Society & Culture - 23 June 2007

in a earlier post, an answerer stated that persons who rejected their former sinful lives and accepted Christ as their Lord and Saviour had low self esteem

the exact quote is
"people with low self esteem are the ones where religion has a strong hold on... "

I am in no way critisizing this post. I am curious to know the opinions of non-believers in particular. Do you concur with this statement? Do you think that as a non-believer that you have high self esteem? Please explain your answers.
thank you

2007-06-23 11:05:19 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

They might wake up any moment & *phoopff* you're gone!

2007-06-23 11:04:41 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-06-23 11:03:47 · 24 answers · asked by hightimes907 the 420 Atheist 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Many statements and verses in the bible don’t make any sense in today’s society. Yet many so-called Christians seem to have no trouble “picking and choosing” which verses and ideals to uphold.

Consider these two examples: (amongst hordes of others)

- Exodus 22:19
“Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.”
**Ok, GROSS. But DEATH??? Not gonna fly—at least not in the US.

- Leviticus 19:27
“Ye shall not round off the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.”
**Well, there goes pretty much every grown man in the country—including our featless [sic] leader.

Ok, I know, I know, those of you who are insensed by the mere QUESTIONING of such things are going to go ape on me and scream, “Taken out of context!” And, “You’re misinterpreting the verses!”

These are the “words of God” - and I’ve checked several versions and translations. There is no mistake. Please explain.

Now let the RAGING begin!! hehe - have fun!

2007-06-23 11:02:29 · 17 answers · asked by Yahoo! Avatar 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Do you even know why we die?

2007-06-23 11:02:25 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If God doesn't exist, why am I so awesome?

2007-06-23 11:01:19 · 29 answers · asked by ? 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I can't help but to notice how so many Christians on this site keep calling other Christians not "true" Christians.

Please explain to me who gave you the authority to call someone a "true" Christian or not. As far as i know the bible teaches us Christians, not to judge others. You do not know what is in the heart of another person, therefor you have no idea if that person is indeed a "true" follower of Christ.

I don't remember reading anything in the Bible that says we have to walk according to another Christian... Don't you think you might be missing the point of being a follower of Christ?

2007-06-23 11:01:11 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Is it true that mormons believe adam (as in adam and eve) was god? I've heard that a lot on here, but i was raised mormon and never heard that. I'm an ex mormon now though. but still wondering. is it just ANOTHER one of those things they dont tell you until later or until you're in the temple?

honest answers please...thanks!

2007-06-23 11:00:37 · 16 answers · asked by 17*mezzo*17 3 in Religion & Spirituality

one of the main reasons why i dont believe in God is because even if you are a good person at heart, you are very nice and respectful and giving to other people, that you will still go to hell for not believing in Jesus Christ. In that case if God is real i dont mind going to hell then, i dont believe in him but in the christian view point, im going to hell, even if you are the nicest person on earth. Thats something that im willing to go to hell for wether it exists or not, and i cant see how you can understand why God does it, i dont and its not a God that i am willing to trust and be with when i die.

2007-06-23 10:58:26 · 14 answers · asked by sc 2 in Religion & Spirituality

It has been calculated that it would take 17 times more rain clouds to flood the earth, and they would have to dump ALL their moisture. How can people be so gullible and believe a fictionary work about as reliable as the DaVinci Code, which is correct only as far as it relates to Jesus married period?

2007-06-23 10:56:52 · 20 answers · asked by Davie 5 in Religion & Spirituality

do you have such people around you? do you even care? profer a solution to the seemingly increase in such behaviour in our society today.

serious answers please...

thanks in advance for your sincere answer(s)

2007-06-23 10:56:06 · 42 answers · asked by Jesusbabe 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Does it just hit you? Like, Head On?

2007-06-23 10:54:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Feel free to list more than 5 if you are so inspired.

2007-06-23 10:47:51 · 10 answers · asked by HawaiianBrian 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Going to a church late this week, the pastor stated to me, my 1 month old will go to Hell if he isn't baptised if he dies. I have never heard of this. Where in the Holy Bible does it clearly state it?

2007-06-23 10:47:25 · 14 answers · asked by Spring loaded horsie 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I think I may want to go back to Christianity but I am frightened. I didn't leave on bad terms like fornicating or turn to a satanist there were things I just needed explained to me. So how do I go back with my head held high.

2007-06-23 10:46:26 · 16 answers · asked by Noree 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Would you touch it? Would you be scared?

What would you do????????

2007-06-23 10:45:03 · 24 answers · asked by getusedtoit 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-23 10:44:44 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.elroysemporium.com/news/diedlaughing.html

2007-06-23 10:44:36 · 14 answers · asked by HawaiianBrian 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Bon, vous buvez de mon breuvage magique d'amour

what does that mean?

2007-06-23 10:44:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2007-06-23 10:44:10 · 20 answers · asked by Chris M 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-23 10:43:51 · 19 answers · asked by Dark Angel 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-23 10:43:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

You don't believe in Zeus, Hathor, Hades, Cerridwen, Pan, Jupiter, Apollo, Thor, Odin, The Morrighan, Herne, Cernnunos, Tyrannis, Isis, Osiris, or any of the thousands of gods in existence. So why are you here?

(do you get it yet?)

2007-06-23 10:43:09 · 18 answers · asked by Kallan 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-23 10:42:02 · 9 answers · asked by seymore 1 in Languages

Up, down. Up, down.

2007-06-23 10:41:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

mi french teacher gave us the right study sheets but purposly gave us the wrong pgs 1 sheet is in Eng the other is french the Eng has the pg #s. u c he gave us the right textbook pgs but all the wrong cahier pages and he givin us stuf us we never learned (thats not a coincidence) here r the things i dont understand & pls explain in detail

1. how do u no if the verbs in a sentence r Réfléchi ou non (translate-reflected or not)
2. Dictée (I HAVE NO IDEA wat this is & its WORTH 25 MARKS) pls this is the most imp. ? i have 2 ask u
3. Who is speakin? Is this a teen or an adult? (no not u thats 1 of the exam ?s) how can i tell which 1 is speakin?
4. Write 5 ?s. Use 5 interrogative words Who / Where / Why / When / How much of. Can u give me 5 sentences in french
5.complete the sentences by the gud form of a reflected verb. pay attention 2 the reflected pronoun & 2 th endin of a verb(a mark 4 the pronoun & a mark the the endin of a verb)
Thnk u so much u dnt no how much this means

2007-06-23 10:41:24 · 3 answers · asked by Gossip Gurl 2 in Languages

If they are real? Do they eat big-macs and stuff?

2007-06-23 10:40:56 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

An enemy is a religious person. They pollute and use foul language. They hate science and only destroy the world with their nonsense. They are inefficient robots that need books and cartoons to think for them. Atheists will replace you and that is a fact. Why?

Because survival of the fittest = loving those who love you. Not those who will destroy you with the hail marry fundie madness! Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses you too shall smell the aborted babies you overpopulate the earth with.

We will out survive you all. If any atheist is against me, you are for your own abortion.

2007-06-23 10:40:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-23 10:39:57 · 4 answers · asked by Michelle 1 in Other - Holidays

Seriously, if mormonism is so blatantly wrong, why do people lie about what the Church teaches?

Ive always been one to believe that if something is false, the truth will make it very apparent. yet its clear that those who criticize mormonism have little actual knowledge about it or are just outright lying.

Like the claim Joseph Smith had no witnesses with him. Almost every single event of the restoration occured in the prescense of multiple people. Some testifying to they day they died that it really happened dispite falling out with Joseph and losing political power because of it.

Or claiming we don't believe in that salvation comes through Christ. Hello?! have you read the Book of Mormon? it doesnt get much clearer that we are saved through Christ!

Or the claim that we dont believe Christ divine. once again, the Book of Mormon proves it wrong! Even a casual reading of it would make that point very clear!

Or the outrageous claim that DNA science somehow disproves the Book of Mormon. Never mind the fact that no one has the requisite DNA to even test that theory.

Or that there is no archaeological evidence. Right… so the fact that Joseph described a route through Arabia that no one knew about that even has the name and description of places accurate is just a huge coincidence. You might not find it convincing archaeological evidence, but to say there is none is an outright lie.

And I haven’t even really scratched the surface. So seriously, if Mormonism is so wrong why lie about it? I can understand not believing it or being skeptical. But why try to confuse the facts if your position is so strong? It just doesn’t make any sense to me.

2007-06-23 10:38:52 · 12 answers · asked by Avatar_defender_of_the_light 6 in Religion & Spirituality