Society & Culture - 5 January 2007

She always says stuff about the number 11. What is this number's significance?

2007-01-05 14:47:54 · 9 answers · asked by sixcannonballs 5 in Mythology & Folklore

Whether by the will of a god or the wonders of nature, we are here, and our lives are too short as they are. Therefore we should cherish every moment we have and live our lives to their fullest, striving to be the best we can be...

Agree?

2007-01-05 14:47:40 · 14 answers · asked by silverleaf90210 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Many people profess to believe in God, or something bigger than themselves that runs the universe, but they are unwilling to explore or expand their faith by attending or even searching for a church. In my youth I had my own issues with organized religion and have since made peace but I am curious as to how others feel about it all?

2007-01-05 14:46:48 · 24 answers · asked by MJ H 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-01-05 14:46:42 · 22 answers · asked by lulu 3 in Mythology & Folklore

Currently, some (wealthy) people are being cryogenicly frozen so they can be later thawed and cured of what ever ails them (be it disease or even old age).

Many believe that the best way to do this is to cut the head from the body and only freeze the head (this is done because a head can be frozen much more rapidly; and they figure that by the time medical science can cure their disease, they will be able to grow them a new body as well).

MY QUESTION is, if we had the ability to keep the decapitated BODY alive, would we morally obligated to do so?

Thanks for answering...
Please check back for a follow-up question that I will post in the details in about 30 minuets.

2007-01-05 14:46:31 · 8 answers · asked by skeptic 6 in Religion & Spirituality

What does this scripture mean. Do not conform to this world?

2007-01-05 14:46:22 · 16 answers · asked by Mango 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I suspect the acorn guy myself....

2007-01-05 14:45:16 · 6 answers · asked by mesmerized 5 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-01-05 14:44:45 · 5 answers · asked by maimunitza 1 in Other - Society & Culture

most people bron and dead with same religion and they dont sure if they make follow right or wrong religion, they trust in what there parents say and may be go to hell trustfully(if parents are wrong)
if you find your religion have too many logical errors do you have stonge power to leave it behand you , and convert to other religion or you will lie to yourslef

2007-01-05 14:44:11 · 23 answers · asked by hado 4 in Religion & Spirituality

am a 14 year old guy who is very religous?
I was first atheist then somehow found God. i belive that it was the coldness of knowing no God. I now go to church every week. And i have wanted to just sit in church once however i do not have the time. The preist told me that God may want me to do something for him. I now belive that the word of God is warped by man and am now looking for the truth from God. Not the imperfect man.
Is this normal for a 14 year old and what do you belive it means.

2007-01-05 14:43:37 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-01-05 14:41:46 · 40 answers · asked by Toni C *prayer is the answer 2 in Religion & Spirituality

For crying out loud!!! The core of christianity crumbles!

Just for a silly little misunderstanding, God sends even moral people to hell!!! Just because they didn't know if he was real or not?

Oh SORRY God, if you proved yourself then i would definitely have believed! Seriously get a grip on logic! There cannot be a personal god as the one described in the bible!

what does God have to be angry about anyway? of course we aren't going to believe if there isn't any evidence for your existence or the truth of the bible!

give it up, every should admit that immoral christians (all that don't strive to be as sinless as Jesus {none}) shouldn't be considered better than moral non-believers! the difference between believing and going to heaven and being very moral and going to hell is very big!

2007-01-05 14:41:33 · 30 answers · asked by 42yxalag 3 in Religion & Spirituality

This is probably going to sound wierd, but I want your thoughts and opinions anyway. Will there be free-will in "heaven"? If so, wouldn't "heaven" then end up just like Earth? Or, will there be no free-will at all? (I understand that only "God" knows the answer to this, that's why I asked for opinions.) (no need to tell me it's only a fairytale either, I am not what you would call a "believer")

2007-01-05 14:41:24 · 19 answers · asked by Amanda D 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-01-05 14:39:51 · 14 answers · asked by ogggggggJI 1 in Religion & Spirituality

In John 10:30 Jesus said, "I and my Father are one." This verse, according to Christians, shows God and Jesus Christ to be same. On the other hand, we read in John 20:17, "Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God." Here Jesus stated that there was a distinction between him and God. In other words that Jesus himself had a God. Also, Matthew 27:46 "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Here Jesus Christ cried in loud voice calling for his God.
These are two different and opposite ways Jesus relates himself to God. The first one, he and God are one, and the second, he refers to a higher authority than him which is God. Now assuming that both are correct statements then we have a contradiction. If, for example, Jesus Christ was God himself as in John 10:30 then it would be more appropriate for him to say "...and to myself, and your God." in John 20:17, or "Myself, Myself, why hast thou forsaken me?" in Matthew 27:46. If, on the other hand, one of them is wrong and the other is correct then we have to discard the one we believe to be incorrect! Since God does not make mistakes then we no longer believe the Bible is the word of God (because we believe there is a contradiction of God’s words in the Bible).

A third possibility is that we have to look at how we can interpret the words of Jesus in those verses. As far as John 20:17 and Matthew 27:46 it is very clear Jesus had a God whom he prayed to and Whom had a higher authority than his own. We can back this up with other verses from the Bible that say, "I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me." (John 5:30). Also Jesus said, "...for my Father is greater than I" (John 14:28). If Jesus and God were the same then he would not have said what he said in the above verses.

Now, the only verse that can be interpreted is John 10:30. It is the only one that does not render itself clear. The only way John 10:30 could be interpreted such that it does not contradict all the other verses is by saying that Jesus meant he and God had something in common.

To find out what the common grounds were, we have to look at the context in which this verse came:

John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

John 10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

John 10:30 I and my Father are one.

As can be seen from John 10:28 and John 10:29 Jesus was telling the Jews that he and God share something in common, and it was: no one can pluck the faithful from either of their hands. This was the common factor between Jesus and God in this case, and not that Jesus was himself God, or that they were exactly the same.

Let us go on to see what Jesus says in John 10:

John 10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

John 10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

John 10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

John 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

John 10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

John 10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

John 10:39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

John 10:40 And went away again beyond Jordan…

In John 10:31 we see that the Jews misunderstood what Jesus had meant by "I and my Father are one." (John 10:30). And in John 10:33 they accused him of blasphemy. Now, had Jesus been God, or had he and God been one in a literal sense then he wouldn’t have hesitated to clarify the matter at that point. Jesus at that point said, "Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?" What he was trying to say was that if the Jews called "I and my Father are one" blasphemy then they should call what was written in their law "Ye are gods" blasphemy too.

The reasoning behind this is "Ye are gods" does not mean that you, the Jews, are Gods, it is rather an expression. It just means that you are godly people. The same applies to "I and my Father are one." It does not mean that Jesus is God or that he and God are the same literally. It’s just an expression. (The same goes for calling himself "the Son of God." This statement should not be taken literally either).

The Holy Quran says, "...Nothing whatsoever (is there) like the like of Him, and He (alone) is All-Hearing and All-Seeing" (Ch 42: Vr 11). Nothing at all is like God, not Moses, not Jesus, not Muhammad, and certainly nothing of His creation.

2007-01-05 14:38:43 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-01-05 14:38:43 · 3 answers · asked by sharon l 1 in Religion & Spirituality

en white people are having a argument with black people why they got to say the "N" word, it is so offensive. black people also why are we calling ourselves that word?

2007-01-05 14:38:35 · 7 answers · asked by shiningstarr32 3 in Other - Society & Culture

For example, Rama has been criticized because he does not believe his wife. Can you tell me where I can find the source of it in the net?

2007-01-05 14:37:16 · 3 answers · asked by yayak 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I would. I dont think there are any exceptions to this, its only up to the individual. I don't have problems with being friends with anyone, no matter what the race is. However, I find it strange and rather amusing how two people can engage in a decent conversation online until they find out the race of the person of whom they are talking to. Once they find out that the person is of another race, then the conversation seems to quickly be over!!!!!

........And yes, I've had this happen to me on numerous occassions.!!!!! One can only wonder why

2007-01-05 14:37:09 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-01-05 14:36:41 · 19 answers · asked by -skrowzdm- 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I was first atheist then somehow found God. i belive that it was the coldness of knowing no God. I now go to church every week. And i have wanted to just sit in church once however i do not have the time. The preist told me that God may want me to do something for him. I now belive that the word of God is warped and am now looking for the truth.
Is this normal for a 14 year old and what do you belive it means.

2007-01-05 14:36:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-01-05 14:36:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

need answers!!!!!!

2007-01-05 14:35:46 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i see people running after money every day i am on the hiway and i see all these people with me wut is the world with out money?

2007-01-05 14:34:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I seen mean girls girls portrayed on filmed and on t.v.v a lot but are there really girls at your school like that. Have you ever been in the middle of it? Do you consider yourself a mean girl?

2007-01-05 14:34:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

First of all,thanks for your coming.I would like to know the good and bad things of chinese.Cause I came from Hong Kong.I am a chinese too.I want to improve myself and give a good impression to the others.Please tell me straight and honest.Without your help.I can never attract the other girls or friends.Thanks a lot!!!

2007-01-05 14:33:47 · 9 answers · asked by Little Alex 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Does your place of worship value the elderly and people with disabilities?

I’m asking this question to people of all faiths. Does your house of worship/Faith community value people who may be physically or mentally limited in some way?

My elderly mother is a devout Christian. She taught Sunday School for most of her adult life, and was always very active in the church. Because of poor health she moved across the country to live with my sister a few years back. She is now very much isolated; my sister works during the day and my mother is unable to drive.

I think part of the problem is that her new church only knows her as she is now, an elderly lady in poor health. She tells me how much it would mean to her if they would just give her a few names to pray for each week. I think it hurts that she is always on the top of the church prayer list. She feels useless to the church.

It would only take 5 minutes for somebody to call her each week and give her a prayer list.

2007-01-05 14:33:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-01-05 14:33:01 · 11 answers · asked by Athan Cole 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-01-05 14:32:01 · 15 answers · asked by The Truth 2.0 5 in Religion & Spirituality

other religions ever?

I have been watching and reading questions of and on for a couple of months now, and all I have seen is that many (not all, so please pardon the generalizations) Christians have no clue about what is in the Bible, but plunge forward in their "faith" of ridiculing others' questions and beliefs dogmatically and ignorantly. So thank you many Christians for helping me make up my mind for sure to leave the Christian faith. I now see it is based on ignorance and dogmatism and I want no more of it.

For the rest of you, you are so few and far between that I think you would make better atheists.

2007-01-05 14:31:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality