Society & Culture - 6 June 2007

Why can't they just accept their own mortality?

2007-06-06 09:44:56 · 27 answers · asked by poke 1 in Religion & Spirituality

My boss once told me that he was in the CIA for over 20 years, and that when he was 15, he stoped the Mormon Church in Lake Oswego Oregon. I think the man is lieing, but you never know... He said that he stoped it by him doing secret investigations involving the CIA and the Mormon Church. I researched it, but found nothing. It occured in the late 70s-90s. I found nothing on Wikipedia.

2007-06-06 09:44:53 · 9 answers · asked by SLIFOX 3 in Religion & Spirituality

People speak many different languages. All of them have some words in common, and some of the words are just completley different. My question is, who sat down one day, and just decided to make a language on which nearly all of our languages are based on today?

2007-06-06 09:44:16 · 13 answers · asked by Creepy Kourtney 2 in Languages

I have been giving serious thought to whether or not I believe the New Testament or if it is a giant con. People use Isaiah 7:14 as a prophetic reference to the virgin birth, but the verse is taken so far out of context that it is almost laughable that someone could derive that from it. If someone reads the whole chapter and not just that verse, they will find Judah at war on two fronts. The king of Judah was an evil king, but G-d assured the king through the prophet Isaiah that G-d would give Judah victory in these wars. Verse 16 gives qualifying info to prophecy of the child. "for before the child shall know to refuse the bad and choose the good, the land you abhor shall be forsaken by both her kings" I don't think these series of verses of immediate deliverence from invading forces are fulfilled by a virgin birth 700 years later. Joseph wasn't like, "Praise G-d, you must be the prophesied virgin mother of the Messiah." He wanted a divorce. If the expectation was..........

2007-06-06 09:43:44 · 19 answers · asked by shrugger 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Evolutionists say millions of years have passed but scientists can only successfully test much smaller increments of time occurring.

Thanks to Markyyy for helping me to realize the truism of Intelligent Chronology.

2007-06-06 09:43:43 · 3 answers · asked by The Church Lady 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Honest question, I am not putting down Christianity. But if God created Adam and Eve then how come Paganism was the original belief system of humans?

2007-06-06 09:42:16 · 14 answers · asked by Kate 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Are there websites where I can look up Spanish words?

2007-06-06 09:41:29 · 9 answers · asked by ☺SDgurl☺ 3 in Languages

How to tell the difference?

2007-06-06 09:40:34 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

There are many finds that confirm dates, places metioned in the bible are true, but that can't be proof that it is all true. Where is the proof for the Ark, Jonah and the whale, Jesus walking on water to name a few.
(that thing they found in Turkey has been proven not to be the Ark, so don't even think about bringing it up)

2007-06-06 09:40:33 · 10 answers · asked by Jason Bourne 5 in Religion & Spirituality

If knowing that you will be nothing when you die, what motivates you to keep living? Do you think you have a purpose here? or do you think you are here for a any reason at all? Not trying to insult,,, i really wanna know,,,,, And do you believe that you have a soul???

2007-06-06 09:39:50 · 28 answers · asked by Jessie 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Okay, well I know how people say that there is only FAITH in that somebody...but I don't even know who that somebody is. I've never gone to any type of church, but my parents are both lutheran. They've never taught me about any religion [I am 15], and I just want to know what I would be 'classified as'

-I don't believe in Jesus
-I believe that there is a higher being, but I don't necissarily believe that it's 'our creator'
-I don't believe in Hell
-I believe in karma, past lives, and life after death
-I don't think that it's bad to have sex before marriage, so in other words I don't believe in abstinence.
-I believe in the 4 different elements.

So uhh, that's pretty much the basics. What is this basically describing? As I've said before I've never studies any type of religion, and I'm just trying to find faith in something. If you could, try to provide some sort of information. Alright, well thank you so much for caring! =]

2007-06-06 09:38:31 · 25 answers · asked by Kayla S 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Almost every question I open on here has some major spelling mistake. One girl spelt "know" knoE!

It drives me crazy!

2007-06-06 09:38:25 · 17 answers · asked by Molly 3 in Languages

2007-06-06 09:37:59 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-06 09:36:02 · 8 answers · asked by damiensam2 1 in Religion & Spirituality

and why do the different sects of Christianity hate each other so much?

Don't they all believe in Jesus and that he taught to love all men?

If they have to hate someone, shouldn't they hate people from other religions not their own?

Isn't the Christian goal in life to "save" as many people as possible by accepting Jesus as their lord and slavior and if so why aren't they content with all the other sects of Christianity believing in Jesus?

Why is there so much hate in Christianity?

2007-06-06 09:33:07 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

things you wouldn't normally say as a rational adult such as-

'god controls the weather'
'the bible is accurate becasue it is'
'you can't see air, do you believe in that'
'disabled people were sent to test us' (sick)
'I have a relationship with god'
'god is all around'
'a banana proves creation'
'prayer works'
'I will go to a place called heaven'
'homosexuals are sinners'

Do you actually realise what you are saying and how utterly ridiculous it sounds? Do you tackle any other subjects with such madcap, strange answers?

2007-06-06 09:31:39 · 21 answers · asked by thethinker 2 in Religion & Spirituality

He could've advised something like "Don't kill people who don't believe in me" or taught how to make a polio vaccine. I would've reccomended nonproliferation, too.

2007-06-06 09:31:31 · 14 answers · asked by razzthedestroyer 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Is that called, very-large-micro-evolution?

2007-06-06 09:31:04 · 11 answers · asked by WWTSD? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

what is the special part of cooking it that makes it so hard.

2007-06-06 09:29:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

mainly the Sun , what were the changes in Christianity?

2007-06-06 09:29:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-06 09:27:26 · 10 answers · asked by razzthedestroyer 2 in Religion & Spirituality

My question was: Did you know that God is alive and that he loves you very much? Hm. Sounds like a question to me. But did you know this? I bet this one gets removed too! LOL.

2007-06-06 09:26:20 · 17 answers · asked by Ron B. 7 in Religion & Spirituality

i am a 22 year old welshman born in england and i have been wanting to learn my native language for a while now as i will hopefully be moving back there in a couple of years
do any of the self teaching courses(software,audio and books) actually work as i work quite long hours i do not have much time to do any courses

2007-06-06 09:25:01 · 7 answers · asked by woody666106666 2 in Languages

It seems there has been an anti-family agenda that has polarized the family, and the heterosexual unit, through the use of deceptive half-truths, parts of the truth, that attack one sex or another, involving the Childrens Aid Societies and Women's Centers.

http://www.abeautifuldifference.com/webdoc3.5.html

Why has this not been exposed ?

2007-06-06 09:24:59 · 2 answers · asked by Caesar J. B. Squitti 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-06-06 09:23:54 · 4 answers · asked by nonexistant 3 in Languages

Roman Catholic prayer
O Jesus,Through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of the Sorrowful Heart, I offer you, your Sacred Heart in exchange for you to help me to believe in you more and more so that I will love you more and more each day until I am with you forever and ever in the kingdom of heaven. Amen

2007-06-06 09:23:45 · 16 answers · asked by Brad4peace 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Could you please explain to me if you can, the series of steps that led you to be an atheist. In a previous question, an atheist answered that if you are beginning to ask questions, you are two-thirds of the way there and there is no turning back. I'm thinking there is a natural progression that occurs to get to that point, I just would like to see the steps of this progression. Thanks for taking the time to answer in advance!

2007-06-06 09:22:06 · 29 answers · asked by Gypsy 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I am from a Muslim Country when I was younger and I am considering muslim. I believe in buddahist beliefs but Buddahism has coexhisted with religons like the Shinto in Japan so perhaps there is a way for me to believe in buddahist principles and still be muslim. My mom did not like where we lived she wanted to go to Italy but she also forced me to be Confirmed and said she would not feed me well if I did not accept Confirmation. And she does not let me go to other types of Church so last time I had to run away to go to a nice church that made me feel good. And there is a way for Christianity to coexhist with buddahism after all some monks in the east are doing that and the Dalai Lama wrote a book about it Christianity with his buddahist beliefs. I know nothing about mormans but there is a girl in my school who is so nice and she is morman but my mother does not even let me go with her to see. So yes what are you thoughts on it?

2007-06-06 09:21:18 · 26 answers · asked by Yuri ^_^ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Why are so many accounts getting deleted? I for one try to ignore what I consider angry, disrespectful or vulgar posts but I do not report them. Many of those deleted were not even any of these. Why not just walk away? This forum if for all of us.

2007-06-06 09:19:16 · 21 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Why cant heterosexuals say fag or queer (or the f word or q word?)

Would you call that favoritism/ discrimination/ bias

2007-06-06 09:17:59 · 8 answers · asked by bob 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups