Society & Culture - 12 October 2006

Why don't you take Jesus literally when he so clear?

Jn. 6:27 "Do not work for the food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you."

Jn. 6:51 "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."

Also, many of His disciples left Him when He told them that they must eat His flesh and drink His blood. They obviously understood Him literally. Why didn't he say, "Wait! I only meant that symbolicallly! I didn't mean that you REALLY have to eat my flesh and drink my blood!"

And don't say "It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail." Nowhere in the Bible is "spirit" used to mean symbolic. You can't say that was when he was clearing it all up. His disciples left AFTER He "supposedly" cleared it all up.

Jn. 6:55 "For my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink."
So, what do you believe?

2006-10-12 11:26:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-12 11:25:58 · 4 answers · asked by pamreynoldsus 1 in Other - Society & Culture

What's the festival in ventura in september that velebrates a fruit or something?

2006-10-12 11:25:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-10-12 11:25:14 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am sponsoring a little girl in Guatamala. She is misbehaving in school and not paying attention. Since it is a Catholic sponsorship, I wanted to mention to her to pray to this saint so that she does better in school.

2006-10-12 11:23:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have no political identity. I dislike chosing from two bags of dung, but clearly I must hold my nose and vote for the right because leftists are not pragmatic.

Their nieve views of the world make me wonder if they really do believe in evolution or just pay lip service to it based on their own hatred for self and inability to cope with reality.

The kicker is, I dont know how things will change. I mean, almost all armed conflict today is rooted in Islamist idealogy. Whether its self righteous muslims at war in Chechnia or Kashmir or Philipines or Dafur or Thailand or Uzbekistand...its doesnt matter how much terror or war Islamists particpate in, pathetic leftists apologize and point the finger at their hated nemsis...the "right-wing Christian".

I do however recognize that a few leftistsloathe Islam...but they are only the leftists who have studied it and as a matter of experience, I havent met many leftists who research anything. Keep defending ultra-right islam you morons!

2006-10-12 11:23:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Mainly because they don't want to influence yours.

I mean silence can be the best wisdom....Hmm...Just curious.


LOL, it's not like many could answer if any at all. Just looking for opinions or similaritites.

2006-10-12 11:21:54 · 12 answers · asked by Corey 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Why do Atheist/other groups want Christians to stop telling people there is a God?

What have Christians done in this American society that is positive?

Is it a fair assessment that Christians of ole who did murder in God’s name, mean that every Christian is a murderer?

Are people tolerant towards Christians or should Christians just be tolerant to everyone.

2006-10-12 11:21:25 · 9 answers · asked by Darriel Hagans 2 in Religion & Spirituality

do, do they just abstain all the time and have children once in a while?

2006-10-12 11:20:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-12 11:20:49 · 10 answers · asked by mystiirious 1 in Mythology & Folklore

Like how to make Plutonium from common household items?

2006-10-12 11:19:11 · 16 answers · asked by JIMBO 4 in Religion & Spirituality

could some one give me all proffesions in spanish and origins like artista, el salvador.......... and i was asking this question and i clicked on one of the similar question things and i just got 13 points

2006-10-12 11:19:06 · 3 answers · asked by Soap 2 in Languages

See it to believe it

or

Believe it to see it

Please, explain your reason why.

2006-10-12 11:19:02 · 23 answers · asked by ? 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I've read and saw a lot of answers and quetions of non-believer tryna explain away the truth of God and Christ.But I still havnt seen a good answwer or a good atempt to explain why the world we live in is organized.According to science if everything is random, then shouldnt some peoples heads be where their feet are?or private parts where the nose is?Or eyes in the back of the head?Wouldnt the random univers form water in the sky or trees that grow unside down?Not that it doesnt maybe happen every couple million years(according to scientist) but why arnt planets and moons shooting all over the place like balls on a pool table instead of in there tight obits like now?And why dont we get engulfed by blackholes at random?Would you care to explain why everything is or atleast appears organized if there is no god?
I mean that is right isnt it?If we were an unanticipated event why isnt everything spiraling out of control like scietific theory says.Ive heard most excuses for no god.this one?

2006-10-12 11:18:44 · 3 answers · asked by Maurice H 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-12 11:18:03 · 6 answers · asked by sportznut05 3 in Other - Society & Culture

I would not expect the refreshments to be movie theater caliber, but a little something to quench the appetite would be nice.

2006-10-12 11:16:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Should they plead temporary insanity and get off and should they be convicted of murder in the first degree?

2006-10-12 11:15:46 · 21 answers · asked by xoblondechick8 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

preying on the minds of people who have not done anything to harm them, yet trying to use the doctrine of their church to make them look innocent? They would have to be stone-dumb retarded to not realize that all they do is annoy people and push them further away from god, right?

2006-10-12 11:15:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of season 2 episode 6, "Crush girls love panic"? I'm mainly interested in the bedroom scene where the character Yael introduces Andy to her black strap-on. It's a VERY erotic scene. Anyone have a clip? It was on Utube but they deleted it.

2006-10-12 11:14:25 · 3 answers · asked by debbysfemail 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I was thinking about getting married outside instead of in a church and by a priest.

2006-10-12 11:14:18 · 19 answers · asked by therock316_2001 2 in Religion & Spirituality

and why

2006-10-12 11:14:00 · 12 answers · asked by Nafertiti 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Why does Cain (Adam's son) and his offspring (sons and daughters) not merit (or derserve) a place in the great geneology?

2006-10-12 11:13:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

...despite the fact that people who disagreed with you answered your question more directly and often with more thought? This is especially true of those questions aimed at "Evolutionists!" or "Atheists!" - why would you therefore reward someone who could not answer your question (especially, as is often the case, the answerer is merely insulting)? I'm always giving Best Answer to theists who answer my questions well - check 'em.

It's not about point-scoring. It's about whether you have the capacity to acknowledge the value of the opinion of someone whose views you do not share, and whether or not you can claim to come here to discover anything or whether you only want to have your ideas reinforced.

Question applies to non-theists too, and it would be helpful to know your religious affiliation when answering.

2006-10-12 11:13:16 · 12 answers · asked by Bad Liberal 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Isn't that anti-Christian behavior?

2006-10-12 11:13:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Is it possible to be christian and believe in reincarnation and karma and the big bang theory?

2006-10-12 11:12:41 · 19 answers · asked by emo_nic 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-12 11:12:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Is this dumb?

2006-10-12 11:12:00 · 11 answers · asked by julean33 2 in Religion & Spirituality

In book of levitius, chapter 11, v,7, it is recorded that god declares the pig to unclean for all belivers . then in verse 8 god says"you must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you" the comand is repeated in deuteronomy 14:7-8.
then in isaiah 65:2-4 and 66:17 god issues a stern warning against those who eat pork.
some people are aware of this prohibition from god.
some say they can eat porkbecause st. paul said that all food is clean in his letter to romans14:20. st. paul said this because he believed (as he wrote in his letter to ephesians 2:14-15) that jesus has to abolished the law with all its commandmens and regulations. st. paul seem to have misunderstood what he heared about jesus. in gospel according to mathews 5:17-20, jesus is reported to have said quite the contray , as follows"DO NOT THINK THAT I HAVE COME TO OBOLISH THE LAW"
i have a lot to write my friends but no more room i have proof that pork is unclean to all believers.e-mail me

2006-10-12 11:11:54 · 17 answers · asked by Helpmeeeee 1 in Religion & Spirituality

or if (I'm being pc transgendered person) never actually look remotely like the gender they're aiming to be (with the exception of Dana International).? :-)

And don't just tell me they're all pre - op!

2006-10-12 11:11:21 · 16 answers · asked by pauliepops66 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Will i win a lot of money tonight so that i can repay my financial debts

2006-10-12 11:09:46 · 21 answers · asked by bobbywlow 1 in Religion & Spirituality