Society & Culture - 15 July 2007

Everytime I attend a Mass, the priest prays for religious vocations. In my town, 2 smaller churches closed because there weren't enough priests. The Romans complained about it, but how many of them send their sons off to be priests?

2007-07-15 03:24:50 · 10 answers · asked by nom de paix 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I read scripture, pray and meditate, and for the most part feel I have a more personal connection with God that I don't have the urge to go sing and hear gospel with the people in my community. Does this make me a bad Christian? It's not avoidance of the collection plate, or boredom of the sermons, but the community of eyes that are so judging based on looks alone, the fact I'm simply there isn't enough for them.

2007-07-15 03:23:38 · 15 answers · asked by tichothewolf 2 in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2079126.ece

how many more people must have their lives ruined by perverted clergymen...?

2007-07-15 03:20:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Are X-rays and autopsies faked just to disprove religion as well? Do radiologists Photoshop the X-rays before anyone sees them?

2007-07-15 03:20:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-15 03:17:45 · 9 answers · asked by gasp 4 in Religion & Spirituality

.. in a stone named Ku Klux Klan? Or Hamass? Or Taliban? Or Dragon Knights? Or Opus Dei? Or Christ Legionaires?

I mean, you as believers in your god, shows or supports or ignores the fact all of that organizations I mentioned are RELIGIOUS driven?

I accept everything you want, answers, stars, insults, reflections, but no a bunch of biblical versicles that doesn't contain the truth or the answer I'm searching.

2007-07-15 03:16:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Please help with the wording.

2007-07-15 03:16:48 · 7 answers · asked by johnnydominic 3 in Religion & Spirituality

An apartment complex near me has a sign that reads M-O-N-T-R-E-U-X, but on the TV commercial they pronounce it "Mawn-troe" I thought the spelling of that French word was M-O-N-T-R-E-A-U-X. Notice the missing "A" in their sign? I think the sign maker screwed up. What do you think?

2007-07-15 03:16:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2007-07-15 03:12:12 · 14 answers · asked by Q.xi 1 in Religion & Spirituality

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070715062323AAmvjxv&r=w
I don't want answers that base off of famous speakers of god that lecture but never prove. A valid website, anything?

2007-07-15 03:10:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

As I said, I bought a bracelet that says love in 6 different languages and most of them are a variation of amor, so I know that those are italian, french, and spanish. Also, there is a german and english one, but there is one that I don't know. The spelling is mitosc with accents on the s and c going diagonal up towards the right. Can anyone tell me what language this is?

2007-07-15 03:10:39 · 9 answers · asked by thesoccerchick87 3 in Languages

produce a mixed up "christianized" general public from those tribal ancestry backgrounds, that not only doesn't have enough time to fit into industrial society because they are "daydreaming" or in trances up to 15% of their day, but also become our "damaged property" with adhd, add, bipolarness that can only be cured with detoxification from christianity and it's dysfunctional eternal damnation worship of which it has no proof?

2007-07-15 03:09:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

this person is constantly asking for favors and it is really starting to get to me. Is there anything I can do other than tell them off

2007-07-15 03:09:52 · 13 answers · asked by Patricia S 3 in Etiquette

2007-07-15 03:08:18 · 15 answers · asked by Q.xi 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I love these YouTube links, some of them are just hilarious.

This one was posted as an answer to an earlier question as evidence for the existence of Jesus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGLPADW_kUw

If people believe this guy, then why not believe Eric Von Danekin with his "Chariots of the Gods" as well?

2007-07-15 03:06:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Misinformation No, 14 - tithing began in the Garden of Eden"

Some people say that tending to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil without being able to eat of its fruit is the same principle as the tithe !

They want to show that Adam and Eve were tithing in the garden of Eden to prove that tithing is an eternal principle, still in effect today !. Is it ?

2007-07-15 03:06:04 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

and it seems im down to my last million, no its true, now my husband is planning on sacking the cleaner. could things get any worse you might think, well they have cause if he sacks the cleaner i will have to get my nails done twice a week, so thats not going to save me any money, any one any ideas, thanks

2007-07-15 03:05:41 · 29 answers · asked by dollyk 6 in Senior Citizens

Is there a christian site I can visit? , there are thousands of religions orbiting around the world but there is only one Gospel, is there a truly christian site?

2007-07-15 02:55:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

John 14:12
14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.
14:12 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father.
14:13 Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;
14:14 if you ask anything in my name, I will do it.

2007-07-15 02:54:17 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

2007-07-15 02:48:07 · 8 answers · asked by thepaxilman 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-15 02:48:00 · 5 answers · asked by shirubiah 3 in Religion & Spirituality

On the TV today Osama Bin Ladan was allegedly singing the praises of those who die for the 'Holy War'. Why then has he or others high up, never become a suicide bomber if death is so admirrable?

2007-07-15 02:45:00 · 13 answers · asked by Eye see! 6 in Religion & Spirituality

these "slaves" who brought plagues and doom, and their leader Moses who escaped with his people, parted the seas and killed off an Pharaoh and his army?

I would think such monumental events would leave their mark on a people, yet... nothing. Outside of the bible that is.

2007-07-15 02:44:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It's occurred to me that some people on this site believe that homosexuals have only just started appearing, and that somehow this means that either they were not "created by God" or that people are just following a "trend".
For those people who say things like "There were hardly any gays like 30 years ago" and think it means something, you couldn't be more wrong. The fact is that there were no openly gay people back then, but there were gay people. Homosexuality has existed just as long as heterosexuality, as documented in nature and in our own history.
Seeing as I do not believe in God, I can agree that gays are not created by God as nobody is, but the idea that people are gay as a "trend" or to be cool is ridiculous. Do you really think people would be willing to have same-sex sex just to be cool? If anything, it would make them less liked within our own prejudiced society.
Sorry to rant but this has really been pissing me off.

2007-07-15 02:42:08 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Islam has given freedom of choice to those who wish to get married. The mutual choice of the would-be-spouses is given the highest consideration:

"Do not prevent them from marrying their husbands when they agree between themselves in a lawful manner." (Quran 2:232)
The process of mate selection should be a function of a healthy balance between the freedom of choice of the would-be-spouses and consideration of the influence and consent of the parents/guardians.
The freedom of choice of those who wish to get married should not preclude the influence and consent of the parents/guardians nor should the parents/guardians ignore the wishes and consent of the would be spouses.

Falling in love is not a pre-condition for marriage in Islam. However, for the purpose of selecting an appropriate mate, the would-be- spouses are allowed to see and/or talk to each other.

Prophet Muhammad (S) recommended:

"When one of you seeks a woman in marriage, and then if he is able to have a look at whom he wishes to marry, let him do so". (Abu Dawood)
The would-be-spouse are allowed to see each other for matrimonial purposes under the direct supervision of their mahram relatives. This provision is expected to be conceived and executed with piety and modesty.
Prophet Muhammad (S) instructed:

"No man has the right to be in the privacy with a woman who is not lawful for him. Satan is their third party unless there is a mahram". (Ahmad)
The would-be-spouses residing in non-Muslim societies are recommended to enter into a pre-nuptial commitment to safeguard Islamic values and Muslim personal law.

check:
http://www.zawaj.com/articles/marriage_purpose_obligation.html
http://www.jannah.org/sisters/marr.html

2007-07-15 02:39:27 · 10 answers · asked by Nourhan 5 in Religion & Spirituality

The christians cling to a couple of lines from a translation of Josephus as evidence Jesus existed. The old testament is full of bizarre stuff like a global flood and plants appearing before light along with a ridiculously young Earth.

Wouldn't you expect a bit more evidence if it were all true?

If Jesus really did live, and performed the works christians believe of him, wouldn't every scholar of the day have written about him?

If God performed the big scale miracles credited to him in the old testament, wouldn't all who encounted these feats been converted?

Why didn't the Egyptians convert to the Abrahamic God after the tales of Exodus?

Could it be because it never happened?

2007-07-15 02:35:30 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-15 02:34:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

It goes into politics, war, ect. but the beginning completely debunks Christianity. We all know the religion basically just took from the Pagans, Egyptians and so on, but this documentary makes you wonder why the religion is still believed by so many people.

You need to watch this movie, it will change your life. Or at least watch the first part, it presents all the information very clearly. The rest is Big Brother type stuff, it makes you very scared of our government.

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

2007-07-15 02:32:29 · 5 answers · asked by kj 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-15 02:32:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I mean look at the news pedofiles that were protected by the church. More people killed in the name of Islamic religion.
Morman's taking multiple wives some as young as pre-teen and they have no say so as to who they marry. Shouldn't religion have to obey the law or be disbanned?

2007-07-15 02:26:16 · 16 answers · asked by Steven 6 in Religion & Spirituality