Society & Culture - 28 August 2007

I am looking for thoughts.

2007-08-28 12:34:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Exod 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian. Num. 31 1-2 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites

Num 31:15-16 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

2007-08-28 12:34:25 · 16 answers · asked by bandycat5 5 in Religion & Spirituality

i mean basically all you have to do is go to church once a week not much effort really
at least islam takes some effort praying 5 times a day and stuff.

2007-08-28 12:33:26 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

You things portray me as a witch. You still love me though just like him.

2007-08-28 12:32:43 · 11 answers · asked by Mommie Dearest 2 in Religion & Spirituality

or even possibly written by some crack heads, or dillusional self proclaimed prophets of god.

2007-08-28 12:32:37 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Please give me the book, chapter, and verse!

2007-08-28 12:32:33 · 10 answers · asked by Nova Caine 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Why are you Jehovah's Witnesses all so stubborn that you refuse to teach people that sinners will burn in hell? Don't you know that it is out of love that God does this? God is love, so He punishes people for 8o or so years of sin with an ETERNITY of pain. Doesn't that sound loving to you?

By refusing to teach this, you are missing a grand opportunity. It is a well-known fact that if you preach hellfire, people will stream into your religion out of fear. Jehovah's Witnesses, you could be a much bigger (and richer) religion, if you would just accept hellfire as the truth.

Besides, it's in the Bible. The writers of my Bible, the KJV, have thoughtfully added the word "hell" so that I won't get confused. That way I won't get misled by you Jehovah's Witnesses into believing that a God who claims to love me would refuse to burn my enemies in hell for all eternity.

2007-08-28 12:27:47 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why do those who are anti-Islam and would like to see all Muslims (including innocent little babies, how psychotic can one be?) dead keep stating that there is not a single church in any Islamic country? If that's true, then what explains all of the churches I saw for myself in Pakistan, NOT burned, all fine, Christians free to worship as they chose? And what explains these pictures of Pakistani churches? A friend of my former in laws was Christian. She and my mother in law were very close. As far as I know, she still is in touch with the family. She was one of the first to see my daughter and hold her when I arrived that second time. So why do many like to say that all Christians get murdered there and all churches get burned?

2007-08-28 12:26:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-28 12:25:37 · 39 answers · asked by Lee Lee 5 in Christmas

I just wanted to know is it possible to be in a relationship like this? I am a firm believer in god and plan to wait till marriage however the guy on the other hand believes in god but doesnt have as strong values as I do could a romantic relationship like that work? We are just friends now but there is a strong attraction there I dont know if I should move foward and see what happens or stop before things get to deep and I cant go back.

No non christian answers please. Thanks!

2007-08-28 12:24:43 · 32 answers · asked by ♥♥TinaThat...ME♥♥ 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Let's say your child made a stupid mistake (they murdered someone.) As a parent, how long would you stand by and watch your child be tortured and punished for this crime? If you were given the power to do ANYTHING you wanted, would you save them after 20 years of being whipped and burned daily? Would you rescue them after 30 years? How about 50 years? A thousand years? A million?

Would you watch them get punished forever?

Would you... could you, stand by idly while your child screamed in pain, begging forgiveness, apologizing for their mistake over and over, when you had it within your power to free them?

What parent would do this to a child?

2007-08-28 12:24:37 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My understanding is you don't do this unless she offers her hand first. Is this true?

2007-08-28 12:24:23 · 3 answers · asked by posttk421 3 in Etiquette

of active homosexuality, what will happen to him? Is there a way he can repent of this and eventually be accepted back into the Church?

2007-08-28 12:21:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If your priority is getting God's forgiveness for sins, without making things right with the people that have been harmed, how is this ethical or justifiable?

2007-08-28 12:18:42 · 16 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-28 12:18:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Yes. I'm asking you because I know the people in Food & Drink don't.

2007-08-28 12:17:45 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

I think it’s been established that persecution can benefit religions. I remember hearing something like, “The Christian faith was founded on the blood of martyrs.” So religions that have come along since Christianity became dominant might have followed their example. For example, Mormonism; their beliefs and their methods of spreading them (missionaries) put them in a position to face persecution. But the persecution doesn’t weaken them; on the contrary, it makes the bonds between Mormons stronger.

Do you think their ideology might have been intentionally designed this way?

2007-08-28 12:14:53 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

when to men are gay together does one of them play to be woman? are any womans gay? then would play to be man?
many many gay people in america, why?

2007-08-28 12:12:12 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-28 12:12:10 · 13 answers · asked by ? 2 in Religion & Spirituality

i have a friend who never talks and even after smoking weed, just refuses to laugh, he has no emotion what so ever.

2007-08-28 12:11:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Ever notice how muhammad never has his face shown? Ever notice how muslim women can't show their face? Is anyone else seeing the connection? The Islamic people seem very adamant about not showing muhammad's face. If he is so great shouldn't we see who he is?

2007-08-28 12:09:53 · 19 answers · asked by dragonreborn88 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-28 12:09:43 · 42 answers · asked by Angelheart♥ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

my mom thinks im gay but shes right she just though tabout it the other day but now after that she is all defensive and always checking up on me and always being mad at me what do i do?

2007-08-28 12:09:41 · 12 answers · asked by Brian L 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

i have been taught my hold life that christians is the only right religon and what is wrong with other religons which i don't know if i believe that or not but i was just wonder what other religon teach about christian

2007-08-28 12:06:30 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

A friend tagged me in Facebook as the one of his contacts that would be most likely to.. 'Be a trophy wife'.. What does that mean?

2007-08-28 12:04:52 · 18 answers · asked by Azucar 1 in Etiquette

2007-08-28 12:02:37 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Most normal, healthy parents will love their children through thick and thin. Even when the child makes a very stupid mistake, and refuses to admit they are wrong, parents do not stop loving them. Even when the child says and does reprehensible things, or turns their back and walks away from the parent, the parent will still love that child. Nature practically hard-wires parents to never abandon their children, because only through the child can the parent's genes be carried on towards future generations.

Of course there are exceptions - mentally divergent parents, psychopaths, alcoholics - but we are focusing on NORMAL, HEALTHY PARENTS.

So what would your child have to do to make you reject them, and subject them to an eternity of painful torture and misery (remember, not just a brief punishment, but an ETERNITY OF TORTURE AND MISERY.)

I'm especially interested in hearing responses from loving Christian parents.

2007-08-28 12:02:25 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-28 12:01:50 · 3 answers · asked by pia h 1 in Languages

It used to be that God was the explanation for everything. Enter science with all of it's theories and explanations - effectively making God "smaller". So I ask again, isn't it time God fought back?

2007-08-28 12:01:43 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

if so what are the names

2007-08-28 12:00:39 · 3 answers · asked by Melizalde2494 2 in Other - Society & Culture