Society & Culture - 27 June 2007

using my twisted logic, i have compiled a list of similarities 'tween the adversary & this time of year:
high temperatures----hot as hell
BBQ & beans-----fire & brimstone
sunburns---- lucifer has red colored skin
skimpy outfits----lust
lazy summer days----slothfulness
high gas prices----greed
summer jobs-----torture
there might be more, but i cannot remember them right now (TOO DAMN DISTRACTED!) but any more you can think of would be cool. but otherwise, what do you think?

2007-06-27 16:52:02 · 4 answers · asked by biodegradable insane asylum 5 in Religion & Spirituality

To punch a Jehovah's Witness for coming to my door time and time again, even after I've told him that I won't convert? Because I'm seriously considering it..

2007-06-27 16:51:58 · 18 answers · asked by Joe S. 3 in Religion & Spirituality

One of the fundamental teachings of Jesus Christ was 'to love one another as I have loved you'. Unless I'm greatly mistaken it wasn't 'love one another as I have loved you except for homosexuals!'. As Christians we believe in Jesus as the messiah, it is what seperates us from the other monotheistic religions. The man Jesus was renound for his love and compassion towards those members of society who were outcasts ie. samaritans, lepors and women. I do not understand why it is that the church ignores this aspect of our faith while embracing a single passage from the hebrew scriptures which is the basis for their stance. Do you think the church needs to move forward with the times and allow society to embrace what is surely a more important teaching?

2007-06-27 16:51:16 · 15 answers · asked by H 2 in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.jao.com/africa/zanzibar/sunrise.jpg

2007-06-27 16:50:27 · 18 answers · asked by KJ 4 in Religion & Spirituality

"There is NOTHING from without a man, that entering into him can defile him" - Mark 7.

I Corinthians 7:7-9
7-For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8-I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
9-But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn."

Verse 7 is talking about the Gift of God of being Straight, Gay or Bi.

1 Samuel 18:1,3
"And it came to pass, when he [David] had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul . . . And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul."

That sounds like a MARRIAGE to me

1 Samuel 20:41
" . . . they [David and Jonathan] kissed one another, and wept one with another..."

Doesn't sound like something a heterosexual would do.

Hold on while I write more...

2007-06-27 16:50:15 · 29 answers · asked by me 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-27 16:47:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

everyone has to sin so Jesus can be crusified. So that the world needs a saviour.

2007-06-27 16:44:53 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do you think it is important to use grammar correctly?
Or..
Is technology and the exchange of information online making proper english a thing of the past?

2007-06-27 16:43:51 · 8 answers · asked by Shoe 3 in Languages

2007-06-27 16:43:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i just saw this reference on Family guy; "we like to play old movies along Hotel California" and i said, yeah I have heard something about that. Anyone else ever hear of it or know what they were referring to?

2007-06-27 16:42:06 · 3 answers · asked by coyoteofgaia 3 in Mythology & Folklore

I'm asking this in response to this question
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArlFMJzhgSp.HRes1CzJNfbsy6IX?qid=20070627200357AAUuOmn&show=7#profile-info-sK0yAkwZaa
Not all Sub-Saharan Black Africans have flat noses and thick lips (although I think those features are beautiful).

2007-06-27 16:40:08 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-06-27 16:39:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-27 16:38:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Your thoughts on this are appreciated.

2007-06-27 16:37:52 · 10 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-27 16:36:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Whatever happened to the book of Judas?
Why was Judas the "Bad Guy" when he was the closest to Jesus and did as he was told?
and Why did the 12 diciples stone him for being the closest to Jesus? (oh and yes, it has been proven it wasnt suicide, he was stoned by his fellow diciples)

2007-06-27 16:33:22 · 25 answers · asked by Smart Ash 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Being raised as a Catholic when I was young I know I said the Hail Mary many, many times. I never questioned the sentance "Holy Mary Mother of God" I just said it. My daughter asked me this question a few days ago and I really didn't have an answer.

2007-06-27 16:32:32 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why do Christians today not concern themselves with Jesus life but only his death? The Bible is missing 18 years of the life of Jesus, and his ministry in Judea only lasted 3.5 years, yet the Gospel of John states that Jesus did so many things that it would not fill all the books in the world, and that's after only 3.5 years of his ministry.

Why do most Christians today not care about those lost years, and what he did and stood for? Are they scared they may find something they don't like, like the fact that Jesus went east to study God and learn about God in different religions? Are people scared that Christianity is based more on Eastern religions than they want to admit? Hiding their heads in the ground does not kill the truth.

This is the reason I read books concerning Jesus and his teachings outside of traditional Christianity, gnostic/Eastern. I supplement the Bible with these, as this paints a truer picture of Jesus Christ. I'm glad I did, I know my Saviour AND Master

2007-06-27 16:30:05 · 21 answers · asked by Christine S 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-27 16:29:07 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If you could not pray to Jehovah, how would you feel?

2007-06-27 16:26:13 · 15 answers · asked by shopthemadness 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Since U.S. politics, judges and lawmakers are dominated by a Judeo-Christian constituancy, why do Christians use the "laws of man" excuse to indirectly condemn sinners? As if the laws of man in this country were made by atheists.

They say "I forgive them in my heart, but they will still face the consequences of The Laws of Man". That old excuse may have been legitimate way back when the bible was wrote, but it's different now that they dictate the laws of man.

2007-06-27 16:25:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Questions about love
Questions about hate
and even intimacy! (and wrestling - and muffins)

Good night all!
SUNDAY is coming - 8:00pm est!
everyone invited!!! (watch for details)

2007-06-27 16:24:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-27 16:23:03 · 14 answers · asked by pretty_kitty_52547 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

If it were not for George Bush (among ither things)I would probably be republican. If for no other reason that to kill affirmative action. Because all AA has succeeded in doing is undermining the achievementof ever Black professional.

The following is a response another user posted:

"I would be very skeptical about going to a blak doctor or dentist, I would not hire a blak lawyer, and I am suspicious of blak cops, I automatically assume they were not the best qualified person to get the job, because they were given preferences, special tests, or were hired using subjective criteria"

Even if Black person graduates at the top of their class white people are going to look at them as if they had an unfair advantage. Is this a good enough reason to kill affirmative action.

2007-06-27 16:18:46 · 25 answers · asked by $0.02 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Isnt it funny how we ancient religions and faiths lived life in peace, when all of a sudden, POOF!!!! christianity appeared out of nowhere and screwed everything up?

2007-06-27 16:18:43 · 27 answers · asked by Smart Ash 2 in Religion & Spirituality

So, Atheist Don't Believe in God
Then what does one Believe in?

Also I am trying to be respectful i am curious to know
what Atheist believe in then i am not trying to start
argument on Believes because with one of those most often
you get no where, because everyone choses' to believe
There own way, I myself Believe in The Lord with all my heart.
Why are Atheist So against God? There is no prove that he doesn't exist just people who refuse to Believe.
Scientist can be wrong by the way they been wrong many times.Scientist also don't have all the answers to everything.
But all I am Curious about is what does atheist Believe in?
Why do people Choose to be atheist? Are they simply mad at God? someone who just don't want to believe something they can't see...am just trying to understand better is all not be disrespectful I am not going to shove The Lord down your throat, you either believe in him or you don't your choice
so anyway answer the question if you wish but be nice .

2007-06-27 16:18:21 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Its a new term for me (you learn something new everyday). I just read that they look specifically at "the red letters (or words attributed directly to Christ)." That they refuse to hang their identity solely on the two political hot button issues of homosexuality and abortion. They focus on the helping the poor, underrepresented, and the enviroment. Is that a fair assessment? How long have they been around?

2007-06-27 16:18:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Yesterday a mother called our house for prayer for her son. My Wife listened attentively to the woman. She had just gotten back from Wichita Kansas. Her seventeen year old son had come up missing from a drug rehab center there. He had been missing for two weeks and his family had went there to pass out flyers with his picture on them in hopes that someone might identify him and he could be found. The lady told my Wife that she wasn't a Christian, she had grown up catholic and had left that after leaving home at a young age. My Wife is not shy when it comes to prayer and asked the lady if she would like to have a prayer over the phone. She was willing to do anything at this point if it would help get her son found safely. After the prayer they said their good byes.Ten minutes later this lady called back to tell my Wife that they had no sooner hung up the phone and her son called.This lady is now ready to here more about Jesus,will you all pray for her and her family?

2007-06-27 16:16:55 · 38 answers · asked by don_steele54 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Is that what English speaking people think of God?

2007-06-27 16:16:22 · 28 answers · asked by Steve 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Get rid of your devil and most of the world's problems would be eliminated, no?

2007-06-27 16:15:32 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality