Society & Culture - 17 July 2007

2007-07-17 17:07:49 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

2007-07-17 17:05:45 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If you do not know what it is, please don't answer.

2007-07-17 17:05:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-17 17:05:05 · 4 answers · asked by baby boo 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Maybe instead of able, I should ask, are you willing?

2007-07-17 17:04:05 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Please don't answer with questions about your religious preference and if you do or don't believe in God. I do and I also believe in the devil. Lately my family has been acting really crazy. No one it talking to anyone in the house and its like a sense of anger in the house. I don't believe its in me because I have tried to resolve issues but every blue moon it gets like this. Me and my sister think my mom and dad has some demonic spirit near them. How can I help this? What scriptures can I read to make sure that this spirit goes away. Its making me wanna leave my family and not come back.

2007-07-17 17:03:56 · 7 answers · asked by from_me_to_you 3 in Religion & Spirituality

And future mankind will be amazed at the horrors and ignorance that went on for so long.

2007-07-17 17:03:53 · 3 answers · asked by wakemovement 3 in Religion & Spirituality

If you think about it...this could be very possible...

Jews are God's chosen people

Christians is the faith that follows Christ and His church...

Muslims believe that the Holy Spirit brought down the Quran from Heaven...(to make it even more confusing read Sura 2:97 and Sura 16:101-103...)

So could it be God's plan to have 3 religions, each different with many respects, for some reason?

2007-07-17 17:03:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

and don't say Jesus chose to die, that's not what i'm asking - i want to know who thought it up in the first place?

2007-07-17 16:58:40 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

"An it harm none, do what thou wilt." - Wicca

"Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you." - Brahmanism

"Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful." - Buddhism

"Wherefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even unto them." - Christianity

"Do not unto others what you would not have them do unto you." - Confucianism

"No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself." - Islam

"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man." - Judaism

"Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain and your neighbor's loss as your own loss." - Taoism

"That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself." - Zoroastranism

So much for religious differences.

2007-07-17 16:56:26 · 10 answers · asked by Khalin Ironcrow 5 in Religion & Spirituality

What the hell is going on?

(best one liner gets the 10 points...) *smile*

2007-07-17 16:56:18 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-17 16:54:04 · 2 answers · asked by Barooky 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Why do you bother even refraining from "sinfulness" if forgiveness is guaranteed? Is that how it goes? Just because you believe in Jesus, simply believe, that's enough? In plain english this is: infinite pardon, lawlessness.
Where does actual conduct come into play? If "god" forgives all "sins", then why bother repenting for any of them or even bother avoiding them in the first place? Why not just do whatever you want?
Apparently good deeds cannot get you into heaven, you just have to "believe" in jesus, much like believing in apples or lipstick. So why all the questions about "Is this a sin? Is that a sin?" Why does it matter?
What would be the difference if you "sinned" and repented or if you didn't sin at all? Same outcome, right?
And what would be the difference if you repented once a week for ten years vs. repenting once at the end of that same ten year period?
Imagine if the judicial law was like this. Criminals going free because they say they are sorry.

2007-07-17 16:53:34 · 26 answers · asked by Fish Stick Jesus 2 in Religion & Spirituality

What happened to good honest questions on spirituality and religion?

2007-07-17 16:52:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-17 16:44:19 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I decided to ask a few questions today to see just what the modern person (Christians and others) thought that "bearing false witness" meant. I got 17 answers and all of them said, lying!

Many Christians seem to have a poor view about Pagans, Wiccans and Heathens because they "believe" that these different groups worship the devil and they do evil things to people. Unlike our Christian cousins, we are not Christians denying our Christianity but people who truly believe in other Gods and Goddesses. The "fundies" are constantly parading born again Pagans who turned away from the devil and returned to Jesus. The fact that they found a Pagan or Wiccan who admitted that they were Wiccan/Pagan would not state that they were devil worshippers, cause we don't believe in the Christian devil or the Christian God.

So are Christians willing to admit that they having been bearing false witness against us?

2007-07-17 16:43:47 · 20 answers · asked by humanrayc 4 in Religion & Spirituality

and is this why so called "religious" people are rebellious and retaliating in in today's world?

2007-07-17 16:42:32 · 15 answers · asked by mike 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-17 16:42:30 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do you think that bigfoot is real? explain why... What bout the lochness monster.?

2007-07-17 16:42:01 · 13 answers · asked by j minizzle 1 in Mythology & Folklore

Seriously. Have you ever read those verses that those who hate all of us like to quote in context? Did anyone bother to actually think for themselves and get the whole story rather than choosing to believe everything they heard? What do you think of this?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VqmMdPKw378

And furthermore, what do you think of this?

http://www.islam101.com/terror/toleranceftf.htm

"During the life of Prophet Muhammad, the Jews in Madina had a synagogue and an educational institute, Bait-Al-Midras. The Prophet preserved the institute and gave protection to the Jews"

2007-07-17 16:42:00 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

A few years back, at a Church camp, we had a real, traditional Passover meal. It was very detailed (there was a certain way of handwashing, we had to eat each thing when told to, each food had symbolism, there were four cups of grape juice that we drank when told to , etc.). I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to create a dinner similar to this for group of teens at my Church. All serious answers are greatly appreciated! God Bless!

2007-07-17 16:41:19 · 7 answers · asked by ummmm 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-17 16:39:10 · 23 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Do your spells work for you and what areas of your life have they been most effective in?
I like the idea of lighting a candle and saying a little prayer...I am not about to start making voodoo dolls or anything like that. Just curious. Any books on simple spells! Thanks

2007-07-17 16:39:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

a manager once said about me ( I don't know if it was in a joking way or serious way) "god bless his heart" to one of my other co-workers, what does this mean?

2007-07-17 16:39:00 · 6 answers · asked by mike 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I saw a Mormon Missionary (female) on their show tonight and they didn't' censor her nametag.

2007-07-17 16:38:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-17 16:37:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-17 16:37:07 · 24 answers · asked by Hannah's Grandpa 7 in Religion & Spirituality

People need to understand the difference between meccan and medinan verses. One set of verses was written when Muhammed was a minority, and it is filled with great stuff like respecting everyone and no compulsion in Islam. then, when he was strong enough to take Mecca forcefully, his verses started changing. instead of living peacefully and stuff, it turned to killing infidels and spreading the faith by the sword. since he has the power to force islam on people, he wasnt content to just tolerate others (IE the Jews of Khaybar who were visciously slaughtered and the women and children brought under slavery).

We can see this same pattern today. when muslims are a minority in a country, they talk about peace and tolerance (like america for the most part). but then, once a military power or numerical majority has been established (sudan, saudi), they start talking about killing the infidel. its a very well established pattern.

2007-07-17 16:36:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://tiktaalik.uchicago.edu/

If not, what qualifies as a transitional fossil? Or maybe it's a hoax?

Of course the question isn't directed towards Intelligent Design proponents. I'll have one for you later.

2007-07-17 16:35:46 · 6 answers · asked by Dog 4 in Religion & Spirituality

can anyone give me a link to a site that will help me decipher pagan type runes?
Any extra info is always good, too.

2007-07-17 16:35:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore