Society & Culture - 31 July 2007

2007-07-31 18:35:30 · 15 answers · asked by HawaiianBrian 5 in Religion & Spirituality

this what someone said about the bible:
"the only way to grasp the spirit of the words is if one has the Spirit of God revealing it to them ... crunching words and terminology will get a person exactly knowhere with the bible"

My question is, Do you mean that the Bible makes no sense or 0 sense to anyone who doesn't believe in Christianity?? Or it is God's fault that the bible makes no sense to non-Christians??

2007-07-31 18:35:11 · 11 answers · asked by Ahmed A 4 in Religion & Spirituality

tell me this, the bible speaks of crazy weather condition, the world getting worse, with mens hearts growing cold, and ppl falling away from the truth. this is going on now. how could the "men" that wrote the bible tell us that our generation was gonna be so bad? this world in the 70's wasnt even has bad as it is now. how could they possibly know?

2007-07-31 18:34:35 · 32 answers · asked by warrior*in*the*making 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Im going to take a trip around the universe, how about you?

2007-07-31 18:33:42 · 21 answers · asked by Lonewolf 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Has anyone noticed people around the time when The Jetsons came out thought the "future" looked different than the futuristic shows that came later. Like The Jetson's view of the future was more like retro future, but Star Trek future is more metal and shiny and not ugly blue floating TVs with sticking out antennas. Has anyone noticed?

2007-07-31 18:33:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-07-31 18:32:53 · 19 answers · asked by Atheist Eye Candy 8 2 in Religion & Spirituality

o.o I understand this is an unusual translation request.

2007-07-31 18:30:29 · 12 answers · asked by zaichev 1 in Languages

How can someone consider themself fully gay or fully lesbian if they had sex with someone of the opposite sex? If they could actually go through with it then they must have wanted it.

2007-07-31 18:27:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

i beleive he created earth just wonsderesd why he wanted to take 6 days why not just snap his fingers or say appear earth

2007-07-31 18:27:25 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I mean real testimonies? Can I get a witness? Thank you, you're beaitiful!

2007-07-31 18:26:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have found a scripture in Proverbs 30:4 that I believe makes reference to God's son. It says, "Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands? Who has wrapped up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and the name of his son? Tell me if you know!"

I do not know how this scripture is interpreted by Jewish folk. If any Orothodox Jewish folks are out there and know this I would greatly appreciate any information! Always good to hear from them because they are very smart about Old Testament! I admire their vast knowledge and they have given me great insight on more than one topic! I am asking with great respect,so please no hateful answers! May the Lord bless you!

2007-07-31 18:26:17 · 10 answers · asked by Marie 7 in Religion & Spirituality

i dont think it is NOR do i believe it contains all the words of God, nor can it teach all things that are true.

I heard a quote recently that says TRANSLATORs are the worst traitors of scripture. is this true?

can you rebuttle this idea?

2007-07-31 18:25:29 · 27 answers · asked by Priestcalling 3 in Religion & Spirituality

christiandummy
"Why do so many of you idiotic atheists still believe in evolution, you must have evolved from monkeys, you're not human."

Can you name what's wrong with this response to an insult?

First one to name it right wins 10 pts.

2007-07-31 18:24:44 · 14 answers · asked by Skeptic123 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Genesis 6: 1-5

Comments?

2007-07-31 18:24:09 · 9 answers · asked by Soul Shaper 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I must admit that the six days of the creation presented some difficulty for me. The apparent logic of conclusions from observations and measurements in various fields of science had previously led me to doubt the little I had known of the Word of God, to the extent that I had agreed with attempts to replace it with an alternative concept of time. But God does not say eons or years or months or weeks—He says days, and we generally understand days to be 24-hour periods.

I then realized that had God wanted to say a billion years rather than six days, He could have said it, very simply, in the way He spoke to Abraham: “I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted” (Gen. 13:16). In the same way He could have said, “I took as many years as there are particles of dust on the earth to create the heavens, the earth, the seas, and all that is in them” and it would have sounded very impressive but He said six days. Would He have said this if it were of no concern?

I now believe that God means literally what He says and writes, and that there is no reason to look for symbolism. The word day is used so often and with such a clear implication of being a normal 24-hour period that to interpret it otherwise requires, to my mind, an unbelievable stretch of the imagination. (See also Jer. 33:20.)

It is also clear to me that if one wishes to believe in the theory of evolution, a great deal of Scripture, including Jesus’ own spoken word (Matt.19:4, 25:34; Mark 13:19; John 5:46–47), has to be discounted. So, whom must we believe, God or man? I believe that God gives us the answer when He says, “Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?” (Isa.2:22).

2007-07-31 18:24:00 · 6 answers · asked by ted.nardo 4 in Religion & Spirituality

The theory is that homosexuality is wrong and for it to be wrong, wouldn't it have to be a conscience choice. Another theory is that homosexuality is chemical in which your attraction is guided by your chemical make-up therefore two identical twins can be gay. Now, it seems improbable to me that if to brothers were raised the same way (Christian) that they'd both be gay and keep this secret from each other successfully until coming. In fact, I know a set of twins who are gay and upon all that they have a third brother who is straight. So how can God blame us for the way he made us?

Be serious and intelligent with your answers please.

2007-07-31 18:23:43 · 15 answers · asked by vampirejasper 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Does not Isaiah say there is only one saviour? but Obadiah says there are many saviours. Does this also mean that there are many Sons of God. ?

2007-07-31 18:23:27 · 2 answers · asked by Priestcalling 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I was trying to enjoy myself while watching a movie, and picked a seat in the packed theater next to a mother and her two children. Now I had no problem until halfway through the film, where one of the kids began bawling. After several minutes where one of the scenes was completely ruined by the experience, I POLITELY brought my finger to my lips and said "ssshhhh." The child's (the kid was only three) mother looked at me weird and asked if I had a problem with her son. I said, as quietly and politely as I could, "yes, ma'am".

To be blunt, she wasn't that happy. Or quiet, after I said (more like whispered) that.

I normally tolerate kids, however, if they're ill-behaved for a long time (it was enough to seriously dampen my moviegoing experience), I have a problem. Is it rude for me to calmly state that?

By the way, the movie I was in was rated R, and, to be brief, for good reason. What was a three-year-old kid and his five-year-old brother doing there anyway?

2007-07-31 18:23:16 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

1.Why is jehovah witnesses ban in singapore.

2007-07-31 18:22:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It's obvious (if you believe that bible type stuff) that everyone came from adam and eve. Also, couldn't you just save some effort and stop at Noah? But really, how likely is it that these people actually found all their ancestors that far back. I'm super skeptical when I hear those things, yet so many proclaim the same thing. Is it a keeping up with the jones's thing, or is it a flat out contest?

2007-07-31 18:21:33 · 19 answers · asked by Al Shaitan 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Like Burt says, in "Mary Poppins." :)

2007-07-31 18:18:22 · 26 answers · asked by Blank 4 in Religion & Spirituality

from all the previous questions i've asked today.....

2007-07-31 18:16:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Someone said evilbible.com proves that the Bible contradicts itself and that God is not loving... the only thing it proved was that the person who runs it has not idea what they're talking about.

1. The "Rape in the Bible" section. One argument is: Death to the Rape Victim:(Deuteronomy 22:23-24 NAB)
If within the city a man comes upon a maiden who is betrothed, and has relations with her, you shall bring them both out of the gate of the city and there stone them to death: the girl because she did not cry out for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbors wife.

they say: "It is clear that God doesn't give a damn about the rape victim. He is only concerned about the violation of another mans "property"."

The purpose of that passage is to say that if she LETS him have relations with her, NOT "if he rapes her, they wil both be stoned". Anyone can see that, especially if you read the whole chapter.

2007-07-31 18:15:51 · 11 answers · asked by Amanda L 3 in Religion & Spirituality

What is it that you completely understand?

2007-07-31 18:15:35 · 11 answers · asked by tremonster 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-31 18:15:24 · 11 answers · asked by Priestcalling 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-31 18:15:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-31 18:15:11 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-07-31 18:14:47 · 8 answers · asked by Priestcalling 3 in Religion & Spirituality

are they afraid all the soldiers will all turn gay or something??

2007-07-31 18:14:23 · 9 answers · asked by layla 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-07-31 18:13:55 · 8 answers · asked by Priestcalling 3 in Religion & Spirituality