Society & Culture - 18 July 2007

First, I have 2 basic premises.

1.) God, The Creator, is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent. He existed before all else and is eternal.

2.) Jesus is God -- whether you believe in the trinity or a mere duality, Jesus and God are one in the same. Or perhaps you believe God and Jesus are equivalent but not identical (this is a less common belief).

Based on the above, God took human form by impregnating the virgin, Mary, with the Holy Spirit and was born by her. He was destined to grow up and be The Christ, Jesus.

As Jesus, God performed many miracles and fulfilled the prophesies of Jewish scripture. This culminated in his crucifixion, burial and resurrection. This "sacrifice" was for the express purpose of redeeming mankind from sin.

Here's the crux of the question.

If God took human form, followed his own plan, died and "resurrected himself" -- where's the risk, the loss, the suffering, the humanity? HE'S GOD TO BEGIN WITH! The end was never in question. No sacrifice.

2007-07-18 01:56:28 · 22 answers · asked by Seeker 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Basing your life on a book, and letting the wisdom in a book to guide your life?

2007-07-18 01:54:23 · 20 answers · asked by Antares 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Can mortal man stand "righteous" before an immortal God? Explain.

2007-07-18 01:52:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." (Matthew 6:5-6)

Now, I'm not wondering how you justify church as a teaching institution - Jesus himself attended the synagogue after all, but what I am wondering is how my Christian friends integrate this quotation into their understanding of what church is supposed to be.

It seems to me that the quotation is an argument against the church as a worshipping community. There are, of course, quotations that do discuss communal worship. How ought we understand this quote in light of those and Christian practice since Jesus?

2007-07-18 01:50:14 · 9 answers · asked by The Man Comes Around 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-18 01:49:07 · 10 answers · asked by Armaggedon_Amateur 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-18 01:48:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am ignoring them but it is just Tooo annoying?

2007-07-18 01:48:22 · 11 answers · asked by 2011 1 in Etiquette

should religion be just a personal belief and not a group worship? if you have any questions on what i'm trying to say, e-mail me..

2007-07-18 01:47:09 · 19 answers · asked by RuG™ 3 in Religion & Spirituality

a closed country and open a business to feed people. it will be ok to make people thing that you are a Muslim to save your life and be protected. you can even have two pasport with two different name just to be in a safe side. would you do it?
people need you because they are hungry and they have no money or job.

2007-07-18 01:46:08 · 16 answers · asked by Benyamin 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Are there things that Jews have done to provoke this hatred?
segregation?
success?
the professions they worked in (banking, ursury)?
any other reasons?

Is it purely down the the people persecuting them?
does christianity/islam teach that the jews are evil?
jealousy?
non-jews are pure evil?
any other reasons?

Or is it maybe a mixture of the 2?

Is there anything we can learn from the past that both Jews and non-jews can do to try and prevent a resurgence of anti-semitism?

2007-07-18 01:45:23 · 17 answers · asked by Alex 5 in Religion & Spirituality

In Greece, if we see sh*t in our dream, taditionally it is supposed to mean that we will get some money soon. I don't really believe in these things, but somehow it has worked for me many times (lol). Is it the same in any other tradition?

2007-07-18 01:45:13 · 5 answers · asked by cpinatsi 7 in Mythology & Folklore

I was just wondering how people view themselves in comparison to where their family began. For example, I am of Irish decent and I can easily trace my family back to Ireland. I personally feel I have a lot of charector traits that support me being of Irish decent even though I am American born and raised. What do you think? Can personalities be passed down from generation to generation like physical appearences?

2007-07-18 01:44:48 · 5 answers · asked by Amber 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Don't you think he would be a little annoyed with all the people who are speaking for him?
Deciding that they know what god likes and doesn't like?
Do you think he would find that a bit arrogant or presumptive ?

2007-07-18 01:44:06 · 18 answers · asked by hypno_toad1 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-18 01:43:52 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

Because they don't want to conform to societal standards & only end up ruining their own life.

2007-07-18 01:43:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

hi i require a tarot reading about my future job since i am jobless now???

name : t.s.balasubramaniam
dob 8.5.1969

i believe in the tarot reading more so for people whose birth details are a bit here and there (not perfect) and since i can be a message from the almighty!!! thanks balasubs

2007-07-18 01:43:32 · 11 answers · asked by balasubs 2 in Religion & Spirituality

i know you have to see three miracles, but what else?

2007-07-18 01:41:52 · 13 answers · asked by RuG™ 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Christianity has a more violent history and Buddhism has always been non-violent. (Didnt mean to sound off on Christians, if you dont like that replace it with Islam or Hinduism or Judiasm)

2007-07-18 01:36:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-18 01:35:01 · 10 answers · asked by sheenaleong92 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Weird off the wall furious rants from people I don't even know...are the psychiatrists on vacation early this year? Have they left the patients without refills or therapeutic talking sessions? Gee...

2007-07-18 01:33:58 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

This guy I work with is mute and cannot hear and speaks in sign language.
I was thinking about this this morning.
It may seem like a really dumb question but are the signs that somone from the United States would use the exact same signs that someone who was from South America and spoke Spanish or from Germany and spke German or wherever.
Is there only 1 form of sign language or does each different language have its own form?

2007-07-18 01:33:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

I really want my boyfriend to stay the night here with me once or so, im 20 and live on my own and itd be nice to have him here with me all night at least once..... Just sleeping nothing else, i know for a fact nothing would happen, but is it sin???

2007-07-18 01:28:13 · 22 answers · asked by AAAAA 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-18 01:27:08 · 8 answers · asked by nishi 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-18 01:26:25 · 10 answers · asked by The 1 & only 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

jer pence que vou ets tre jolie????

2007-07-18 01:26:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

A history ? Where is the proof that Back up history books?Or any Other books?

GB

2007-07-18 01:24:22 · 17 answers · asked by TCC Revolution 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Except Coloureds in South Africa, which are called mixed race elsewhere.

2007-07-18 01:23:33 · 5 answers · asked by Shironeko 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-07-18 01:23:33 · 12 answers · asked by Bill W 【ツ】 6 in Royalty

It saddens me to see so many people using this dreadful text messaging style of writing in every day use. It arose as a way of keeping cost down by keeping messages shorter - fair enough. It now creeps into all sorts of writing and I think that is a travesty. I don't buy into this " the language is evolving and it is the register that counts" - tosh. It is just laziness and we need to have it knocked on the head on any other medium than a telecom message. Agree or ....... ???

2007-07-18 01:22:46 · 23 answers · asked by ShuggieMac 5 in Languages

2007-07-18 01:21:29 · 4 answers · asked by nishi 2 in Religion & Spirituality