Society & Culture - 2 August 2007

Certain professions should be held to a higher standard? For example Christians (or other religious folks) would expect to be able to trust their preacher/priest more than the average person on the street. Most trust a doctor more than a midwife for medical treatment. So why should we overlook their profession and only look at their actions when their profession is one that commands a certain amount of respect (at least in the field of their expertise)?

2007-08-02 02:57:22 · 8 answers · asked by Keltasia 6 in Religion & Spirituality

So I am evangelical currently. I might move to the Cathlolic Church.

One thing I noticed is that with any exchange between Evalgelicals and Catholics the Evangelicals come off looking like idiots.

They say things (I did it myself) they have been thought but never researched. So its something like, you pray to mary, you believe in works, your not saved, you have idols etc etc.

All of this is not thought by the Catholic Church, when you read something like catholic.com it shows this to be fact.

So any exchange bettween these two groups has the Loving Catholic explaining their position from a point of knowledge o the bible and church history.

Then you have the evangelical quoting the bible (out of context) and fighting about things they think the catholic believes but indeed doesnt. And of course taking all their reference from their Pastors yet deriding the catholic from listening to their pastor/priest.

2007-08-02 02:56:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

isn't there just as much evidence that thor and zeus exist as there is that the judeo-christian god exists? can anyone give me any more proof that one exists over the others?

2007-08-02 02:54:22 · 12 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Beyond the obvious answer such as image (its cool) or its peer pressure, why do teenagers take up smoking?

More importantly, whst runs through their head when they start the habit?

There are endless campaigns from government, health groups, doctors to quit, mountains of advertising for quit-smoking products, public smoking bans (UK, Australia) and even the cartons themselves have around 50% of the surface area warning people of the dangers.

And this isn't new!! The PARENTS of teenagers today have grown up under anti-smoking canpaigns (given tobacco adertising was pretty much banned in the mid 1970's).

Love to hear from teenagers who have started then stopped, would like to stop, havent stopped or WONT stop.

Thanks - BM

Oh, no silly little answers like "its cool", "why not", "it's my right" please. Thanks

2007-08-02 02:54:19 · 9 answers · asked by brad m 3 in Other - Society & Culture

People swear that they are not racist in this country but yet I still experience it. I dont think it will ever go away. Im black and proud anyway

2007-08-02 02:52:44 · 25 answers · asked by GG 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

ok so i see this guy at the fair. i obvsilly think that he is REALLY cute. and my friend said that she kinda knows him. we do not talk to him. he is 2yrs younger then i. but just after seeing him only 1 time i can't get him off my mind. and every time i think of him my heart tottly melts. is this a sign from god that he is the one for me or am i being tottly paranoid? i have never fallen this much for a total stranger before tho!

2007-08-02 02:52:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I hear this argument a lot of y answers, but I don't think women are blamed for sin coming into existence, because if you read Genesis, Adam was right there with her and didn't say a word. He could have said, "Hey eve, let's not eat that" What he did was worse. He let what he wanted to come to pass happen and hoped that he could lay the blame on Eve for orchestrating it. He didn't lead, he didn't speak up, and he sure as heck ate the apple too. He probably would have done it by himself eventually. Her sin was pride (wanting to be greater and wiser than God), his was cowardice and inaction. God blamed them both.
What do you think?

2007-08-02 02:51:31 · 26 answers · asked by Mrs. Eric Cartman 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-02 02:49:34 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Putting peanut butter on all of my neighbors door knobs and key holes. Then I pour an entire bottle of dawn dish soap into the hot tubs of any neighbors who have one. Finally, I cut their brake lines and pee in their gas tank.

2007-08-02 02:48:17 · 8 answers · asked by Bluntman and Chronic 1 in Etiquette

2007-08-02 02:46:50 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Basic divinity school stuff.

2007-08-02 02:45:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Where is the intermediate?

2007-08-02 02:41:37 · 19 answers · asked by ReliableLogic 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-02 02:39:54 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

- why would a god want some of his creations living in ignorance of his existence.
- 'good' morals exist without the bible.
there is no kick back from being an atheist, other than embracing the truth.
- given the choice no sane person would want this life to be the end of ones existance, themselves or their loved ones.

you dont even need science to rationalise the non-existence of god.

2007-08-02 02:39:26 · 16 answers · asked by brassmunkiee 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Lo siento no pued'o ayudarle

2007-08-02 02:36:31 · 6 answers · asked by UknowMyPidgree 1 in Languages

why do people put up questions like "how does it make you feel when people tell you you're going to hell?" do muslims and atheists and people who don't believe in God expect us to feel sorry for you? it's the truth. "if you do not believe in God and have now asked Him to be your personal savior, you will go to hell" you guys just can't accept that. theres nothing wrong with speaking the truth. you're just too hard headed to admit it....wow, that felt good to finally speak what was on my heart : )

2007-08-02 02:36:19 · 8 answers · asked by Jonas 6 in Religion & Spirituality

FSM = Flying Spaghetti Monster


and no the bible says so doesn't count sorry.

2007-08-02 02:33:43 · 4 answers · asked by John C 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Who every believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.....

2007-08-02 02:32:07 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

So if the bible was put together 400 years after christ died before that people must have used something else, not a book, but something else for guidance.

My guess is that it was the oral or written teachings of the early followers of Jesus. Some of their writings on the faith still exist today.

The bible was put together by early christians over a period of time. Forget the argument of weather they were early catholics or not, just put that aside.

So for 1200 years we have the bible that was put together by early christians. It is used in the Catholic Church (there were no other historical branches of christs followers.)

Now Martin Luther (who didnt want to leave the church just change a few corruptions that had creeped in (like in acts etc)

Martin Luther changes whats in the bible, he takes multiple chapters out of the OT and books out of the NT. A Man does that 1200 yr after the bible was made. So how can the bible be the word of God if only Catholics have it.

2007-08-02 02:30:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-02 02:29:54 · 1 answers · asked by harshal p 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

http://www.fathersloveletter.com/flltextenglish.htmlYou may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1 I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. Matthew 10:29-31For you were made in my image. Genesis 1:27In me you live and move and have your being. Acts 17:28 For you are my offspring. Acts 17:28 I knew you even before you were conceived. Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation. Ephesians 1:11-12 You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book. Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. Acts 17:26 You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14 I knit you together in your mother's womb. Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born. Psalm 71:6I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me. John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of l

2007-08-02 02:29:47 · 4 answers · asked by I Love Jesus 5 in Religion & Spirituality

was to a news article from Indiana. Another child (this one an autistic boy) was battered and beaten by a student minister who was trying to perform an exorcism. He actually held his fingers down the kid's throat to make him vomit. Why would I be so quick to trust a so-called man of god??? Autism is a disease not a demon.

2007-08-02 02:29:22 · 2 answers · asked by Keltasia 6 in Religion & Spirituality

i have been talking to this guys who was born and raised in Mexico, so he speaks spanish like a mexican. lol. i cant understand every word that come out of his mouth, as i was born in peru and the dialects are a tad diferent. does any one know the slag words used in mexico, or a link that can give me a rough idea on them. thanks.

2007-08-02 02:29:05 · 5 answers · asked by angellafalconi 1 in Languages

I read, as usual atheists stating as a fact there is no God, without citing their sources, as usual:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlFvqigcXCeN90X8tRGT3PXd7BR.?qid=20070802055225AAlS2Wg

You said it, so it must be true!

I'll try and help you not to embarrass yourselves further:

Hint: Your doubt isn't evidence, so saying, "Well what's your evidence?" doesn't cut it. If you want that questions answered spend your points, use a search engine or click the link below, but stop the question-dodging / arguing.

Once again, what is your evidence? Are you going to rehash the evidenceless theories of evolution and the big bang which no one has an excuse for doing? There is much evidence against those theories:

http://romans916.com/why-i-dont-believe.pdf

Let me guess, if you see "answersingenesis" mentioned at all it must mean nothing I say is true... cuz, you said so. Great science!

Once again (for the a.d.d. stricken): STATE YOUR EVIDENCE NOT "ASK YOUR QUESTIONS.

2007-08-02 02:26:16 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Lets ask the man himself:

Albert Einstein to The Saturday Evening Post, 1929:

To what extent are you influenced by Christianity?

"As a child I received instruction both in the Bible and in the Talmud. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene."

Have you read Emil Ludwig's book on Jesus?

"Emil Ludwig's Jesus is shallow. Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrasemongers, however artful. No man can dispose of Christianity with a bon mot."

You accept the historical Jesus?

"Unquestionably! No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life."

2007-08-02 02:25:28 · 26 answers · asked by TD Euwaite? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-02 02:25:07 · 15 answers · asked by Eric C 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm seriously wondering this. Do you feel happy? Justified? Does it make you sad?

Thanks.

2007-08-02 02:24:33 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.fathersloveletter.com/fllpreviewlarge.html
This is a very safe place, it was essentially created by God via a human to show you, even all you who don't believe, I challenge you to watch this all the way thru and seriously come back and comment really everyone welcome

2007-08-02 02:22:27 · 5 answers · asked by I Love Jesus 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-02 02:21:18 · 15 answers · asked by brkertffny 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-08-02 02:20:50 · 20 answers · asked by WAYNE R 2 in Religion & Spirituality