Society & Culture - 23 August 2007

2007-08-23 18:03:21 · 8 answers · asked by Jacob Dahlen 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I don't belong to any religion. I am not an Atheist though, because I believe in God. I have studied Christianity, but I discovered that I didn't believe in the Bible.
I don't really have a problem being no religion, but I talked to some of my friends about it, and they think that I am being ridiculous. They think that you have to belong to a religion, or be an atheist.

Do you think that a person shoul belong to a religion? Or be an atheist?
What am I, agnostic?
Help!

2007-08-23 18:01:42 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

stupid remarks and questions. Is this a sign to come that I am going to become brain dead if I remain?

2007-08-23 18:00:19 · 15 answers · asked by . 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Just curious on your point of view....thanks for answering.

2007-08-23 18:00:13 · 12 answers · asked by trinity 5 in Religion & Spirituality

me and chelsea were talking and we really want to know the difference between catholic religion and christian religion? we know that it has to deal with Jesus. Can someone help us please?

2007-08-23 17:57:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

When Jesus was a baby, Matthew says in 2:13&14 that Mary& Joseph & Jesus fled to Egypt to escape King Herod. In Luke 2:39&40, it says they just returned on to Nazereth. That is a contradiction, Right?
Now, before you attack me, I'm 35 and went to a Christian school and had to study the Bible. I know the Bible.
Try not to personally attack me on this one. If you dont have anything pertaining to the question and you just want to save my soul, save your time. I'm not hearin all that.

2007-08-23 17:55:49 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-23 17:54:14 · 5 answers · asked by dragongirlmomma 1 in Languages

I am kinda disapointed to know that most Christians are religious for fear of going to hell. I simply don't think that's what Jesus intended us to do. I think He wants us to practice love in our hearts at first place.

2007-08-23 17:49:54 · 26 answers · asked by Janet Reincarnated 5 in Religion & Spirituality

How can anyone say that the bible is the word of God after reading what it is in it?

How can anyone believe that is the word of a GOD?

CHRISTIANS READ YOUR BIBLE!
Ezekiel 23:20

20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.

Ezek. 4:12 says, "Eat the food as you would a barley cake; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement as fuel."

2 Kings 18:27 (King James Version) 27But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

Num. 31:31-40 says, "Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. The plunder remaining from the spoils that the soldiers took was 675,000 sheep, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys and 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.... And the half, the portion of those who had gone out to war, was....16,000 people, of which the tribute for the Lord was 32."
Women rank right up there with cattle, donkeys, and sheep. And they have to be virgins, at that! Imagine a righteous and perfect God wanting 32 virgins to be set aside for himself!

Lev. 26:29 says, "Ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughter shall ye eat." Jer. 19:9 says, "I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh during the stress of the siege imposed on them by the enemies who seek their lives." Ezek. 5:10 says, "In your midst fathers will eat their children, and children will eat their fathers. I will inflict punishment on you and will scatter all your survivors to the winds." Isaiah 49:26 says, "I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine...." And in John 6:53-54 Jesus says, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

2007-08-23 17:47:29 · 27 answers · asked by . 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I am asking prayer for wisdom, guidance, strength, direction and peace and that God would show me the path I need to take in regards to my job seeking can you please pray for me?
I am a bit discouraged. Pray also that I would be the witness and a light and to grow in my walk with Christ. Thank you and God bless you:)

2007-08-23 17:46:12 · 9 answers · asked by encourager4God 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-23 17:46:03 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

On Page 1691 of the Oxford English Dictionary the word Magick appears. The first use they list in literature is John Milton's Comus. Since I don't have an e-text of Comus, I went looking at some modern text. In the version being published now, they have changed Magick to Magic.

The reason I was looking in the first place is that I'm sick of the--Never do research just be negative about anything Pagans write--Christians. I was going to use the OED cite and an excerpt from Milton to prove Crowley did not insert Magick into Paganism. It's been in use since much earlier times.

An aside, Chaucer uses the spelling Magicke in the 14th century.

2007-08-23 17:44:54 · 12 answers · asked by Terry 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I had to ask...
=)

2007-08-23 17:44:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

How can scientists who believed the "Big Bang Theory" holds any water; if there is no time and no mass before the Big Bang; when the infinitely small and infinitely hot substance to exists in the first place before the explosion?.

What a screwed-up brain for one to believe in such nonsense; even a little kid knows the contradiction!

Speaking just as a lay man with some common sense!

What say you all , atheists and liberals especially?

2007-08-23 17:41:42 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It's because English is more spoken?
Otherwise, it should be considered part of both or of none.

2007-08-23 17:41:20 · 8 answers · asked by Philidor 5 in Languages

2007-08-23 17:41:19 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-23 17:41:17 · 6 answers · asked by ♥Come Break Me Down♥ 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I have always been under the assumption that Atheism is a belief in no God or Spirit. Is this true? Or are you all simply on your own spiritual paths seeking out what is right for you personally?
If this is the case, may I offer my humble apology for contempt prior to investigation?

Thanks for answering

2007-08-23 17:41:04 · 7 answers · asked by trinity 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I ask questions about God. Then I can get them to thinking about their God. I ask questions about Spirituality, then they can get to thinking about what that really means. I know that many of you have given up and only bash, ( and man, I love christian bashing more than most ) but, since we are supposed to be the smart ones, why don't we show that we are more than JUST bashers. I know . I know. But, they inhabit our world, they walk down the streets we walk, they have the people in power, in the justice system, the military (think nukes) etc. Shouldn't we try to talk to them?

2007-08-23 17:39:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-23 17:38:58 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I'm getting kindof scared!
A few days ago, I had this weird craving and I found out that it was 4 sex! I don't want to have it and I'm trying to ignore it, but when I'm just sitting around doin nothing, its weird!
Plz give me good advice or I will report you!

2007-08-23 17:38:20 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

ive already done hollywood and luao
and i need somtin fresh
plz help id appreciate it
alyssaluvsopi,

2007-08-23 17:35:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Holidays

okay, i was watching the Tyra Banks show the other day, it was about racism, now what i want to know is what do people have against muslim and jewish people?? Im christian and i have no problem with muslims, i have alot of muslim friends.
We are all human beings, we just have different religions and cultures but that doesnt change the person. so i would like to know what your religion is and then tell me if you have anything against people that are not of your religion and just be truthful...it really disturbed me when i saw people being singled out by other people that are not of their religion.
Also whats wrong with interracial dating? couples should be allowed to go anywhere without people giving dirty looks or whispers just because they're not the same race.Well let me know ur opinion, i would appreciate it if you answer this question seriously cuz' this is not a joke to me, this really opened up my eyes, i hope someone can do something about all of this...thanx in advance :)

2007-08-23 17:34:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

...what happens if I just demand it? Am I not the one to accept anyway?

2007-08-23 17:33:14 · 15 answers · asked by ccrider 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-23 17:32:49 · 3 answers · asked by bettyboop 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I already have the following:

1. Jew- Lawyer
2. Indian- Doctor
3. Mexican- Housekeeper

I am not American so I need help in what else I need as American?

2007-08-23 17:31:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

From a spiritual perspective, everything that 'we' experience is an illusion of Consciousness. Time, space, physicality are all products of mind and are formations within mind rather than 'outside' since there is no outside in the absence of objective space.

Many spiritual belief systems are down with that, but sonmething we're not eager to notice is that the human is also illusion. It's just another part of the universe that forms in mind, and so what is mind. Beyond the individual concept of mind, mind is the one Consciousness itself, from which and within which all things arise and fall. Some would call this God since it is the source of creation.

Individuality is an illusion that forms in Consciousness. You are That Consciousness.

Wadayathink?

2007-08-23 17:30:47 · 17 answers · asked by philmeta11 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Hi R & S'ers, I'm putting out a call for prayers/kind thoughts/whatever it is you do when someone is in need.

On my way home from work, I came across a man laying partially in the street. My first thought was that he was passed out drunk, but then I saw the bicycle on the ground beside him and the man walking towards him from a car parked a couple hundred feet in front of him. The bicyclist had just been hit by this car, and the man was not moving at all. I looked in my rearview mirror and saw blood on the front of the car.

I have no idea how badly he was injured, or honestly even if he's alive. If you pray, please do so for this man. If you don't pray, please just hope for him that he has no serious injuries and recovers well.

Salaam, and thank you.

2007-08-23 17:28:22 · 18 answers · asked by Wanderer 4 in Religion & Spirituality

the police gave me a fine of $1,076 & i have 15 days to pay it..if i get my license & insurance in those 15 days will my fine lower & how much do you think ? Im 18 yrs old by the way

2007-08-23 17:25:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

(8/23/07 - ATLANTA, GA) - Juanita Bynum, a televangelist with
a
> > > national following for sermons about women's empowerment,
> pressed
> > > charges against her estranged husband Thursday after she was
> bruised
> > > in a confrontation with him during a meeting to reconcile,
> police
> > > said.
> > >
> > > Preacher Thomas W. Weeks III, founder of Global Destiny
> churches,
> > > will be charged with aggravated assault and terroristic
threats,
> > > Officer Ronald Campbell said.
> > >
> > > The struggle happened early Wednesday in the parking lot of
the
> > > Renaissance Concourse Hotel near Atlanta's airport, Campbell
> said.
> > >
> > > "They were talking about a reconciliation. They got into an
> > > argument. In the process of the argument, her husband walked
out
> to
> > > the parking lot area, turned back around and started to choke
> Miss
> > > Bynum," Campbell said.
> > >
> > > "As he choked her, he pushed her down to the ground and
started
> to
> > > kick her and also stomp on her," he said. "There was a bellman
> at
> > > the location who witnessed the whole assault, intervened, and
> pulled
> > > Mr. Weeks off of Miss Bynum."
> > >
> > > Bynum, who was bruised around her neck and upper torso, met
with
> > > authorities Thursday at an undisclosed location to press the
> > > charges, Campbell said.
> > >
> > > Amy Malone, a publicist for Bynum, said, "She was not in a
fight
> > > with her husband; she was attacked by her husband."
> > >
> > > "Basically she is recovering," Malone said. "The appropriate
> steps
> > > have been taken to ensure that this does not happen again. She
> just
> > > asks that everyone respect her privacy."
> > >
> > > Weeks did not return a phone message or an e-mail request for
> > > comment by The Associated Press. A call to Global Destiny was
> > > answered by a recorded message offering only information about
> the
> > > ministry.
> > >
> > > Bynum is a former homemaker, hairdresser and flight attendant
> who
> > > became a Pentecostal evangelist. She got a break when Bishop
> T.D.
> > > Jakes invited her to speak at one of his conferences several
> years
> > > ago.
> > >
> > > Her ministry blossomed after her "No More Sheets" sermon about
> > > breaking free of sexual promiscuity at a singles event. She
> writes
> > > books, records inspirational CDs and preaches to millions
> through
> > > televised sermons.
> > >
> > > She married Weeks in 2002 in a televised wedding.
> > >
> >
> >
> >

2007-08-23 17:24:35 · 12 answers · asked by ms.yahoo answers 2 in Religion & Spirituality