Society & Culture - 16 June 2007

The Church i go to does not believe that you do. And I definitely do not. But the youth group i attend does. so most of my friends do. but i'm not very good at learning and memorizing scriptures and such. so i want you to tell me if you think that one must be baptised in water inorder to truly be saved by jesus christ, or do you think that accepting him in your heart is good enough? and back it up with scriptures please so that i can use those scriptures.


btw: if you don't believe in either one, don't comment.

2007-06-16 16:37:06 · 11 answers · asked by MrTayL 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 16:36:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

But, you have to be nice and sometimes blunt with tack. Also you must always be willing to laugh. All this for $5

2007-06-16 16:36:02 · 12 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

if I say something like a drunkerd will not enter the gates of Heaven most Christians say that I am placeing judgment
how could I be placeing judgment when God has already
made that judgment and I am only trying to live by it

2007-06-16 16:32:59 · 12 answers · asked by hmm 6 in Religion & Spirituality

It's true that the Old Testament has several references against homosexuality. There are long lists of laws that were expected to be obeyed.

The Old Testament also says that if a girl is raped, she should be married to her rapist. It says that if you marry a divorced woman, you are committing adultery in the eyes of God. It says that if you look at a woman with lust, you should take out your eyes. It says that you shouldn't blend natural and artificial fabrics.

I honestly want to know - why would any Christian take a few lines out of the Old Testament, but ignore the bulk of its laws?

2007-06-16 16:30:58 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why do we pray to Mary? If we are already praying directly to God... if God already knows what we are going to say before we say it... why would we ask Mary to pray with us?

How is it that we can pray/talk to Mary when she is in heaven? I though that prayer was private and between God and I?

2007-06-16 16:29:26 · 20 answers · asked by fmdrumstix 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Isnt this the type of advice we should be giving our children who have come from knowing everything to knowing almost nothing. Having been a child I can easly see how alot of children today could see this world as "hell" so shouldnt we do our best to convince them that it does get better the older and wiser you get? The fact that inorder to get wise you must have first been a fool. The fact that life on earth may never be heaven on earth but just because it could look like hell on earth does not mean you cant raise a lil hell and bring it closer to heaven?

2007-06-16 16:28:48 · 14 answers · asked by magpiesmn 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Do you assume you will wake up in the morning? Do you assume your family will wake up in the morning? Do you assume your friends will wake up in the morning?

How much do you take for granted?

When was the last time you let the people you care about know that you care?

2007-06-16 16:28:00 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In Genesis 12:10-16 Abraham pimped his wife/half sister to the Egyptian Pharaoh for security and profit. Is this the king of sick twisted religion you want to embrace for yourself or one you'd like to raise your children in?

2007-06-16 16:27:30 · 7 answers · asked by NIHIL VERUM NISI MORS 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I have noticed that there isn't a question that the Bible hasn't answered.

Like "may I have lustful sex with my wife?" You would answer "The Bible says that it is OK to have sex in the bonds of marriage"

or "How do you create a man out of dust?" You would say"read the Bible, its in there."

or "Is homosexuality a choice?" you would say "The Bible says it is an unforgivable sin"

You Christians do have your bases covered.

2007-06-16 16:26:32 · 18 answers · asked by JimBob from 'Bama 2 in Religion & Spirituality

assume that so serious a task as universal creation was undertaken by a God who didn't even know the world wasn't flat.?

2007-06-16 16:22:28 · 7 answers · asked by nikola333 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 16:22:20 · 17 answers · asked by I WALK FUNNY 4 in Religion & Spirituality

So, the defense the Christians so far have given me to my last question is that "Well, that part of the Old Covenant", so I want to ask a question to those people; wasn't, you know, the whole "Banishment from the Garden of Eden" part of the Old Covenant as well? So, if the Old Covenant no longer matters, then why can't we go back into the garden of Eden yet?

Last threat for reference; http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070616200936AAJoKhd

2007-06-16 16:21:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 16:19:57 · 11 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Can anyone speak on the importance of ALL (or most) christian denominations in our current society?

I have always thought that even if the catholic ways are the most right and complete, everyone has their place in the universal church, even if it is in another denomination.

It seems that everywhere I go, theres a christian knocking a christian, and them knocking another. How are we all suposed to be "one body" if we're always fighting amongst ourselfs?

Is there any hope of removing the barriers between denominations so that all christians can come together?

2007-06-16 16:19:25 · 10 answers · asked by fmdrumstix 1 in Religion & Spirituality

When said parent did not raise the child in any form of spirituality?

2007-06-16 16:18:39 · 14 answers · asked by Lazerus JPA 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 16:18:32 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do those religions not see that they were the same ones against interracial marriages 20 years ago, The same ones that left the " Old World" to come to America for freedom and a better life and now its them hating ???

2007-06-16 16:18:16 · 17 answers · asked by JOHN P 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 16:17:45 · 16 answers · asked by ♥Come Break Me Down♥ 2 in Religion & Spirituality

What classifies someone as a nerd? (I, of course am a nerd.)

2007-06-16 16:16:23 · 7 answers · asked by Future Biologist 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Walk away from your computer and go make some babies!!! Don't let China and the illegal U.S immigrants be #1!! That makes baby Jesus sad.

2007-06-16 16:15:46 · 10 answers · asked by FaceFullofFashion 6 in Religion & Spirituality

what is it called, what does it represent?

2007-06-16 16:15:36 · 8 answers · asked by swalker0001 1 in Religion & Spirituality

This might be a hard one for the Christian believer to want to examine... But as a Christian myself, I can see that over time, some institutions have leaned towards a "blaming" of the Jews for the death of Christ, even though prophecy states clearly that it was pre-destined to happen in the manner that it did.

2007-06-16 16:15:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Someone wrote in an answer that the texts are "riddled with errors" . I was wondering, what errors?

2007-06-16 16:15:00 · 2 answers · asked by Peggy Pirate 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 16:12:01 · 15 answers · asked by WSIDR's Wife 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 16:11:44 · 5 answers · asked by ta-ta-ta-tashaaaa 1 in Languages

To give my brother an enima with a power washer that is filled with egg whites, you know, for his birthday?

2007-06-16 16:11:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

God is said to have killed every living on earth except Noah and the inhabitants of the ark, he killed everyone by drowning them! Even the babies and the unborn, what sin could they have committed?

2007-06-16 16:11:06 · 19 answers · asked by NIHIL VERUM NISI MORS 2 in Religion & Spirituality

According to Deutoronomy 22:20-21 we should stone women if they aren't virgins. Christians, your all-loving God wants us to kill wives if they aren't virgins. Do you believe that this makes sense, considering that God is supposed to be all-loving and merciful?

2007-06-16 16:09:36 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What about Atheist and heathen?

2007-06-16 16:09:30 · 11 answers · asked by Stew 4 in Religion & Spirituality