Society & Culture - 18 December 2006

Psalms 19:7
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
Galations 3:24
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
James 4:6
But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says God resists the proud, but gives grace to the HUMBLE.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise as some men count slackness: but is long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Romans 5:8
But God commends his love toward us in that, while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.
Proverbs16:6
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil
Psalms 110:10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good have all they that do his commandments: his praise endures forever
Proverbs 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.

2006-12-18 13:09:14 · 6 answers · asked by chris z 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Many Christians say that people can be kind, loving, thoughtful, etc. on Earth, yet STILL claim that these people 'deserve' to roast in Hell because they didn't accept Christ as their savior (even if they never even HEARD of Him!) I think that any GENUINELY decent person would refuse to go to 'Heaven' if God/Jesus is going to put all those other decent human beings in Hell! How could it not bother you if you were in Heaven while those who you loved on Earth (and who loved YOU!) were roasting in Hell...? You would have to lack any kind of a concience or sense of ethics in order to accept such a situation as 'just'! Besides, the Bible itself said that the rich man who died and went into torment pleaded with those in paradise to warn his brothers not to go to the place he was. Clearly, he still cared about them, PROVING that the 'dammed' DO love other people! I wonder how much love there will be in the so-called 'Heaven'! Your opinion...?

2006-12-18 13:09:02 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

As I know that astrology is composed of more than just a sun sign I understand that an accurate picture can not be given to me. However just on sun signs alone i find this an interesting match. What do you think?

2006-12-18 13:08:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-18 13:07:48 · 13 answers · asked by oldmanwitastick 5 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-18 13:07:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Holidays

i mean common does santa really exist i wanna noe!

2006-12-18 13:06:13 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

Is this a winter Holiday? Since when did it change from CHRIST (CHRIST)MAS. We have been celebrating his birth!

2006-12-18 13:06:12 · 33 answers · asked by SS 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-18 13:05:09 · 10 answers · asked by Windsor 5 in Other - Cultures & Groups

These ladies always smoke to the left and under my window. I can't ever leave my windows open because they chain smoke and my condo would totally reek. Besides that, it's secondhand smoke. What should I do? I don't want to tick them off either.

2006-12-18 13:04:44 · 13 answers · asked by kittycatcarrie 1 in Etiquette

I'm going to have a family reunion in my house next weekend, but I've yet to invite everyone, the problem is that I've got this christian cousin that's really obsessive and always ruins the reunions arguing with EVERYONE about religion, and most of us are atheists, snd some catholics, the last thing I want is him ruining another party, but I really love my aunt, and I cant invite her or his other son without the christian one, what would you do

2006-12-18 13:04:26 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'll bet you can....

2006-12-18 13:04:15 · 32 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 4 in Religion & Spirituality

My mother said that just this morning a squirrel was in the middle of two main highways and she prayed it would be all right and find the ground off the side of the road and it did. She says that this is proof prayer works.

Well, I know it isn't. Is this really the main reason ANYONE who believes in prayer believes in it? Because of coincidences? I bet somewhere else in the world the same scenario happened except THAT squirrel got killed by a car.

This is not proof. I'm asking for REAL proof. Go on show me.

2006-12-18 13:04:04 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-18 13:03:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

is there anyone besides Cecilia?

2006-12-18 13:03:44 · 2 answers · asked by i♥TheDoors! 1 in Religion & Spirituality

What if I got so deep in the bible that I found out that its a sin to take a crap. If we lived our life according to "god's will" based on the bible..then we would all be walking around butt-naked eating plants and fruits.

2006-12-18 13:03:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

...and the verse that suggests that women should not be ministers:

Is it just me, or are the people who most adamantly come to the defense of these types of verses WOMEN?

Now, I'm mainly talking about Yahoo Answers, because I don't typically talk much about religion and spirituality in real life. And maybe it's just my observation, but whenever these verses come up in a question, I'll see female answerers saying things like "well yeah, that is the role we women have in life."

Has anyone else noticed this? Or is it just me?

NOTE: I'm not talking about whether or not we should abide by these verses, either--just the people who defend them.

2006-12-18 13:03:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

can you prove to me that muhommed was not a pedo?

2006-12-18 13:02:29 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-18 13:01:58 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

according to the scripture Jesus was put on the cross on friday afternoon and by night fall he was in the tomb.

according to the sign of prophet jonah, Jesus was supposed to spend 3 days and three nights in the heart of the earth. so.....

friday night
saturday morning
saturday night
sunday morning mary magdalen goes to the tomb and finds it open and Jesus is not there.

so he spent 2 nights and 1 day not 3 days and 3 nights.

why is this contradiction???

2006-12-18 13:01:55 · 36 answers · asked by it wasn't me 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-18 13:01:53 · 4 answers · asked by Bob 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-18 13:01:32 · 10 answers · asked by Windsor 5 in Mythology & Folklore

2006-12-18 13:01:10 · 2 answers · asked by kulegurl80 2 in Languages

Male teacher, has 1 young child, is currently in grad school. Would like to avoid usual teacher gifts (mugs, ornaments, etc.) and spend less than $20.

2006-12-18 13:00:45 · 8 answers · asked by Julie M 2 in Other - Holidays

If so, here you go. Click below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC-qYh30uXA

2006-12-18 13:00:09 · 10 answers · asked by tommie 1 in Religion & Spirituality

full translation

2006-12-18 12:59:48 · 10 answers · asked by katie 2 in Languages

you know how each year theres this one thing that tons of people get welp what is it this year folks

2006-12-18 12:59:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Holidays

Islam is essentially a belief in a "God" who wants you to "Fight those who do not believe in Allah". Quran 9:29 http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/msa/quran/009.qmt.html

Believers are called "Muslims" and they are commanded to "fight with them until...religion should be only for allah". Quran 8:39 http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/msa/quran/008.qmt.htmlhttp://cwis.usc.edu/dept/msa/quran/008.qmt.html

This savage conception of God is so ridiculous its hard to find anything more absurd.

Consider Gibsons new movie about the Mayan's and their religious beliefs. People who carved hearts out of chests and threw them to the pagan worshipers. At least this horror was limited in scope. The Mayans didnt believe that their God commanded them to fight everyone who didnt believe, they just believed he required human sacrifice.

Show me something more absurd than Islam's conception of God.

2006-12-18 12:59:26 · 26 answers · asked by Holy Warlord 1 in Religion & Spirituality

"Some studies have suggested that atheism is particularly prevalent among scientists, a tendency already quite marked at the beginning of the 20th century, developing into a dominant one during the course of the century. In 1914, James H. Leuba found that 58% of 1,000 randomly selected U.S. natural scientists expressed "disbelief or doubt in the existence of God". The same study, repeated in 1996, gave a similar percentage of 60.7%; this number is 93% among the members of the National Academy of Sciences."
--Wikipedia

2006-12-18 12:58:54 · 29 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I know that Christians make up the majority with Islam being the second most popular but where does Agnosticism come in in that list?

I do realise that Agnosticism isn't a religion.....

2006-12-18 12:58:41 · 5 answers · asked by Pazma 2 in Religion & Spirituality

where do dreams come from? I should go to bed now (esp. since I have to be at work in less than 7 hours), but I think that this question may keep my up unless you can give me an answer that I haven't thought of already.


11:11

2006-12-18 12:58:38 · 11 answers · asked by -skrowzdm- 4 in Religion & Spirituality