Society & Culture - 29 August 2007

Since America is a Christian Nation, shouldn't gay marriage be constitutionally illegal?

2007-08-29 04:54:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Why do some people have such a dislike for Jewish people? Wasn't Jesus a Jew?

2007-08-29 04:53:34 · 15 answers · asked by Al 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Prominent creation scientist Em Adjineri has recently concluded a brief study on animal crackers, and determined that they could not possibly have evolved from animals. This proves that evolution is false.

Animal crackers contain no meat. Therefore, the animals that make animal crackers would first have to have evolved into plant form, and then into cracker form. Additionally, they all would have had to shrink drastically.

Em Adjineri also discovered that there are no possible selective pressures that would cause giraffes, elephants, and lions to all convergently evolve into cracker form. Therefore, animal crackers must have been intelligently designed.

God created animal crackers because there are certain animals that we can't eat because they're endangered. However, humans are supposed to be able to eat all animals. The animal crackers are a substitute for the animals that we cannot eat.

2007-08-29 04:52:18 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-29 04:51:25 · 5 answers · asked by Steel Rain 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I see a lot of people referring to themselves as "Pagan," but that's kind of a blanket term.

Do you mean you believe in and worship Thor and Odin, or Apollo and Zeus, or some type of Druidism or what?

I assume you don't mean Hindu, etc, because they actually identify themselves as such. I also assume you aren't witches or wiccans for the same reason.

What brought you to this type of Paganism since basically everyone else has discounted the types of gods mentioned above centuries ago as just metaphors, or avatars if you will, for natural scientific occurrences?

2007-08-29 04:51:14 · 37 answers · asked by Vernacular Catholic 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I know infinite means without beginning or end, so what I mean in the question is unending. When your talking about punishment, justice means you have balance regarding the administration of punishment. Meaning the punishment fits the crime. The Bible teaches justice. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Balance. So the scriptures that are used to teach unending sadistic torture are simply not translated well, and are misunderstood.

2007-08-29 04:51:12 · 17 answers · asked by curious_inquisitor 1 in Religion & Spirituality

GEORGE CARLIN Isn't it amazing that George Carlin - gross and mouthy comedian of the 70's and 80's - could write something so very eloquent...and so very appropriate.

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

2007-08-29 04:51:06 · 12 answers · asked by Angelheart♥ 5 in Etiquette

I ask this because every single person I know who has claimed to be a "Christian" is a huge hypocrite. One group of Christians I knew would go out to eat and complain about everything to the waiter and manager to get free meals. Another group of "Christian" women at a church I went to were very cliquey and didn't like outsiders in their bible study. Another man who was Catholic would always make sexual comments and innuendos to me. There's also all these sexual abuse scandals within the Catholic church. It's pretty much a joke. Does anyone else notice the hypocrisy at all? I believe you don't need a religion to get by in this life.

2007-08-29 04:45:11 · 30 answers · asked by Martie 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-29 04:44:47 · 7 answers · asked by troodon230 2 in Languages

Evidently he did:

I am now as before a Catholic and will always remain so.

- Adolf Hitler, to General Gerhard Engel, 1941

I had excellent opportunity to intoxicate myself with the solemn splendor of the brilliant church festivals. As was only natural, the abbot seemed to me, as the village priest had once seemed to my father, the highest and most desirable ideal.

- Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, Vol. 1 Chapter 1

As long as leadership from above was not lacking, the people fulfilled their duty and obligation overwhelmingly. Whether Protestant pastor or Catholic priest, both together and particularly at the first flare, there really existed in both camps but a single holy German Reich, for whose existence and future each man turned to his own heaven.

- Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, Vol. 1 Chapter 3

2007-08-29 04:42:33 · 36 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-29 04:42:13 · 19 answers · asked by Murazor 6 in Religion & Spirituality

think people are interested in your know it all attitude?
The whole God thing is so convienient. When you don't know you can just throw the have faith card. When your challenged you can throw out your interpreted scripture that is so vague it can be spun any direction. And if all else fails you can just say personal experience. Well in my understanding the great deciever can even be decieving you! It is a personal journey! I don't recall asking you to be my personal savior.

2007-08-29 04:41:09 · 34 answers · asked by a2z_alterego 4 in Religion & Spirituality

That is where did God come from? I think Genesis explains God's existence. He was always there. The Alpha and the Omega. But how did he get there? Everything has a creator! But God doesn't. He is the ultimate Creator (with all due respect .) This is one mystery that I will never fully understand. But knowing this will not change my mind that there is a God. I'm human and God after all is God. There are things in this world and in this universe that we as humans may never understand until the day that we meet with God. Constructive thoughts and comments only. If not, jog on.

2007-08-29 04:41:03 · 41 answers · asked by Kooties 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I am not against gay people.. I just want to get what your GAYdar thinks of Mayor Gavin of SF.

How about Larry Craig? He said he is not GAY.....(inside his mind he thinks ' He is a woman'!)

2007-08-29 04:40:53 · 12 answers · asked by pinaytechie 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

can anyone help me find this text (scripture) in the bible?

2007-08-29 04:40:27 · 5 answers · asked by che masai 2 in Religion & Spirituality

i saw this question as an answer for another question and it made me a little curious to find out..

2007-08-29 04:40:25 · 26 answers · asked by yvettexas007 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Has George Bush mastered time travel and moved back in time to inflame Islamic tensions in the 10 th century?

2007-08-29 04:40:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Who is in need of repentence? And why do we care, or do we?

2007-08-29 04:38:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

He was the first Englishman to found a religion - Thelema - which is today a recognized faith around the world. Because of Thelema Students travelled to Sicily from around the world to "find their true wills" or their purpose in life.
OR
Aleister Crowley was a self-proclaimed drug and sex "fiend," a mostly self-published author of books on the occult and magick.
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Crowley inherited a fortune and worked hard at being strange.
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Crowley like many great men before him, was a man before his time. He lived in a society that could little understand him or appreciated his latent genius.
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His knowledge of witchcraft and magick was profound and without question, and he has passed on that knowledge through his books.
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His writings so shocked the peoples of his era that he was robbed of the praise that it merited, and as a poet he never received the recognition he deserved.

2007-08-29 04:35:11 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

1) Have you ever experienced a "dry" point in your walk with the Lord? I think you understand what I mean.....one of those, "Lord....where are you?" points?

2) And if so......what have you done to continue the good fight of faith?

My answers:
1) Yes......God seems to go silent, but I know that He's always there.
2) Juest keep on believing & trusting in Him even when things seems quiet

2007-08-29 04:34:34 · 27 answers · asked by primoa1970 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-29 04:34:29 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/webid-meynihan.htm

written by Patrick Moynihan (former Senator of New York) when he was with the Department of labor.

This is on the US dept. of Labor site.

Might make a good read for you trolls.

2007-08-29 04:32:45 · 13 answers · asked by $0.02 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I thought your Bible has all of your answers?

2007-08-29 04:32:40 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-29 04:32:40 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Someone just asked me 'so you believe God exists. Why?' I was like 'why not?'

well, setting aside my religion (which is Islam), what I believe is you always need someone to guide you along the path to your destiny. Like you need parents to tell you things you should know about everything, you need teachers to guide you through all years of your life. Just like that, I believe I need someone, a superpower who knows everything and to which nothing is hidden, a God, to guide me through all the phases of life, to tell me what is good for me and what isn't and if something isn't good for me, why is it so!

I was going to committ a real sin a month ago and i swear there was nothing that could stop me from doing that sin except for one thing which is the fear of God. I am sure if it hadn't been for that fear of God, I would have committed that sin right away and messed up my whole life. So what's so wrong with believing on a God when it's just for good, nothing else?

2007-08-29 04:32:01 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

..a fresh touch of God in their lives?
Please don't be shy and a 'Yes', with or without details is fine.
If your not a Christian yet, please let us know,
Bless you as we respond in faith for you.

2007-08-29 04:31:11 · 37 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

You people have to get out of the Dark Ages and start living in 2007. There is no magical sky daddy and the boogie man is not real either! You have to accept responcibility for your own actions and there is no "after life."

2007-08-29 04:28:09 · 8 answers · asked by chuck b 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-29 04:26:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

My father unfortunately passed away a few weeks ago, aged 52 of a heart defect that should have been detected and in an effort to do everything we can do stop this happening again we are trying to raise as much money as possible.

The money will be going to our local church where my Dad had his funeral as they are in much need for restoration and maintenance help.

I would be so grateful if anyonecould donate something for our night. We are holding a raffle/auction and are looking for prizes.

I look forward to hearing from you, and thanks for your time.

jessflight@yahoo.co.uk.

2007-08-29 04:26:32 · 9 answers · asked by Me 1 in Community Service

2007-08-29 04:26:10 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette