Society & Culture - 2 August 2007

If it is argued that the prostration signified respect and not worship, then why is it forbidden to do so now?

God does not change and must remain consistent, right?

2007-08-02 10:42:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

This is aimed predominantly at christians.

A number of evangelicals have made a claim that there is no such thing as an atheist - the argument being along the lines of "to claim there isn't a God, you must be omniscient, otherwise God could be one of those things of which you have no knowledge". It sometimes leads on to "atheists are in fact theists who are lying to themselves to allow them to sin guilt-free", although the majority say that atheists are in fact agnostics.

1) What do you think about this argument?

2) For christians who dismiss the argument as fallacious, what do you think of those who do use it?

3) For christians who use this argument, are you agnostic about unicorns?

2007-08-02 10:42:14 · 16 answers · asked by Tom :: Athier than Thou 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Are you happier living life as a Buddhist?
Do you get bored meditating?
Hope my question does not sound like i am mocking!
I am not, just curious!

I'm a really active person...I do practice meditation, to try to relax and feel closer to God. I think i have managed a couple of times to reach a full meditative state.

What do you do when you meditate?
What benefits do you get from it?
What is it like for you?

I would appreciate any simple explanation please.
love nikki x

2007-08-02 10:41:51 · 7 answers · asked by *~☺~* 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Anybody??? Email me...

2007-08-02 10:40:48 · 12 answers · asked by BlAZE` 1 in Mythology & Folklore

im 5'8" and im 17 years old , I weigh 130 but i want to lose the extra belly fat and work on my abs but i need some routine to help me...

2007-08-02 10:40:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

or is there still a kind compassion for atheists? Since it's second nature and "as Jesus requested" to bear your testimony and
"spread The Gospel to all the Nations.", are you locked up or frustrated by atheists who not only don't want to hear it, but will also gladly challenge your beliefs? I've got friends on both sides of the aisle. ..but that aisle is not in a church!! How do you handle the rejection, while still maintaining your faith,
"as Jesus would do"?

This is not a trick question. I would like to hear from some devout Christians on the topic. I myself believe in practicing "Christ consciousness", but that's about where it stops for me. Your feed back please..

2007-08-02 10:38:45 · 38 answers · asked by Monsieur Recital Vinyliste 6 in Religion & Spirituality

i dont think i've ever known. what do Jewish people believe? please, i dont want to offend anyone and i would appreciate it if no one would be offensive towards anyone else's beliefs. just curious. ^_^

2007-08-02 10:35:49 · 16 answers · asked by Bradley 5 in Religion & Spirituality

"For the first two hundred years of American history, wealthy white employers and white churches constantly reinforced the poor whites' ideas about their superiority over blacks due to the color of their skin. Desperately desiring some power in society, poor whites gladly claimed this role, despite the obvious flaws in this argument. In Origins of the New South, C. Vann Woodward writes, "it took a lot of ritual and Jim Crow to bolster the creed of white supremacy in the bosom of a white man working for a black man's wages" (p.211) Poor whites and blacks share similar religious doctrines, family ties and community loyalty; yet have remained separated by racial animosity."

This is the conclusion of the following article:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA97/price/race.htm
read for yourself.

2007-08-02 10:34:53 · 13 answers · asked by $0.02 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-08-02 10:34:11 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I went to Pangels profile and stared all her questions and thumbed all her answers.

Her patient responses to questions and her gentle way with people indicate she’s a cut above the average person on Y!A There are others to be sure, and I marvel at them but the recent banning of Pangel elevates her to a new category of Y!A martyr.

So I did what I did out of admiration and respect for someone persecuted for her nature.

I propose that other’s and there are many will from now on be known as “Pangel People” the practice of supporting Pangel will be “Pangelism” and though this small jester we might at least honor a peaceful nature even if we don’t posses one ourselves.

Bless you Pangel. I don’t know how you do it sometimes. I’ve spent 30 minutes and answered a single question four or five times because my answers were so polluted by hate that I couldn’t publish it as it was and had to try again.

Thanks for the gift of a better example.

♥Blessed Be♥
♥=∞

2007-08-02 10:33:50 · 15 answers · asked by gnosticv 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Was it not unfair for God to teach Adam the name of all things then proceed to challenge the angels to do likewise knowing full well they could not do so, and then have Adam name them in order to prove that the angels were wrong in questioning God?

Does this portray God as a deceiver?

2007-08-02 10:33:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I immediately think of intuition and the ability to "read" or see through the veils of appearance . What are your thoughts about this?

2007-08-02 10:33:31 · 13 answers · asked by QuiteNewHere 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I want to give a thumbs up or down, and I cant.

2007-08-02 10:32:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I mean if you look at the British Empire, Spanish Empire, Portuguese, Dutch etc they all conqered, but how come Italians never done anything like this, i mean they were the Romans right? so how come they didnt manage to get another Empire? or is it that Romans were different to Italians & the Roman mentallity just vanished and therefore Italians are another breed altogether.

2007-08-02 10:31:51 · 5 answers · asked by Seattler 3 in Other - Society & Culture

I'm referring to this quote by quote Dwayne Wayne:
"Of course you do realize that as a perfect (sinless) human being, he (Jesus) would not have died by any means outside of execution... he wouldn't have aged beyond about 30.

2007-08-02 10:31:14 · 14 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm hoping some of you can answer some of my questions reardomg becoming a Catholic.

Background: I'm 37, was raised agnostic (never baptised!), attended Mass many times with friends or alone.

Over the last 10 years, have attended services in Episcopal and Lutheran churches. I've concluded that there is not church in which I feel more connected to God, more vulnerable, more open to Jesus' teachings, than in a Catholic Church.

1. Why did you become a Catholic? (Why do you remain a Catholic?)

2. What teachings/practices in the Church do you struggle with? How do you deal with these struggles?

3. I find that my views regarding abortion, the death penalty, and war are consistent with Church teachings, but my views regarding gay rights are not. Is this o.k.?

4. I am married and have two young daughters. How might the Church embrace them/meet their needs, etc.?

5. What are the initial steps to becoming a Catholic?

Thank you very much

2007-08-02 10:30:38 · 14 answers · asked by Colin 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Or is it okay to quote certain scriptures when the topic at hand and said scriptures are unrelated in subject matter.

For example:

1 Corinthians: 18-20 says (NKJV)

18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.


This scripture is speaking exclusively of "Sexual Immorality", however, many christians will quote part of these scriptures to fit their own beliefs about other such things as alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, tattoos, and body piercings.

Do you agree with this practice?
What's your opinion?

2007-08-02 10:30:17 · 7 answers · asked by Joseph 1 in Religion & Spirituality

hint: ice expands, thus if ice were to melt the level would go down not up.

hint 2: when water evaporates it still exists it hasnt simply vanished.

2007-08-02 10:29:23 · 20 answers · asked by Chippy v1.0.0.3b 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-02 10:29:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Ii have alot of questions and not nearly enough points for it, but if anyone (gay, lesbian, transgender, bi, whatever) is comfortable talking to a complete stanger and letting me "pick their brain" email me. i used to be VERY homophobic then i grew up and appreciate peoples differences alot more now, i think my predjudices had alot to do with how most of my family thinks/talks about anyone the is different from the norm (race, sexuality, ect). but thats not me, just curious and i dont want my "stupid" questions to offend anyone or clog up Y!A. im a w/m 22 hederosexual who just wants to get to know people and their way of life (i guess). sorry if i sound ignorant, thanks

2007-08-02 10:26:53 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

am i emo im kinda depressed but not realy i wear tight jeans ,like sad stuff mostly hate everthing and i realy kinda only wear black

2007-08-02 10:26:35 · 16 answers · asked by Llanely L 1 in Mythology & Folklore

I am very scared admitting this, but i know i need help........... Someone please help me!!! I am terrified that when the rapture comes i will be left, I am baptised, but i just dont really live right........... SOMEONE HELP!!!!!!!!!

2007-08-02 10:26:34 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

A husband a wife rent an apartment and have two school aged kids. Let's say, the family sold a possession and received a considerable amount of money for it, let's say, $3,500. The wife wants the husband to use the money to pay off debt he accrued prior to their marriage, so that they may be able to raise his credit rating and be in a better position to purchase a home.

The husband desires to use the money to put towards the purchase of hunting equipment for his upcoming hunting trip, and whatever is leftover, he will use to pay on the credit card debt he owes. The estimated amount that will be the balance after the husband makes his purchases will be about $400.

So obviously the woman is the voice of logic and reason in this scenario, but what is proper for her to do as a religion follower with a man lacking in common sense? Should she blindly submit to his selfish desires when they have a family to consider, and he is the one with the debt that needs resolution?

2007-08-02 10:26:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

There's this coworker and we'd been good friends for the last 2 yrs (since I started working), but right now he says he just wants us to be co-workers. Should I be less friendly with him now? Serious while talking to him? I have no clue what to do...

2007-08-02 10:26:17 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

thumbs down will I get for this?

A lot of Christians and other religious groups say the don't believe in Witches. Does that mean we don't exist? If a Witch says they don't believe in Christians, do you cease to exist too?

Just trying to see the logic in this.
Atheists - feel free to chime in!

2007-08-02 10:25:36 · 6 answers · asked by Keltasia 6 in Mythology & Folklore

Have you ever had anything bad happen to you on Friday the 13 say or after a black cat crossed your path.?

2007-08-02 10:25:01 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

thumbs down can I get for saying this I wonder?

A lot of Christians/other religious types say they don't believe in Witches. Does that mean we don't exist? If that's the case, if the Witches say you don't exist, do you cease to exist also?

Just checking on the logic behind it all.
Atheists - feel free to chime in!

2007-08-02 10:23:28 · 10 answers · asked by Keltasia 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I know the Mothman prophecies are supposed to be true and that people have claimed to have seen it prior to events like this bridge collapsing. I realise its too early and raw for people to mention they saw it beforehand, but I wonder if anyone did..

2007-08-02 10:23:07 · 5 answers · asked by Dowahdiddyman 2 in Mythology & Folklore

A lot of people ask "Why?" and get no satisfactory answer, so I am asking you, "Who really cares?".

2007-08-02 10:22:25 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

how come scientists are able to find fossils of previous dinosaurs that lived on earth?
if so, how were Adam and Eve able to live with those huge creatures?

2007-08-02 10:21:34 · 19 answers · asked by I ♥ me 4 in Religion & Spirituality