Society & Culture - 30 August 2007

2007-08-30 04:57:34 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm 16 year old Muslim i just started praying i don't pray 5 times i pray 3 times and the prayer at night is really hard for me i get really really scared I'm all alone my parents are asleep no one is with me so i hear noises things moving and sometimes people screaming at around 11pm i tried praying in my room I'm still scared and i changed places but i'm still scared that while I'm praying someone or something with get me from the back, how can i make myself not get scared so i can pray in peace???

2007-08-30 04:57:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i tried once when i was about 11, but i started crying and left. i was very nervous. hehe.
so, i was wondering, what are the added benefits of confessing to the priest as opposed to God?

2007-08-30 04:57:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-30 04:57:05 · 11 answers · asked by Ashvin 2 in Religion & Spirituality

1Cor. 10:12
Don't be so naive and self-confident. You're not
exempt. You could fall flat on your face as easily as anyone
else. Forget about self-confidence; it's useless. Cultivate
God-confidence.

The first rule in following God is to deny yourself, not promote
yourself or find yourself! Learning to love yourself is not the greatest love of all according to the Word of God. You find God, and he will teach you who you are. The first rule in following God is to deny yourself, not promote
yourself or find yourself! Learning to love yourself is not the
greatest love of all according to the Word of God. You find God, and he will teach you who you are.

2007-08-30 04:55:14 · 16 answers · asked by ? 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-30 04:55:07 · 2 answers · asked by ray p 1 in Mythology & Folklore

I'm looking for the informal version; addressing a female. Many thanks! =)

2007-08-30 04:55:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

OK so you live a full life, die, get buried, rot, become fertilizer for a tree, you become part of the trees life force, the tree gets cut down, turned into paper and the bible is printed on it.

Pretty scary huh (ala Dane Cook)

2007-08-30 04:55:03 · 32 answers · asked by sunscour 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Catholics were more likely to show obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms than less religious people. Patients with OCD get caught in a vicious mental cycle that can take over and cripple their everyday lives. For instance, a sufferer may become convinced that everything around them is dirty, and in extreme cases spend up to eight hours a day cleaning in a bid to banish the thought.

The study cannot say for certain that religious devotion early in life causes OCD symptoms. It is equally likely that people with those character traits feel more drawn to a religious lifestyle and devote themselves to God.

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn2339

2007-08-30 04:54:44 · 18 answers · asked by Patty 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I don't understand OT 3 so good...help me please!!!!!

2007-08-30 04:50:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What is your hearts desire?

2007-08-30 04:50:27 · 22 answers · asked by 2ndchhapteracts 5 in Religion & Spirituality

So does this mean there is no vacuum there?
Vacuum is created by a lack of atmosphere, created = creation?
So in order for the hole to be totally devoid of all creation ( matter of any sort) wouldn't also stand to reason that it should also contain no vacuum?
Why did i ask R&S this, well because Atheist are experts at explaining the why's of things!
Could this area be the center of the big bang, or maybe a gas pocket of some sort?

2007-08-30 04:50:03 · 24 answers · asked by Forsaken1 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Muslim calim that Allah is protector of Quran, but Hadiths says goat ate some part of Quran as bellow,

“Narrated by Hazrat Ā’ishah that ayat-e-Rajm and ayat Raza’at were revealed, they were written on something. I kept them under the cart, meanwhile the holy prophet died and we became busy and one GOAT came and ATE those ayyat”
(Ibn-e-Maja).

If Allah was protector over Quran then how did goat eat Quranic verses?

2007-08-30 04:46:01 · 3 answers · asked by Jeff I 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I was Mormon for 18 years, so yes I know what I am talking about. I have been to MANY wards in Utah, and many in other states. I passed and blessed the sacrament, paid tithing, etc... See what you think...

Once a month, sacrament meeting is called "Fast & Testimony Meeting". On this day of the month, you without breakfast or lunch, and turn the monetary value of these two meals in to the church to help those who are less fortunate. (I fully approve of this idea). In addition to this, the meeting uses a young boy to pass around a microphone to ANYONE who wants to talk. This is usually very comical. Man #1 brags about his family, then Man #2 say HIS family is the best, and God blessed HIM the most, turning it into a passive-aggressive "Who is most blessed" match.

Here is the brainwashing part: I would say at least 4-5 speakers in this free-for-all are children who either want to stand for the attention, or are forced to by their parents.

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2007-08-30 04:45:39 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If the people destroy,kill,burn,abuse often, does that mean that they can't controll and own themselves, but other unseeing forces own and direct them (to their apocalipse)?

2007-08-30 04:45:00 · 8 answers · asked by anton kashari (Montreal) 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Doesn't morality force you to deny yourself certain desirable outcomes?

2007-08-30 04:43:46 · 22 answers · asked by Murazor 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Why all the cover up: I have friends who say the two are not the same but that's simply not true:

"Joseph Smith, Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader who founded the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith%2C_Jr.

2007-08-30 04:43:38 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-30 04:39:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The explanations should be something a ten year old can understand!

2007-08-30 04:37:20 · 25 answers · asked by distubed 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Can someone break this argument down for me?

2007-08-30 04:37:16 · 25 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Religion & Spirituality

It seems the costumes that people are looking for have absolutely no baring on the spiritual message of the festival.

2007-08-30 04:36:41 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

Huh?

2007-08-30 04:33:47 · 32 answers · asked by Mustapher Crap 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I just watched the yahoo news abc video on a family that wrote "America's Cheapest Family" on how to live with 7 kids on less than $35000 , but they said they save tons in the grocery store,and I am single live alone in my home and have been thrifty but can always use brainstorming ideas, I'll take all of your kind true sincere answers, but saving on food isn't my issue . maybe some of you in my over 50 fixed income can't work because I'm sick can offer ideas. I will add details as I read answers OK thanks ahead of time. I own my home and have 1100 sq ft so yes could rent rooms but I have health issues so ??? I am selling on ebay OK a bit and basically have to do stress free, in home whatever even money saving ideas !!!

2007-08-30 04:31:01 · 3 answers · asked by I Love Jesus 5 in Other - Society & Culture

Here's my question: Would a terrible person who is a christian go to heaven while someone like, say, an honest buddhist monk, would go to hell to be tortured eternally? All because they accepted Jesus?

So is this quote accurate?
"Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners... But for that very reason, I was shown mercy so that in me... Jesus Christ might display His unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. Now to the king eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever."

2007-08-30 04:27:36 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i'm the s
but i'm still wondering about this sections demographics. plz answer

2007-08-30 04:25:59 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-08-30 04:25:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

not list--
fortunate coincidences, existence (non sequitur), beauty (subjective), faith (hoping, guessing), a holy book, a good feeling

yes list--
god making a personal appearance (not to be confused with a good feeling), god suspending the natural laws of physics

do we agree?

2007-08-30 04:25:16 · 8 answers · asked by JWill 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I work in a bakery at shoprite and you can't sit down at all. the job is so demanding and it seems like I'm doing all the work. I only get like 1 break in a 9 hour day and I have to stand and lift heavy stuff for 8 - 8 1/2 hours on average a day. the job is just too stresfull and my other part time co-worker calls out sick once a week usually or shows up late and places all his hours/responsibilities on me.

and the store manager says I should be on medication to calm me down...she is an idiot but I don't take offense to that, I try to find humor in all of things.

2007-08-30 04:23:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2007-08-30 04:23:29 · 9 answers · asked by ST 12 3 in Religion & Spirituality

If you found out "eternal torment" is NOT a biblical doctrine, would you be more open to a belief in God?

2007-08-30 04:21:50 · 10 answers · asked by Sherry 1 in Religion & Spirituality