Society & Culture - 26 July 2007

I do not believe in it but I want to know some people's opinions.

2007-07-26 17:52:16 · 23 answers · asked by Too Blessed To Be Stressed! 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-26 17:49:27 · 12 answers · asked by Golf Balls 1 in Religion & Spirituality

This shabbat like all others i am just enjoying it.Friday night tradional meal and bracha.Shabbat Morning Shul and Lunch.Sedua Shelishit and havdalah.I am also having people over for Shabbat Afternoon.What are you doing this shabbat or for non-jews this weekend?

2007-07-26 17:49:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

ok, the consensus seems to be it's ok to place two orders at a drive thru. me, i think it's rude to the person/people in the vehicle behind you. if you want to order twice, i say park your car and go inside. but that's just uptight me. still, now i must ask: is it ok to place three orders? if two's ok, what's the limit?

2007-07-26 17:49:08 · 10 answers · asked by king henry viii 2 in Etiquette

I saw a book title in a Christian catalog to do with 3:00 a.m. in the morning. It said "Why do people wake up at 3:00a.m. in the morning?" I was thinking of buying it but I thought what if it is a book not approval to God. I did not buy it. I still think about that question off and on like now. Any body on here know what that is about? Is it something scary???

2007-07-26 17:48:51 · 11 answers · asked by Debs 5 in Religion & Spirituality

errors in Bible

pls don't delete this question

2007-07-26 17:48:21 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Many "believers" feel His presence.. I NEVER seem to feel it.. No matter how many times I have prayed, no matter how many hardships I go through..

Sure, my life is "proof" of God, right?

I'm sorry, I try to believe, but I'm left with complete nothing.

Every day I wake up to nothingness.. I'm not a bad person - I have thought I saw my own sign from God, only to be left in the DIRT.

Where is God when I cry? The bible says He'll always be there to comfort you - what abou those who have NEVER ever heard of God?

I'm sick of this sick cycle - I have faith, yet it's not good enough. How can I be happy - searching for love from a God that ignores me?

My life hasn't been easy, it hasn't been worse than most.. But it hurts a lot to have faith, pray, and think you get an answer - false hope - God ignores me. HE doesn't care.

2007-07-26 17:46:59 · 15 answers · asked by ☆ LEAH ☆ 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm just wondering how in the world protestants can say that Catholics aren't Christians. Anyone who has studied history knows that the Catholic church was the church of the early christians - the church started by Jesus Christ. So it just astounds me when protestants - who broke off from the catholic church, can now say that catholics are not christian.

2007-07-26 17:45:54 · 22 answers · asked by Sapere Aude 5 in Religion & Spirituality

... mentally ill able to get into Heaven? According to the Christianity religion, to be a born-again Christian, you must make a conscious decision to accept Christ as a savior. How is this possible for a mentally ill person who has no way of grasping this concept?

2007-07-26 17:44:04 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

...except the last one? What was Allah doing with the descendants of Ishmael during all of the centuries between Ishmael and Muhammad, when only the Jews were being given prophets?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophets_of_Islam

2007-07-26 17:43:27 · 8 answers · asked by Randy G 7 in Religion & Spirituality

"You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination." And Leviticus 20:13 adds, "they shall surely be put to death."

Break out the fossil collection! But, and I add this only as a caution, look out for the snags.

For one, in the very same Bible, in John 8:7, Christ himself says, "Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone."

What other abominations does the Bible specify? Of course, adultery (Lev 18:20), sex with animals (Lev 18:23), remarrying one's wife after she's had another husband in between (Deut 24:4), or approaching any woman and humming "Strangers in the Night" during the time of her "uncleanness" (Lev 18:19). Cross-dressing is out (Deut 22:5), and that includes Halloween costumes, slacks on women, bib overalls on llittle girls, or a wife wearing her husband's favorite Oxford buttondown. And more on buttondowns in a moment.

2007-07-26 17:43:03 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I know people who insist that jesus is the son of God and buy into the whole fairytale. These same people appear to be of average or above average intelligence. How do they pull it off? I have family members who seem fairly smart but they are so brainwashed with the stuff that I wouldn't dare admit to what I think about it. Every time I talk to my uncle he asks if I'm going to church. It's saddening, because I feel like a liar for not just telling him what I think. He's a friendly person and pretty sharp at most things and he'd do anything for you if you asked, but there's just that one part of him that I can't understand, like there's some sort of reasoning block. Maybe you could share a story of someone in your life who is deluded.

2007-07-26 17:38:54 · 11 answers · asked by Hateful Atheist 3 in Religion & Spirituality

anti christian liberty union.

2007-07-26 17:36:15 · 22 answers · asked by ronbo 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I work in HR, my first job out of college in my field. An employee calls/emails/stops by all the time to ask about internal job postings. She asks every single question imaginable. I'm very nice to her and answer her as best as I can, but sometimes she takes up a lot of my time. My primary job is not employee relations OR job postings...I do post jobs, but it's a small fraction of what I do. How can I best deal with a needy person like this? I was told she is a very needy person.

2007-07-26 17:35:13 · 13 answers · asked by two_kee_kees 4 in Etiquette

The faith that you have in God, what is something comparable that I would understand?

When do you think the average individual experiences a similar method of forming a belief?

2007-07-26 17:32:46 · 32 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Religion & Spirituality

What would you do if you had a dirty roommate who constantly leaves the every appliance running(=BIG light bills) and leaves the door wide open? Not just what you would want to do, but what would you really do?

2007-07-26 17:29:09 · 6 answers · asked by Agent88 2 in Etiquette

I used an online ouija board cause I thought it didn't work and it didn't at first and then I asked if my room was haunted and it said no then it said yes, then I asked again and again and it kept saying yes and then I asked where the ghost was and it said IN MY CLOSET and I have always felt weird in my closet!! OMG NOW I'M SCARED! please help!!!!!

2007-07-26 17:28:59 · 7 answers · asked by sweetkitty3094 2 in Mythology & Folklore

If God made us, and evolution has proof... therefore God and evolution exist. God could have made primates first, then kept on getting better and better. Eventually, he got us. Science has flaw, faith has flaw. They both exist. How could anything form without something making it?

2007-07-26 17:28:24 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm white i have three BFF's one was bron in Tibet (she is Buddist) one is a african Christian, one is in my church (she was born here but is from Ireland) and one is Jewish.

I couldn't care less what colour skin they had or what religon they are. Why do other people?

2007-07-26 17:22:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

My friend volunteers @ a summer camp with 400 kids aged 3-17, & 70% of the teenage girls just got pregnant this summer. & the sad part about it is that more than 1/2 of the girls are pregnant by MEN, & not boys. I know the dudes that work there are "extra friendly" with those girls & they're always hugged up like boyfriend & girlfriend. I go visit my friend sometimes & they let me observe the kids running around having fun. & they go swimming on my college campus & that's where they're REALLY hugged up @. I was instructed to mind my own business about the situation when I see it & try to report it because the"staff" tells me that I'm gonna get myself into hot water I can't get out of. & they lie & say they're gonna handle the situation & don't do anything about the situation. They are SO negligent & apathetic! I'm s confused because many people tell me to report things that's not right, & then when I report it, they tell me, "That's NOT your business!" Should I stay out of it?

2007-07-26 17:22:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

I have a girlfriend, well kind of. I've been dating her for about a year and now we arent doing that great. While dating her I cheated on her with a guy that i met on a total random occasion. I have had it rough with my parents and family as well, I dont know if something mentally is wrong with me, or if i am what i am.

2007-07-26 17:21:47 · 21 answers · asked by eric t 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-07-26 17:21:26 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I think it is fake what do you think?

2007-07-26 17:19:46 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It was such a horrible mess, I didn't want to clean it up. But after three days, he was just gone.

2007-07-26 17:19:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Was the Bible written by a bunch of ignorant shepards and fishermen? Or was it guided by the hand of God?

Dr. Ivan Panin, a mathemetician from Harvard, discovered the hapatic formula in the Bible, based on the number 7. If we look at the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew, we find something interesting. We need to look at the original Greek text. If you add up all the words in the genealogy, they are exactly divisible by 7. The number of letters are divisible by 7. The vowels and constanants are each divisible by 7. Words beginnig with a vowel or constanant are each divisible by 7. Words that are nouns are divisible by 7. Words other than nouns are divisible by 7. The number of genealogies listed are divisible by 7. The number of men mentioned are divisible by 7. How could an uneducated group have written this document. The odds of this happening by chance are astronomical.
ANY ONE SEE THE HAND OF GOD IN THIS?

2007-07-26 17:18:24 · 12 answers · asked by theo48 1 in Religion & Spirituality

some cultures believe in reincarnation. my religion thinks otherwise. but i can't explain my fear of riding in an airplane. i am thinking that i might have died in a plane crash in another lifetime. i like to travel, can very well afford it, but i can't bring myself to buy a plane ticket and just go. do you recommend hypnosis so that i could be regressed?

2007-07-26 17:17:55 · 18 answers · asked by philosophical beaver 3 in Religion & Spirituality

read my mind?
Remember I am giving you permission!!!

2007-07-26 17:16:15 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Theists often claim that it takes faith to sit in a chair, or faith that tomorrow will come. This is obviously not using the definition "belief that is not based on proof." Instead, it seems more like confidence or trust.

So when faith is given as a reason to believe in God, is it like saying "I believe in God because I trust that he exists"?

This seems rather circular. Your thoughts?

2007-07-26 17:16:14 · 13 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-26 17:14:42 · 14 answers · asked by beano™ 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm a 17 year old boy who attends church every Sunday.
Neither of my parents are Christian ( I carpool with a friend every sunday).
I was wondering if it is wrong for me to get an earring (one on the left.)
The earring would be a pretty small gem or something like that. nothing outrageous.

2007-07-26 17:14:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality