I have a young son and want him to be raised Catholic until he can make his own decision about his spirituality. I am not Catholic. How do I get him baptised Catholic? He is 2 and I am willing to convert but can not get any info. I wanted him blessed as a baby but I was told I needed to be Catholic. What do I need to do to be Catholic?
2006-12-16 09:34:17 · 17 answers · asked by operaphantom2003 4 in Religion & Spirituality
had physical relations with Mary in order to conceive Jesus?
and that Jesus grew up, got married, and had several children?
and how many of you believe that Jesus was a polygamist, why?
2006-12-16 09:34:16 · 5 answers · asked by phoenix_slayer2001uk 2 in Religion & Spirituality
No one says excuse me anymore. Young people could care less about Senior Citizens and they scowl and roll their eyes instead of greeting each other with a smile. What's Up?? It's still polite to say Good Morning or How do you do ?
2006-12-16 09:33:59 · 17 answers · asked by Judith J. S 1 in Etiquette
you continue on with your wife or husband and kids? what are some of yours?. My favorite is baking/decorating cookies with my mom, my sons while we jam to Christmas tunes.
2006-12-16 09:33:54 · 3 answers · asked by Shikibeeks 3 in Other - Holidays
I am simply looking to have a conversation to convince people that there is a god so that they are not doomed to burn in hell for eternity. Aim me at screename123x56
2006-12-16 09:33:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
2006-12-16 09:33:34 · 4 answers · asked by wildheavenfarm 3 in Languages
Sometimes called knock a door ginger...kids knock on doors and then run away....remember this "harmless" game.
2006-12-16 09:32:15 · 5 answers · asked by PomOnTour 3 in Etiquette
im tired of my questions being deleted for NO REASON.
i want to help pplz
2006-12-16 09:32:05 · 6 answers · asked by cyrodiilic 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
We have fought over race, creed, color, ect. since the dawn of time. When will we learn to accept no one race is better than the other.
2006-12-16 09:31:56 · 13 answers · asked by Oilfieldtrashwtx 3 in Religion & Spirituality
i need to improve my psychic ability so if you want me to practice reading you, contact me by clicking on my nickname. Also when contacting me, I need your question you want me to focus on, your date of birth, and if you are male/female.
I don't need your name.
2006-12-16 09:31:20 · 11 answers · asked by choosinghappiness 5 in Religion & Spirituality
Anyone know. I think it is going to be "I think where alone now" by Girls Aloud...Im wishing it is going to be anyway :D
2006-12-16 09:29:51 · 16 answers · asked by santaseyes18 1 in Christmas
As already proofed God=H thus it could be said God glorifies HIMSELF in HIM, thus also in HIMSELF, bible also
says basically the same thing. and for smart people they see L cut in half is IL thus learn a fact about God.
HIM says GOD I IVI sealed together, that also means
HIMSELF says GOD I IVI sealed together SEI LF which basically means as in GOD's LF(LEFT) is sealed like IVI sealed together.
I AM that God who is the king of KINGS and Lord of LORDS that is in the light as the Lamb SLAIN or Lamb killed or Lamb that DIED and gets into a WAR.
king=IT i I7 9 (as in i born I7.9)
KINGS=IT I IV CuTS (appearing on the lf as IIII I.)
Lord=man of the home, keeper of the loaf in old english
LORDS contains name TODD S.
in the light is the I that is i 9I7(my birthday)
Lamb SLAIN=LarriDI. SiLAIIV
Lamb killed=LarriDI. I
WAR contains name /ARi TA D in it in times new roman font
and My name to italia would be pronounced Larri TODD S.
and i Do have those seals I IV appearing like IIII I .
Jesus in His Rev. says I will be the WINNER, JOIN ME!
2006-12-16 09:27:07 · 9 answers · asked by justhurryupanddie 1 in Religion & Spirituality
1. How can you become a better Christian by imitating the qualities of Mary??
2. What do you like about Mary??
PLEASE ANSWER PLEASEE
2006-12-16 09:26:20 · 19 answers · asked by i love youuu 1 in Religion & Spirituality
The Jewish tradition regarding the husband’s role towards his wife stems from the conception that he owns her as he owns his slave.
This conception has been the reason behind the double standard in the laws of adultery and behind the husband’s ability to annul his wife’s vows. This conception has also been responsible for denying the wife any control over her property or her earnings. As soon as a Jewish woman got married, she completely lost any control over her property and earnings to her husband. Jewish Rabbis asserted the husband’s right to his wife’s property as a corollary of his possession of her: “Since one has come into the possession of the woman does it not follow that he should come into the possession of her property too?”, and “Since he has acquired the woman should he not acquire also her property?”
Thus, marriage caused the richest woman to become practically penniless. The Talmud describes the financial situation of a wife as follows:
“How can a woman have anything; whatever is hers belongs to her husband? What is his is his and what is hers is also his... Her earnings and what she may find in the streets are also his. The household articles, even the crumbs of bread on the table, are his. Should she invite a guest to her house and feed him, she would be stealing from her husband...”
(San. 71a, Git. 62a)
The fact of the matter is that the property of a Jewish female was meant to attract suitors. A Jewish family would assign their daughter a share of her father’s estate to be used as a dowry in case of marriage. It was this dowry that made Jewish daughters an unwelcome burden to their fathers. The father had to raise his daughter for years and then prepare for her marriage by providing a large dowry. Thus, a girl in a Jewish family was a liability and no asset.
This liability explains why the birth of a daughter was not celebrated with joy in the old Jewish society (see the “Shameful Daughters” section). The dowry was the wedding gift presented to the groom under terms of tenancy. The husband would act as the practical owner of the dowry but he could not sell it. The bride would lose any control over the dowry at the moment of marriage. Moreover, she was expected to work after marriage and all her earnings had to go to her husband in return for her maintenance which was his obligation. She could regain her property only in two cases: divorce or her husband’s death. Should she die first, he would inherit her property. In the case of the husband’s death, the wife could regain her pre-marital property but she was not entitled to inherit any share in her deceased husband’s own property. It has to be added that the groom also had to present a marriage gift to his bride, yet again he was the practical owner of this gift as long as they were married.
Christianity, until recently, has followed the same Jewish tradition. Both religious and civil authorities in the Christian Roman Empire (after Constantine) required a property agreement as a condition for recognizing the marriage. Families offered their daughters increasing dowries and, as a result, men tended to marry earlier while families postponed their daughters’ marriages until later than had been customary.
Under Canon law, a wife was entitled to restitution of her dowry if the marriage was annulled unless she was guilty of adultery. In this case, she forfeited her right to the dowry which remained in her husband’s hands[24].
Under Canon and civil law a married woman in Christian Europe and America had lost her property rights until late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. For example, women’s rights under English law were compiled and published in 1632. These ‘rights’ included: “That which the husband hath is his own. That which the wife hath is the husband’s.”
The wife not only lost her property upon marriage, she lost her personality as well. No act of her was of legal value. Her husband could repudiate any sale or gift made by her as being of no binding legal value. The person with whom she had any contract was held as a criminal for participating in a fraud. Moreover, she could not sue or be sued in her own name, nor could she sue her own husband.
A married woman was practically treated as an infant in the eyes of the law. The wife simply belonged to her husband and therefore she lost her property, her legal personality, and her family name.
Islam, since the seventh century C.E., has granted married women the independent personality which the Judaeo-Christian West had deprived them until very recently. In Islam, the bride and her family are under no obligation whatsoever to present a gift to the groom. The girl in a Muslim family is no liability. A woman is so dignified by Islam that she does not need to present gifts in order to attract potential husbands. It is the groom who must present the bride with a marriage gift. This gift is considered her property and neither the groom nor the bride’s family have any share in or control over it. In some Muslim societies today, a marriage gift of a hundred thousand dollars in diamonds is not unusual.
The bride retains her marriage gifts even if she is later divorced. The husband is not allowed any share in his wife’s property except what she offers him with her free consent.
The Qur’an has stated its position on this issue quite clearly:
“And give the women (on marriage) their dower as a free gift; but if they, Of their own good pleasure, remit any part of it to you, take it and enjoy it with right good cheer.”(4:4)
The wife’s property and earnings are under her full control and for her use alone since her, and the children’s, maintenance is her husband’s responsibility.
No matter how rich the wife might be, she is not obliged to act as a co-provider for the family unless she herself voluntarily chooses to do so. Spouses do inherit from one another. Moreover, a married woman in Islam retains her independent legal personality and her family name.
An American judge once commented on the rights of Muslim women saying: “ A Muslim girl may marry ten times, but her individuality is not absorbed by that of her various husbands. She is a solar planet with a name and legal personality of her own.”
The three religions share an unshakeable belief in the importance of marriage and family life. They also agree on the leadership of the husband over the family. Nevertheless, blatant differences do exist among the three religions with respect to the limits of this leadership. The Judaeo-Christian tradition, unlike Islam, virtually extends the leadership of the husband into ownership of his wife.
2006-12-16 09:26:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
My cousin mooned me and im asking you if he's gay.
2006-12-16 09:25:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
i am just so proud of leona. she really is a world class singer. at first her personality did'nt shine through, neither was her stage presents. but hey, she will grow and progress. i am very proud of her. and yes, i will go out and buy her cd.
2006-12-16 09:24:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture
they can't read the bible, nor can they hear it. so wouldn't they die unsaved as such?
2006-12-16 09:24:26 · 41 answers · asked by andylefty 3 in Religion & Spirituality
2006-12-16 09:24:13 · 34 answers · asked by Reo 5 in Other - Society & Culture
on your last IQ test?
2006-12-16 09:23:44 · 16 answers · asked by needtoknow 2 in Religion & Spirituality
how long should it be before i become fluent in french? I have taken about 18 week of it last year in the eight grade, and i've been in it sence the beginning of september of the nineth grade.
2006-12-16 09:23:28 · 8 answers · asked by asprinfree_braindamage_please 2 in Languages
the fountain of youth? If so where do you think it is?
2006-12-16 09:21:52 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore
2006-12-16 09:20:25 · 26 answers · asked by Clarkie 6 in Religion & Spirituality
2006-12-16 09:20:12 · 4 answers · asked by My Life is in Black and White 4 in Christmas
What would an appropriate business gift be to give someone in Beijing?
2006-12-16 09:19:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette
2006-12-16 09:18:57 · 4 answers · asked by X 3 in Other - Holidays
2006-12-16 09:17:38 · 12 answers · asked by elhermanoloco 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
longer book of ecclesiastes? The reason I was wondering is I saw a Muslim say that having daughters was bad in the catholic bible and I looked it up in my bible and mine does not have chapter 20 something and only goes up to chapter 12. My daughters have blessed me immensely and I am grateful to God for them. They are much more than I deserve.
2006-12-16 09:17:25 · 24 answers · asked by bess 4 in Religion & Spirituality
So, a quick Googling will bring up scores of sites on how to SAY happy birthday in dozens of languages. But where can I get the whole happy birthday SONG in Ukrainian? Somewhere I can hear an audio file of it would be ideal, esp. if it's a different tune than the way we sing it in America.
Thanks sooo much in advance, answerers!
Skye
2006-12-16 09:17:08 · 2 answers · asked by prophetskye 1 in Languages
Im confused do you lot like him or not. I hear and c soo many americans saying that they do not like Bush, but you re-elected him as president. So overall do americans like or hate bush?
2006-12-16 09:16:46 · 12 answers · asked by Blackout 3 in Other - Society & Culture
I think that the ones who insist that they don't believe in God are just rebelling against God. If they truly did not believe, they wouldn't feel the need to be so hostile against people who believe, and they would not feel the need to constantly fight against a god which they supposedly don't believe in.
2006-12-16 09:16:01 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
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