not exist when the basis for all their positions is based upon physical proof. We do not base our position on physical proof. Atheists do. We are simply exposing an inconsistency in their reasoning. If an atheist wants to expose an inconsistency in Christian reasoning he must expose inconsistencies other than whether God can be proven by touch, smell, physical observation, etc. We do not arrive at our positions based upon these demands.

What I have said is not meant to answer whether or not God exists. Hopefully, after reading this, at least atheists won't be confused anymore about us crazy God people.

2006-10-04 11:11:20 · 6 answers · asked by yagman 7 in Religion & Spirituality

i mean i can t belive they actulay kill blck people i hope i never get in that mess

2006-10-04 11:11:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Its seems you want someone to be jealous or compete for you....I dont date black men anyway, I dont see the big deal, latino men are where its at! and Im half black and spanish. so Im not being racist just perceptive.

2006-10-04 11:10:33 · 15 answers · asked by brite star 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

all i hear on this site is "the terriosts killed another foreigner" or someother things and how the muslims are a ppl of hate and violence. ok i have to say is wtf is Israel doing? 37 children killed in the past 8 weeks.. a pregant women was runover by an israeli tank. you know how i know this? i have friends from palestine.and arab stations are biased too but they show the arab side to it..0.

You say that muslims kill in the name of god and kill all "infidels" i have a question. what were the 7 crusades?? were they not a series of wars against "the infidels" and that the europeans had all intent to kill all muslims occupying jerusalem all for the sake of god and that it was gods will?? well thats what they did thousands of muslims were massacred in the first crusade.

You know who did 9/11 and other terriosts activities? It was Bin laden but it was ur foreign policies that made them hate u.
And why take the palestinans land? Gemany should have given the land.
I can go on and on...

2006-10-04 11:10:19 · 7 answers · asked by Bryan S 3 in Religion & Spirituality

i definently do..cuz im democratic...i think

2006-10-04 11:09:46 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Since they had to walk, it was a show of respect to wash your guests feet. Would today's equivalent be washing their car?
"Man, you had to drive all the way over here... let me wash your car as a sign of my respect."

How come we don't do anything respectful like washing guest's feet anymore?

2006-10-04 11:09:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-04 11:09:38 · 9 answers · asked by Michelle 6 in Halloween

My boyfriend and I were Samuel Adams and St Paulie Girl last year. But this year he hasn't liked any of my ideas better than that one. Does anyone have any good couple ideas?

Some things he has considered (but is not as excited about) are:

Nefertiti and King Tut
Cleopatra and Marc Anthony
Twenties gangsters

2006-10-04 11:09:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween