Society & Culture - 27 June 2007

He certainly was exposed to christianity as a subject of the british empire. But he embraced the beliefs that were native to his own land, not his conquerers.

2007-06-27 10:07:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

and if so, which ones are which?

2007-06-27 10:05:39 · 18 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I tried to put the lyrics on here but didn't have enough space, so look them up and tell me what you think. I think of it as a Christian song, saying what would you do if that person you were treating like dirt was God in disguise! Wouldn't that make you feel terrible? Anyway. I don't think that's the way the song was "supposed" to be interpreted but I was just curious to see what you all thought!

2007-06-27 10:05:25 · 21 answers · asked by followmyleader1 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-27 10:05:22 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
What a man sow he shall reap. Do not not be deceived by those who tell you that evil is good and good is evil. You know what is right and what is not. They tell you that you can have your own powers and change your destiny and next you are doing things you swore you would never do and seeing horrible things. Is it too late to back down? It is never too late with God.

2007-06-27 10:04:19 · 19 answers · asked by Deborah 1 in Religion & Spirituality

that this was just a ploy to get you to read this so I could say
((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))
love you all
you have been Pangelled
now pass it on

( for Aria )

2007-06-27 10:04:03 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why is it the pc police want to restrict Christians, but lift up every other religion or cult?

2007-06-27 10:03:36 · 27 answers · asked by ? 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-27 10:03:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am open with my beliefs, but stll am careful when and who I tell. I am not blatant about my beliefs, but from time to time religion does come up and I am asked about my beliefs.

Three years ago I went to a bookstore and bought Bucklands, complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland and the young man checking me out was trying to make something of my purchase by saying things like, "Hmmm this is an unusal purchase" I just blew it off and said to some maybe, but not to others, then as store policy requires, he asked if I wanted a bag, and as with all my other purshases, I said yes, then he began laughing and asked me if I was ashamed of my purchase, I almost lost it but stayed calm and said, "look I always get a bag and you have checked me out before and gave me a bag without asking me if I was ashamed,I am not ashamed of my faith and you should mind your own business and just do your job okay?"

2007-06-27 10:03:29 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In the military they are trying to get a warning lables for bibles, stop Chaplins from praying, in Jesus name and have removed patches from our unifoms because it offended some.Where will it end?

2007-06-27 10:01:22 · 15 answers · asked by ? 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Is she right or wrong?
http://www.newmatilda.com/home/articledetailmagazine.asp?ArticleID=2302&HomepageID=205

http://www.nisnews.nl/public/221006_2.htm

2007-06-27 10:00:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

No cracks about Christian murders, we all know some Christians do commit murder. But tell me where do Atheists get their moral balance from?

2007-06-27 10:00:20 · 27 answers · asked by Christine H 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm sure this question has been asked before. If God wanted to forgive our sins, why not just forgive them, without having himself tortured and executed in payment? If God had simply forgiven (in his INFINITE mercy... dripping with sarcasm by the way) it would have spared countless lives. Jews would not have suffered through the centuries as "Christ-Killers", which, if God had supposedly planned, knew would happen to them. Where's the INFINITE love? he needed to make one group of people suffer to absolve the sins of another group? Jew's still believe in God, so why was it necessary to have this done to his own believers? Please don't give me some nonsense answer about being closer to Jesus; that's not the question. Jesus would not have been necessary if God simply forgave.

2007-06-27 10:00:11 · 23 answers · asked by Worzel Gummidge 3 in Religion & Spirituality

to let the Hebrews of Egypt escape? Has there any been any physical evidence? I consider myself a Christian, and please have respect for my question for everybody that is not.

2007-06-27 10:00:10 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

When we stand up for our faith, then we are being narrowminded, self-righteous,and judgemental. When we don't stand for our faith then we are hypocrites. Hmmmm,,,can we ever please anyone? I think I will stand up for my faith and please God, since I can't seem to please man.

2007-06-27 09:59:36 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What specifically attracted you in the beginning? And what has kept you committed for the "long haul"?

2007-06-27 09:58:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

hmmm...

Do you not twist scriptures to justify divorce,
to justify being obese/gluttonous
to justify bankruptcy, not repaying credit debt/stealing

If you are a fundamentalist and die fat like Jerry Falwell, you died in sin...because you never turned from your sin of gluttony. ...so, according to a literal interpretation you will go to hell. However, you will justify this sin because it affects so many of your monetary contributors to the church. Do you really think Jerry Falwell went to hell? By a literal interpretation of scripture...he did not turn from his sin of gluttony, died fat...and so would go to hell

The question is this...

Why do you point at the supposed sin of homosexuality ..you preach about it, you rail on it...

However, you sweep under the rug the supposed sins of bankruptcy, obesity, divorce.

It seems that you pick and choose which scriptures to believe, which to rail on...

Are you a hypocrite?

2007-06-27 09:56:04 · 27 answers · asked by G.C. 5 in Religion & Spirituality

What is it specifically... and are there any religions (other than Scientology) that enforce it?

2007-06-27 09:56:00 · 12 answers · asked by michele46us 2 in Religion & Spirituality

ever since i was saved and felt the holy spirit, i feel a lot differently about things. i used to be fulfilled by temporary "highs" like drinking and casual relationships with guys, stuff like that. now i have absolutely NO desire to be drunk or have random relationships. anyone else feel this change when they were saved? its kind of like all that stuff seems trivial now.

2007-06-27 09:55:37 · 18 answers · asked by KellyKapowski 3 in Religion & Spirituality

..........a "gravitationalist" because I accept the theory of gravity ?

What's with the silly labels ?

2007-06-27 09:55:08 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-27 09:54:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

So if a man has pre-marital sex and then wants to become a priest, is he allowed to become one?
I don't want any "He can lie about being a virgin" responses. I mean, is he supposed to be able to.

2007-06-27 09:52:40 · 10 answers · asked by David 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-27 09:51:27 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If someone is delusional because of faith to me they have a mental illness, what do you think

2007-06-27 09:50:39 · 49 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I believe in the "golden rule"......treat others like how you would like to be treated.....I don't consider myself such a "nice" person, but I am fair.......I treat others with respect and kindness and I expect it back.......but there's this lady I work with that's mean to me.....I never did anything to her and I don't know what the hell her problem is but I could tell that she doesn't like me and treats me bad and very disrespectful towards me........I continue to talk normally to her because I'm not like her......in other words.....I'm not a bit_ch.....it's tempting to treat her the same way she treats me just so she can get a taste of her own medicine but I don't really want to do that because things might just get worse.......what do u think? Should I stoop to her level or just let KARMA deal with her?

2007-06-27 09:50:31 · 14 answers · asked by Windy 2 in Etiquette

Ok... here's the deal. I had like 63 friends on Myspace, and at least half, I have not even met.... There used to be a time when I added everyone who requested. Well, I started getting irritated by people who were "stalking" me... like responding within 2 minutes to anything I posted, sending me at least one message every day, asking me out, etc. I got really tired of it. Also, my ex-fiance was on my list, and I didn't really want him or any of these "stalkers" being able to see my pictures, or find out if I was dating anyone, or just anything about me...

So, about a week ago, I deleted 20 people. This included my ex-fiance's friends, people who had never even messaged/commented on my page, and the stalkers. Now, I'm getting messages from the deleted people asking why I did that... Was I totally wrong? I mean, if you're not going to hang out w/ me in person or talk to me, or message me or anything, then I think you don't need to be on my page! Any opinions???

2007-06-27 09:50:16 · 11 answers · asked by jenofur 2 in Etiquette

Wishful thinking of an insane mind?

2007-06-27 09:50:12 · 6 answers · asked by Nimit 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Those sneak attack hugs from our sweet Pangel?

And so this is not just chatting and is in fact an R&S question,

Do you find hugs to be a spiritual experience?

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2007-06-27 09:49:44 · 10 answers · asked by Aria 3 in Religion & Spirituality

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Earlier today I asked whether Believers would attend their nephew's same-sex civil union / wedding ceremony. People of all faiths responded, and while several said they would attend, eight respondents (all Christians) said they would not, and said so with some recognizable hostility. (One even wrote, "no that person would be as if they were dead to me.")

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aq5z4BpV9r53wdI4iAg15rbd7BR.?qid=20070627090456AAv3rgN

What do these answers suggest to you about the nature of Christianity as practiced in the modern day? Loving or judgmental? Open-hearted or closed? More in common with Jesus or the Pharisees? Community-focused or self-focused?

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2007-06-27 09:49:09 · 17 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Religion & Spirituality

'abandon all reasonable and rational thought?' As if you do this, you can actually believe in ANYTHING as these are the attributes within a normal healthy human mind that prevent us from believing things without question?

2007-06-27 09:46:54 · 23 answers · asked by Truth Hurts 1 in Religion & Spirituality