Society & Culture - 18 June 2007

As people sit behind their computer screens, they have the opportunity to be honest. I find that this forum is very enlightening to me concerning how people really think...

It may not be pretty but it sure is educational...

2007-06-18 02:59:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-18 02:57:00 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-18 02:56:44 · 8 answers · asked by bunu 2 in Religion & Spirituality

read to koran to see what is in it? To understand it not to be blessed by reading.

2007-06-18 02:54:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

and what was your father's day gift

2007-06-18 02:53:54 · 6 answers · asked by ღOMGღ 7 in Other - Holidays

"If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads."-Lev 20:13

Homosexuals must be killed????? Please clarify.
[Curse those who removed my question!]

2007-06-18 02:53:11 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

"I'll create these things called humans. Give them the ability to love, but for most that will turn into the biggest grieving process ever. I'll give them the abiblty to feel pain, sorrow, hate, jealousy. I'll tweak a few brains out there, we'll call those people 'murderers' and 'rapists' so that the innocent can suffer long painful deaths. I'll make sex a sin, unless you're married ..... but give them the urge to do it before then. I'll make homosexuals happy, then send them to hell! I'll make some of them born with too few or too many chromosomes, so they can go through life being made fun of, and make life hard as hell for them. I'll give women the ability to have children at such a young age, but they'll catch hell for it if they do! etc, etc, etc, etc, " "Wahahahaha!!!"

Are these 'tests'?? ... 'plans'??? What is the plan for such 'victims'? to teach others? why make it possible in the first place?

Im wondering, how in the world can one pray to such a being?

2007-06-18 02:52:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

is it a form of christianity like baptist, mormans and methodist

2007-06-18 02:52:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I call the Bible the Bubble, because the people tha believe it are kinda living in a bubble!

2007-06-18 02:51:20 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I just read this answer on another question: God created life, therefore, God has the right to take it. If you create a work of art, you have the right to destroy it any time you wish - even if it is regarded as the Mona Lisa.

Isn't that a pro abortion and post birth abortion stance? As a parent according to this idea (and the bible) I should be able to take my childs life since I created it.

The justifications are sometimes astonishing.

2007-06-18 02:50:53 · 14 answers · asked by BOB 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Don't me wrong, I don't like a salesperson on top of me when I walk into a store but went into an American Eagle Outifitter the other day. Not ONE of the 20 somethings even said hello or asked if they could help me. There were 5 people working and they seemed numb to the customers.

I haven't only noticed this at AE, in general it seems less and less young people are very courteous.

Why?

2007-06-18 02:49:36 · 8 answers · asked by hfacto 3 in Other - Society & Culture

The Old and New Testaments predicted several supernatural events would take place prior to the end of the world. How could the biblical writers be so sure of these things hundreds of years before the event happened?

Daniel 2 and 7 depicts the coming rise and fall of nations before they happened. The prophesy was exact in its fulfillment with only event to be fulfilled. That is the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to establish his eternal kingdom. (Daniel 2:27, 36-45).

Special note: Babylon, Medo-persia, Greece, Rome were all world ruling empires that once ruled the world but they all fell as Daniel the prophet of God predicted would happen. How could Daniel have accurately predicted such an accurate account of the rise and fall of nations? The next major event according to the prophesy is the coming of Christ(Daniel 2:45).

No fairytale here. It all happened in history exactly as God revealed it to his servant. The prophet Daniel.

God exists. Make no mistake about this.

2007-06-18 02:48:53 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-18 02:45:20 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i hope so, cause i can't get the new sticker on it if she doesn't pass. then i can't drive her, and summer is short up here in ontario. should i convert? what if i do and the car still doesn't pass?

2007-06-18 02:44:13 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In Ancient Egypt (approx. 3000 BC) - The Sun God, Horus was:

Born on Dec. 25th.
Born of a Virgin.
Signalled by a star in the East.
Adorned by 3 Kings.
Had 12 Disciples.
Performed Miracles (including walking on water)
Was crucified.
Buried for 3 days, and then ressurected.

This is the same for Attis (Ancient Greece - 1200 BC).
This is the same for Krishna (India - 900 BC).
This is the same for Dionysus (Greece - 200 BC).
This is the same for Mithra (Persia - 1200 BC)

This is the same for literally dozens more characters through history, including Jesus.

Why are these fundamentals constant through entirely seperate religions and belief systems?

2007-06-18 02:44:08 · 7 answers · asked by Adam L 5 in Religion & Spirituality

As science improves, most people now understand that things we observe like planetary motion, disease, weather patterns, etc., all have scientific explanations and don't require the belief in a divine being. Why hold out for a divine explanation on "creation?" Is it because these are harder issues to explain/understand scientifically, or is it that humans need to have a reason for being?

Understand, I personally am not an atheist, because I allow for the possibility of a divine presence, I just doubt there is one. If you answer this question by saying that God's presence can be ascertained by the big questions of creation, do you also believe that God is "responsible" for a tsunami that kills thousands, or a horrible disease that effects children?

2007-06-18 02:40:59 · 7 answers · asked by Stephen L 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I notice lots of "proud of race" on the Yahoo answers.
How anyone can be proud of what they had absolutely no control over is absurd.
There is good and evil in the human family...period. Why be proud of what you don't control?
Sure a person can make sure they have kids with their own race or ethnicity, but the truth is no one is special to God because of race.
This is obvious that God doesn't see race when he blesses or curses, when he takes life or gives it, it is all the same to him.
Just like the sun favors no one, neither does God.
I imagine a black man, a Hispanic man, a Anglo-saxon man, a Native American, an Aisan and if one of them stands up, sticks out his chest and proudly says, "I'm so proud to be NOT like the rest of you!" is so absurd it is almost unbelievable.
Why is race so important to some?

2007-06-18 02:39:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I've heard this several places and also on an episode of the simpsons. I'm really curious as to how people could possibly believe a guy who says he found god in his hat?? (if it's true)

2007-06-18 02:39:01 · 19 answers · asked by jamus 4 in Religion & Spirituality

He's the author for a book I keep hearing about called the Case for Christ. If you've read the book, what did you think?

Thanks.

2007-06-18 02:37:37 · 4 answers · asked by Kathy M 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-18 02:31:20 · 9 answers · asked by Nicole 1 in Other - Holidays

They're the peopl ewho are protesting at soldiers' funerals and whose website is godhatesfags.com. Is there ANYONE who agrees with these people? I think we may have found some common ground here on R&S.

2007-06-18 02:31:02 · 16 answers · asked by ZombieTrix 2012 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I have been a christian for a long time, growing up in a unsteady home i always knew that God was going to take care of me. I married a man I met at church after I got pregnant with him in highschool. I felt ashamed but I still believed there was a God and I put sooo much work into trying to better myself. Things started to get hard though, my children started to get sick, medicaid was giving me a hard time and my prayers were not being answered. I could not afford there medicines and it killed me to hear them crying when there ears started to hurt. They both need surgery still and i've still had no solutions to my problems. I've tried everything. I guess its been a few months since everything started happening so i just started to give up hope that there was a God. I still went to church but found myself , tapping my foot, falling asleep..just not wanting to be there. I told my husband about this and I how I had denounced God. Can any one help me? How can I regain my faith.

2007-06-18 02:30:47 · 21 answers · asked by Brandy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-18 02:28:39 · 2 answers · asked by STEVEN P 1 in Languages

2007-06-18 02:26:31 · 20 answers · asked by   2 in Religion & Spirituality

Tomorrow Morning at 3:30AM im going to cure a Man who have a diabetic.. by Casting a Magic Spells on a Water.. for him to be Cure.. I do this for free.. Thank You & Allah Bless You For Your Kindness Effort...

2007-06-18 02:23:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

you are told from childhood that you are a sinner and need to be forgiven. you are told you're not worthy of god's love. you are told you can never measure up to jesus, because he was perfect. you are told that jesus died on the cross for your sins.

what a sad, negative way to bring up a child. it sounds like the bullying you would hear on the playground.

christianity seems to dictate that you must be self loathing. it seems to beat down your self image.

i'm hoping to read christian answers proving me otherwise, thanks

2007-06-18 02:23:07 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It touched on themes of religion and power. I don't want to put out spoilers, just in case someone TiVo'd it, but if anyone else watched it, wasn' t it interesting?

The 4400 is about people who have interesting powers thanks to a substance called "promycin," and how the rest of the world deals with them. One person, a 16-year-old boy, developed godlike powers of attraction and compulsion. And a regular character is laying down the groundwork to be seen as "a new messiah, a savior."

What did you think of it, if you watched it, and do you think the plotlines relate to real-world religion at all?

http://www.the4400.com

2007-06-18 02:22:27 · 5 answers · asked by GreenEyedLilo 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I saw one when I was a little girl. My mother was driving and I was about 4 years old standing up in the back seat looking out the rear window. I saw her in the sky and she was smiling at me. I have a very vivid memory about this.

2007-06-18 02:21:52 · 23 answers · asked by Soul Shaper 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-18 02:16:42 · 19 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5 in Religion & Spirituality

here are 2 different ways of looking at life - christianity and paganism

Christians are naturally evil (born sinners) and have to spend most of their time fighting it. Pagans, at least those that i know, are naturally good, and "sinning" is an atrocity and something that we generally don't do.

i don't think you can argue those 2 points. my question is, can you see how different those outlooks are and can you understand why people might turn to paganism instead of christianity, when christianity seems so negative?

2007-06-18 02:15:01 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality