Society & Culture - 22 June 2007

2007-06-22 13:01:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

HELL NO THAT WOULD BE BORING! like the christian concept of heaven.

2007-06-22 13:00:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

"Out of one hundred men, one will read the Bible, and nintey-nine will read the Christian"
D.L. Moody

I believe this statement to be true in my opinion. What it boils down to is I think we as Christians can try and quote Scripture after Scripture, but if we don't walk the talk, it is no use. But I just want some non-Christians' opinions.

When thinking about Christianity, will you look at the Christians more than the Bible?

2007-06-22 13:00:44 · 32 answers · asked by Me 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I have been so shocked by this-its bad enough when guys do it!

2007-06-22 13:00:10 · 21 answers · asked by Modbird 4 in Etiquette

Like Adam/Echo

2007-06-22 12:57:52 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

People within our society have been sent to prison for taking part in S&M because it causes actual or grevious bodily harm.... so why are the ones that like to be punished, not treated as self harm patients?

If you were an alien from another planet, visiting earth to research self harming in humans, what would you write in your research book about the topic of S & M?

2007-06-22 12:57:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I read that because of superstition, most hotels change their "13th" floor to "14th".

2007-06-22 12:54:53 · 15 answers · asked by no 1 in Mythology & Folklore

Is for their amusement, for their desire to antagonize, and for their desire to promote the Satan born doctrine of the Non-Existence of a creator?
If then this is their commited and self proclaimed reasom for being here, does it not follow logically, to remove the kindling from their fire, by refusing to conitue any interaction with them?
As it stands, there is absolutely no chance they will surrender their faith in the inherently flawed theories of mankinds so called science. So why not take away the fuel for their argumants?
If all those of faith (no matter whether eastern, ot western based religions) refused to continue a dialog with these religious "infidels" then perhaps we could devote all of our energies towards truly helping others rather than drainging our energies, attempting to defend our faith to those who have absolutely no interest in anything other than undermining it.

2007-06-22 12:54:18 · 39 answers · asked by Tim 47 7 in Religion & Spirituality

But did you know that positive thought are the really reason why people are cure. It is known that our mind control our body. Our bodies contain neuron messenger wire like structure that send message to our brain. For example, if we burn our hand this neuron send an electrical impulse to our brain and our brain send message to our sensor neuron; and we feel pain.

It is known 90% of a disease is in our head. If we believe that we have a disease we will have it. I admit sometime you will have certain disease without your knowledge; but you still have the ability to cure yourself. All you have to do is have positive thought and affirmation that you are cure.

So, you can believe the computer that your type in on is a god and that he can cure you. If you truly believe it you can be cure.

2007-06-22 12:54:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Jesus is truth.

2007-06-22 12:52:21 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If I open your brand new car, sit behind the steering wheel, and ask you for the keys...and you ask me why I need your car, and my answer is 'God needs it', would you give me the car?

If it would work, I'd call it "sneaky theft". But that's probably just me.

I'm wondering, because it's basically the same thing as how Jesus got a donkey for free.

2007-06-22 12:51:43 · 14 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Awesome?

2007-06-22 12:49:54 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I mean, the Bible quite emphatically states that God and Jesus (ignore the Holy Spirit, as I think everyone agrees that is just God's "will") are two different beings. The Bible does NOT say they are one and the same, as a matter of fact when Jesus is bapitized God says "This is my SON, the beloved, whom I have approved" Matthew 3:17. A son cannot be the same as the father. Also, look at 1st Corinthians 11:3 "But I want you to know that the head of every man is the Christ; in turn the head of a woman is the man; in turn the head of the Christ is God". If the head of woman is man (another dumb prospect, but that's for another question) and the head of man is Christ, don't those two examples show a hierarchy of power? Therefore, if the head of Christ is God, God is HIGHER, not the same, as Christ. Those two quotes are NOT summaries or paraphrases. They are direct quotes from the Bible. I'm not questioning or attacking anyone's faith. But how do you BIBLICALLY justify the Trinity?

2007-06-22 12:48:07 · 11 answers · asked by Always Question 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I think certain things should be banned, like private ownership of ICBM's. But I think we go too crazy with this whole banning thing. Sometimes it seems totally ineffective, like in the case of crystal-meth nowadays. It can give the banned thing a forbidden aspect, making it more attractive to people. Anything illegal but demanded by the public can finance gangs, organized crime and terrorism.
Yeah, I know, if people just followed the law there would be no problem. But this isn't the way it happens. What about tight regulation, like alchohol, rather than banning?
It seems like everytime we ban something we take another step away from being a free country towards one where we say, "Do whatever you want to do as long as I approve of it."

Thoughts?

2007-06-22 12:47:31 · 3 answers · asked by LG 7 in Other - Society & Culture

when i just snuck out of my house last night i believe it was 2:30 in the morning roughly, i just finished what i wanted to do and wanted to go back into my house which i was a couple blocks away. While i was walking i just suddently sense something was behind me so i turned back and there was this black figure of a person, just standing, (cant see his face at all) he kept on staring at me and i decided to run cuz i thought he knew im not supposed to be out that time of night. When i thought i got out of his sight like 3 blocks when i turned back again he was there so i sprinted and climbed back in my window (i live in a cottage). And when I peeked through the blinds of my window, that figure was standing there just staring at my house while standing on the front sidewalk, just blank. I was really terrified. hopefully ill never see him again. Thats why im just asking about your experience. If you don't believe that figure is a ghost, then step up and prove it.

2007-06-22 12:46:45 · 13 answers · asked by zumitigger1 1 in Mythology & Folklore

You might have a good life, you are not in any pain, and you are happy generally speaking. I am forever grateful to God and I rejoice with you. However, Jesus did say "come to me all you thirsty, wounded, and broken..." I guess you are not thirsty, so you don't need Jesus. But that's what you'd say. In reality, you need Jesus, and you need God. Without God you wouldn't even be alive right now. It is God who provides rain on both who love Him and who deny Him. It is God who gave you life as a gift, and who provides to you. There is nothing that you have that was not given to you. Every moment you live is a gift of God. You need Jesus because only through Jesus can you come to God. Without Jesus we are unworthy to even mention God's name for we all fell short and are unworthy of His glory. But through the blood of Christ we are covered and forgiven and con boldly come before God. He is our Father, loving and merciful. Look at the world we're living in, can't you see the time is near?

2007-06-22 12:42:12 · 52 answers · asked by timekiller 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Why does america always think they are the "good guys" when they're not. They didn't solve by the iraqi invasion and everyday innocent people die at the hands of "good guys". It doesn't take a genius to see We (not we as in "me" also, cuz i'm ethiopian) are the bad guys. Iraq is a poor country and I feel sorry for all those people just trying to live their life and dumb americans killing them and destroying their homes, and raping children and shooting little 5 year olds. It's disgusting. God is my witness, what the u.s is doing is wrong! killing people for no reason, shedding innocent blood for oil. It's a sin and all thoses troops in iraq will surely go to hell for it, if they die in the battle field. They obeyed bush, not God when they decided to go overseas and kill some poor soul; that is why they will burn. "We ought to obey God rather than men" (Acts 5:29).Ameirca was blessed, but look where we have gone.Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom God.

2007-06-22 12:41:23 · 7 answers · asked by John D 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I mean, some of the questions you guys ask seem to be asked just to get us going. I look at them and just ask myself, "do you really want an honest answer to that?"

How many questions do you ask tongue-in-cheek, but it really ticks us off?

I admit it, I get fired up pretty easily.

2007-06-22 12:40:53 · 34 answers · asked by Me 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-22 12:38:59 · 15 answers · asked by Loathing 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Also, if someone asks me a question and I'm absolutely sure that the answer I'm giving is correct, and it turns out that the answer ISN'T correct, have I committed a sin?

Also, if my husband wants to do charity work on the Sabbath, like... a soup kitchen, or Habitat for Humanity... will he be committing a sin?

Also, if a police officer tries to pull a person out of a burning car and accidentally cuts them on a shard of glass which results in that persons death, has that police officer committed a sin?

2007-06-22 12:38:33 · 40 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 in Religion & Spirituality

what happens to transplanted organs after death according to religion? Who "gets" them after death?

2007-06-22 12:36:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

First of all...Are Ouija Boards real?
Second...I have heard that the ones you would buy at KB Toys have magnets or something that move the planchette
Third...Is someone moving the planchette if it does spell out a word?
Fourth...Where can I get a real wooden Ouija Board?

2007-06-22 12:35:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

The last time I really prayed was when I was 27. My sister phoned and asked me to pray that her son would find his retainer. The same day, there was a horrible earthquake, in Turkey I believe. Something like 1,000 died.

I felt horrible praying about a missing retainer, with all those dead, so...i prayed for each person who died first, and then I'd pray for the retainer.

I prayed sincerely, "God, the very first person that died? You know their name...please comfort their family. Fill them with peace. If they need financial assistance, please provide..."

I got up to the 300s before I gave up. It was really like wee hours of the morning then. I just sort of...realized how silly it was. Like shouting into a tin can and hoping it was a phone.

How about you?

2007-06-22 12:34:34 · 30 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Why should we be tolerant of people who do not have morals or standards?

"Those who hold tolerance as their highest virtue do so because they have no others."
G.K. Chesterson

2007-06-22 12:34:02 · 19 answers · asked by Me 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Basically evangelicals argue that life is to complex to happen by accident. Why does evolution have to be an accident? Maybe God created evolution as a tool for making life. To say that evolution cannot be is to call God a simpleton. I mean, let me try and give you an analogy. What would be harder to do, making a model airplane by hand, or engineering a machine to build the model airplane for you? Personally, I would think much more highly of God's intelligence if I found out he engineered something as complex as evolution. To just zap things in to place by hand is so much easier then designing something as complex as evolution to create life. But that’s just my opinion.

2007-06-22 12:33:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

in John 17:14 (NIV Bible) when he prayed to the Father:

"...i have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world..."

verse 16: "They are not of the world, even as I am not of it."

What is this "world" that Jesus mentioned in his Prayer which Christians are not supposed to be a part of?

2007-06-22 12:33:36 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-22 12:32:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

them?

Then they should find all guilty Hamas parties (at same time) & jail them?

2007-06-22 12:30:30 · 3 answers · asked by LottaLou 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-22 12:29:52 · 16 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Jesus said: "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst....."

A large % of the population in Congo is Christian. The country also has world-wide one of the highest % of deaths caused by starvation.

Somehow those words of Jesus seem kinda arrogant to me, I don't know why...

Isn't an apology in order?

2007-06-22 12:27:49 · 26 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality