Society & Culture - 6 November 2006

Christians dont give a damn about God(which is fake)

Their belief is completely selfishly motivated

2006-11-06 08:17:45 · 13 answers · asked by Black Atheist 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Just interested to see how far people would go.

2006-11-06 08:17:31 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-11-06 08:15:42 · 11 answers · asked by Teenie 7 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-11-06 08:15:39 · 14 answers · asked by Christ follower 1 in Passover

I am looking for a word that describes this scenerio?

2006-11-06 08:15:04 · 3 answers · asked by nagar@rogers.com 1 in Etiquette

If so, please state why,
if, not please state why.
Can you loose your salvation?

2006-11-06 08:14:50 · 12 answers · asked by bookworm29 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I want one that will give you the english word and the spanish word and it will pronounce the spanish word for yoy if you want also I need to know where I can download it from (free ones only please) thanks

2006-11-06 08:14:34 · 1 answers · asked by Kat 1 in Languages

2006-11-06 08:14:05 · 5 answers · asked by AvlsNyc 2 in Religion & Spirituality

if there is can you tell me what it is, thanks :)

2006-11-06 08:13:34 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-06 08:13:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

do you pronounce it "creak"(cr ee k) or "crick"(cr i ck)?

2006-11-06 08:12:21 · 1 answers · asked by nik 3 in Languages

2006-11-06 08:11:29 · 8 answers · asked by luisa r 1 in Thanksgiving

i dont understand,,when i was young around 9 years old and below, i think im handsome and cute,,,but as time goes by like high school years and college,, many people say that im ugly,, they always say evryday that they are already hurting me,,,i stop college because of that, i cant concentrate on my studies, i cant take the way they treat me, my heart is full of anger, i try to forget it,,,,but i cant, now i know why girls dont like me, i feel like its useless to live if you are alone, people always say that you haven't found yet mrs right,,but i dont believe that, im already in my mid 20"s and still alone,, i tried to court someone but she dumped me,,,its really really hurt,,i dont want to fall in love again,,maybe god dont really love me or maybe god dont exist,,,i dont feel there is justice on this earth,,,only the strong, handsome/beautifull, intelligent survive,,not like me,,this kind of era dont fit me..

2006-11-06 08:11:24 · 5 answers · asked by manuelcojr 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Believe that atheists are devil-worshippers?
Nowhere is there a definition for atheism that says 'worships the devil'.
The only definition I am aware of is that atheists believe in no gods.
We don't even believe in the devil.
I have always thought that the belief in the devil would be called satanism.
Please correct me if I am mistaken.

2006-11-06 08:10:57 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What are their motivations? Why are they fullfilled by giving up control? Any true insights would be appreciated. [And no I am not of the submissive persuasion.]

2006-11-06 08:10:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I am wearing a dress with spaghetti straps. Are clear bra straps acceptable and appropriate or should I go with a strapless one instead?

2006-11-06 08:10:11 · 15 answers · asked by nc_hpoa 2 in Etiquette

2006-11-06 08:09:53 · 10 answers · asked by Alert! -10 Points 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Wisdom of solomon mean JUSTICE?...like 2 mother that fight for a baby?...i saw the movie,...but any body knows what other REALSOLOMON wisdom,...other than MOVIE type story.

serious answer please,..i try to understand Matthew.

2006-11-06 08:09:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-06 08:09:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If I could get the entire page with all the info which also included Saddam's sentence I would appreciate it.

2006-11-06 08:08:52 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My Catholic friend "Kelly", asked me this question, and I do NOT know how to get around it, for the life of me! I asked my pastor, and he couldn't answer either.

If the Bible is the sole source of authority for Christians, then where in the Bible is the list of the books/letters that are inspired?

She says (and I did research on it. It's true) that there were hundreds of documents written such as the Gospel of Peter, the letter of Clement, and so forth. The early Christians disputed about which books were inspired until the Catholic Church made an official canon of the Bible in 393 and 397 A.D. in the councils of Hippo and Carthage. She tells me, then, that the Catholic Church alone has the authority to interpret the Bible because the Bible is a Catholic book!

I could not believe my ears, so I researched it, and found her history accurate. I have always been taught that all we need to do is pray to the Holy Spirit to help us interpret the Bible. Help me!

2006-11-06 08:07:20 · 16 answers · asked by bookworm29 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Why are us till here? what?
Whatever, loser, walk away.
haha very funny my name is bugs bunny. Yes i am a kid, So.
I'm a big kid at heart.

2006-11-06 08:06:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

is the more important truth, what IS?
....or what you THINK is?

2006-11-06 08:05:50 · 9 answers · asked by nathancarson23 3 in Religion & Spirituality

People who work at Taco Bell love McDonalds, gay-bashing Christians prefer the company of gay men.

Do any of these people really believe in the crap they're peddling or is it all just about the commission?

2006-11-06 08:05:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-06 08:04:59 · 3 answers · asked by Christ follower 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Some Forgotten Sayings of Jesus>
Peace be Upon him

Anyone can call God "Father" according to the Bible:
"I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your
God." (John 20:17 RSV 1952)

Jesus, at the end of his mission, made it clear that God is not only his father, but father of all, and God of all, and even his own God whom he worshipped throughout his earthly career.

"We cry, Abba, Father." (Romans 8:15 KJV 1611)

Here the writer is Paul and he made it clear that anyone can address God as "Father." Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:

". . . Do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven." (Matthew 23:1,9 NIV 1984)

According to Matthew, Jesus taught everyone to call God 'Father'. He said to them: "This, then, is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name . . .' " (Matthew 6:9 NIV)
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Jesus made it clear that he is not God

"Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone." (Mark 10:18)

A man had ran up and knelt before Jesus and called him "Good Teacher." Jesus used the opportunity to make it clear to people that they must not praise him more than a human being deserves to bepraised.

Jesus depends on God for Authority: God depends on no one:

"I can do nothing of my own authority" (John 5:30)

"I do as the Father has commanded me." (John 14:31 RSV)

Needless to say, God does not receive commands from anyone.
"The words that I say to you I do not speak of my own authority." (John 14:10 RSV)

"I do nothing of my own authority but speak thus as the Father has taught me." (John 8:28 RSV)
God has full authority, and full knowledge. He cannot be taught, but He teaches.
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Jesus is not Equal to "The Father"
"The Father is greater than I." (John 14:28 RSV)
People forget this and they say that Jesus is equal to the Father.
Whom should we believe--Jesus or the people?
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Jesus Does Not Know Everything
Speaking of the Last Day, Jesus said:

"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only." (Matthew 24:36)
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Did Jesus Raise Himself up?

God raised him up. (Acts 2:24)
Jesus did not have power to raise himself up. God had to raise him up, as the author of Acts says. ------------------------------------------------------------ Jesus prayed to God: God prays to no one
"Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what thou wilt." (Mark 14:32)
Jesus fell on his face and prayed to God, begging God to save him from crucifixion. This also shows that Jesus had a will different from God's will. The writers of Matthew, Mark, and Luke tell us that it was Jesus's wish to be saved from crucifixion, but it was God's will to let the crucifixion take place.
"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46)
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Jesus did not know the tree had no fruit
He [Jesus] was hungry. And on seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it , he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
(Mark 11 12-13)
When he saw that the tree had leaves, he thought that he might find fruit on it. But when he came up close to the tree he realised there were no fruits. After all, it was not even fig season.
---------------------------------------------------------- Jesus referred to as Servant of God
"Behold my servant whom I have chosen." (Matthew 12:18 In this passage God calls Jesus His servant)
The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus. (Acts 3:13)
For truly in this city there were gathered together against thy holy servant Jesus. (Acts 4:27)
Everyone, except for God, are God's servants. Jesus, too, is God'sservant.

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Who was real Worker of Miracles?
Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: (Acts 2:22 KJV)
People say that since Jesus worked many miracles, he must be God. But here we see that God did the miracles; Jesus was the instrument God used to accomplish His work. Jesus was a man whom God approved of.
This means he was a righteous man.
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Jesus cannot guarantee positions
"To sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father" (Matthew20:23)
Therefore if we want to secure our position with God in the life hereafter we must turn to God and ask Him.
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A Misunderstood saying
I and the Father are one. (John 10:30)
People like to quote this saying, but they forget the followingsaying:
John 17:11 Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
This shows that what was meant was one in purpose, not one in substance as people think. The disciples could not become one human, but they can pursue the same goal. That is to say, they can be one in purpose, just as Jesus and the Father are one in purpose.
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Did Jesus say everything John says he said?
John 14:9 Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.
John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life.
John 8:12 I am the light of the world.
John 8:58 Before Abraham was, I am.
John 10:7 I am the door of the sheep.
John 11:25 I am the resurrection, and the life.
John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life.
John 15:1 I am the true vine.
Christian scholars tell us that if Jesus had made all these fantastic claims about himself, the first three gospels would surely have recorded them. Mark was written around 70 C.E., followed by Matthew and Luke somewhere between 80-90 C.E. John, written around 100 C.E., was the last of the four canonized gospels. The Christian scholar James Dunn writes in his book The Evidence for Jesus:
"If they were part of the original words of Jesus himself, how could it be that only John picked them up and none of the others? Call it scholarly skepticism if you like, but I find it almost incredible that such sayings should have been neglected had they been known as a
feature of Jesus' teaching. If the 'I ams' had been part of the original tradition, it is very hard indeed to explain why none of the other three evangelists made use of them." (The Evidence for Jesus, p.36)

Similarly, the New American Bible tells us in its introduction, under the heading How to Read Your Bible: >

"It is difficult to know whether the words or sayings attributed to Jesus are written exactly as he spoke them. . . . The Church was so firmly convinced that . . . Jesus . . . taught through her, that she expressed her teaching in the form of Jesus' sayings." (St. Joseph Medium Size Edition, p.23)
What we have in John, then is what people were saying about Jesus at the time John was written (about 70 years after Jesus was raised up).
The writer of John simply expressed those ideas as if Jesus had said them. Rev. James Dunn says further in his book that, almost certainly, the writer of the fourth gospel "was not concerned with the sort of questions which trouble some Christians today -- Did Jesus actually say this? Did he use these precise words? and so on." (The Evidence
for Jesus, p. 43)

2006-11-06 08:04:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Believe that atheists are devil-worshippers?
Nowhere is there a definition for atheism that says 'worships the devil'.
The only definition I am aware of is that atheists believe in no gods.
We don't even believe in the devil.
I have always thought that the belief in the devil would be called satanism.
Please correct me if I am mistaken.

2006-11-06 08:04:12 · 2 answers · asked by Katelyn 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Somebody told me that the more ticklish you are, the more jealous you are. Who ever heard of such a thing? Do you agree? I am ticklish but I am not jealous of anyone.

2006-11-06 08:03:01 · 4 answers · asked by All_iii_on_me 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

i don't think homosexuals should be harrassed for what they are because they are things far worse! does it offend you when some harrass you for this?

2006-11-06 08:03:01 · 9 answers · asked by Christ follower 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I think purple.

2006-11-06 08:02:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality