Society & Culture - 17 June 2007

I have seen a lot of hate towards Catholics, Why? Seriously. If there was one thing that you could honestly say that just riles you about Catholicism , say what it is. Even if it's more than one thing. I'm not asking you this in sarcasm, I'm asking this because I do not understand . When I see Protestants & Catholics arguing, over things it really makes me sad. How do you think this makes Christianity look as a whole when its own believers are fighting, we are all Christians shouldn't we love each other as family, does not the Bible teach us to love every one?

l really just want constructive criticism. I know we have our faults and that there is a lot of misconceptions/ misunderstanding between Protestants & Catholics out there. Personally, I would like to learn why all the fuss so that I can help to fix this. I honestly believe that if we set aside our differences we would ALL see that we are ALL God's Children.
Please explain in a few words if you don't mind.
Thank you & God bless

2007-06-17 02:05:04 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Assumptions:
1. There is a Heaven.
2. My Dad is in Heaven (yes, he's dead).
3. I will go to Heaven when I die.

2007-06-17 02:02:52 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Is the term Anatman (Pali: anatta) used by Sankaracharya in the exact same fashion as the Buddhist doctrine?

If so, how? If not, kindly explain.

Thanks!

2007-06-17 01:57:46 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Once your in heaven... would God grant you the desires of your heart.... would your dreams come true?

Your desires of heart, do they have guide lines in heaven? They would have to be good desires, I would think.

2007-06-17 01:56:19 · 7 answers · asked by inteleyes 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-17 01:55:19 · 10 answers · asked by Sadi 2 in Religion & Spirituality

If so, what do you think were you then?

2007-06-17 01:54:56 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

A few years ago my father-in-law had a heart attack. The damage to his heart was so severe that the specialist told my ex that if he recovered, he wouldn’t be able to lift his hand to comb his own hair. Heart tissue can’t recover. It forms a scar and a heart so severely damaged can never function normally again.

We assumed the doctor was trying to prepare us for his father’s death and accepted it. He couldn’t breathe for himself and was connected to life supporting machines and monitors. We didn’t pray for recovery, just that God’s will be done.

I was sitting with him that night, as we took turns to stay by his side, when I noticed the doctor coming in to check the monitors, walking out, and coming back to check again, as if he couldn’t believe his eyes. Even I could see that his fast, uneven heartbeat was stabilizing.

A day or two later he was so much better that they could take him off the machines. He recovered fully and could take up a fitness program for heart patients. My father-in-law loved God. He simply said that God had taken his hand.

A team of highly-skilled doctors was involved. They didn’t misdiagnose, as my one friend suggested. They all agreed that what had happened was medically impossible. One joked that they were going to exhibit him in a glass cubicle at the hospital as an example of a miracle.

Do you believe that miracles still happen? Have you had a similar experience?

2007-06-17 01:51:15 · 28 answers · asked by Amelie 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm sorry for asking it
But I am just wondering coz As far I know, only Islam orders women to cover their body

2007-06-17 01:49:37 · 16 answers · asked by marhama 6 in Religion & Spirituality

First of all, I'm not trying to upset anyone here. I'm just trying to look at a possibility. The false prophet will 'perform miracles' and decieve the whole world. Every christian claims the false prophet will be the anti christ (which is true) but they all see him as the anti jesus. How many prophets have the ability to decieve a massive portion of the world? Only one as I can see and that's Jesus. Again, I'm not trying to upset anyone here. I believe in God, I'm not a Jew. I'm just trying to figure out the big picture, and if Jesus IS the false prophet. I cetainly don't want to be one of the decieved. Also, if you think about Jesus's teachings such as turn the other cheek rather than an eye for an eye. If we did that during world war 2 we would now be under nazi control. His teachings seem to give evil full authority. I agree it should not be an eye for an eye as the whole world would end up blind but I don't think turn the other cheek is the answer.

2007-06-17 01:48:59 · 22 answers · asked by Jay 3 in Religion & Spirituality

there are over 25,000 questions on Catholicism whereas

Protestant ~3,700
Baptists ~4,000
Jehovah Witness ~2,200
7th Day Adventist sect ~ 180

care to add to the list?

2007-06-17 01:46:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

u can call
a black person a ni**er
an asian person a p*ki
but what do you call a white person??

this is a serious question please do not think i am making a joke

2007-06-17 01:46:13 · 23 answers · asked by Cynthia S 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

For some reason I can't recieve violition notices any more! What should I do? I've tried everything!

2007-06-17 01:44:54 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Would you pray for them or what would you do? would you want it sorted out? I am in this deliema I have been diagnosed with bi-polour and I do not like it, yet people condem you becasue of that. What do I do, christians any advise. By the way I grew up in an abusive home that I should not be alieve today. Help

2007-06-17 01:40:28 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I don`t want a question as an answer, so you should not need the use of `?` anywhere in your answer. It is called yahoo answers for a reason you know!
I want a serious logical answer,

Look I will even start it off for you

I don`t believe it is possible for God to exists because,

(clue:put you `ANSWER` next)

( hint, give a reason why it is not possible)

2007-06-17 01:37:18 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Hi i am going to spain in a week and i just want to know the basics of spanish I am going to Malaga
how do you say and pronounce the following

1. Good morning
2. good evening/good night
3.please
4. can I please have
5. could you take me too

thankyou!

2007-06-17 01:33:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

A certain top contributor that is NEVER seen, just answered one of my questions http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ah57NT12LAkV0vt2laRKZCXsy6IX?qid=20070616190847AACyl5p

I feel like Elliot finding ET in the backyard. What should I say to this person?

2007-06-17 01:32:05 · 11 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I am from the uk and I am curious about this

2007-06-17 01:30:05 · 4 answers · asked by laplandfan 7 in Thanksgiving

What would you say are the ten most important items in the following places of worship?
-Church of England/Anglican Church
-Catholic Church
-Synagogues
-Hindu Temple
-Mosque

And why?

2007-06-17 01:26:08 · 5 answers · asked by CH 3 in Religion & Spirituality

they are just fat wats the big deal??

2007-06-17 01:24:46 · 28 answers · asked by joannejones16 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-06-17 01:21:05 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2007-06-17 01:19:27 · 9 answers · asked by Sassafrass 6 in Religion & Spirituality

instead of red?

2007-06-17 01:19:11 · 18 answers · asked by rusalka 3 in Mythology & Folklore

I saw this video on Godtube and I thought I was watching a take off of the story of Superman and how he came to earth as a baby. I'm not a Mormon and I wanted to find out if there is any truth to what this video presents in regards to what Mormons are taught to believe.

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=246fbec454302f6c14e2

2007-06-17 01:17:08 · 8 answers · asked by Martin S 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-17 01:15:40 · 5 answers · asked by KrishanRam(Jitendra k) 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-17 01:12:55 · 17 answers · asked by KrishanRam(Jitendra k) 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Thanks x

2007-06-17 01:09:00 · 10 answers · asked by Monique T 1 in Languages

I have been having an email conversation with one of our posters who is an atheist. He is trying to convince me that the Bible is untrue. Now I ask why? What difference does it make whether I believe the Bible to be true or not. I have found that most atheist go to great lengths to convince Christians that the Bible is just a bunch of made of stories by atleast 40 different lunatics, that none of the OT prophecies came true, that Christ was somebody that walked the earth but none of the eye witness accounts are true, and that science is the only explanation they can come up with as to how the earth was formed, and even that explanation they don't all agree on. There has yet to be proof that the Bible is untrue. I guess all the scienctific evidence that has been found, is untrue also - so tell me why is it that atheist are so determined to prove the Bible is untrue, what is the big deal, why are they so intrigued with it?

2007-06-17 01:01:44 · 19 answers · asked by grandmabonnie 3 in Religion & Spirituality

help pls.!tnx=]

2007-06-17 01:01:41 · 7 answers · asked by mariah 2 in Mythology & Folklore

What would be important?

Actually I believe in Spirituality...and not organized religion, but in asking this question, let's find out what beliefs you think are necessary to create a spiritual minded group of individuals.
What important Biblical truths would be a part of this church?

Would there be a "leader"?

Would the individuals be Baptized? Sprinkling or immersion?

What beliefs concerning the Trinity would there be?

What beliefs about "Hell" would there be?

Who would be God's special group of people?

Is Jesus the head of the church?

Any other doctines that seem necessary to be a part of this group?
There's so many ideas, ( not necessarily in agreement ) out there, about religions or churches...so I wonder what we would want, if we could start our own group?

2007-06-17 00:56:31 · 5 answers · asked by JoJoCieCie 5 in Religion & Spirituality

...Let's play a guessing game :D

Why did I dissapear?

A> Got ran over by a truck and died.
B> Fed up with all the feud here.
C> E.T. went home.
D> Cucumber

2007-06-17 00:49:03 · 22 answers · asked by Adia Azrael 4 in Religion & Spirituality