Society & Culture - 16 June 2007

just curious as to what people's opinions are on this? i know many people that claim to be more liberal christians...does this make sense?

2007-06-16 04:14:52 · 24 answers · asked by KellyKapowski 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I posted this pretty late last night...just curious what kind of input others have.
Thanks.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtsbBGSVO6aROhF8rwxtJOPsy6IX?qid=20070616010801AAdoUY2

2007-06-16 04:14:03 · 8 answers · asked by The Walkin Dude 2 in Religion & Spirituality

This verse is saying God is our only savior. If you are saying Jesus is your savior, then you have a problem if Jesus is not your God. This verse clearly says there is not other savior besides God. If Jesus is not you Lord and God like Thomas says in (John 20:28), then you will die in your sins.

10 “ You are My witnesses,” says the LORD,

“ And My servant whom I have chosen,
That you may know and believe Me,
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
Nor shall there be after Me.
11 I, even I, am the LORD,
And besides Me there is no savior.
12 I have declared and saved,
I have proclaimed,
And there was no foreign god among you;
Therefore you are My witnesses,”
Says the LORD, “that I am God.
Isaiah 43:10-12

2007-06-16 04:11:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Does this mean that the author of the bible believe you can get to heaven if you build a huge tower.

God basically destroyed their project because he was threatened they could somehow reach heaven by a tower.

Well why are we free to build Towering buildings and free to space travel without God doing something as he did back in the bronze ages

plus, i don't think the bronze ages had a chance of even towering into the clouds using brick and mortar.

2007-06-16 04:10:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

ISKCON. Why-he didnt explain. Only because I asked a question- "is it important to become an ISKCON follower to be a devotee?Cant I follow my own guru?Some follower of ISKCON have said that I must read chaitanya adi lila and folow ISKCON preachings to become a devotee."What is said is the truth. Why did he call me"envious"? Is it right to accuse an innocent and honest person like this?Doesnt God dislike false allegations?I didnt report him because I respect freedom of speech. But I fail to understand why a young girl would be envious of ISKCON or any religious organisation!?

2007-06-16 04:09:05 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Don't they understand that we are not waiting to be converted, we simply don't beleive?

2007-06-16 04:04:40 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do..... YOU... think that YOU.... are a Real Christian?

DID JESUS SAY...... Some..... Many.... OR..... "FEW? ? ?

(Matthew 7:20-to-23)
Therefore by their FRUITS
you shall know them.

(Matt 7:21) Not everyone who says to Me, Lord! Lord!
shall enter the kingdom of Heaven,
but he who does the will
of My Father in Heaven.

(Matt 7:22) Many will say to Me
in that day, Lord! Lord!
Did we not prophesy in Your name,
and through Your name throw out demons,
and through Your name do many wonderful works?

(Matt 7:23) And then I [JESUS]
will say to them
I never knew you!
Depart from Me,
those working LAWLESSNESS!

DID JESUS SAY...... Some..... Many.... OR..... "FEW? ? ?

Thanks, RR

2007-06-16 04:01:51 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 03:58:58 · 5 answers · asked by Barbara V 4 in Languages

ok, so eve screwed up and ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge. she disobeyed god and therefore deserved his punishment. she broke the rules, she deserves punishment. cause and effect, right? explain this though, why did god see fit to punish all women for eve's action by making child birth painful for all women? that hardly seems like a fair and just god if you ask me. the only way it would be fair is if he is consistent in this method of punishment for disobedience. so let's take a look at another rule of his. ah yes, we must accept jesus as our lord and personal savior. well, guess what? i don't. therefore i'm going to hell. and in order for god to be fair and just he must punish all men the same as he is punishing me, regardless if they accept jesus or not. therefore, since i'm going to hell for my disobedience, so is the rest of the male population, that is if he is fair and just.

2007-06-16 03:58:13 · 20 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 03:56:52 · 11 answers · asked by 1saintofGod 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Atheists don't believe in God. My honest question is this, how can you be sure?
It seems hard for me to believe that the earth, sun and moon and all of existence is all just happenstance and blind luck, and that the natural order of things just came into being.
Don't you ever wonder (even in your 'weaker' moments, if maybe the Christians might have it right?
Also, if you are wrong are you prepared to really face those consequences?

2007-06-16 03:49:54 · 25 answers · asked by The Brian 4 in Religion & Spirituality

"but we sometimes forget how recent a feature of society such public services are"

here's the context.
(I'm a spanish native speaker and I can't find a translation for it, if you do not speak spanish, please explain me the menaing in English)

Broad-based access to these social institutions has been key to the security and prosperity of
people in wealthy nations, but we sometimes forget how recent a feature of society such public
services are. Almost sixty years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirmed that
a decent standard of living, including access to health and education, were fundamental
human rights. Subsequent international agreements legally committed governments to
progressive realisation of social rights, including the right to water.

2007-06-16 03:49:45 · 7 answers · asked by Juan Palacios 2 in Languages

anybody think that they know " the real J.C.?"

Who do you really suppose is this silly fella, is?
Will his wife, ever come back to him, ya think?
(I had heard that his wife left with a bunch of bikers! LOL!)( personally I say,"you go on Girl!!! Do whatcha gotta do! LOL!
But, whom do you suppose that J.C. really is,and will his wife come back to him, or not and why or why not?

thanks!

2007-06-16 03:47:10 · 3 answers · asked by ladyk 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

How is it different- I've only had the one bi experience and I found it was too much you know and not enough "filling feeling"?

What is it about girl on girl that make you all hot and nasty?

2007-06-16 03:45:29 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

America is probably still the most technilogically advanced country the world has seen. Yet it's a paradox that there's such a high proportion of Americans who feel insulted by the idea we evolved from apes..........that we infact ARE apes.

Do American christians, as well as atheists and others, who accept evolution get embarrassed by how the fundamentalists make the USA look like a laughing stock to the rest of the developed world?

Or is it more a sense of frustration?

2007-06-16 03:45:23 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 03:42:11 · 12 answers · asked by michael c 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I figured Devil 666 says these horrible things so boldy, that the freak would have a problem talking with somone from New York to give them a nice kick in the ***. Just like all racists, they are acting like this to compensate for smaller things. Lets talk Devil 666. What are you scared of?

2007-06-16 03:41:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Should efforts be focused on assisting individuals who have unwanted pregnancies see it through... or is the political effort to end the legality of abortion the #1 priority?

2007-06-16 03:38:30 · 10 answers · asked by Zloar 4 in Religion & Spirituality

A few things I feel lucky/blessed about (stolen from a Montgomery Gentry song):

I look around at what everyone has
and I forget about all i've got
but i know i'm a lucky man
god's given me a pretty fair hand
got a house and a piece of land
a few dollars in a coffee can
my old trucks still running good
my ticker's ticking like they say it should
I got supper in the oven, a good woman's loving
and one more day to be my little kid's dad
Lord, knows i'm a lucky man

Got some friends who would be here fast
I could call em any time of day
got a brother who's got my back
Got a mama who I swears a saint
Got a brand new rod and reel
Got a full week off this year
Dad had a close call last spring
It's a miracle he's still here

Actually, I have more than a week off, but it's part of the song.

Peace, Love, and Blessings
Greenwood

2007-06-16 03:38:29 · 4 answers · asked by Greenwood 5 in Religion & Spirituality

why can't we do this type of Divine LOVE today ?

2007-06-16 03:37:38 · 7 answers · asked by SANAT 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 03:37:23 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

It seems like the majority of the religious-interested people over here, and on other forums, youtube, and many other places online are extremists.

Many atheists think they always know it better, and ridiculing faith without respect seems the rule. They seem to forget that religion is a sensitive subject. They see atheism as the only scientific righeous way.
On the other hand, many religious people take their beliefs as the only truth, and are not open minded. There is so much hate towards atheism sometimes. There is simply NO evidence for a God, and no evidence of His non-existence. Reasoning with logic/common sense is different for everyone... Btw, the definition of a God is what you make of it... I can't draw a clear line between Theism and Atheism... I am somewhere in between but not agnostic. I am shocked.

>> What is the reason of the high proportion of internet reli-haters? Why do people always want to present their (non-)religiosity as facts?

2007-06-16 03:36:42 · 6 answers · asked by Mexican MeTa 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Why,if god hates gay people did he make Michaelangelo (who was 'gay') one of the greatest painters and sculptors of all time and allow televangelist Jimmy Swaggart to be caught with a New Orleans prostitude in a sleazy motel?

2007-06-16 03:34:50 · 19 answers · asked by ? 3 in Religion & Spirituality

i get really turned on when i think about some of my friends that are girls. i always think about kissing them when im with them so that id know what it was like. but i still think guys are hottt too! help me!!!

2007-06-16 03:33:33 · 17 answers · asked by miss congeniality 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-06-16 03:32:17 · 5 answers · asked by atls f 1 in Mythology & Folklore

2007-06-16 03:31:48 · 7 answers · asked by xxblondebabixx=]] 2 in Mythology & Folklore

I love don moen and hillsong's praise songs. Can you name some of your faves?

2007-06-16 03:30:00 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 03:28:54 · 10 answers · asked by Mahyar 3 in Languages

that the people who came after him just didnt care about such things enough to protect them?

does this mean that his followers either turned back to their old religions or worse, lost touch with the message of Jesus?

2007-06-16 03:26:49 · 11 answers · asked by Antares 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm referring to Genesis. I know the whole deal with Cain marrying his sister. I'm just wondering how Adam and Eve populated Nod, the land East of Eden. How many kids did they have?

2007-06-16 03:22:45 · 5 answers · asked by Graciela, RIRS 6 in Religion & Spirituality